But he didn’t wear a tie, so I guess to him he was dressed down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As she rubbed herself dry and dressed, she thought: I can do anything. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Cole dressed and carried the ancestor rock, the sun had peeked above the trees.Then he heard an unexpected noise: the unmistakable buzz of Edwin’s outboard engine floated over the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

Francie and Neeley wore their everyday clothes. little Tilly’s mother, in honor of the day, had dressed her up in a cheap but fancy lace dress trimmed with dark pink ribbon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Why, just look at him—he’s dressed like a hooligan,” she says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

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

I stepped over them to go to my pallet near the kitchen door and lay down fully dressed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace’s helpfulness secured her position: on Christmas Day that year—1922—Leon dressed in top hat and riding breeches, walked through the snow to the bungalow with a green envelope from his father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see her father dressed in an old pair of pants and an even older shirt. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not just a young man—a Candor, dressed in black and white from head to toe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At this the Wart felt he had been a beast He dressed himself in silence and hurried off to find the magician, On the way he was caught by his nurse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both sisters were dressed in cotton pants under long-sleeved tunics that came to their knees. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed shivering and then climbed the trail to the upper river. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Breakfast buffet! Wish I had more of an appetite,” I said as Drew and I ambled into the Holiday Inn dining area dressed in our Granger warm-up suits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Tall, blue-black dark, and dressed in cargo pants, paint-stained boots, and a tattered brown sweater. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at her and said, “So, are you going to give me time to get dressed, or is it okay if I come to breakfast in my underwear?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With the development of the refrigerated car in the late 1870s, meat dressed in Chicago could be shipped to the many people living in New York, Boston, and other East Coast cities. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Alex dressed and left a note for Julie, explaining he was going to the food line and that she was to stay in the apartment until he got back. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed as a sheriff and I’m wearing black-and-white prisoner stripes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We’d see him headed out all dressed up, and everyone would be laughing at him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess I better get dressed....Jesus! There’s the bell. Take it easy, now!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was probably about forty, forty-five, but he was dressed younger, in a pair of loose jeans and a Red Wings sweater. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was no more than twelve or thirteen, dressed in rough calico with ill-fitting boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There, a figure waited, dressed in a brown cloak with a hood. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

He saw a woman dressed in gold sitting on the head of an elephant. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in indigo jeans, a navy blazer, and a light blue collared shirt, the top two buttons unbuttoned. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Really dressed all-out with a country way of talking and a old-style hat made out of purple plaid. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed in his typical school uniform: khaki slacks, blue blazer, button-down shirt, and tastefully striped tie. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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

It was dressed in green hospital pajamas, but these had been befouled by its terror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once dressed, I faced the rather dead mouse and wrinkled my nose. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how he dressed the middle chest, since it had no arms. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was another man behind him, much older and dressed just out of this world, with a tall hat and glasses and a cloth drapery dress and swishing an animal’s tail back and forth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the Elder who had seemed separate from the others at the Ceremony, though he was dressed in the same special clothing that only Elders wore. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would only mean getting dressed, and what was the point of getting dressed if you were staying in bed for the morning? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Both women were dressed in T-shirts and shorts, suffering in the heat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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 cut the hot water with cold, and when she could stand it she got into the tub, scrubbed herself soberly, released the water, rubbed herself dry, and dressed quickly. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There is a shouting crowd of Dauntless soldiers dressed in black. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I lay there in the dark for another hour, then got dressed and went down to the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black and her headscarf crossed over her face so that only her bright eyes shone. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed a mannequin dressed in a frock coat and top hat, Mr. Whitby stopped to appreciate it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They could all run around naked as far as I’m concerned, but when Daddy comes to market, he likes to arrive with his driver dressed with style,” he explained. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were in a side alley, he turned and asked, “How did you think he looked?—I dressed him.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

To my left, Asher and Ren are both dressed in similar red snow gear, each of them also hovering in midair on boards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I'm not dressed for this, but Madrina always has a wide, flowing white skirt for any newcomers to these ceremonies. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’d done security convoy, escorting trucks to the Turkish border, dressed in full body protection, hoping neither he nor the trucks would stumble onto land mines or IEDs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s showered and already dressed in his Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt that matches mine. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She remembered her mother, dressed in a paper crown and red velvet cloak, blowing kisses across the flames to her father, dressed as a joker with gold and silver baubles hanging from his cap. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are dressed comfortably, in red or yellow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’s already dressed and he’s telling Mam hurry up and get dressed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

At Francis’s apartment I found him dressed except for his shoes, lying on his bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On that wagon sat two people, one an older man dressed all in black, with a white prayer shawl across his shoulders, a book in his lap. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had prodded my stomach and I had done my yelping routine, he said to me, ‘Now you can get dressed again and seat yourself on that chair. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got dressed quickly, then dashed outside with my script just in time to see Jennifer leaving for dance class with her grandmother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He later recalled that Booth was dressed in stained, dark clothes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They look wealthy—their cart is painted, they’re dressed in brightly dyed tunics and gowns. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He took out a pair of Gap combat trousers, Nike sweatshirt and sneakers, got dressed, then sat on the bed and waited. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was Danny Saunders, sitting on my bed in the hospital dressed in his Hasidic-style clothes and talking about wanting to kill me because I had pitched him some curve balls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

“Look at how they're dressed. I know a baller when I see one. And no rapper will be wearing them kinda shoes.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Henry says the same two words from the secret room at Wimbledon, this time dressed up in, “Please, I need you to.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

I now looked exactly like the hero of Black Tiger—a muscular, half-naked barbarian warrior dressed in an armored thong and a horned helmet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Miyax dressed, cut off a piece of meat, and held it out to him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when she was working in the garden, dressed in overalls and covered in mud, you could see how attractive she was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were all dressed in gorgeous costumes, with Victorian-era thick, brocade dresses and fancy, elaborate hats with fake fruits and birds on them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As I got dressed, I heard farm workers warming their car engines before leaving to look for work picking carrots or thinning lettuce. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was flashily dressed in a brand-new Fila tennis outfit, which fitted rather tightly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I know I’m nagging, but I’m dying to get all dressed up and have Sam see me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All dressed up, pretending to be grown-up, and inside I couldn’t even handle a kiss. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His lower half was magically compacted into the wheelchair, his upper half dressed in a coat and tie. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dressed as a mestizo, and I don’t speak their language and they have to notice how uncomfortable I feel in this dirty house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn’t help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

On each half of the crimson doors hung a painting of a round-faced, laughing child dressed in brilliant red. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had a sapphire blue visor, and was dressed in shorts, sneakers, and a T-shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

About half of the tiny men were dressed in animal skins and carried spears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later Mrs. Ortiz gave me a bath and dressed me in clean school clothes instead of pajamas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I felt my way naked through darkness, found the chair with my clothes, dressed hurriedly and slipped out, halting only at the door to look back through the dim light from the hall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Weird Sisters now trooped up onto the stage to wildly enthusiastic applause; they were all extremely hairy and dressed in black robes that had been artfully ripped and torn. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he would just stop and push me aside and order me to get dressed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He is tall, dressed in a herringbone vest and a black turban. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lobby was full of men dressed in suits or sport coats standing in small groups, drinking, talking, and laughing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I dressed hearing the rain on the windows. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lapham would as always escort his household, dressed in Sunday best, to the Cockerel Church and after that back for a cold dinner. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday, they got dressed up, in nice pants and sweaters, and had dinner with their grandparents. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

I had known many men, my grandfathers included, who were traditionally dressed Jews. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in business clothes, a suit and tie, like he was maybe just getting off work, even though it was too early in the afternoon for that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

On Halloween night, all over Sacramento, children dressed up as ghosts or Frankensteins or dime-store skeletons with phosphorescent bones. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Twice more when I was in the village, I went to look into the office, and twice more I hurried away, too timid to speak to a man dressed so formally. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing by the front door, dressed in white, hands tucked under his armpits, breath puffing from his mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Women, young and ferocious, dressed in scraps of black silk and riding pine branches through the sky—there was nothing like that in his world, but he faced them with calm wariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of American girls of fourteen or fifteen had dressed up as much younger girls—with pigtails and teddy bears, wearing pajamas and kiddie clothes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I watch the lady with bright-pink leggings that are way too tight and a family of six dressed exactly alike in red-and-black pajamas. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I notice she is dressed in red, white, and blue. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Florah couldn’t bear the agony of seeing her friends all dressed up, playing and eating, and she burst into tears. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would be walking around all day dressed as a girl. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a blue suit and wore a red-and-white tie, giving him a certain patriotic look. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later a small girl appears in the doorway, dressed too nicely for the chaotic shabbiness of the surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A stream of women dressed in the paler blue smocks began to exit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, the song had made her see a woman, dressed in black, standing in infinite mists alone, waiting for the form of the Son of God to lead her through that white fire. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I got to the locker room, my classmates were already getting dressed in their gym clothes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My avatar was now dressed in a suit of chainmail armor, and my hands were held out in front of my body, as though I were clutching a set of reins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As he dressed he thought about asking Kevin to help him unload the apartments, but decided against it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

From there we watch as people dressed like snowflakes, like elves, like rabbits, like sugar plum fairies, march past us, strangely truncated because we’re looking down on them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Let’s get dressed and go out and get something to drink,” she said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she had dressed up and combed her hair and then... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not all of them shared her uncle’s opinions of seemly garb; some were as fashionably dressed as Kit herself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then the next thing I knew he was out the door and grabbing his bike, leaving me to run to my room to get dressed and scramble after him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as you blew through the entrance of Tuttle’s, there were two people dressed in giant teddy bear costumes holding the doors open for you. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When I first met him, he was dressed like the house servant of a wealthy man, which he was. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nately’s father was a courtly white-haired gentleman who dressed impeccably; this old man was an uncouth bum. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The servers, all young people dressed in white tunics like the one who gave us wine, move wordlessly to and from the table, keeping the platters and glasses full. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Before they went another mile, they passed a boat bearing two men dressed in work clothes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Finally, desperate, he had gotten out of bed, and dressed hurriedly, ignoring the protests of his parents. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How soon?” she asks as I finish getting dressed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Shorter than the natives, oddly dressed, and often unbearably dirty, the pallid foreigners had peculiar blue eyes that peeped out of the masks of bristly, animal-like hair that encased their faces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two or three of the men were dressed in black, with no visible patches or insignia. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was Mary Poppins, dressed in hat and coat all ready to go out. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They were unshaven, dressed in boots and coveralls like factory workers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He was so beautifully dressed...there was no country informality about his attire at all.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Winnie always dressed up for prison visits, and tried to wear something new and elegant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was dressed in a big puffy coat with work boots. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get dressed for class and get out as quickly as possible. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“All right. It’s time to get up and get dressed. We’re going out.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They dressed as Mister Crimson or the Lost Bride, or wore the grotesque, goggle-eyed mask of the Madman—all characters from the Komedie Brute. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I got up at six, dressed, tapped on their door and bade them good-bye. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Taran’s disappointment at finding the Lord Gwydion dressed in a coarse jacket and mud-spattered boots, he followed the man with growing admiration. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I thought of the lady dressed in pink, to celebrate the voting. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed in silence, too sleepy to talk, then, yawning and stretching, the four of them headed downstairs into the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Race day came and I got all dressed up and ready to run. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There she could go to a party dressed for the party and come home in the same dress, instead of rolling her clothes in a saddlebag and riding ten miles, then unrolling and pressing them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He saw a group of men dressed in the same black uniform as Raul, with the emblem of a beehive on their sleeves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people on the sidewalks seemed better dressed than the people of Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The patrons are mostly businessmen from Korea, but there are others, some whites, and then some young Korean-Americans dressed in conservative suits, speaking perfect English, red-faced, drunk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter got up, fully dressed, lithe, alert, not at all as if she’d just been asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was ordered to pick up my bundle of clothes and proceed down the hall, to where a white man and a black man, both dressed in white coats, sat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning Serafina dressed his wound again, and he tried to see from her expression whether it was healing, but her face was calm and impassive. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered a bald gentleman dressed in linen and with his collar closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

Meanwhile at Kirke’s hands the rest were gently bathed, anointed with sweet oil, and dressed afresh in tunics and new cloaks with fleecy linings. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in the infantry habergeon in which he had insisted on fighting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in big, drooping pants that show his underwear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even with the most nattily dressed boys now gone, he still felt that he stuck out among the survivors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On either side of us were all these girl dolls, smiling, dressed in pink-and-white gowns. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

He lay on the bed, watching me as I got dressed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed in every stitch of clothing I could find, all the time knowing I’d be an ice block the minute I stepped out that door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since I was so worried about the ticket I couldn’t lie in bed and read, so I just got dressed and went outside and started mowing the lawn with the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My father went to work every day dressed in the blue uniform of a city laborer, but at night he showed us what it meant to love jazz and art. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She whispered the word “fancy” like it was something illicit, as a smartly dressed couple in their fifties walked by. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then the babysitter arrived, an older woman named Mrs. Trapane, who got Jaime and Jason dressed and gave them their breakfasts while Nancy climbed back up to the cupola and returned to her books. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Harry dressed and went down the spiral staircase into the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

For the first time ever, I actually envied him the luxury of getting dressed up and leaving the house and rushing around all day, with purpose, all in the service of a pay cheque. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Even as the last Americans were still passing Hitler, the first German athletes began to emerge from the tunnel, dressed in crisp white linen suits and sporting white yachting caps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kristina makes the motion for get dressed and let's get out of here. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I brushed my teeth, dressed, and hurried outside, where the first familiar person I spotted was Julian on his way up to the Lyceum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crowd at the Plaza would most likely be dressed up, and I worried that she might feel out of place in an outfit most people associate with hard manual labor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra, dressed as Isis, wore the jeweled gown of the goddess. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And there She was: taller than I expected, and slender, and dressed in a fussy peach dress with too many jet buttons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in ordinary clothing—brown shirts and trousers and muddy boots. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was amazingly well dressed, in a light-pink jacket with a ruffled shirt underneath. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I get dressed, telling myself I won’t answer the phone when he calls. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, guys” were the words Coach Gary Gaines used to begin the 1988 season, and hfty-hve boys dressed in identical gray shirts and gray shorts, sitting on identical wooden benches, stared into his eyes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my gaze to our rooftop, found Baba and Rahim Khan sitting on a bench, both dressed in wool sweaters, sipping tea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling he was dressed for a funeral. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One must be properly dressed. Teach these fellas respect.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went with my mother, who got all dressed up like she was heading for Mass and who held my hand until we got close, when people might see. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bessermann is in the courtyard, nicely dressed with a bag over one arm, having a friendly conversation with Mrs. Krajewska. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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 looks different from how I remember her, dressed in her soldier’s uniform and heavy army boots, her long dark hair swept back under an olive-colored headscarf. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to be about seven years old, and dressed in his grandfather’s clothes. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I was already dressed in my school clothes, and she was in her pajamas, and everything felt backward, but I focused on my plan and tried not to think of everything that was wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lanky, with a loping gait, and dressed in what some Europeans thought was Western or Texan clothing, he was described as being “laconic as the hero of an old cowboy movie.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had never been happier than on her wedding day, dressed in a mended but still beautiful navy blue dress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry turned it off quickly and dressed silently. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

People were lined up to vote, dressed up in their best clothes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, in this world crumbling before my eyes, there's only one thing I can really focus on: the body I dressed yesterday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mama’s dressed up for the lunch party at a cousin’s house she’ll go to after we visit the mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was dressed exactly as he had been in Quebec—in cleats, sweatpants, and a red hockey jersey—and had two black eyes and several broken teeth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was dressed for batde in an armored shirt made from tree bark and twist ties, with his wooden cudgel and his reed pipes hanging from his belt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the chorus, dressed all in black for the moment. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In no wise could he proceed out of the woodland dressed thus. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

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

I’d pictured myself, dressed in a neat blue serge suit, my money changer swinging jauntily at my waist, and a cheery smile for the passengers which would make their own work day brighter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a thin man who could have been any age, dressed in a drab and tattered business suit, and he was holding a pencil and a sheaf of papers held together with a clip. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The other two men are not dressed up, so they look like bodyguards. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A waiter dressed in black rushed down moments later. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Who has she ever seen dressed like that going to work?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She’d been awake longer than anyone, had already bathed and dressed in the fresh clothes Rhonda had given her, and—apparently unaffected by the storm—was in a much better mood than the others. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In general, they do not seem as young—do not present at all like kids you often see on school stages, in grown-up clothes, who have dressed for the part but cannot quite inhabit it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

He remembers her mainly at the pujos he had attended every year, twice a year, with his family, where she would be dressed in a sari carefully pinned to the top of her shoulder. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why was I dressed as the other team? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then he dressed me in a clean shirt and too-big pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

She was dressed all in white, slicing berries in the gleaming white kitchen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I'd rather go to the chair than appear before the entire world dressed like a department manager at J. C. Penney. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed, you worthless thing,” he says, tossing a bundle of clothes at me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was asleep, fully dressed, on top of a tumult of bedding. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black yoga pants and a light pink T-shirt with her hair pulled back on one side, fastened with crisscrossing bobby pins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I've been dressed and measured and primped so many times, I still hate the feeling in these moments that my body doesn't belong to me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“So where are you going all dressed up?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One morning, the Ngoni came up the mountain dressed in animal skins, holding massive shields in one hand and spears in the other. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in golden cloth, and she was as beautiful as her mother-in-law was alarming; she carried two of the tiniest giant thimbles, which she had filled with beer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

I took the saline IV out myself, got dressed, and we just walked out, no problem. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They put that on me and I felt very clean and dressed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tyrell looks across the street at the bad boys dressed in red. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Ewalt was wearing work clothes; he had mud on his boots; he felt he wasn’t properly dressed to go calling on the Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidbit laughed out loud when he saw the two girls dressed as maids. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a black suit with a pearl necklace. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in the most beautiful furs and her face was very kind, her eyes deep, thrilling, wild. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

With a secret glee, Lyra hurried there behind the nurse and retrieved her proper furs and leggings and boots, and pulled them on quickly while the nurse dressed herself in coal silk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer, dressed in a white shirt and blue business suit, sped to the table; the two opponents shook hands while Fischer kept his eyes on the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I’ve dressed, I make my way warily down the hall, a white bundle under my arm, trying hard to ignore the sanitary pad I’m wearing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I’m dressed in my indi'gena clothes, sitting with the other queens at a long table with the president’s daughter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed and we’ll go back together. I will talk to my mother.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a gray coat, black pants, and a fine pair of boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freshmen in Vocational all dressed up for a real prom party and acting just like kids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Above the rear-view mirror over the windshield, there was a small, framed photograph of a girl dressed in academic cap and gown. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The soldier was ten feet tall, dressed in Canadian Forces desert camouflage. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try to converse with women who were dressed in black, because they were married women. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel saw, delighted, that the whole of the du Burgh family had dressed in fine elfin clothing for the party. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He was a short, stocky man dressed in khaki pants and a short-sleeved shirt, half tucked in. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

One was wearing a soccer uniform, shirt neatly tucked in, socks pulled up to her knees, like a peewee soccer player who had been carefully dressed by her mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Theo is tidy, well dressed in a suit, looking very much the proper Parisian businessman. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It is Johnny, padding down the steps with bare feet, dressed in old flannel pajamas with a ticking stripe. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

She dressed like I expected a Mormon to dress on Sunday, in a floral skirt that reached to the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A student, dressed in black, with freckles, black hair, and a chipped tooth, grinned at them all. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He can tell she is nervous, dressed in one of her better saris, wearing lipstick and perfume, in contrast to the khakis and T-shirts and soft leather moccasins Gogol and Maxine both wear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

According to this story, if a Catholic priest dressed in his sacred garments solemnly said the right words at the right moment, mundane bread and wine turned into God’s flesh and blood. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were dressed in expensive dashikis, and the women wore long classical Ethiopian gowns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Chiefs usually dressed like businesspeople, never in feathers and hides. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a bald man with a very long nose, dressed in a long black robe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You have half an hour to shower and get dressed. Don’t expect any help from me.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They had brought a dress with than, and the proper underwear, and the ladies of the village formed a circle in the gateway while the pink girl was dressed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Every morning, before Stuart dressed, Mrs. Little went into his room and weighed him on a small scale which was really meant for weighing letters. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He dressed it, carefully fitting the wide sleeves of a ragged coat over the two stick arms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

They are always dressed like they stepped off a runway. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Eleanor got dressed quickly and tried to squeeze past her mother. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After I made the date with old Sally, I got out of bed and got dressed and packed my bag. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Ash dismounted and led Saerla toward the line of hunting horses, where she found a young man dressed in brown with a dark green armband. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed quietly, used the bathroom quickly and tiptoed down the stairs into the dark hall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his bed, all dressed and ready, staring into the white sky. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She led me to Grandpa’s room; he was lying fully dressed upon the bed, looking as well as he ever looked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanchion had a medium build and was handsomely dressed in deep green and black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a pavilion of colored silk, the Elf King was being dressed for his meeting by fifteen servants. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Yet its light and loving scent gave her a sense of security and she smiled at the sun, dressed, and put her mind to inventing boots. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

SAWICKI, film club mentor, and 9 STUDENTS, who are casually dressed. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a long, flowing blue gown, and she stood on the homed moon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“She was a white woman—a gwai poh—dressed in blue silk, with a strange cloak like the skin of a goat.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He dressed like a great man—black broadcloth coat and trousers, wide black hat, overcoat with a velvet collar, ebony cane which he made to seem a sword. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been the way the woman was dressed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some bodies fully dressed, some naked and some in all degrees of dishevelment. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was up and washed and dressed and out the door before daylight was more than a pale idea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I ask you,” he said gravely, “because you are not dressed in black satin, with a string of pearls, nor are you thirty-six.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The day after this advertising was finished he waited in the front room dressed in a clean shirt and a tie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I washed, dressed, and went into the kitchen and sat wordlessly at the table. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning home one afternoon from her hospital shift, Regina was approached in front of her apartment house at 560 Lincoln Place by two sunglassed men, conservatively dressed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in tattered clothing and his face was dirty, a red gash taking up most of his cheek. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

Apart from the line of copper suns that ornamented his belt, the Domishman was plainly dressed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

"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

She was dressed practically for traveling, pants and shirt, and was just young enough for it not to seem improper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, I cleaned off my shoes with the towel Coach Fortes found me, got dressed, and headed to geometry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

Then she got dressed, went to the movie theater, and in the darkness of the seats she recognized her daughter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tally saw them hiking through the orchids, four figures carrying hoverboards and dressed all in white. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was something of a fashion plate, always well dressed and forever drawing the eyes of the young women around him, though he did not seem to have a steady girl. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had been dressed in green, to celebrate the festival of spring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts up a photo with an image of a young boy and an older girl dressed in matching blue uniforms. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron, the only ones left in their dormitory, were woken very early by Hermione, who burst in, fully dressed and carrying presents for them both. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed like he’s in a Shakespeare play and doesn’t seem like a real person. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Why are they dressed so funny?” she asked, giggling as she held it inches away from her eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch means hundreds of people dressed in finery at a three-day celebration. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

I often wonder it God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 11:00 I was up and dressed, and, without seeing my grandfather, went looking for Naomi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A thin, light-skinned African American woman dressed in a beautifully tailored suit, she was soft-spoken and strikingly serene, with a steady brown-eyed gaze and an impressive grasp of how the city functioned. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A lean, fair-haired figure dressed in black detached himself from the assembly line and walked languidly toward a door that slid open to receive him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The rest of the passengers were men dressed in expensive civilian clothes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kid, an extra-short and elegantly dressed tenth grader named Pitkin, recognized defeat and stepped back into the crowd with a gentlemanly bow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had changed his tattered clothes and was again dressed in his customary suit of black. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

On the beach where so many had died, a man dressed just like every other Marine got that message and nodded his head. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in this plain white T-shirt and gray sweats, but he still managed to look heart-stoppingly perfect somehow. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Handsome, well- dressed white men got in and out of fancy cars with beautiful blond women. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at an open-air café, overlooking the sea, drinking a cup of coffee and dressed in...wow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We all dressed up in costumes, as characters in the movie we watched together. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their bus-driving leader left the Gladers in the hands of a small staff—nine or ten men and women dressed in pressed black pants and white shirts, their hair immaculate, their faces and hands clean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the first bell rang, instead of waking Rachel as usual, she waited until she herself was dressed and ready to go. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is dressed really nicely, but I’m in my regular school clothes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Outside the church, I’m adrift in a sea of anacos and gold beads and blue ponchos; only a few other people are dressed like mestizos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Another man, similarly dressed, unfolded himself from the seat. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’d dressed me in the most ridiculous dress — deep blue, frilly and off the shoulders, with French tags I couldn’t read — a dress more suitable for a runway than Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each morning Mrs. Derby, dressed in white, as she usually was, came to Teenie’s kitchen, greeted everyone with a cheerful hello, and planned the meals for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico was dressed in a black cloak The night was foggy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was dressed, as usual, in his basketball uniform. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I wipe off a silver mirror with my hand and see myself dressed in a dead faerie’s clothes, a shudder goes through me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I got dressed and rushed out of my room to leave for the public forum. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The fever departed, and Dr. Trefusis now in health, he walked abroad, dressed in his stolen habiliment, swinging a cane like a beau of the first fashion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Realizing that this man, dressed like a white man, was a Navajo made us look around the school yard. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He had always dressed well, and now, when he came to visit, was carefully groomed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I’m already dressed, wearing one of Donna’s uniforms: a gray skirt, a plain button-down white shirt, and a navy V-neck sweater. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She dressed quickly, turning her wet arms with difficulty through her silk sleeves, and tucking the unfastened blouse into the skirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

Aguirre, a middle-aged woman who is missing most of her front teeth and is dressed in a sweater full of holes, shares one bed with her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The four girls, still dressed in their pretty go-to meeting frocks, watched him with fascinated, admiring eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henrietta climbed out of the bathtub, dried herself off, and dressed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko, also dressed in black—a shiny, short leather dress—strode into the Rotunda Reading Room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She was all dressed up like she’d been invited to a party, and she wasn’t the least bit shy about sticking her nose in front of the cameras. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d dressed in a sports jacket for the occasion, his hair somewhat neatly combed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in white robes like a troop of angels. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Penelope went dressed as a homeless woman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The men who dressed in golf shirts with the horse logo seemed the most well-to-do. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

Across the street, in front of a school gate, two heavily dressed figures were handing out leaflets. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without glancing at his reflection, he started to get dressed before going down to breakfast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A silent young man dressed in a white tunic offers us all stemmed glasses of wine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nobody in the neighborhood could ever tell who he was dressed as on Halloween. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Upstairs they heard Jenny in her room getting dressed to come down to the kitchen; there was no sound from Jethro’s room. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore blackframed glasses and was dressed in dapper city clothes: a linen suit and striped shirt. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

Grateful to have slept fully dressed, I just put on shoes, and the Colonel and I jogged to the classrooms. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Around seven-thirty, dressed and slicked up, I stuck my head outside my door to see if either of the Yoshotos were on the prowl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I guess I nodded because she helped me get dressed. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

He is also dressed in his best dark trousers and a white shirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he is dressed again, he looks at me hard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It could have been Benefactor’s Day all over again except that everyone was dressed in black. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She’d been thinking that they would have to wear striped pajamas like the prisoners in the old photographs, yet she’d seen no one dressed like that in the camp yet. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning, May 2, 1963, I woke up and dressed for school as usual. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

When we walked into the schoolyard, I saw that all the other girls were dressed more like Lynn, in jumpers or plain skirts with white blouses. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I'm dressed in less than a minute and fidgeting in front of the wall where I know there's a door even if I can't see it when suddenly it slides open. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She regarded female Scholars with a proper Jordan disdain: there were such people, but, poor things, they could never be taken more seriously than animals dressed up and acting a play. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One morning while we were getting dressed, I noticed that Janine was still in her white cotton nightgown. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He limped noticeably, and he was dressed in a ragged version of the clothing of the whites. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some dressed in fine soft furs, some in boiled leather and oddments of armor, more in wool and sealskins, a few in rags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

These women lived in neighborhoods of swank brownstones and exclusive apartment houses, with doormen dressed like admirals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her bedroom, Emily Brent, dressed in black silk ready for dinner, was reading her Bible. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She opened the door dressed in black, her eyes pillowed and heavy with grief. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

Think about it: That’s quite a commute to get to school just to see some withered old man dressed up as Charles Lindbergh or Betsy Ross. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was already dressed, his Hogwarts prefect badge pinned to his sweater vest. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a hobbit by the size of it, but all dressed up queer. Hey!’ he cried. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A woman dressed in a green burqa sat in the cab of one truck, a blindfolded man in the other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Miss Lavinia will be wanting her tea and I must get Isannah dressed, brushed, powdered, and perfumed to sit with her.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door opened, and a man dressed in a crisp white suit and a wide-brimmed hat walked in. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Each blindfolded child was no more than ten years old, and though they looked rather foolish dressed in the costumes of the gods, there was something charming about it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For close to a decade I’d dressed in a uniform every day. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

My fingers shook as I got dressed, but it could have been my fear as much as fatigue that made them so. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

He appeared to be in his early fifties and was well enough dressed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Flaherty,” Coach M said, “why don’t you go back to the showers and get dressed. I want to speak with Ryan Dean and his captain.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

People who glanced at him saw a tall, angry black man, dressed in black jeans, black T-shirt, and shiny black boots. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frederick is already dressed, wearing trousers, an ironed shirt, and a necktie, kneeling against the window with his nose against the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was of medium height, dressed like the others, with a thick Spanish accent when he spoke, and his perhaps excessive authority derived from a .357-magnum pistol held tightly in his right fist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well before I was a student myself, I would watch the Catholic school kids walk by the front of the house, dressed in gray and red uniforms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed in his usual Henry Huggins style, like a 1950s paperboy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After the game, as, I got dressed, I realized it wasn’t my fault—or any one person’s, for that matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t sure if kids dressed up for Halloween or not...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She rinsed her hair quickly, then stood up, covering herself with a towel while she got dressed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We may as well be dressed in tissue paper, for all the protection they give. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I was getting dressed again, I could hear my father’s voice in the kitchen. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kareem’s dressed as Ham—white tee, white socks, jean shorts, and a catcher’s mask on his head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When she left, he got dressed and followed her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know the chariot ride will require Peeta and me to be dressed in something coal related. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am supposed to hide until I’m dressed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys our age were all dressed in oversize suits, dingy shirts, and sneakers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I get to my room and get dressed, I decide that I’m going to skip school for the first time ever. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

“I need you to help at the bodega. Wake up your sisters and get dressed as fast as you can. “What’s happening at the bodega?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Come in here dressed like rag piles and act like they own the place.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a worn flannel shirt and dark blue jeans. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I noticed that he was dressed in black with pin-striped trousers. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in khaki shorts, a blue shirt, and tennis shoes—so that at first glance she was like a very young boy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a yellow jacket that had dappled fur on the edges, and her hair was pulled back tightly with shiny ribbons. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the airport Gogol stands in the check-in line with his father, who is dressed in a jacket and tie, clothes he still thinks to wear when riding on planes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every person was as clean and fresh and dressed up as she was. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

He himself was dressed in new white clothes, and he carried a new hat—not of straw but of fine black felt—and he too wore shoes—not sandals but shoes that laced. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got in and out as fast as he could, then dressed in his school clothes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Jimmy, how much is two D batteries?” a woman dressed in business clothes and sneakers asked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Several men and women dressed in grimy jeans and soaking-wet coats burst through the entrance with guns raised, yelling and screaming words over each other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the triangle sounded in the morning, Jody dressed more quickly even than usual. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest ones were always as dressed up as their parents, with hair bows and suspenders and other geegaws Luke knew his parents would never buy. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The act consisted of me, dressed in a nice shirt and tie and singing a medley of commercial jingles in the voice of Billie Holiday, who was one of my father's favorite singers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One was dressed in a sleeveless army shirt and jeans, his head tied with a red cloth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I remember, then, that I am dressed like the Erudite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Like him, they were dressed in white laboratory coats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke up, her husband had shot a girl young enough to be that daughter whose hair she had dressed to kill. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls dressed to go after lunch while Crowell and I sat on the bed in his room and read the past performances of the horses and the predictions in the racing paper. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I washed my face and got dressed, anxious to know what had happened, at the same time dreading it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Two others—a man and a woman dressed in khakis and Red Cross T-shirts—sit, with notebooks in hand, in chairs against the wall. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He made sure we were dressed up, though sometimes it backfired. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

She dressed quickly, laced her sandals, pulled the wooden comb through her long hair, grabbed her stick, and hurried through the empty corridor to leave her new home and go for a morning walk. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells a few more one-liners and introduces a young kid dressed in black pants and a black turtleneck sweater. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I'm all dressed up in a little black dress with small lace cutouts at the waist, and wearing heels, and then there are those Band-Aids. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed more formally than I could remember seeing him: a gray business suit, a blue dress shirt open at the collar, polished black loafers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And the baby, Ruth, who was dressed in pink and white, and rode in her mother’s arms to church. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So, naturally, on May 7, which was the anniversary of the German surrender in World War II, Mr. Nossik dressed himself up as a Gestapo kommissar. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The surprise was a lovely little girl, exquisitely dressed, who came from the wings carrying a beautiful doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I was finished making lunch and got myself dressed, Dad had fixed his thermos of coffee and was ready to go, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me as we walked into the church, both of us still dressed in our office clothes, that I'd never thought much about what a community organizer actually did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I read it every night before I dressed for bed, and eventually I memorized it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hodor washed the sweat from him with a warm, damp cloth and dressed him with deft and gentle hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I got dressed and we went up to the roof. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She certainly hadn’t dressed up, and when Babulya recited the story of Esther to them, Mama had barely made a sound. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The summer visitors in Delhi are dressed in old pants and T-shirts, too. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black man dressed in overalls went up the steps and into the flat adjoining the one in which I lived. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A carpet on the sidewalk led into the reception foyer, from which they could see into a large room of tables dressed up with white tablecloths and napkins folded to look like bishops' hats. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There’s him and his mom dressed up and standing in front of a fancy hotel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A 1926 photograph shows him dressed in the same style as Hale, with a sharp suit and a hat—an itinerant farmer’s son transformed into a respectable businessman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The boy who controlled them was dressed in the same way though his cap badge was golden. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron joined a number of oddly dressed men descending into what appeared to be an ordinary underground public toilet, tiled in grimy black and white. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She walked in the castle garden with her companions, dressed in the white clothes of a novice, and there was a clumsy action in her walk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the knife into the purse and dressed hurriedly and silendy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy keeps a picture in his wallet of him and Mama all dressed up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I get dressed as fast as I can. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

A Russian prince condescended to sit in a corner for an hour and talk with a massive lady, dressed like Hamlet’s mother in black velvet with a pearl bridle under her chin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hong Kong ladies,” she said, eyeing two finely dressed women in long, dark mink coats and perfect black hairdos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room seemed dressed up with the glowing new quilts and the repainted trunks. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I got dressed before luncheon," said the child, turning eagerly to Daisy. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Hanako felt instantly regretful that she was dressed differently from everybody else. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now and then, they dressed up for these gatherings and took photos. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Ogilvie daughters, Colette and Jeannine, swept into the room, dressed in matching pink and yellow bombazine gowns, wearing their curled hair piled on top of their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Jaime dressed like a sleepwalker and got into his car, grateful that his profession entitled him to a weekly ration of gasoline; otherwise he would have had to go by bicycle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me help you get dressed,” he said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I was going to greet my boy dressed in the sunshine he hadn’t seen in a month. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actual workers and patrons appeared rough around the edges, dressed in jeans and T-shirts and, well, loaded up with piercings and tattoos. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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 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

My brother is dressed the nicest I’ve seen him in a long time—looking sharp in tan slacks and a maroon button-down shirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Bodies lie on the ground and float in the sea, but at this distance, with everyone dressed exactly the same, I can’t tell who lives or dies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Shortly the door swung partly open, revealing a smartly dressed woman, whose hard, handsome face broke into smiles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One comfort was that the fishmongers van bringing the first course of dressed crab had broken down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How would you like to see me bring one in that dressed out over a thousand pounds?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attending church on Easter was a grand ceremony when everybody dressed up in the very best they could afford. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a scalding hot shower, worked over my face for the last time, and got dressed in my cheap suit. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed in a black suit, with a binder tucked under his arm. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother. Remember that Halloween when we were around seven or eight and those big-city kids came down to the corn maze dressed like skeletons?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Demon Brigade is dressed in bright silver. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Stanley could see some kids dressed in orange and carrying shovels dragging themselves toward the tents. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Once she stumbled over a rock and fell against the wall, and her hand found raw earth supported by timbers, whereas before the tunnel had been dressed stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I saw her dressed up only once, the day I graduated from high school. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The segment opened with a genteel docent standing before a Rembrandt painting and addressing a group of unshaven men dressed in ragged clothing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his coveralls and working at his job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was gone long enough that Toby got dressed and thought about knocking to make sure she was okay. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

By the time I’m dressed, the parades are over and Dad is watching football. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before she had dressed, however, the crystals had melted—all but a few on the north sides of the slopes, that spoke of things to come. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Instead they go dressed in their ordinary clothes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to one of the sows trotting over to the patch of ground where he’d dressed the pig. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the morning Mom gets me bathed and dressed and fed in record time while Dad gets Penny ready. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He almost snarled when he saw her dressed to go. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Still dressed in their sweaty gym clothes, they sat in the Presidential Suite, shopping online. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It must be embarrassing to sit in front when you find yourself dressed funny on the first day of school. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

The procession moved slowly and quietly through a black sea of men and women dressed for mourning. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She dressed “for work” in clothes that she changed out of the minute she came home, so that they wouldn’t get stained with oil, achiote, or tomato sauce. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are little kids and elders, people dressed in traditional regalia, and people dressed in sundresses and jeans and T-shirts. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Johnny, do you think I might’ve overdressed a little for this thing? The invitation said formal, but these girls here all look like they’re dressed for church.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I gladly got dressed because I actually needed some fresh air after that awful book. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his long grayish-white underwear. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a gray suit and a light blue bow tie. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She talked quietly while she got dressed, telling me to tie my shoes, and be certain to carry my wool sweater, and to put on my leather jacket Her hands were not shaking. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I visited Felicia the following day, she was dressed in her coronation gown, her crown, and all her necklaces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know it was her at first, because she was dressed not in the usual blue or white and gold, but in black. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her painting smock, her hair pinned messily in gold barrettes, staring at her latest collage with a paintbrush and a piece of yarn in her hand. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To let inmates know they’d better be dressed and decent, female officers always yelled, “Female on the gallery!” before setting out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody seems to notice how dressed up we are today. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As they watched, they saw powerful warriors of all ages and places, well matched in battle, dressed in their war gear, each man fighting his hardest. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Getting dressed for a space flight takes a long time. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this the suitors, while they dressed their meat, began to exchange loud mocking talk about him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was dressed in seconds and lighting into him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I can’t lace getting up, getting dressed, getting onto the train, going into London, wandering the streets. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a thin shift made of a burlap seed bag. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 was dressed simply: black long-sleeved shirt tucked into black pants; black pants tucked into soft black boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To fill a typical order, one person grilled the hamburger; another “dressed” and wrapped it; another prepared the milk shake; another made the fries; and another worked the counter. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

For one thing, with his hair and beard trimmed and now neatly dressed, he looked a lot younger, though still much older than I. I would guess maybe thirty or thirty-two. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I guess he didn’t bother to get dressed today either. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But it was a kid, all right, maybe eighteen, dressed in a droopy old army jacket, dungarees, and boots. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed Persian Casual too, though his shirt was white with a sort of striped texture to it that caught the light down his sides. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He walked with confidence and dressed well, conjuring an impression of wealth and achievement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

He woke the boys up, got them dressed and on the bus. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a dirty shift, and she had bruises all over her arms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

While they were reading about Camelot, their teacher dressed up as Queen Guinevere to add an extra oomph. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The in-mate, dressed in civvies, might try to walk right out of the Visit Room to the street at the end of the day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus dressed carefully and presented himself to his father with his dark curly hair tamed with scented oil. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

They both have gray hair and are dressed in brightly colored clothes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Soldiers walked here and there, all dressed in khaki. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his uniform except for his shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and a number of the other villagers dressed all in white on Saturdays. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were toys and clothes in the windows and people dressed in nice warm coats and hats or getting out of fancy cars. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

After he had dressed himself, he laid out his blood tubes and syringes on a mat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced down and saw a very properly dressed lady flanked by six other very properly dressed ladies and one properly dressed man in a bow tie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The man was dressed in a bright blue Windbreaker and was fidgeting with the sweat-stained Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap he held in his hands. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A few feet from where we are standing, a body floats past, dressed in a black pajama shirt and pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bedroom door slams open, and my grandfather is standing there dressed head to toe in black. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Now why don’t you get dressed and we’ll figure out what to do about Wishbone,” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was a slender man in his late thirties, with sandy-colored hair and glasses, dressed that day in jeans and a windbreaker. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had on a white topee, and was accompanied by three or four men dressed like him in shorts. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up, I could do most everything everyone else with arms could do: eating cereal, brushing my teeth and hair, getting dressed, and yes, even wiping my own bottom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Matt dressed in cool clothes and found leftover pizza for breakfast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in black jeans, a black button-up shirt, and black boots. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mom, dressed in a cool denim suit and, surprisingly, a pair of late-style Nikes, loads our bags in the car, and we’re totally ready to go by eight forty- five. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He asked his girl to get dressed and took her downstairs for breakfast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I texted Kaitlyn, cook a shower, got dressed, and then Mom drove me to school. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

A few miles to the south, another two thousand fans dressed in purple and gold clambered aboard an observation train at the Northern Pacific Railway’s University Station. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yakov emerged, dressed in the same handsome evening suit and white shirt he had worn the night he died, a bronze watch chain draped across his pinstriped waistcoat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This audience of fashionably dressed planters made her feel that she was little better than a trained animal, brought out for their amusement. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while that man’s clothes had been normal, the man at the desk seemed to be dressed in some kind of old-fashioned brown suit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

I got into the house and Moms was dressed. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The other two were dressed in jeans jackets and pants, wearing baseball hats backward and new Adidas sneakers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Because he is a tiny baby dressed in blue knickers? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also dressed as a giant potato. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine myself dressed up as a Cobalt Blue Orchid. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The strange thing about them was their clothing, for the boys were dressed in the straight trousers and the frogged and braided jackets of the Chinese. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see all the girls who aren’t dressed within the guidelines, and see how easy it would be to tear them all apart. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie, dressed in a sweatshirt and khaki work pants, is a frail, nervous man with rheumy eyes and a growth of white stubble across his chin. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe not covered, exacdy, but there were a lot of them—the two of them in pajamas, or in the park, or standing together all dressed up outside some theater. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I saw military washerwomen dressed in fine silk waistcoats for men, brocaded with water-stains and grime. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The others were dressed similarly but lacked helmets. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They too were dressed in their courtroom best: a purple jersey dress for Debbie; pleated slacks, a pink checkered shirt, and a tie for Karl. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was still dressed all in white, her hair tied tightly into a bun. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The boys were neatly dressed in snow-white shirts, blazers with badges, preppy caps with badges, ties matching the badges, shiny black and brown shoes, worsted knee-high socks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young girl dressed like a schoolgirl offered us a glass of wine on the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Eid, the three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan, Kabulis dressed in their best and newest clothes and visited their families. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two boys kept their faces averted while their mother and sister put on enough clothes to keep them from feeling ashamed; and the mother and sister did the same while the boys dressed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you all dressed to leave? You going somewhere?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her neat traveling dress, the jacket edged in black braid, black velvet lapels, and large jet buttons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Just me, a woman dressed in workout clothes reading a book, and a homeless man all the way down at the end. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn to see the naked English guy, except he’s dressed in a leather jacket and jeans and boots. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And she left the big house on the corner forever, dressed only in her nightgown, taking nothing with her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tapped the map with his wand, muttered, “Mischief managed,” though it hadn’t been, and got dressed, thinking hard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

“We must wait there until he is properly dressed.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed as quickly and quietly as possible, pulling on the worn corduroys, baggy sweater, and oversize coat that comprised my entire winter wardrobe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were both dressed casually, in light colors that matched the inside of the house. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

The As were judged to be much more alert, poised, attractive, and well dressed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the room sat seven or eight men, young, dressed in dark suits, very much at ease, and very imposing. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He stood fast in his spot as a man and a woman dressed in almost-matching gray suits came out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad kept telling me to hurry up and get dressed, which just stressed me out even more, and suddenly I started crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I manage to brush my teeth, put a bandanna on over my insane hair and get dressed in my catering standard: checked pants and a white men’s T-shirt. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His voice was deep for somebody dressed like he was. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

But here, I’m the only one dressed in an anaco and puffy blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went into the bathroom, took my first shower in a week, got dressed, and when I got out, I was so tired I had to lie down and get my breath. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

This is a celebratory night and the parishioners are dressed in their best. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As I did, the lich transformed into a tall human wizard dressed in flowing black robes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Silently she dressed, tied back her hair, and set herself to a succession of chores, beginning with tearing down the mosquito netting from all of our beds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Since we had no idea what we would encounter, he was dressed as a human, with the cap to hide his horns, and jeans, fake feet, and sneakers to hide his goat legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The man was dressed in jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, and seemed to have stayed clean during and after the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then I remember how Captain Smith dressed as a warrior to bring news of the coronation to Chief Powhatan, how he said this news would not sit well with the chief. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

An hour later, dressed for job hunting, my grandmother reluctantly left the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She got up and dressed quickly, hurrying to help. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even though everyone is all dressed up and smiling, there is a heaviness in the room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

Ifemelu enjoyed the Sunday ritual of those meals in the ornate hotel dining room, full of nicely dressed people, silver-haired couples with their grandchildren, middle-aged women with brooches pinned on their lapels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ran out to meet her, ready dressed, my gloves in my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Two Black women dressed in short skirts sat down where the Asians had sat. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And there, on a throne of coral, sat my father, dressed like a simple fisherman in khaki shorts and a sun-bleached T-shirt. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I get dressed in my new custom-tailored gray suit and red tie. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I have decided, I am beginning to worry about something that I know is really foolish: how I look, how I’m dressed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Out dashed armed men dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On our small slab porch stood Abby Standridge, dressed like a carpenter, hair as big as an azalea bush, and holding two fishing poles. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was a neatly dressed man well along in years, with a Greco face and fine wind-lifted white hair and a clipped white mustache. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took me a shower and dressed in the brown pants and white shirt the Brown Cow give me to wear in the store. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the early evening of November 10, Bull and Lillian dressed with great care for the Marine Corps birthday ball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noah and I are about eight and dressed in matching sailor outfits looking totally daffy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, “Business as usual.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just realized I’m dressed kind of weird for this place,” Tats whispers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

“But I doubt you’ll make it past the front doors dressed like that.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The streets are lined with tall trees dressed in Christmas garlands. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were all sitting there primly dressed in their spring Sunday best. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“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

Francie decided to get dressed first, and then fix supper so that she’d be all ready when Ben came to call for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was a photograph of his father, dressed in black, sitting on a country porch with his hands folded heavily in his lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

The dog is big, like a man dressed in a dog suit, and runs the same way its owner does, clumsy and wild and with the limbs flopping all over the place like untied shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d shaved his head smooth and dressed him in an orange prison jumpsuit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She got dressed and they went back along the path, Briony first, and he squelching behind her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sober little adults they had appeared on that first day, dressed in fashions much like their parents’. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Melanie that maybe kids dressed differently in Hollywood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned toward the door, hesitated, turned back, started for the door again—and encountered Sander sweeping from the tiring-room, dressed as Hamlet's mother. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was opened by a man dressed in his shirt sleeves, wearing no tie, but who, upon my asking for the chauffeur of the house, replied cheerfully that I had 'hit the jackpot first time'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in shades of beige from head to toe and wore no makeup and no jewelry except for the gold chain that held her glasses just above her full bosom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in mourning, as a sign of respect for the dead king, but she had taken special-care to make herself beautiful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Herod Sayle appeared, dressed in an immaculate pale gray silk suit. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

MOM/ Would you please let me get dressed? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt and, for some reason, authentic leather cowboy boots with gigantic heels that boost him up to merely short. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was dressed and waiting for Miles Ferris at the appointed time, but he was late. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ivory, dressed in his uniform and smelling of sour sweat, groaned as the needle attached to the IV bag slipped into his vein. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often he sat propped on the pillows for an hour before he got up and dressed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We are all dressed in down jackets and vests, so we collide and roll like bumper cars at the state fair. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton didn’t wait for her to tell him to get dressed or to pack. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Without turning her head from the audience, Hilly gestures to her left, where two dozen colored women have lined up, dressed in their white uniforms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once I’m dressed, I glance in the mirror one more time before carefully leaving the bathroom, making sure no one sees me exiting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The municipal police, dressed in green and white, used dogs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom decided Maureen needed to enroll in preschool, but she said she didn’t want her youngest daughter dressed in the thrift-store clothes the rest of us wore. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly large white man dressed as a butcher, with a blood-spattered apron and a meat cleaver, stopped in front of them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

And in their midst was a man with golden hair, dressed in dark trousers and a light blue shirt open at the throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The police came. They were dressed like protesters too.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It helped that Levi dressed her in a bonnet for the picture. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine myself in this place, getting dressed for class, walking with my new friends to the dining hall, joining the poetry club. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It came from a middle-aged, heavyset, well- dressed white man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she was in her eighties, she dressed like a fashion model. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The African general and the Gallivespian came in: King Ogunwe in a clean uniform, with a wound on his temple freshly dressed, and Lord Roke gliding swiftly to the table astride his blue hawk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had dressed more richly than was his wont, as if for the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then again, he was always dressed up, so I wasn't sure if anything was wrong or not. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His body was alive, vibrant, singing like an electric wire as he dressed in preparation for the trip to Ravenel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He actually looked pretty smooth and official, dressed up in his black leather jacket, combat boots, and beret. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

I was now dressed and equipped as a trapper, and told them that I was trying to catch up with Mavriva’s outfit, which had gone north in the last days of Grende. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Two years ago, he dressed in his finest clothing and dragged us to the square early. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko,dressed in a bright red suit, strode to the center of the ballroom. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But Miss Hilly’s all dressed up in a blue plaid pantsuit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to run upstairs and wash up and get dressed, but my mom always said never to leave the stove. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could already see himself—walking up to her while dressed in a crisp army uniform, a grin on his face and a bouquet of roses in his arm. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So Ben dressed and left the house in the dark not knowing where to search or even to begin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dropped off passen­gers, men dressed in dark suits, women clad in black dresses, their heads covered with traditional white hijabs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We must get dressed and line up onstage next to the plump man, our cowboy, and his smiling wife. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma and her sister always dressed in black. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the seafood workers—a huge man, dressed in an orange apron—throws an entire salmon across the counter, where it lands in another man’s arms with a wet smack. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So she was up and dressed when Tea Cake awoke from the fitful sleep that had come to him just before day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

There onstage was Robert Fumulani and his Likhubula River Dance Band, with the singer dressed in his smart white shirt and his guitar strapped to his neck. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I left him to finish up and joined Rose, who was now dressed in a pair of jeans and a grey shirt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He is dressed head to toe in black and silver, the velvet of his doublet so thickly embroidered with patterns of crowns and birds that it looks as heavy as armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his formal clothes, as though it were his senior prom, and frozen in the amber of his youth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Eight scientists dressed in white surgical coats stood around a table putting the pieces together. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madoc, who’d let us all get dressed up and given me a beautiful sword to wear tonight, as though we were really going to some fun party. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While Bull dressed upstairs, the rest of the family gathered by the side of the court to cheer Ben while he warmed up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gotten dressed, had some cereal, and cleaned up my room a little. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I get dressed and make my way toward the kitchen, sunlight pouring in through the window on that sorry-behind sunflower, feeding it with lies. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ellen was so fair that she looked as though she were white, and so she dressed up in a man’s clothing and she looked like a wealthy young planter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel lay there as elementary school students gathered around her, and it seemed that not even the third graders were dressed as ridiculously as she was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She rubbed gel into her hair and got dressed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Come Sunday morning, Mrs. was dressed and ready for church, with a pinned-on hat, a shiny black purse, and black gloves that crawled past her wrists. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He is dressed as the Tin Man on Halloween. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

I listened to my flip-flops flap against my heels as I walked to my closet, where I listened to the rain falling while I got dressed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are their yards? Their farms? And do they work the fields dressed like that?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Did they not respect him because he was “just a kid”? Was it because of the way he dressed? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not the football players, but everyone else is looking at me, like I really am a killer, not just dressed like one. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They sat and smoked atop tanks, dressed in their fatigues and ubiquitous pakols. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

He seemed so out of place in the room of neatly dressed, chattering factory girls, this short man, very thin, with a weathered face and the homespun clothes of a hill farmer. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When all the players had dressed, they assembled in a small alcove in the back of the locker room where the blackboard hung. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning Mami cooked our dinner, left everything ready for Gloria, dressed, and got us off to school one at a time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I remember asking the men to leave while I washed up my girls, and dressed them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thereafter, whenever they were drilling, I went past, dressed in my civvies,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘You dressed in black,’ Nico noted, ‘with the sun coming up. You painted your face but didn’t cover that mop of blond hair. You might as well be waving a yellow flag.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a baggy pea-green suit and had his face buried in Aunt Florentine’s old neck. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were dolls dressed up, insipid in blue and white, pious and lifeless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was also very stylish, dressed in a cute green tank top and jean shorts. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had lost both ears and a finger to frostbite, and he dressed all in black, the same as a brother of the Night's Watch, except that his furs were ragged and greasy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

I dressed in my best and showed up sweating. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officers dressed in black find the boys curled under their blanket in the straw. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But then Georgie joined him on the sidewalk, still dressed in her uniform from Downtown Donuts. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom made sure Penny was dressed in pretty little outfits every day, even though she was just going next door to Mrs. V’s house. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Now, moving through the crowds along 125th Street, I was painfully aware of other men dressed like the boys, and of girls in dark exotic-colored stockings, their costumes surreal variations of downtown styles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in his pajamas, hadn’t even bothered to get dressed, and this sent four-alarm chills running through my whole body. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The conference was officially opened by our host, His Imperial Majesty, who was dressed in an elaborate brocaded army uniform. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how he walked and moved and dressed and everything. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Roman style—his dark hair close-cropped, his pale, angular face clean-shaven. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

In my nightmare, I’m dressed in the silk bridal gown, but it’s torn and muddy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were all dressed, we ventured out into the ship and were surprised to see other people. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He watched me but didn’t make a move to get dressed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And he had a very white skin; oh, he was most unusual! He was dressed in a strange uniform and he came down out of the sky and spoke pleasantly to me.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does my mom get her dressed, anyway? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The only decorations in sight were a dusty vase on a three-legged table and a black-and-white picture of an ancient woman dressed in an old-fashioned white dress. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“After I dressed. I put my bayonet through his skull like you said.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a slim-fitting black suit that accentuates his broad shoulders, a black shirt, and no tie. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was not dressed in sleek furs, but in thin and ragged robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It was dressed in white and floated inside a ball of light.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He still wasn’t happy being dragged out of bed so early, but had somehow managed to get dressed despite feeling all yawny and stiff. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She and Auntie An-mei were dressed up in funny Chinese dresses with stiff stand-up collars and blooming branches of embroidered silk sewn over their breasts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He passed a circle of men watching a tall thin black boy dressed in a flowing red dress, dancing, kicking heels. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cursing, he tore off the clothes and dressed again, in felted black wool and ringmail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony, dressed as the god Dionysus-Osiris, wore Greek robes and a crown of ivy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Charlie laughed and ruined the picture, and Mom dressed me down in front of the strangers who’d gathered to witness our group humiliation. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

She had never seen Shona women dressed this way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Al fills the doorway, dressed in casual slacks and a polo shirt under a leather jacket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

So there I was, dressed in my shepherd-girl costume for the Christmas play after school, struggling to complete the math problem on the board while my fellow third-graders watched. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I had finished getting dressed, Mamá was already preparing breakfast and the lunch for our trip. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of people dressed in crimson and gold and emerald dancing to the music of flutes and pipes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me long to wash up and Mom had already laid out all my clothes, so I was dressed and running down to Miss Volker’s house in no time. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When he opened it, I was already dressed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’d stomped back upstairs, got dressed in tan cargo shorts and his favorite T-shirt. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She got dressed and realized she hadn’t eaten anything the entire time she’d been in Kiev. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I stepped in to help him, he was dressed only in a pair of wrinkled khaki pants. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Haukelid’s men dressed in stolen Nazi uniforms, so Quisling wouldn’t be suspicious until it was too late. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in black mourning robes, and his face bore the same inconsolable expression I’d seen when we spoke on the phone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If they had not dressed him and led him to the car, he would still be there, drifting along the north wall, invisible in the gray twilight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Francis and Charles were well dressed, freshly shaven, very much their unconcerned old selves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lined up for roll call fully dressed and happy not to lose five more points. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

I remembered seeing Colonel Julyan at the ball dressed as Cromwell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only two warmly dressed figures were waiting for the next vaporetto. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I found this video of a New York Mets player from the 1980s dressed like that,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Actually, it was his mother, Ms. Janice, dressed in a mini skirt and a mini-er shirt, trotting down the steps, holding an overnight bag. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Now go get dressed, and then we will deal with your idiotic behavior.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed, wore his black boots, and his hair shone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in bright red from the top of her elaborate turban to the tips of her polished fingernails, and an air of regal self-assurance seemed to travel with her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather stayed silent until we approached a limping man dressed in dark rags, pushing a cart. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like him, they dressed shabbily, looked dirty, smelled bad, and were desperate for food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He saw the girls come out, dressed somberly, even severely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they were bored or had had too much to drink, they might single out a traditionally dressed Jew for a beating. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of me, dressed as he had been on the night he died. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed like her Warcross avatar—in a limited edition suit and webbed glitter cape—and dancing with a bunch of businessmen in bright pink suits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad, a pillar of stone, dressed like usual in his Class A blues. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Grandfather stepped onto the porch dressed in his regimental jacket, his sword buckled onto his belt, and King George on his shoulder. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a low-grade bookmaker dressed up for his daughter's wedding, and he was clearly very pleased with himself this evening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bathe and get dressed, then return to the main salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was always dressed in the latest, which was a major plus. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the door opens to reveal a woman dressed in a tidy sweater, pants, and slippers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did not want to be dressed as a girl. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Then to Bloody Juan, Get her dressed and take her back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not, however, to go to bed: on the contrary, I began and dressed myself carefully. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the library, Ophie discovered a finely dressed white man speaking with an unseen partner about the rights of the African. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

Some days Angela would come in dressed simply, khaki pants and a blouse, no jewelry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

As Dad and Mother, dressed in dusters and wearing goggles, went scorching through the streets of Boston, bystanders tossed insults and ridicule in their direction. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s all dressed up in a black suit and bow tie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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 heavy furs, his face illuminated by the flame of a naphtha lamp. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in gray overalls and sneakers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a threadbare bathrobe and wore fuzzy bunny slippers on her feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another rebel, the only one dressed in full army gear, agreed with him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bull was dressed in his dark green winter uniform when he parked his squadron car in front of the bank and walked the six storefronts to Hobie’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She could see by the dim light that he was fully dressed in Papá’s clothing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

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

Most were still dressed in their dinner tuxedos and puffing on cigars. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Inside the basket were a dozen dark-haired Barbie dolls dressed like Spanish señoritas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maya threw herself out of bed and went to get dressed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They dressed in the same clothes as the men, and they swaggered around like the men, with guns slung over their shoulders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They made the boy get dressed and dragged him out to their car, and nobody’s seen or heard from him since.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was young and tall, dressed in white and silver, with a net of silver crowning her hair that fell straight down like a fall of black water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But they did not talk about it, as though verbalizing it would make Baby’s death imminent, until the morning she sat watching Baby sleep while Odenigbo got dressed for work. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One team, from Green Hills Academy, is all dressed in Kelly green sweaters. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Now eighteen and dressed in an impeccably tailored suit with a white handkerchief deftly positioned in his breast pocket, he looked somewhat older and carried himself with an athletic swagger. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just a little after five A.M., demon time, I had gotten dressed and gone out to the pump to get some water. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white; and all had a sweeping amplitude of array that seemed to magnify their persons as a mist magnifies the moon. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

The woman was dressed like a Southern belle, just as Jason had described. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Aunty Ifeoma came out, dressed in a blue wrapper and blouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

But Dad just said, “Come on, get dressed. We’re going somewhere fun.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Even Father’s walking the riverbank talking to himself, and our mother drifting around half dressed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby, dressed in a red velvet suit, escorted his now very pregnant wife into the room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman dressed as a queen smiled at her and asked, “Are you hungry?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We’re dressed in clothes we don’t care about, and I wrap my hair in an old scarf so paint won’t get in it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like an old-time prisoner, complete with a ball and chain around one foot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

“Say, what’re you doing today, anyhow? All dressed up and mooning around like the prologue to a suttee. Did you go to Psychology this morning?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She went back and dusted the picture over the couch, which was of fancily dressed white people in another century having an elaborate picnic in a woods. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When dawn came, she dressed and went into the sitting room. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Well- dressed people milled around, nearly a third carrying some sort of musical instrument or another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t go back to sleep, so I make myself get dressed and brush my teeth without looking at my reflection once. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Grandma bathed you and dressed you and put you in the basket.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She let in those children,” shrieked a gaunt man dressed in a bark loincloth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We now ate full meals, and dressed in clothes slightly better than rags. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while an old man dressed in a white robe sat by her bed and murmured charms. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed to go out; then, with my coat and hat on, I sat on the edge of the bed and propped my feet on a chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the door opened and out walked not Dr. Wellington, but a black man dressed in a leopard-skin kaross and matching hat, who was carrying a spear in either hand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the wall hung a huge tinted photograph of Samuel, which had captured a cold and aloof dignity, a scrubbed and dressed remoteness, which did not belong to him living. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When a dashingly-clad officer addresses such a frumpishly dressed bum, he scolds him, as an officer in any army must. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazed proudly at it as his armorer dressed him for war. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her dad dropped the dressed skeleton back into the trunk. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hungry and afraid to go back to sleep, Hugo climbed out of bed and got dressed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and sank into the couch, waiting for Mother Lois to get dressed for a party we were to attend to honor the Little Rock Nine. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak is all dressed up, too, he's wearing this tweedy new suit jacket that has patches on the elbows and Grim says all he needs is a pipe and he'll look like quite the professor. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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 was dressed in olive-drab trousers and a leather jacket, and he wore a cowboy hat but with a flat crown and the brim curled and held to a peak by the chin strap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny always stood before it as he dressed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guenever, on the other hand, dressed like a gipsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper, and kept her lover a secret On top of this, she was a nuisance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dining room, a grandly dressed woman sat at the head of the table and laughed until she began to wheeze. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Come on. You’d better get dressed. Your grandfather wants to hit the road in half an hour.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Night after night, she pulled her gray-streaked hair back into a tight bun at her neck and dressed in her gray silk dress with a white lace color. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I should be dressed like the devil in honor of that guy.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The chief sat on the sofa, dressed in a crisp shirt and nice trousers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Spurge demanded, “Are they mocking me? Teasing me? Laughing about the torture of my people while they’re dressed in our chopped-up clothes?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Several men dressed in white and wearing little caps open car doors. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My dad is still dressed in the suit he wore to work. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was hustle and bustle getting everyone washed and dressed and breakfasted. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

The door opened and a woman dressed in a plain, homemade-looking dress and two children—a boy and a girl—stepped out. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of the alley stood a girl with a mass of golden curls, dressed as pretty as a doll in blue satin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a black suit, old-fashioned in style but neat, not ragged. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then she heard the cook's voice saying, “Goodness, it’s you again — you never change, do you? Get upstairs and get dressed; it’s time to serve the ladies breakfast.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The bed is dressed with warm towels and pillows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the wraith, Hades was dressed in the habit of a Franciscan monk, which Nico found vaguely disturbing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They got dressed in silence, but it wasn’t very comfortable. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The boy and his mother were both dressed up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Even Chiron the centaur was dressed for war. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was all dressed to go, except she was wearing faded pink pj bottoms. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed for work in a pair of jeans and a grubby white T-shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The two men looked alike, with thick eyebrows that almost touched, although they had told him they were just friends, and they were dressed alike, too, in leather jackets and long gold chains. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t gotten dressed up so nicely to attend a street fair with me, it had been to go to the real fair, the World’s Fair, with someone more special to him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The marriage was on the point of breaking up after two months because Aureliano Segundo, in an attempt to placate Petra Cotes, had a picture taken of her dressed as the Queen of Madagascar. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On them were pictures of Chinese ladies and gentlemen, dressed in colored gowns and robes, walking on little bridges over a calm blue lake. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver was dressed in white coveralls and a mesh face mask. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She’d let me fix her hair and help her get dressed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For a time she put on a Red Cross uniform and met other ladies similarly dressed in the armory, where bandages were rolled and reputations unrolled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to face a caller dressed like this. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She is dressed in silk capri pants and a sleeveless white shirt that shows off her tan. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm dressed in a plain denim skirt, flowery top, and a pair of Janae's sandals. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And Coyotito was dressed in a jacket, and he had on a white collar and a broad silken tie. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Reba was born, he no longer came to Pilate dressed as he had been on the woods’ edge and in the cave, when she and Macon had left Circe’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“A man? You’re a boy, Sam, a boy dressed up in a gaudy soldier’s suit.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is confirmed later, once Audrey’s had a shower and dressed fully. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Badly dressed. Skin like poultry. She says she would like to see you about a model house?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Juvenile Hall’s gray sweatshirt and khaki pants, his hair cropped close. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, for heaven’s sake, it is! Come on, sugar, let’s get dressed, quick!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dressed and went outside to go to the bathroom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sunday morning, in a Vermont town, my last day in New England, I shaved, dressed in a suit, polished my shoes, whited my sepulcher, and looked for a church to attend. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I donned my best gown and a high-necked bodice, not daring to appear immodest I dressed my hair, tucking it beneath a silk coif embroidered with flowers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

Once we were dressed, she seemed very surprised to see I was wearing a black tie and she asked me if I was in mourning. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I dressed in a pair of overalls, which I hated because they had suspenders, and a flannel checkered shirt, which Mama had bought at the Goodwill store. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was fully dressed in army uniform and carried a backpack and a waist pack full of ammunition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She let her go out with her girl friends as always, she helped her get dressed for the Saturday parties, and she never asked an embarrassing question that might arouse her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Other kids at school are dressed like werewolves and Frankensteins and stuff, but those’re just costumes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

He is dressed like a New Englander, in a parka and a scarf. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he never dressed like this for the office. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In another part of the city, a pounding on her door and calls to get dressed as quickly as possible woke Claire Innes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Entertainers dressed as mythological creatures played pipes and strings. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I tried to tell him. I think he dressed up for Vanessa.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even from way up in the air, Magdalys could tell they were dressed up nice, promenading along the avenues in clusters and pairs, probably heading to social clubs and balls. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was dressed like Kaisa, in riding clothes, but in the low light, Ash could not see her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they sat and talked downstairs, I dressed upstairs in my room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dressed each day as if she were on her way to a meeting with the president. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

Then he realized how foolish he had been to think that secretive Klansmen would ride around Durham dressed in their robes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A chubby, white-bearded cleric dressed in gray garments stood near the goalposts and cleared his throat into a handheld micro­phone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Golan, holding a Bible, dressed in robes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alex dressed as a scruffy smuggler, a blaster at his hip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

At one end of the room, several people lounge in chairs around a meeting table—two women, one dressed in a blouse and skirt, another in a Warcross tee, blazer, and jeans. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He also noticed that Dasch was all dressed up in expensive clothes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in the suit and tie we saw on the cot. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because what greeted him was not a cluster of elfin knights dressed in griffin-riding gear. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I spin around to find a girl dressed in all black, backing away from me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in matching sweaters stitched with the Valley Hope crest, and it took me a moment to realize they were talking to us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

What was I doing dressed in soldier's garb, with an oversized sword dragging the floor at my side? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Massive and slow and strong he seemed, dressed all in skins, with a club in his right hand and an axe in his left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Then he saw hanging conspicuously on the wall, which was otherwise already empty, the picture of the woman dressed in nothing but fur. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru was used to seeing her dressed like a shabby professor, in a blazer with scuffed elbows and a worn skirt with the hem coming undone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When boyish Katya went to visit her sister in Moscow, she dressed in a stylish women's coat and hat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then he quickly took a shower and dressed in his Scout uniform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I climbed out of the tub and got dressed, I heard Daddy’s voice. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the littlest children—also mostly dressed in orange or blue—cowered against their parents’ shoulders. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

The waiter, dressed as a cowboy, brought us the menu. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in cutoffs and a T-shirt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One time last March, he dressed up as a battered drowning victim to commemorate the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the pearl he saw how they were dressed—Juana in a shawl stiff with newness and a new skirt, and from under the long skirt Kino could see that she wore shoes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a girl I had often imagined myself in heaven, dressed in a white gown, standing in a pearly mist across from my husband. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Kasim has flowers and he’s dressed in a nice black coat, black pants, and shiny black shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One time, as Sefia dressed a kill and set it on a spit over the fire, she narrowed her eyes at him and said, “You need a name.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Today she was dressed in tattered jeans, worn-out sneakers, and a white tank top with pink Hello Kitty designs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

He imagined his great-grandmother, smartly dressed, walking through the streets of Harlem. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver and a woman dressed in country clothes were gently helping a frail woman with gray in her hair step out of the carriage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at the United States-Mexico border, Papá told us that we had to cross the barbed-wire fence without being seen by la migra, the immigration officers dressed in green uniforms. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out among themselves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if one of my classmates or teachers sees me dressed like an indfgena? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had eyes like a pit bull, and shaggy black hair, and he always dressed in expensive but sloppy clothes, like he wanted everybody to see how litde he cared about his family’s money. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha played a mouse, dressed in a black leotard with fuzzy ears and a tail, performing her part while an ornate sleigh drifted through the swelling orchestral music and showers of glittering fake snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

“She is dressed like a woman, but she is only a child,” he said. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with the sheets pulled around her and watched him get dressed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father moaned through his hangover, but still got dressed and went to work. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

The flames blazed up beside him, welcome heat beating against his face as he dressed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

She was dressed in the clothing the Fairy Hunt had given them all: fur-lined boots, warm woolen leggings beneath supple leather leg guards, tunic and fur vest and cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, gaunt, blazing-eyed, was a man dressed in skins and furs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother did everything for her, insisted on it—planned for her, dressed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t know how many forty- and fifty-year-old errand boys went down the Hill dressed like ambassadors in black suits and white collars, to downtown jobs “in government,” “in finance,” or “in law.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In a hundred valley houses fires started burning in combination wood and gas stoves, and men, dressed already in irrigation boots, quietly ate breakfast with their wives and children. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

There was no mistaking what he was, dressed in that brown-and-white coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they came forward dressed in shifts of undyed wool to receive their knighthoods from the Kingsguard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When they were ready to go in—dressed like surgeons—they entered and sat down at the eyepieces of the microscope. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded the poem and put it back into my pocket, next to the picture of Abuelo dressed as José Martí. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

Theo’s all the way on the left, dressed like Benny, wearing a Dodgers cap, an open flannel shirt, and his baseball glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I dressed, then, to be ready for emergencies. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

His wife, about the same age as he, was dressed in a simple brown cotton dress and a grey wool sweater worn at the elbows and buttoned in the front. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to get dressed right away and go in a boat to Switzerland?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Someone in homeroom had dressed up in a Bleeding Scream costume on Halloween. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Around the Muslim’s restaurant, I met some of the converts, all of them neatly dressed and almost embarrassingly polite. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed the wound and took his arm to bring him away, when Van Helsing spoke without turning round—the man seems to have eyes in the back of his head:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the lightning subsided, I saw that Anorak was no longer dressed in his black wizard’s robes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s a mass and then a big party. Everyone gets dressed up and dances a lot. It’s supposed to mark the transition to womanhood. My grandmother has been planning mine since I was, like, two.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Celia is sitting in a chair across the circle from him, still dressed as she had been during her performance, in a black gown covered with delicate white lace. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘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

She is dressed in a day gown the vivid hue of unripe persimmons. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At a quarter to seven he gave up and got dressed before waking Julie. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch and tried not to think of anything while Ty'ree got dressed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Next to me was an old lady dressed in a purple skirt and a black and purple polka-dot shirt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was dressed up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The horses were being led by a strange man, an armed man pretty handsomely dressed like an upper slave in a great family. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a severe gray suit and was sucking a peppermint. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Adèle, too, would be dressed: though I thought she had little chance of being introduced to the party that day at least. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

My father had dressed that morning with special care. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Or it was like getting chosen to be dressed in a deerskin outfit and then lowered from a helicopter into the Little Baldy Bear Lake region during the first weekend of the fall hunting season. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Characteristically, he was not dressed for the occasion and had on sort of a nice suit. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in black, silent and dry-eyed, as befits the norms of sadness in a country accustomed to the dignity of grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Rani isn't dressed like a queen, but she holds herself up as proud and tall as I imagine real queens do. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Charles phoned an hour later, just as I was beginning to think about getting dressed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

We even dressed the way we knew Sarah wanted us to: I had on an outfit, matching shoes and all, and Jon wore a suit and an actual tie. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a suit and wearing a fake mustache as he presents as Langston Hughes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was dressed up on a day off, not because he wanted to be, but because he probably doesn’t know how to not be. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I get to school, everyone is dressed up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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 washed and dressed at twice her customary speed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Bobby, dressed in a light zip-up jacket that wasn't warm enough, pressed on despite the discomfort, his pieces occasionally sliding off the cement tables slick with rain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While he and I dressed, my mother proceeded to dress my sisters, and to wipe their faces with the family’s waslap. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"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 transistor radio played on as he dressed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were dressed half for battle, half for tennis or croquet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed appropriately in a richly colored rubakha, and though he wore it easily, he seemed too rough for it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was still dressed in her bank clothes and her purse and keys were in the middle of the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed,” he ordered her, congratulating himself on his alertness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of bed, dressed, and hurried outside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid wore the same kind of clothes she wore every day and was dressed up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And hoping that when I come back, she'll be all dressed, with her head wrapped and beads and makeup and deep, joyous laughter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson, dressed in pressed pants and a button-down shirt, held the urn tightly to his life jacket while we pushed on into the bay. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a shimmering tunic of gold and green jade. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They dressed the maiden as though for her death and carried her to the hill with greater sorrowing than if it had been to her tomb. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

To make matters worse, I had dressed for success, not a bike ride. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The vestibule had clean, white walls; the table and benches were of dark wood; and the priest was dressed in a white cassock—it was all neat, plain, simple. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty got dressed, except for his boots and socks: those he left just outside her door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here a man dressed as General Washington in hay-filled wig brandished a rusty sword. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A makeshift stage was set up at the south end of the basketball court, closest to the boys’ locker room, where we dressed and waited to perform. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The neatly dressed soldier shrugged and asked the noncom who worked with him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I got the last thing on my list done and was headed to the honey house to get dressed, when June and Neil pulled into the driveway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Miep was busy getting dressed, and I found her in her undershirt when I came in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Grant does not have the appearance of a great general; he looks awkward, ill at ease, and carelessly dressed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“I don’t know, Con. But if you get dressed fast, we can all head down to the breakfast buffet and have some more of those waffles.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He dressed in fatigue pants, a military issue T-shirt, and combat boots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes alone, sometimes with my brother and sisters, I would find myself near the altar amid two or three hundred children, many of them dressed like Mexican cowboys and cowgirls. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Some I could see—from the way they dressed— were poor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night he got up, dressed quietly and went out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybeth had dressed and sat quietly at the table nursing her arm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got dressed every day and left for work when they did. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, I got dressed, darkly wiping my sanguinary face at intervals, and I said, “Can I help you?” and he said “No thankee,” and I said “Good afternoon,” and he said “Same to you.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a patched set of pants and a loose shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was feeling pretty stupid sitting there talking to her with my pants below my knees, chatting away with her in my boxers, so I pulled up my pants and started getting dressed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, he tells me that the body has been dressed, except for socks and shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

I made him stay in my room with me while I got dressed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The dad has funny glasses and is always dressed up and doesn’t get mad even when people spit in his face. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast to my P.E. coach, the typing teacher was well dressed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They were all dressed in their finest clothing and jewelry, strutting about and feeling joyful on this celebratory night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She probably didn’t realize that kids dressed a little differently in Hollywood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glenn Cunningham was there, dressed in a sharp gray suit and a bright yellow tie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When they had cooled she dressed the three dolls with scraps of cloth which she took from her black bag. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan Parker walked past dressed as a priest, of all things. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Several heads turned as Gervean Campbell sashayed through the opened double doors, dressed in a perfectly fitted sapphire pantsuit and really high black heels. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The man was dressed in a shaggy tweed jacket and knickers with long woolen stockings and a cap that had a peak both front and back, and he seemed as confused as he could be. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She found it difficult to keep her children looking neat and well dressed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Håkon stood behind him, dressed in simpler clothing that actually fit him: a white rubakha over black pants, which were tucked into brown boots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

During that time, Mama dressed Torito in the blue cloak and only took it off when it needed to be washed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My jacket belongs to the restaurant and was offered as a loan by the maître d’, who apparently thought I would feel more comfortable dressed to lead a high-school marching band. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Like most everyone else, the Gran was dressed in all black, but the fabric of the Gran’s long black coat was enchanted to look like the night sky. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He avoids her at every turn, and is difficult to spot in the crowd since he is dressed identically to the rest of the staff. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a tailcoat and top hat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The boys rowed into the wind dressed in sweat shirts, their legs slathered in goose grease. 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 dressed like one of the rich kids Prosper had sometimes seen in expensive restaurants, sitting stiffly and eating with a knife and fork without spilling anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seanie, JP, and Joey were standing just inside the door, dressed in their shirts and ties, like they had just come from dinner at the mess hall. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was dressed like a beggar girl and stood holding a chicken. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This man was as notable as the sycamore, far he stood or lay seven feet without his shoes, and he was dressed in nothing but a kind of kilt made of Lincoln green worsted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beach boys dressed in tank-tops and shorts were my classmates in undergraduate seminars. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from his bare feet, he was dressed in his usual thick jumper and jeans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This poor Sufi dressed in rags walked into a jewelry store owned by a rich merchant and asked him, “Do you know how you’re going to die?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was a living experiment dressed in white corduroys and a Fair Isle sweater. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Within five minutes everybody was half dressed and out of the door, into the driving rain. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brothers dressed alike when they were children and continued to do so in manhood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

T\\vo young men, one sandy-haired, one dark, well dressed and well-spoken: travelers sensible enough to hook up with a larger group for protection on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was once again dressed impeccably in her scarf and hat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a black gown, cradling her cello and laughing with her head tossed back. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He dressed quickly, wrote a note for his sisters saying he was going out to see how conditions were, then walked down the twelve flights of stairs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“How come you aren’t listening to me? My dad is here with half-men. Swank dressed, all of them. And he was talking about a ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a few blocks, I bought a piragua from the old man dressed like a sailor who walked around the neighborhood pushing his piragua cart, which had fake sails. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Despite being beat-up, sooty, and dressed like a homeless person, she looked great to Percy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The dressed stump of the felled tree looked very new. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ohio, Indiana, Michigan were dressed up like the Indian warriors from whom their names came. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” June whispered just as Dr. Somerset, dressed in light blue scrubs, started up the porch steps. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a shimmering blue gown, surrounded by a cluster of little girls as attendants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His hands were huge, stained, and calloused, and he was dressed in a cheap white-linen suit. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Arable dressed, ate breakfast, and then went out and polished his truck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was dressed brilliantly in white, his wedding costume. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed now: he still looked pale, but he was no longer gory and sullied. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was the undertaker, all dressed in black, hauling a slab of granite into the Better Days Funeral Parlor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The patients looked well dressed, not sickly and poor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One more man stood on the porch, dressed in a worsted plaid vest and gray trousers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was kneeling on the edge of the opposite bank with a dripping hand raised halfway to her mouth, and she was dressed in hunting gear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come into the bedroom as she was getting dressed that Friday morning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were tribesmen dressed in blue, with black rings surrounding their turbans. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed and turned for an hour, then got dressed and went outside, walking down the road toward the nearby wharf. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosby was dressed splendidly, in a tuxedo, the first one I had ever seen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Eventually, he would emerge, dressed in his gray suit once more, smelling of sleep and bedsheets, his eyes puffy and bloodshot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

I felt ridiculous sitting there dressed up like a waitress even as I tried to sound like the voice of reason. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, shaking with the cold, he dressed, then knelt in front of the crucifix they’d taken from home and prayed for the strength he and his sisters would need in the days to come. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Only moments later, I was wearing a black dress and heels, and Harry had been transformed from a waif in baggy clothes to the smartly dressed boy prodigy that we knew him to be. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But most of the people were dressed like skeletons. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next to try her talent was a young woman, richly dressed with golden hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nia was in our class; she was half Chinese and half Jewish; she dressed well. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I dressed real careful, like for a special occasion. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurriedly got dressed and went out to look for her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Ravenclaw team, dressed in blue, were already standing in the middle of the field. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A honeyvoiced man dressed in black, with a frock coat and a hat that was too big for him, was directing the tumult. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Nobody said another word about it the whole time we were getting dressed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A couple group-home kids from San Jose dressed in sweatshirts and jeans. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had one picture of Ashley, dressed in her prim sweater, her smile shy. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You look good dressed like that, and the way you fixed your hair, Ryan Dean. You look taller.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The poorly dressed one shrugged his shoulders pleasantly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke about nine o'clock, had a bath, dressed, and went down-stairs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Positioned above the top railing of the bridge, but so her feet are not quite touching it, is a woman dressed in black, with a black hood or veil covering her hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We reach the bottom floor and walk past a large meeting room full of people dressed in black and white. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Weightless because it’s lifeless, I suppose, but all dressed up in now-ragged clothes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Justice Dana was a stout and florid man, dressed in a black silk robe and a great woolly white wig. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like everybody was dressed nicer than usual, even Erlan. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She dressed plainly and modestly, spurned every extravagance, and never turned down the chance to put money in the bank. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Matt turned, still in a daze of music, and saw Celia dressed in the flowered dress he remembered so well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

White dressed hastily, made sure everyone in his family was alerted, then left to go to the Tribune office. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Trip said. This is just to celebrate Lexie. We’re going to get dressed up and have a little girls’ morning out.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She remembered, for one fleeting moment, a hunt dressed all in white; a garden of lushly blooming roses; Sidhean beside her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They dressed him in his Army uniform, and we went in and looked in the coffin. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the tiring-room, Mr. Heminges was putting more white in his beard for his part as Polonius, and Mr. Shakespeare, dressed all in armor, was touching up his ghostly white makeup. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Shall you wish to get dressed, ma’am?’ the maid said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today he was dressed appropriately for an important Boston physician, in a black suit and necktie, and as usual wore his rimless glasses. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in an ill-fitting Peacekeeper’s uniform complete with the white fur cloak, but it’s several sizes too large for her slight frame. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time the Chief of Staff, the President, and so on, dressed in sequins and feathers, will entertain the leaders, i.e., the perverts, of all the other countries at balls and parties. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fruit vendor dressed up in a big apple suit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though not so sumptuously dressed as she, they were splendid enough to look upon in their blue-and-gold livery. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I dressed in good pants and a button-down shirt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A young couple stumbled away from the dance hand in hand, one woman dressed in gold, the other woman in green, and Ash saw the smiles on their faces before they kissed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, with her hand on the shiny brass doorknob, was an older woman, smartly dressed, who was smiling at the children. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They racked their oars, hung their rowing clothes up to dry in a steam-heated locker in the shell house, dressed, and began the long trudge back up the hill to campus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His father appeared to him, dressed in faded overalls, bits of cotton fibers clinging to his hair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were dressed in overalls and faded blue shirts, but each boy wore one perfect turkey tailfeather tied with tape against his temple. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached under the kitchen table for my patched khaki shorts and dressed hurriedly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I showered and got dressed, and Mom drew me a quick map before she left. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In a Little while he dressed and emerged from his tent, squinting, cross and unshaven. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was handsome and clean and dressed well and spoke in fine sentences. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Shortly after midnight, I get dressed in all black. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was tall and well-muscled, dressed in thick work clothes that struck her as a costume. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So when she heard that he had died, she dressed in black, wrapped the shoes up in a newspaper, and asked Fernanda for permission to see the body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had no sooner gotten dressed than I remembered! Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll only take me a minute to get dressed,” I offered. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I notice you’re dressed more neatly than usual, and your hair is even combed down. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A monk dressed in black came to the gates. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had only the two shirts and pairs of trousers that Ugwu had hurriedly packed, and she smiled, thinking of how she knew what he would wear each morning before he dressed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Everything’s an art. Everything in life. Even getting dressed. They put on a sweater, and it’s like someone painting a portrait of a duke in velvet.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Jessie had dressed Laney in so many layers that Isa feared if Laney fell down she wouldn’t be able to get up by herself. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On the terrace, Lissa waited, dressed for the weather in a thick red sweatshirt and blue jeans. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I thought it was pretty funny that he kept calling the British Lobsterbacks, when he was dressed in red, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was plainly dressed and looking ill at ease among the courtiers hoping to catch the king's eye with their finery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed in black leather and bronze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a white suit and his face was tinted with flesh-colored makeup. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

Oh, what am I doing? she asked herself as she dressed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed in an old grain bag, and his feet were bare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

BREN: Who does that perfectly dressed man think he is?! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The women looked at him and whispered to one another until one, dressed in blue and the loveliest of them all, rose. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

And there were plenty of people who looked like they’d dressed up for the Renaissance Festival, with wool cloaks and tall leather boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I dressed to their murmurs in the other room, their voices soft but strained, and I wondered if men ever talked like this, if their sorrows ever spilled into these secret cadences. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were dressed in woolens, so we opened the windows before sitting down for the ride to the high school. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

On my first day of school I was dressed and ready to go half an hour before we had to leave and pestering Mom to get me there as soon as possible. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A formidable woman dressed in a long skirt held out her hand. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The thing goes to the ground; it’s another girl dressed like an Attendant. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

An elderly white man, bald and square of build, dressed in worn blue work clothes, peered intently at me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She grabbed some clothes, went down to the bathroom, took off her nightshirt, and got dressed for the day. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The endless stream of old trees, only a few fully dressed for spring, passed by my window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Normally they're brought in through the back entrance, cleaned, dressed, and then placed in their caskets. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Closer, crowned with her own sunrays and dressed like a classical Greek, the Statue of Liberty welcomed them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We pause for a quick breakfast and scramble to get dressed for the main event. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Guards had dressed him in his ill-fitting prison outfit, which he’d soiled with excrement and urine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I head to my room to get dressed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

And there’s Arthur, half the size of the dude dressed up as Captain America. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He bathed and dressed her, took her to be nursed four times a day, and even sang to her at night the songs that Úrsula never knew how to sing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The way she moves in her silk robe and endlessly tall heels transforms her from some short chubby guy dressed as a woman into a glamazon. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The word goes around the whole ribbon and reminds me of one of Papa Legba’s warnings: Beware the lady all dressed in brown. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’s ushered into a courtyard encircled with razor wire, where eight or nine other Germans sit in their high boots holding battered canteens, one dressed in women’s clothes in which he apparently tried to desert. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were groups of men dressed in ragged, filthy clothing, drinking from liquor bottles as they chatted. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always before I have come skulking through the kitchens, dressed as a servant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were both the same height, dressed in cheap-looking formal wear, but his dad’s eyes were focused on his mom, gazing at her with the exact same adoration that Jessica had described. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We’re studying cell division right now, so for Halloween he dressed up as meiosis. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Apart from their helmets sad encumbrances and the difficulty of breathing, they had to be dressed in their suits by kind and careful aasatapls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and dressed in darkness, as Mormont’s raven muttered across the room. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She looked about twenty-one, also dressed in an old-fashioned style. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys and girls in dark and light hues, dressed in skirts and slacks, looking like they’ve just come out of school. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How would people know, if you dressed in Papa’s clothes and said you were Hindu?” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Illustrious ladies dressed in foreign clothes, as exotic and shimmering as fireflies, paraded themselves in the fashionable entertainment centers on the arm of the proud new economists. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a flowing robe, a robe so loose it exposed her pink shoulders and the soft cleft of curving breasts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here I dressed down the rabbit and fed Frightful some of the more savory bites from a young falcon’s point of view: the liver, the heart, the brain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had nothing to do with the way she was dressed, or what she looked like—it was the way she looked at me that reminded me so suddenly and powerfully of home. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I had them. The only other clothes they have I made myself, out of sail cloth. A boy should be well dressed on his naming day.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got the money doled out, the boys were dressed and Mrs. Diamant was stuffing empty bottles into knapsacks, because there was no water coming from the pipes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I bopped downstairs and thought, At least this time I’m dressed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beside her stood a little kid dressed as a horse, with a full mask over his head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were young and elegant, dressed for a ball, the women in long gowns that left their arms and shoulders bare, the men in black-and-white evening dress, and they each carried a glass. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen you completely dressed in your life. Where is your hat?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Doris always says that the worst thing ever is a man dressed up in a sharp suit, wearing dirty shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Crouching in the corner was a young man dressed in civilian clothes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The master of whisperers had been dressed as a begging brother, in a moth-eaten robe of brown roughspun with a cowl that shadowed his smooth fat cheeks and bald round head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Tall, with salt-and-pepper hair, she was smartly dressed in black trousers and white blouse done up to the throat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was long and black, and she was dressed in black too, or partially dressed, because she seemed to be wearing clustered ribbons of black silk and very little else. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were all fashionably dressed and carefully made up, and several of them were married. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We make our way from the bed to the couch, and by noon, we’re dressed and jacked up on Froot Loops. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But two minutes later my mother comes in and tells me to get dressed because I have company. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ralph asked their father as he did every time the family came out all dressed up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was very obviously dressed as the manga character on the banner right behind him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She’s about twenty years old, dressed in a long, straight wraparound skirt and a puffy white blouse that glimmers in the morning light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cast a sly look to the girl standing next to me, dressed in a skirt suit, her young face caked with enough makeup to age her well beyond her years. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Francie dressed in her new navy blue faille suit with the white georgette crepe blouse and her Sunday patent leather pumps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond that milled a tribe of two-headed men dressed in rags and blankets like homeless guys, armed with a haphazard collection of slings, clubs and metal pipes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She slid out from her corner and went after her, watching as the huntress took a seat at the long table with one of her men and a masked reveler dressed as a queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and peek through the blinds, and Theodore Finch is standing in my front yard dressed in pajama bottoms and a dark hoodie. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was dressed for defense—heavy armor and shield—which made it very tiring to play offense. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And the minister, Pastor Johnson, dressed in an oversize suit, a gold chain with a gold cross lying perfectly in the middle of his fat satin tie. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then one day, Roman won't get up, sun coming in bright through the bedroom window, the rest of us dressed and ready to go outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Renegades are lined up on the field dressed as The Sandlot. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

All smartly dressed men in three-piece suits and silk ascots, their hair slicked back and watch chains glinting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“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

At first the nesting killdeer screeched and whistled in alarm, flying frantically in all directions and repeatedly dive-bombing the mad sheepherder dressed in rags, who paid them no mind. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumsey Brooks was solemn and slim, dressed in a black suit with a black bow tie. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“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

She is dressed in a gray business suit. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually they seem like three unwilling children who’ve been dressed up and dragged to a party when they’d rather be jumping rope, ha! I quite sympathize.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If we had, we surely would have noticed that they were not Sacred Heart kids, because they weren’t dressed in ties and slacks. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are police officers and men dressed as the Avengers standing underneath the giant subway sign that’s lit up like the billboards for Broadway shows, American Eagle Outfitters, and more. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

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

As the Object dressed, I snooped around the bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You’d see a classmate who normally dressed in ratty jeans and an untucked shirt crossing campus in a pin-striped suit and understand that he or she was destined for a Manhattan skyscraper. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some nights he favored button-down shirts with clip-on ties, while other evenings I arrived to find him dressed in flared slacks and snug turtleneck sweaters, a swag of love beads hanging from, his neck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Before I’m dressed, he reappears, towel around his waist, and says, “You never asked me what I was doing up on that ledge.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Mitch is dressed like Indiana Jones in khaki pants and a bomber jacket with a wide brim hat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And she was dressed like . . . like she wanted people to look at her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

George was dressed and he lay on the floor doing his number work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were dressed like gentiles, and most wore no hats, as though to spite the nasty weather and spit in the face of tradition. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

While I dressed I heard Brett put down glasses and then a siphon, and then heard them talking. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Someone advanced from the sea of faces, someone tall and gaunt dressed in deep black, whose prominent cheek-bones and great hollow eyes gave her a skull’s face, parchment-white, set on a skeleton’s frame. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I ran into my mother’s room and saw her lying upon her bed, dressed, her eyes open, her mouth gaped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is sixty feet tall, dressed in white, with a pink tunic. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We head on up to the top of the hill, drying ourselves with towels, and retrieve our clothes and get dressed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting in a chair in front of her vanity, dressed in a midnight blue negligee and smoking a cigarette. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

She was dressed in her gray suit, with matching bags under her eyes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That bands would perform and young people would be dressed up on national TV showing off their booms and ticks. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The woman approaching is well dressed, neat blond hair and an expensive-looking suit. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t this exciting?” said a voice, and the children turned to see Justice Strauss, all dressed up in her judge’s robes and powdered wig. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, we better get dressed and straighten up,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Two hours had to pass before the party would begin, and she was ashamed for any of the family to see her dressed so far ahead of time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The women dressed Felicia in a fresh white gown and combed and braided her hair, treating her like a newborn child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Dad said, “Better not pick a fight if you’re not dressed for one.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Until, finally, we see Milton and Tessie, dressed in their best, following a real estate agent through a big house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lancelot took off his armour sadly, with an occasional crooked glance at the horrible tree, until he was dressed in his shirt and breeches. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my head to find Drew, dressed in his varsity jacket and jeans, his sports bag slung over his shoulder. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Seeing Cordelia, I realize that I don’t look like a teenager, I look like a kid dressed up as one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The women on the other hand are tropical, they are dressed in all kinds of bright festive gear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think, Papa,” said Mrs. Popper, “that you had better take Captain Cook outside for a little exercise. Good gracious, but you’re all dressed up. Why, you look almost like a penguin yourself.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stalwart Shield shall not be forgotten. Have him washed and dressed for battle and bury him with cap and shield and spears.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He made sure all of the kids were dressed and ready to go on time, and he cooked breakfast, all jobs normally reserved for Alma. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nervously, I got dressed and followed, sure that I was in huge trouble. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin historian decided he might as well get dressed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“My mom made me. I had to wear my Easter Sunday suit. I was the only kid that dressed up.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Fully dressed and fully miserable, the boys climbed into their beds, still going over the message again and again in their heads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next I dressed myself in all of my clothing: two shifts and two skirts, my cloak, shawl, and the blanket from my pallet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What girl wouldn't? You'd look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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 watched an old woman dressed in a heavy overcoat, despite the heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

She dressed the girl in the jacket, one arm at a time, and zipped it up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t just lie there, awake, alone, my mind ticking over all those opportunities that I could take or leave, so I got up and got dressed and started walking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One on each arm, dressed in black, wearing alien masks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed for a minute or two, trying to collect my thoughts; then I got up, found my clothes, dressed as best as I could in the dark, and left. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he ran into the forest They threw stones at the child with no nose, now, but Walt was supposed to be in the forest still, running on all fours and dressed in skins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you’re dressed up like a Nazi. What about everything you said to Cliff? About not wanting people to call you that?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a manner that was as close to a movie star as anyone would ever see. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"These are from Mr. Amit. Shall I help you get dressed?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she was dressed, he put on his coat and cap and led her to the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Four men stand in our entryway, all dressed in khaki pants with small holsters at their belts and tiny revolvers that don’t look real. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A thin, fully dressed girl came out of the bedroom on the left. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Rondon, dressed in his military uniform and with his faithful dog, Lobo, by his side, read aloud his Order of the Day, which included their work assignments and goals. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was dressed neatly in pleated slacks, a clean lavender shirt, with his normally dingy hair combed and shiny with gel. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Milo was dressed in a black basketball jersey. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“I was just wondering,” I say when I notice Mr. Trixie dressed in civilian clothes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t dressed any differently from anyone else, and when I kept asking the question again and again, all he finally said, with a big grin, was, “I’m a meddler.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in line, he smiled to himself as he noticed all the other men dressed like him: white shirt, sleeves rolled up, dark pants, tie. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the students were poor, and were dressed in every sort of particolored gown or tunic. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A new man opened the door, a square-faced Finn, dressed in shirt and trousers; red silk armbands held up his full sleeves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was dressed simply in a hooded cloak of gray and a coarse, unadorned jacket. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamt of a young, handsome man dressed all in white, with patent- leather shoes and a straw hat, walking across the desert bathed in sunlight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my outfit, like maybe I’m actually dressed as SuperBoy and can just avoid this cab ride altogether. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I saw Sunny's father, Mr. Lancaster, still dressed up in a suit, but with sunglasses on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For standing among the brilliant flowers and fluttering butterflies was a beautiful woman dressed in blue. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Hadn't you better get dressed, dear? It's getting late. It's too bad Doctor D. can't escort you to the party, but your father and I will take you." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe wait till the end so you don’t interrupt the show. Now get dressed. Oh, and bring your raincoat.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished”—“A great black dog behind him”—“Three loud raps on the chamber door”—“A light in the churchyard just over his grave,” &c., &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His shirt, tie, and shoes were color- coordinated, evidence that Vera had dressed him for the occasion. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Richard had been very nicely dressed when he had met them earlier. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My mother would wake us up in the morning for school, and before we had even finished getting dressed, she was off to work, leaving my grandparents to get us there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in white shorts and a white shirt, an outfit which makes him look like a boy...a good boy...the only son of monied, unloving tycoons. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now that I looked, it was obvious that they were all dressed exceptionally well; simply, but in clothes that subtly hinted at designer origins. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she pushed back the curtain and stepped out of the bathtub in her pink pajamas—she had dressed in the shower because she was much more modest than the rest of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were two of them, both dressed in loose-fitting overalls. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

An upbeat, bouncy number played as the Cranes wove in a single-file line around blankets and collapsible chairs and a dancing toddler dressed like a monkey. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And then he said, "Getting dressed up and going to dances isn't really my thing, but I'd go with you, because you're cool." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

An icy wind howled, whipping its way through my scantily dressed limbs, and the thought of waiting another four hours numbed me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Devlin was dressed in a large pinstripe suit and an immaculate celluloid collar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She is carefully dressed, with gold jewelry at her ears and throat, a navy apron wrapped around her waist, gleaming black leather shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we had dressed the M.C. came in and gave us each five dollars, except Tatlock, who got ten for being last in the ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the support team got him dressed, he gave a speech. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets slowly became a black river of people dressed in mourning as everyone poured outside to help. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

She looked like an old man dressed up like an old woman. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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 stepped to the side so she could see Needles, all dressed up, so she knew we kept our part of the deal and called her bluff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The reverend’s daughter opens it up to see an exhausted, very thin redheaded man dressed in rags, covered with dirt and sweat. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She was short and vigorous, colorfully dressed in an embroidered tunic adorned with tassels and gathered in by a wide, patterned belt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Here we have religion and robbery the allies of each other—devils dressed in angels’ robes, and hell presenting the semblance of paradise. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was short, a little older than the first man, and impeccably dressed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

“If it had not been for the Pope, we should never have had this beautiful procession with everybody carrying olive branches and the innocent lovers dressed in white.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It’s Rabia, dressed in a purple puffy jacket, jeans, and a matching purple hijab. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

As they whirled around the bonfire she caught sight of the musicians with their pipes and drums, dressed like jokers in pointed caps with long gold tassels and jingling bells. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What beauties! Like a party of ladies dressed in their best to go to a prince’s ball.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A moment later, a smartly dressed woman walked past us into the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

“I have just observed from the top deck the arrival of hundreds of female naval auxiliaries. They are well dressed and quite clean.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of Muslim girls in his neighborhood and in his school, but this kid had probably never seen anyone dressed like that. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

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

A short man dressed in black peered out of the cell’s one window, stuck in the middle of the outside wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it, he’s dressed in crisp white short sleeves, seated on the edge of his cot, misty-eyed and grinning as he holds up the ultrasound Mom sent him in the mail. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The woman was dressed in a dark skirt covered with a smudged apron, an embroidered blouse with the sleeves rolled up, and a blue kerchief on her head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it seemed a small thing, a mouse in fact, dressed in a long hooded robe. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was so plainly dressed, so gentle and patient of his simple things. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher comes behind her, looking sleek in a bold red suit, while Roshan is dressed from head to toe in black. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a Sunday afternoon, and folks are dressed up in their churchgoing fineness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several men dressed in gum boots were already waiting when everyone arrived. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. Jones, dressed in black with a large brooch on her lapel, was next to him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was dressed for a run in the cool morning. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her son was dressed in boiled leather and ringmail, she saw, and a sword hung at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

“The way you’re dressed. Your attitude. Do people really behave this way out East?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shut it in a drawer, got dressed and went out to get the cage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that it was really fun with everyone all dressed up and dancing to good music played by a deejay instead of The Gypsies of the Allegheny. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You been out on the streets dressed up like a Mardi Gras all this time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was getting dressed in the locker room, Coach O came over and sat down next to him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I opened them, Stick was tossing clothes around the room as he dressed for bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tonight Judge Tanner wore no robe and was dressed in blue jeans and a sweater. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then I get dressed in a hurry, pulling a sweater on over my pajama top. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A huddle of girls giggle to one another, looking her up and down, as if she’s not dressed exactly the same as them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We showered and got dressed and headed for the subway because the Forensics Team was using the school bus. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Five o’clock had hardly struck on the morning of the 19th of January, when Bessie brought a candle into my closet and found me already up and nearly dressed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Young boys dressed as Greek gods stood on either side of the queen, using large fans to keep her cool. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

Willum stood nearby, dressed in a gray suit too warm for the day. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton helps me get dressed in my angel costume and has me review my vocal techniques. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A woman dressed in baby-blue scrubs and wearing a stethoscope approached them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor, dressed in black sneakers, pants, and hood, like a cat burglar, walked in, followed by his boys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself to the bathroom, then got dressed for school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

He, like the rest of us, is now dressed in a standard, formfitting suit of red body armor that starkly contrasts with the world around us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I have to show him that I’m sorry, so I’ve dressed the part: plain and simple, jeans and T-shirt, hardly any makeup. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before him stood a tall, attractive, muscular man, well dressed in fine leather boots, black pants, jacket, and hat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so Edward Tulane was mended, put together again, cleaned and polished, dressed in an elegant suit and placed on a high shelf for display. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Weary after his restless night, he dressed for school and trudged to the well to wait for Ajay. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most people were dressed in dark and rough brown clothing, but some were very elegant in bright colors and fur trim. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The scantily dressed girls curled up in the backseat, or bared breasts in the front, or fixed flat tires, bending way over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When we were showered and tattooed and dressed again, we were taken to our new barracks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was dressed normally, but he had these huge furry mittens on his hands, like animal paws. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They dressed the wound with sheep fat and traditional herbs, which were supposed to kill infection and make the wound heal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Njemile gracefully led the group, and she wore a stunning red summer dress, making Moss feel like maybe he should have dressed up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although I wanted to draw comfort from my room, from my bed, from the light breeze coming through my window, I kept thinking instead of Father and getting dressed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next step was to get dressed in our pressure suits and make sure the suits weren’t leaking. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he came out dressed, his hair still dripping down his back. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his heavy coat and boots and gloves and had his green earmuffs on. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Besides, he reveled in the respect that he received, dressed as he was in such barbaric finery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Gogol is dressed in powder blue pants, red and white canvas sneakers, a striped turtleneck top. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the cold January of 1880, Charles’s children, concerned that he never dressed warmly enough, gave him a fur coat. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom made me get dressed before I could put it on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

“The baby is dressed. What do you want me to do with her?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

After this Wang Lung’s eldest son came in dressed as he had been in his red robe and his black jacket and his hair was smooth and his face fresh shaven. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They passed men and women dressed in shabby tunics, some nursing freshly bandaged wounds from encounters with beasts, some marked by more permanent injuries Eke old scars and missing fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody had begun to look alike, dressed in surplus War Department clothing—pea coats, knit caps, canvas leggings, army earmuffs, and wool khaki pants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I get dressed up for these little meetings too. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Before her marched a boy dressed entirely in black, a short gold-and-blue cape draped over one shoulder. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Peggy, still dressed in the kimono, ran up the stairs, the same stairs up which he had half-dragged Mary and the same stairs down which he had stumbled with the trunk last night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Johnny likes sunshine, I like rain. Johnny likes to ride his bike—” I bolted from the bushes and ran headlong into a tall figure dressed in black. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On date night, I got home from school and spent a solid two hours getting dressed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A bunch of little boys, smaller than even me, come toward us, dressed as a pack of cowboys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

One man lingered behind as the rest were filing out—a squat man with a windbumt face, shabbily dressed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

He loved the way she dressed—every twist and turn, and there were many. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dude must’a been twenty years old, dressed like that, and it wasn’t nowhere near Halloween. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

People were dressed up tonight, in gowns and in black suits with long coattails. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

So we get dressed and walk on down to 135th Street where Harlem Hospital is. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once again he was dressed in an elegant coat and a shirt with lace cuffs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connor, dressed in a black suit with a red tie, actually looks good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Mendez is always dressed to the nines, and every guy in the neighborhood gets all spit-mouthed when they see her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then in the morning she bathed and dressed very careful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It bothered him, knowing I wanted to be in another place, dressed like someone else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I get home and shower the grease off myself, and before I’m even dressed, I pull Charlie’s cigar box from behind the bed and open it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She may not be properly dressed and I promise you don’t want to see a naked old dead person.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Clement was dressed in a dashiki—an African shirt that was to the Klan leader what a red flag is to a bull. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the big guy is actually a five-foot-three, flamboyantly dressed land developer with stupendously gelled hair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She never woke up until two in the afternoon, and then she’d take at least two hours to get dressed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Once thus dressed, we all had begun intermittently calling out ‘‘Labbayka! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phoebe reluctantly got dressed, pulling a wrinkled blouse and skirt from the closet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at a table, dressed in his street clothes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Downtown, near a subway entrance, sat a semipermanent wooden booth decorated with bunting and pennants and flags manned by neatly dressed youth volunteers in paper hats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in a dark-blue suit and a light-blue tie. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in blue velvets trimmed with white, a silver chain around her neck. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I opened it, Diego was standing on the step, dressed in gray shorts and a black sweater. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

We dressed in our best clothes and arrived at Velva’s Freeze on time. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I met Mrs. Daisy Bates, a petite and smartly dressed, steely-eyed woman who was the Arkansas state president of the NAACP. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Not liking to sit in the cold and darkness, I thought I would lie down on my bed, dressed as I was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

The queen remembered the Maid of Tarth, a huge, ugly, shambling thing who dressed in man’s mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they will,” said a voice suddenly, and the children turned to see Mr. Poe, dressed very formally and accompanied by his wife. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he’s dressed again, he shoves his hat into his back pocket and smooths his hair off his face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Unable to sleep, he finally got dressed and drove to the hospital, arriving at his office before dawn. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Maybe Daddy can run me over to the bowling alley if you want to go on ahead before I get dressed.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed much as I was, though I suppose it was really the other way around: a rough-woven wool blanket wrapped over a gray pirhan-tumban and a vest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m dressed as Monkey D. Luffy, the main character. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time. Do you watch it?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Quietly he arose and dressed himself, hanging his sandals around his neck by their thongs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I open the door and find Master Crofts dressed in his thick wool cassock, but looking rather blue-lipped from the cold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the street was a large glass box with a female mannequin inside it, dressed as a gypsy fortune-teller. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The cast members are dressed, milling about onstage, looking out into the vastness of the 2,200-seat theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He got dressed and walked out into the gymnasium, where the mats were already rolled out and taped down with precision. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The bus will be here soon. You need to get up and get dressed.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But he said, “Give me a few minutes to get dressed.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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 was soon dressed; and when I heard Mr. Rochester quit Mrs. Fairfax’s parlour, I hurried down to it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in fresh linen, the light falling upon his white hair as upon silk floss. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he dressed in Faber's old clothes and shoes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

People would have been heading out to parties, all dressed sharply. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other man, dressed in head to toe camouflage that did him no good lying on the ground by the small fire, seemed to be napping, his brimmed camo hat pulled down over his face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They are all dressed in Winterhawks jerseys, and the logo in the center of their shirts is a Native American with four feathers in his hair and paint on his face. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He slows and points to a massive piece, a wooden tiger mauling a man dressed as a European soldier, the sign declaring: TIPU’S TIGER. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A man dressed as a woman was beaten by a sentry when he tried to rush the gangway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a black suit, and his sharp nose stuck up like a beak against the ivory silk fining. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild-looking old woman dressed all in green had waved merrily at him once on a bus. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in an olive green dress with a black shawl wrapped tightly around her face against the night chill. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

"No," I said, seeing a woman moving slowly past with a row of about a dozen dressed chickens suspended by their necks from the handle of a new straw broom . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She was dressed in churchgoing clothes, her Ladies Day outfit, a blue suit with a matching hat that swooped down from its mischievous perch on the side of her head. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golden goblets, sad-looking women dressed in old-fashioned dresses, and roses that cry. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was waiting at the bottom of the stairs, and was now himself dressed in a black suit, similar to Shadow’s. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We flipped through the pictures, looking at women who were fat, thin, long-haired, short-haired, dressed as nymphs, amazons, nuns, and courtesans, but I was unable to decide because they all looked like trampled banquet flowers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the tall, narrow women dressed in their sarongs returned serenely from the fields, they toted it in huge parcels impossibly balanced on their heads: manioc-root bundles the size of crumpled horses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I played along, jumping off the last two steps and running into the kitchen dressed in my school uniform and new sneakers, greeted by the table laid out with my feast. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Prosper wondered in desperation while he got dressed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man next to him was older and dressed well, and unlike his companion, he looked actively uncomfortable in his clothing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

As I rose and dressed, I thought over what had happened, and wondered if it were a dream. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of them were of me dressed in my usual, everyday wear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Friends came to visit, dressed in yellow paper gowns, their hands covered by blue synthetic-rubber gloves and their faces hidden behind paper masks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He looked like a figure out of a Tarzan movie; he was dressed in animal bones, shells, bladders and skins, and his fat body and deadpan face were caked with red clay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A former singer in her early twenties, Comrade Ri dressed like a junior executive at Samsung. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

How can I leave the restau- rant for rehearsals dressed like this? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On August 31, 1939, the SS dressed in Polish uniforms and launched a fake attack on a German radio station in Gleiwitz, in Upper Silesia, in southwest Poland. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ben-Ben’s dressed as Smalls in blue jeans and a white shirt, and Luis is Squints, with his thick glasses, his black cap on backward, and his striped shirt. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

There were sparkling lanterns hanging from the branches, illuminating the clearing where dozens of finely dressed men and women were dancing, their bodies as graceful as blossoms bending in a spring breeze. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A girl who dressed up like a boy to take the black. Her song is sad and pretty. What happened to her wasn’t.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a fancy tweed suit as she stands over a pot of bubbling hot water. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Here was Garnett dressed beautifully, new gray uniform, slender, trim, riding that great black mare with the smoky nose. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remove my brown shirt, a shirt that was yellow when I hurriedly dressed six days ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Once I’m dressed and the urge to cry is gone, I feel something hot and violent writhing in my stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Juliet is dressed so fine in the prettiest long, flowing gown. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was dressed for church, and expected momentarily to see the Clutters’ Chevrolet, for she too, always attended services chaperoned by the Clutter family. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” a nattily dressed new animal salesman said to him chattily as he stood gaping with a sort of glazed, meek need at the displays. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even though she is dressed the part, the woman seems to be losing all of her authority. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She was still dressed in her black velvet dress and her pearls. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she wished she could be out there with them, barefoot and breathless and dressed in tatters, with no past and no future and no feast to attend at Khal Drogo's manse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Next to Frodo on his right sat a dwarf of important appearance, richly dressed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dingy decks were holystoned white, and the rigging was taut, tarred, and dressed in its chafing gear. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, she’s already dressed nice with her hair done and lipstick on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Clayton had slipped his blues harp in his pocket while he was getting dressed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

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

He had loose and floppy limbs and was dressed in a three-piece black suit with a bright red tie. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Charles remembered that one day she dressed up in some of Emma’s clothes—a silk gown, cap, shawl, and gloves. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty or so men and women dressed in deep purple robes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You can tell a true gentleman from a false one that's just dressed in finery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and dressed and stood beside the window, forcing himself to count his breaths up to ten, in and out, waiting for the alarm to ring. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. V comes over and helps me get dressed and fed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And he was always dressed like he was looking for a date. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I must have eaten something funky,” she mumbled as she got me dressed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Finally, at 5:18 I get up and get dressed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was clumsy, and he wasn’t dressed for riding, but he got a leg across, and that seemed to be the main thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That night, I drowse in my bed, fully dressed, waiting for the Ghost. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without another word, we returned to our rooms, Dad and I. We got dressed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly got dressed and put his knife in his pocket. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The women follow immediately behind the hippopotamus wagon, dressed all in black and pressing elegant lace hankies to the corners of their eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Edd was back by the time that he had dressed, pressing a steaming cup into his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I am so beat up from the game, I can’t even lie down. Let me get dressed, and I’ll meet you out there in a minute.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z