| 单词 | dried |
| 例句 | I scrubbed at the dried blood and grime beneath my fingernails, thinking of the remorse I would never be able to wash down a sink. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He ran for more than an hour, over grass and gravel, until the sun burned away the early mist and dried the dew. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I gnawed at the dried sausage, savoring the saliva it produced. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then he dried his steel-rimmed glasses on a towel and, because he was fastidious, got his surgical gown on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But when the river dried up, and the prince plucked it out, the goddess became enraged. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As the men’s feet dried and the blood began to circulate, they all had the sensation of burning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I heard the rain on the roof and smelled the hay and, when I went down, the clean smell of dried dung in the stable. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I could feel the dried blood caked on my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Careening downhill, bumping over rocks and dried mud holes, we like to shook apart before we got the dern wagon under control. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The mile-six water stop is in the middle of nowhere—an oasis in a desert of dried grass. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The gutters of the city overhead had dried, but old rain seeped and dripped from the glazed brick walls. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z When I found it all dried up and dead, I felt so guilty. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He dried his hands off and grabbed the empty milk jug off the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When they’d dried the last fork, Heron Man said, “Shall we see if the television works?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A face had been carved in the trunk of the great tree, its features long and melancholy, the deep-cut eyes red with dried sap and strangely watch-ful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Later, while he washed the dinner dishes and I dried, I asked, "Gramps, why don't you ever talk about Birdie with the guys?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z An intimidating look of cruel pleasure on Martina’s face dried up all their laughter and made them wait in silence for the explanation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Eomma gave them all dried squid to eat, and they told their parents of their adventures until they were finally too tired and fell asleep in a large happy heap of bodies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She dried her hands off, took a deep breath, and went to open it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was crushed in, and a huge area of dried flesh was missing entirely from just above his left eye. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The Paqo selected a cluster of dried grasses hanging upside down from the roof beam. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z By the time I get to the main office, I’ve dried my eyes and my face completely. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As usual her lipstick is just so, but when she steps into the bright afternoon sun, I see dark stains, deep and dried, on the front of her clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The vendor ladies squatted, scowling, resting their chins on their crossed arms, behind fortresses of stacked kola nuts, bundles of fragrant sticks, piles of charcoal, salvaged bottles and cans, or displays of dried animal parts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were jams and bundles of herbs and dried meats studded with spices and cracked salt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z After I finished dinner and dried the dishes that Dad washed, I went out to check on her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And in the mouth of the empty tomb that waited for Lord Eddard Stark, beneath his stately granite likeness, the six fugitives huddled round their little cache of bread and water and dried meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had seen a movie at school once, where the village women washed out the clothes and dried them in the sun. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he fell asleep on the stool, his head against the table that smelled of dried fish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She took her sodden handkerchief out of her bag, and dried her eyes; and dried her eyes again, looking down the avenue. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z There’s dried blood on the curve of the bird’s shoulder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Trekking the dried floor of a mineral sea where it lay cracked and broken like a fallen plate. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z If one of them would work the pump handle, he could wash the dried blood off his hand. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d forgotten there would be dried blood caked across my arm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan was back a few minutes later with bread, cheese, dried venison, and apples. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After the last dish had been dried, Aunt Rose turned and looked at Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But several days of crisp fall air and heavy labor by Vanderbilt’s men had dried the surface well. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The mud dried and the spring flowers came out: yellow coltsfoot, and white wood anemones in profusion—and the wall being built around Asgard was a glorious, imposing thing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z As she dried the limp blond hair with a towel, she leaned in close, inhaling the scent of my sister’s scalp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweat dried on his skin, and he felt chilled and lonely. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His teeth chattered as he dried himself with his undershirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Children wrung the birds’ necks while women stewed them in pots, smoked them over fires, and dried them to preserve in storehouses. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Armpit showered again in the morning, dried off, then ran a stick of deodorant three times under each armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Looking worried, she dried her hands on her apron and placed them on Papá’s shoulders. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Billy filled it one-third full of bran and then he added a couple of handfuls of dried hops. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The one thing about him was the smallness of his ears, the ears of a child, ears like little dried apricots. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bitter tang in the air of Mordor that dried the mouth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Lillian saw him, straightened herself, dried her eyes, and gathered herself into a woman in control of events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Horace peeled down the back of the head, too, then lay his scalpel in the sink, rinsed his gloves, dried them, and brought out a hacksaw from his instrument cupboard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The rest of the time they crowded into crevices that were easily found by the streaks of dried urine staining the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They put on salt-rising bread and butter, bowls of stewed pumpkin, pumpkin pies and dried berry pies and cookies, cheese and honey and pitchers of milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was full of good things to eat, with rare delicacies from other provinces and delicious items like dried duck gizzards strung up in its window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate a quick breakfast and then Dicey washed and dried the bowls and glasses and spoons. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The dust from the trip and the dried butterfly parts made it difficult to decipher. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them threw a dried lump of dung at his back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then she dried everything on another cloth and stacked it neatly on the drainboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s this place—the absolute separation from DC, the familiar old smells of cedar trees and dried chile de árbol, the sanity of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Those that had dried and stuck to the cloth, I left alone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Nervously, I rub the tiny fragments of dried leaf into dust between my fingers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And Mother said, “Roger, please. Come on, Christopher, let’s go inside and get you dried off.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A smear of light mud shaped like a handprint had dried on the side of the black leather, stopping where the wide splash of blue paint covered the top. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Trashman’s tears dried up at once, and he beamed happily as though nothing had ever been wrong. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Go on up there and get dried off,” she’d said to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other day we stopped to shower and eat a meal that wasn’t dried fruit and granola. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They sat down and ate some of the dried, packaged food scavenged from the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The dried food was still good, but the water was stale, so I went back to the spring and filled a fresh basket. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the hollow was red with dried sap and blackened by fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We unpack the dried fish and rice and eat in silence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They steamed and dried in the afternoon sun. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I rummaged through the dark kitchen and set aside dried herbs, scissors, and kitchen twine. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The cupboard is bare except for a bag of dried rice, some sugar, and spices. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Living in Faerie, it’s impossible not to notice that everyone else smells like verbena or crushed pine needles, dried blood or milkweed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The clay streaks the word like dried blood. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Sam returned to his mountainside camp and ate a breakfast of nuts and dried apples from his root cellar on the mountaintop. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z With each step her bones felt stronger and less bruised, and even the dried blood in her hair felt less heavy and crusty and sticky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I guess we could ask Mr. Poe about it,” Violet said doubtfully, as Klaus stood beside her and dried the dishes. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The flood water was the color of the earth, of their skin, of the blood, his blood dried brown in the bandages. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mary Lou picked up a dried frond and added it to the meager pile in her arms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Even raising his eyebrows was difficult, for his forehead was stiff with dried clay And he was so exhausted that he could hardly bear the thought of wheeling the now-heavy cart back to Min’s house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Inside she finds a bowl, some dried beef, and a blowgun with two dozen darts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z After every wet crossing, I would shake like a dog and wring out my clothes as best I could so they dried in ridges white with salt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I filled my lunch thermos with water and reached into our jar of dried lima beans. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinners, the family would sit in the open terrace with bowls of dried apricots, and pistachios, sugar candies, and a big samovar of black tea. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She dried her hands and sat down across from me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mother said as she dried the dinner dishes and handed them to me to put away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While he waited in the shade of a tree, brushing dried mud from his trousers, the Prime Minister was recognized by a villager and pulled into what quickly became an excited crowd. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the exception of Goedart, they used dried, secondhand specimens to form their theories. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When his skin had dried a little, he pulled on his jeans and looked for somewhere he’d be likely to find food. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are forty in your camp,” my father replied, “and more than that of us. Besides, you have your own fish, the dried ones that you brought.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z From the inside walls of the house, she lifted down her careful bundles of roots, her bags of berries and dried, crumbled leaves, and long curls of inner bark of certain trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Corn could be eaten fresh off the cob or dried on the stalk, stored over the winter and ground into flour. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I dried with toilet paper, which I flushed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The trail itself seemed to consist of a bed of dried animal dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry dried his hands, impervious to the beauty of the scene outside the window and to the murmuring of the others in the sitting room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, her feathers were the colour of dried blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The barbecue sauce was still on my nose; it looked like dried blood. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He picked up his coat, using a brush to clean the dried mud from it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There’s silence on the phone, and I munch on the dried fruit Dad gave me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I listened to all the sounds of the market, vendors calling out prices, children laughing and crying, the rush of dried spices, beans, and rice being poured into bags. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One machine washed the clothes, a second machine dried the clothes, and a third machine washed the dishes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The shrine was a low, open shed, its mud roof and walls covered with dried palm fronds. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Carefully she refolded the cloth around the dried petals and leaves and replaced the little packet in the carved trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The men hadn’t dried out yet from the squall. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny’s tuxedo dried to a stiff wrinkled greenish outfit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t have time for breakfast, but Mareth passed out chunks of cake and dried beef to eat on the journey. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She dried her hands on the cloth and followed Dvorah to the table. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He was breathing harshly and there were dried tears on his face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Under some road maps in the glove compartment, Ben retrieved a rusty can of cordovan polish and a thin silken handkerchief spotted with dried circles of polish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned the faucet off and dried her arm as lightly as she could. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When we get home, he gives me a bowl of dried fruit and granola and a glass of milk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then fumbling for his flint and iron he caught, with a dried leaf for tinder, a flame to light the incense. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She stayed until Dr. Cuevas rinsed his hands in the sink and dried his tears, while the other one cleaned up the blood and the viscera. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But the disinfectant we were given to clean our cells, when sprayed on the dried milk, made the writing reappear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as though there were not enough evil, O-lan was again with child, and her milk dried up, and the frightened house was filled with the sound of a child continually crying for food. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Let’s step right along and get them dishes washed and dried and put up,” she said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their water came from a little brackish well beside the hut; their food was fish and shellfish, fresh or dried, and rockweed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z After she dried and wrapped her baby in a towel she hummed quietly while combing out the tangles and plaiting the damp hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When we’d landed, there were a few dried ones on the ground, but the meat in them was not very tasty. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks around the room, taking in the swags of green, the holly berries, red roses, and dried magnolia leaves set as centerpieces on all the tables. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Smith left his lieutenant, Thomas Hunt, behind in Maine to finish loading the other ship with dried fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The old zebra skin, which he still had on the wall, had dried out and cracked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She dried her hands and left the sink, something Luke had almost never seen her do if there were still dirty dishes left to be washed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Finn plucked at his jeans, which had stiffened when the river water dried. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Beside a huge, misshapen hill, the car descended into a complex of rectangular buildings, as squat as ugly dorms and painted the color of dried grass. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The heat had mostly dried it already, and it rose into the air at her command. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In Serena’s parlor, with the dried flowers, on the Chinese carpet, his thin body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Omakayas and Angeline admired the intricate way that the snow trimmed the dried reeds of cattails and the brown furry heads were capped with tiny white mounds that made them look... The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z How skillfully he dried them when the song came to a pause! threw back his mantle, spilt his gout of wine! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When flying opportunities for women dried up after World War II, Ruth was frustrated but began to think that perhaps space would offer women new flying opportunities. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He dried me and handed me my bloomers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The husk of the tracker jacker nest, beaten to a pulp by the heavy rains and dried in the burning sun, confirms the location. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Our food was barley bread, watered ale, and, from time to time, some cooked dried peas. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The dried blood on his shirt said, Emilia, I’m injured. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I washed my arms and legs and the back of my neck and my ears and my face and I dried myself with a soft, clean rag. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In seconds the tortilla dried and puffed up like a souffle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I am spending them like enchanted gold, doomed to turn back into dried leaves in tills all over town. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll eat right here. A little dried beef. You gentlemen have some supper.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The wide aisles were lined with bins of nuts and dried fruit, baskets of apples, and clothing racks with tie-dyed shirts and gauzy Tinker Bell-type dresses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But today the river was fairly low and the mud had dried so that it was cracked and cakey. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She washed her hands in the basin, then dried them carelessly on her shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The older trees, which had been cut down a year or two before, were well dried out, and when Brian rolled and skidded them down to the lake he found that they floated well. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z We dried our hands, only to find Mom lingering behind us, bouncing Susie to sleep. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He needed to split some more logs, so I watched him take an ax to a bunch of dried alder. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The best was when Madam told us to hang dried rosemary throughout; that cut right through the lingering stench of boots and belchings. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a dried piece of manure to throw it at him and drive him into the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first bedroom a dried corpse with the covers about its neck. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We survived on the small bit of food that Yar had managed to take away with her from Pinyudu—a little dried corn and lentils. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After I got my sisters in, out, dried, and lotioned, I took my bath, setting my watch on the porcelain edge to keep an eye on my own twelve minutes in the tub. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered dried leaves to light the dung in the stove so the water for tea would be boiling when the family awoke. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler lost all of his needles but one, both extra pairs of socks, a bundle of dried fruit, a loaf of sugar, half a bottle of alcohol, and a pair of ivory dice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A smear of dried blood traced his cheekbone, and a small moist trickle leaked out of his nose. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Someone has put jars of dried branches on the tables, arranged with stems of seedheads from the field where I kissed Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The land dried up and the grasses headed out miserably a few inches high and great bare scabby places appeared in the valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The oil took the fire at once, the brush and dried grass a heartbeat later. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her tears, dried on these pages, are mixed up with mine making them wet again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z She was as clean as a person could be, her hair still slightly damp from the water in the sea-star field, while her clothes had dried in the sun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I’ve gotten my own ingredients from the supermarket, so I peel cassava, slice plantains, boil the salt out of dried fish. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He wore creaseless flannel trousers and a brown tweed jacket with patches all over it and bits of dried food on the lapels. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth dried up, all the moisture apparently being converted into stinging tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He washed as best he could and then dried himself on the tea towels that hung on a line by the stove. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Ice Ages ended, Blackwater Draw slowly dried up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She brought with her dried fish and fresh water for us to take on our journey. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sansa dried her own tears as she struggled to comfort her friend They went to sleep in the same bed, cradled in each other's arms like sisters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bright yellow petals are now dried and the centers are dark. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He stood by a mighty blaze that popped and crackled, telling him when to add more wood, where to place dried lichen, and how to keep the fire from growing too enormous to control. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The bump on my forehead was swollen and I stopped the bleeding by lying still and letting it coagulate, then picked away the dried blood except over the cut. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Unlike before, it dried our wet bodies as we walked back to the cabin, silently, hand in hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I looked at the dried blood on Rondell’s face and I felt so bad my stomach hurt, but I didn’t say anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They left him the rest of his clothes, his dried meat, and a half-eaten loaf of incredibly stale rye bread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They looked into the wrinlded prunes of her eyes; they peered into the dried apricots of her ears; they listened to the indestructible pump of her heart, and pronounced her well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rivers dried up, their bottoms carpeted with dead fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He retrieved a T-shirt, military issue, covered with dried blood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was right—the sea did leave an itch when it dried—but the soap made me smell sweeter than I was. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Martha sprayed a dried bouquet with metallic paint, literally gilding the lily. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she ran the shower on it, dried it, and placed it on the mantel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As Sukey dried and Johnny ate his pie, Mr. Adams watched him, noted him, marked him, said little. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He dried himself off with a hand towel and took one last lungful of air in before he headed out to dinner, to his fate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sitting once on the rocks as we dried from swimming, he asked me, “Do you not find it somewhat strange to have your feces weighed and recorded?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The cookies she had served for dessert were crisp and studded with dried fruits and nuts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His voice was raspy and hoarse, like a dried leaf. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Near them, half-moon lobster traps bleached under the heat of the sun, the salt dried to white streaks along their boards, their rope netting stiff and a bit ragged. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “You always call your tea ‘that nourishing tea,’ but it’s nothing but water and a bunch of dried leaves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The Paqo explained that the orchids were fewer and many of the fountains had slowed or dried up altogether because of the drought. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The tiredness was gone so she dried them off on the towel. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A towel dried on the bars of the small green window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the fourth blow, his opponent crashed to the floor of the pit, adding to the dried bloodstains of his predecessors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Vonetta’s hurt hadn’t dried up and she hadn’t forgotten a thing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When they’d found a stash of dried reindeer meat at the bottom of a travel pack in one of the camps, it had been like some kind of miracle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She put all the dried blossoms in a separate pile and gazed at them, fighting back tears. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He found beef jerky, rice, beans, dried onions, coffee, and candy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Water holes had dried up, and the grass had died. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I hauled myself out by some handy elephant ears, dried off with my pinafore, dressed as fast as I could, and ran home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Standing in each was a withered old woman, so dried up and brittle they reminded Piper of mummies—except mummies didn’t normally move. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She blew on her hands and dried them again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was limping badly and there was lots of dried blood on the bare legs that showed beneath her skirt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As Maybeth soaped and rinsed, and the boys dried, and Dicey put away the glasses, dishes, knives, forks, pots and pans, they sang. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Bleached structures from antiquity lay like dried bones, embedded in pulsating cables and thrumming traffic, the arteries of modern life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Over traveler’s bread, cheese, dried meats, and sweet cider, he told me about his mission to help King Jerrold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The words she needed to say dried up on her tongue, and she sat by him numbly until he asked for another helping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As he dried with a towel, she put before him a steaming bowl of daal and a plate of fluffy white rice. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I own a well-used library card, an envelope full of dried beach roses, a book of fairy tales, and a handful of lovely purple rocks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “When did you stop eating and start looking like a dried stockfish?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He would spend the day in the rear of the store writing wild notes, which he would send to Amaranta with flower petals and dried butterflies, and which she would return unopened. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I shred dried leaves and listen, watching the pile of brown bits grow in front of me, feeling invisible. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Breath came evenly by now, and sweat dried. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Sand clung to his skin, and as he dried little black sand ants began to crawl over him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The rivers dried up; the rains refused to fall; the cattle and people died of disease. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he washed his hands, threw the oilcloth over himself, and before midnight he returned with a few strings of dried meat, several bags of rice, corn with weevils, and some emaciated bunches of bananas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "They've just dried a fresh crop and are plucking off the buds." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Nicole had a dot of dried chocolate stain on her sweatshirt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She munched a strip of dried kudu meat and choked down some of the horrid, tasteless water-lily bulbs as she made plans. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I scuffled through the jars and envelopes and came up with it, an unprepossessing dried brown scrap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Early apples waited to be peeled and sliced and dried in the sun for the winter's use. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I had brought dried grapefruit peel in my saddlebag, and we also boiled that. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence had expected that the Rad Lab, like other scientific institutions, would be placed on a crash diet after the war as the torrent of military funding dried up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z An Orc stooped over him, and flung him some bread and a strip of raw dried flesh. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lucas Cader was picking dried dirt from the knees of his blue jeans. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Milk-vetch root, dried and ground up in yellowish brown crystals, for strength. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But her father’s model of the same intersection smells only of dried glue and sawdust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His damp clothes were pretty much clamped against his skin, and as they dried, the starch was tightening. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Trying not to laugh, I said, “Why didn’t you make him get it up before the paint dried? Ain’t nothin’ harder than enamel paint.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z By contrast, the plantation had only one purpose: to create a single product that could be grown, ground, boiled, dried, and sold to distant markets. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The quail egg Runt had brought was smaller, its speckled shell flecked with dried grass, and it smelled gamier than the ones his humans ate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Pearl glanced at the shelves above the stove and pushed a box under them; she took down bread, cheeses, dried fruits, meats, and a bag of oats and sugar. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The fruitcake stayed perfect in the tin and the apple juice was fizzy but not totally undrinkable and the dried apricots were fine, as was the huge thick slab of chocolate wrapped in brown paper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The smoke curled up from Miyax’s fire, and caribou strips shrank and dried. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a broom that was standing in the comer and swept the dried leaves off the porch. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I thanked him and dried my hands before walking over to the servants’ verandah. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “The sun has dried up all the rain-drops, sir. The breeze is still: it is quite hot.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He explained that it was his fishing hut, where he kept his nets and other fishing items and where he dried fish during the rainy season. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z As Biff dried his face and hands a breeze tinkled the glass pendants of the little Japanese pagoda on the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The substance inside was made from the dried and crushed bodies of luminous deep-sea fishes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I dried my hands against a towel and hurried upstairs. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps the house was stained to its very foundation and that smell of something long dead and dried would always cling to the rooms and the rustle of rats would always come from the ceiling. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides all the cleaning, she had washed and dried dishes for hours in Granny’s hot kitchen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He looked around the room, nodding his head toward spaces between the wall and ceiling where he’d stuffed dried garlic and onions. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She dried her hands on a bright green dish towel. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Since I could not see well by the dim fire I used for cooking, I made lamps of the dried bodies of little fish which we call sai-sai. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The food is the same, the dried figs, the halvah, the stuffed grape leaves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And from then on until the next rains the earth dried and the streams stopped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was served with a broth made from dried fish and radish. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z For a week the wind dried everything out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the house, under the breadfruit tree, there was a pigsty, now empty, the mud the pigs loved to bathe in dried into dusty ridges. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He escaped from the embrace and dried his tears—partly uncomfortable, partly in rapture. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I’m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,” said Ripred, picking up a hunk of dried beef. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The scythe washed a dish, Citra dried it, and finally Scythe Curie said the oddest thing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Father hung up his coat and dried his hands on his pant leg. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They made a tight bark container, like a big makuk, and lined that container with bunches of dried grass. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Sounds good,” he said, folding the towel with which he’d dried his hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The boatswain, unmanned for the first time, respectfully dried his eyes on the Jack, and then cheering up, and addressing Mr. Wopsle as Your Honour, solicited permission to take him by the fin. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I quickly stepped out of the tub, dried myself, and put on my underwear and pants. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The garden is overrun with weeds, the koi pond dried up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The troll is wearing armor painted over in some dark color that seems too close to dried blood for comfort. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I find the daffodils, crisp at the edges where they’ve dried, limp towards the stems, use my fingers to pinch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She was facedown, her legs the only part of her that wasn’t covered in dried blood. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Bod put a hand into the empty trunk, touched the silk lining, touched dried earth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was tacked among the dried creatures on the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, I feel something’s dried up inside me, something a strong wind could blow out of me for good. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They spread them in the sun to dry, then they beat off the dried outer hulls and stored the nuts in the attic for winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a sack of some kind of small dried red fruits and tasted one. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I dried my eyes some more and started with the search for Merriam. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed and sealed shut with dried mucus. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The dried meat, beans, and onions that usually hung from the ceiling had vanished. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Henrietta climbed out of the bathtub, dried herself off, and dressed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Change that nasty shirt,” Mom ordered when she spotted the crusty bib of dried blood across my chest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Here in Bat Deng’s market, long homemade wooden tables display dried fish, slabs of pork, yellow naked chickens, green beans, white corn, red tomatoes, orange mangoes, ripe guava, papayas, and some precooked food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the blood was washed off and she had dried my hands with paper toweling, she looked up into my face and her eyes went round with fright. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, with a frown, she spits on her finger and rubs at the reddish brown spots—dried blood from flea bites I scratch too much—that speckle the sleeves of my dirty white blouse. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It looks like it’s sleeping except for the dried brown stain beneath it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Gaps showed between the planks, and as the weeks passed and the green wood dried out, the gaps widened. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Yet I can only smell dried blood and a sticky spilled drink on my jacket. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I helped them as they helped me and thus passed the weeks while my grain dried, standing in proud shocks in the field. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He stopped, peering down at scattered particles of dried clay on the moonlit floor. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I rubbed my eyes, and they felt sandy as though all the fluids had suddenly dried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For walking in the bush, he wears a baseball cap, a black T-shirt, shorts, a curved African knife at his belt, and scorched, melted green sneakers— dried too many times over campfires. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pine shelves smelled sweet and clean, like they were fresh cut, and were filled with bottles and jars of roots and dried flowers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Wet clothes froze solid when you tried to dry them anywhere but right next to the fireplace—but when you dried them there, they sometimes ended up burned. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Well, it turns out things weren’t that cut and dried. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The knights all tuck in to dried sausages they’ve had in their satchels. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There, we sat around the fire to dry ourselves and eat dried fish. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Workers pour clay, water, and dried cow manure into large pits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I put a few dried pear halves in his hand and go back in the stream to wash the rest of his clothes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The fawns followed suit, their hooves crushing the dried leaves as they bounded through the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look dried out,” he said, as he pulled the pail back up by the cord attached to the handle. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Into a large gourd they placed her cut hair and head dyes, okra, ashes, and wisps of dried corn silks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He borrowed a cup of dried peppers and a block of salt, and he brought in a long working knife, eighteen inches long and heavy, as a small ax, a tool and a weapon. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Mona opened one of the boxes and pulled out dried flowers, rusty brown in color, and dropped them into the clay pot. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Jam felt it gathering in the air before its body showed up, and she watched it appear bit by bit, fur and feathers and horn like dried blood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z From the sturdy ceiling beams dangled the countless dried herbs and plants from which she made her dyes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z A waterskin hung under his arm on a leather strap, and ropes of dried seaweed were braided through his waist-long black hair and untrimmed beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I picked at some flea-bite scabs on my calves, which were split and caked with dried mud and hardened blood. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was always cool, even in the summertime, and it smelled like the dried apples in flour sacks hanging above them from the rafters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll read it through and then we’ll go back. Give me a little wine, my throat’s dried out with wine. Here it is—such a little story to have made so deep a wound.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My tears had long dried but I wiped my face anyway. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But the steam-filled air was bursting with the scents of turmeric and dill and rice and salmon and dried Persian limes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Leo brought out his first weapon—a lump of dried chemicals wrapped in aluminum foil—and lit it with his hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Inside the cabin, he heated water while they dried off. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They all had the same wide smile, the same chalk-colored teeth, the same sun- dried skin the color and texture of groundnut husks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z After Mom died, he came over a few times, tried to get me back on my board, but the ocean had dried up as far as I was concerned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z "The one with the dried plums?" asks Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She places the spinach in the bowl and adds dried cranberries, goat cheese, and walnuts. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Do we just lie down on the cracked, dried mud of the lake bed and call it a day? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They had cheese and milk from the goats that shared the caves with the singers, even some oats and barleycorn and dried fruit laid by during the long summer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They’d brought slabs of hard salt beef, dried cod, dried beans, turnips, carrots, sacks of barley meal and wheaten flour, pickled eggs, barrels of onions and apples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The goldenrod be blossoming soon. We’ll use the blossoms fresh, not dried, for brightest yellow. And the blossoms boil only a short time, not as long as the shoots.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan was to shoot west until they hit a string of islands a trapper had shown him, and then bow northeast until the swamp dried up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When dried, the white or pink pulp makes flour for thin, tortilla-like cakes; when boiled and smoked, it becomes hors d’oeuvres; when cooked and fermented, it makes beer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They rolled cigarettes of dried grass in pages of the encyclopedia. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But she was content chatting to her doll as her clothes dried by the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I saw a splotch of dried blood on his left sleeve. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For days, the girls dried and then parched the corn that they had saved from the hungry birds. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The bars and the stench of desperation, the dried sweat of the hundreds who’ve sat here before me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped by a dried fruit stand, described Hassan to an old merchant loading his mule with crates of pine seeds and raisins. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The horses’ hooves sounded like two dried sticks hitting together. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z I did have a pouch of dried potatoes that I kept stored by the rock, because sometimes I didn’t feel like leaving to eat with the others. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It didn’t take him long to stack driftwood over dried palm fronds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Julia's turn to do the dishes but we've become sort of allies in the last couple of weeks, so I dried for her. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Olanna went inside to count the cans of dried milk, tea, biscuits, Ovaltine, sardines, the cartons of sugar, the bags of salt—and she could not help the gasp when she saw the toilet tissue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kazi gave it to me this morning wrapped in brown paper, tied with a piece of dried grass. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He untied a dried flower from where it hung upside down on a ribbon in the window over the sink. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Chickens wandered the aisles; women walked back and forth carrying packages on their heads and selling bags of peanuts and dried vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She sponge bathed me where blood had dried on my chest and belly, right down to the waistband of my shorts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He wedged off the lid with the metal key and then peeled off the thick, dried skin covering the white liquid underneath. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Although the chemical war went on in succeeding years, the trickle of research funds dried up completely. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z —That kid pulled me out, dried me off, and hit me on the back until I stopped coughin’ and started breathin’ normally again. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wraps the book with a length of fine wool yarn dyed a deep crimson, bits of it stained darker with something dried and brown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I finally took it off to wash it a week later, I stood guard as it dried to make sure no one stole it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I walk the next blocks, turn the corner, expecting to see the familiar dingy oblong of the school, in weathered red brick the color of dried liver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We got out of the pool and dried off with towels. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The evil gash on her temple disappeared as if wiped away, the stains of blood nothing more than dried paint. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When her feet were clean, Hizdahr dried them with a soft towel, laced her sandals on again, and helped her stand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I washed up the pots and pans and dried my hands. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A few clear bottles with cloudy liquid in them, some dried branches, and a balled-up brown paper bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He flicked a broken bone into the fire and rose to his full height—a massive red warrior in sheepskin and drakon leather, with dried flowers and herbs in his hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He had found some young puffball mushrooms and a plum tree covered with purple plums which had ripened and dried almost to prunes, when he spotted the bird in the undergrowth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was startlingly austere—some dried noodles, one bag of rice, raisins, coffee, salt, a good supply of candy bars, and toilet paper. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The skin would make a good pouch, and she remembered her mother once saying that the entrails could be dried and used as string. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Mrs. V rolled me back up the ramp and into the house, where she dried me off, changed my clothes, and gave me a cup of chocolate milk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There’s a dried flower arrangement on either end of the mantelpiece, and a vase of real daffodils on the polished marquetry end table beside the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted him to tell her why her grapevines had dried up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Later, when the cut bush was dried, we set fire to it and watched the thick smoke rise to the blue summer sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s so dried out it’s hard to say. It may be an aberration, it may be nothing.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Somebody, a third party, agreed the fishing had gone sour, the bank seemed all dried up real sudden, he’d been thinking on fishing at Elliot Head, couldn’t tell but maybe things was better there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As was Gede practice, most of his body was shrouded, but dried blood still stained the white linen in places, hints of the gruesome wounds beneath. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then their stares of flatbread and dried meat were exhausted as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To this he added some pulverized, dried grass, worked almost into flour, and when it was all together, he gently used his finger to make a hole in the middle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z It dried stiff as a board, and I had to chew, rub, jump on it, and twist it to get it soft. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The school nurse had wanted to clean off the blood, but I’d begged her to leave it alone, and now I kept looking at it, dried and crusty, in the mirror, in amazement. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The raft was tossed as a dried thistle goes rolling over a field in autumn days. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother dried her hands on her apron and rushed to the front door. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, Annabella poured water from the kettle over dried leaves that she had placed in two thick mugs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A withered daffodil, not one from the dried arrangement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother dried her cheeks, smiling a brave smile. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And his face was as dark as dried beef. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Ibinabo did not like them, she merely watched them and warned them, as though offended by what in them was still fresh and in her was long dried up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A young man entered as I dried my hands. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I licked them and found my tongue had dried too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not all dried out, is it?” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The anger, he thought, ought to be his own; yet years ago now the anger about her had finished gradually bleeding out of him and had slowly dried up and blown away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I called him so many times that I finally saw him, but when he came he was covered with dried blood and rags, dragging streamers of barbed wire across the waxed parquet floors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She dried them with her sleeves, and combed her hair, trying to imagine her face in the brickwork. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When the sun began to set, they ate their rations of dried beef and hardtack and collapsed into their tents without a word. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He retrieved the egg from the bottom of the bath, climbed out, dried himself, and pulled on his pajamas and dressing gown again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But I soaped them with dish-washing liquid, then rinsed and dried them. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside it was a breathtaking picture of his sister Elsie, standing in front of a white porch railing next to a basket of dried flowers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When her garden cherub’s silver arc dried up inexplicably, it was Dr. Velutha who fixed its bladder for her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, he extracted a handful of dried leaves from within. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They pounded fufu, made garden egg stew from eggplant and dried fish, and gathered more bananas, mangoes, and papayas. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bandit scowled as she scattered the dried lima beans. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother, who makes jam with dried grapefruit peel and then puts in cinnamon bark that I always think is cockroaches in the jam. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “His liver was . . . gone. His heart . . . dried up. You can’t get transplants from a cancer patient.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Holly bent to the ground, brushing the dried leaves and twigs from the clay’s surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Why was my mother waiting there for me to wake up, dried tears crusted on her face, prayer on her breath? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her tear ducts were dried up and no moisture rolled down her cheeks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After the corn bread is cut into wedges, the peaches washed and dried . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The next day we came to a village, and the people there gave our group a gourd for water, dried kernels of corn to boil for food, and a pot to cook in. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark pantry, full of figs, almonds, walnuts, halvah, and dried apricots, made her feel better, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was as if my calves had sacks of dried beans tied to them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It tore the logs of the raft apart as a great wind scatters a heap of dried chaff; it flung Odysseus into the wild waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother washed the dishes and I dried them and put them away. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It was cold after the sun went down and the old man’s sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I know that Suesetta is waiting for me and there’s no telling how long it will take for all of these dishes to get washed, dried, and put away. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “December 26 “The pond is a white muffin, the millhouse has disappeared under a snowdrift, and Alice and I are playing checkers with groundnuts and dried apples. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Summers are always hot, but that year holding ponds dried up, even some wells went dry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I go down and stare at it, trying to see my parents in the tide lines of dried blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dad dried his hands on a towel hanging from the oven door and stayed standing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She says you wouldn’t want the neighbors to know what you have in the way of a wash but there’s nothing like the sweetness of clothes dried by the sun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I planted the dried sprig of moonlace carefully in the dirt and sprinkled a little nectar on it from my camp canteen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the presence of water, the molecule was in one configuration, and as it dried out, it switched to another. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The water on the stove isn’t warm, but it’s not cold anymore, either, so I try to sponge away the dried blood and dirt from Max’s side and face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z After I finished the shower, I dried off and went into the room to find some clothes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Slumped against a wall are two leather sacks, speckled with the dried blood of the fiends of Malesherbes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z While they ate, Sefia gnawed a few strips of dried meat, searching the men for weaknesses while the rumble of their voices drifted up through the trees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You should see how the prices of dried milk rise every day, as if somebody is chasing them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The corners of their mouths are white with dried spit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Everything is collected and reused: old clothes become scarves, old food is dried and saved, and human waste is remixed as topsoil. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the roller towel. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Her fur was matted with mud, leaves, pizza slices, and dried monster blood. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z My mom dried my sweaty body with a towel and she and my dad changed me into a clean T-shirt and clean underwear. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The gown was too long and the hem was caked with dried mud. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ole lifted a handkerchief to his mouth and dried his lips with it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She took up a plate, dried it, and placed it on the counter. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was making a hut of dried palm fronds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The wounds on its dappled flanks, which had blossomed like red flowers under the lion's claws the day before, were now dried to brown and scabbed over. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The inner bark of the poplar tree tasted like wheat kernels, and so I dried as much as I could and powdered it into flour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper peeled off in a whole sheet, slowly, with a long fffffft sound, as the ancient dried paste reluctantly turned to dust. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Simon climbed out of the water and dried himself in the darkness before dressing and joining the group. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Gaunt cattle, their ribs protruding and their heads hanging low, stood listless at the bottoms of dried-up stock ponds where the mud had dried and cracked into mosaics of tiles as hard as stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was not something that belonged in a museum, but my mom kept it on our coffee table for so long that it dried and crumbled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He bowed and faced the wall until she had washed in the chipped basin, dried herself on the thin towel, and undressed and got into bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Bull washed his hands at the kitchen sink, dried them on one of Lillian’s aprons, and joined the family for grace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mice and rats and dogs have burrowed these tunnels through the dried clay, searching for food scraps. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he dried his tears, grew up, got sober and monogamous. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On opposite ends of the pit were two wooden doors notched and spattered with dried blood, and behind them, in narrow stone chutes, were two boys. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Flies nestled over patches of his dried blood, feeding happily. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A mug with a ring of dried liquid at the bottom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Scott picks at the dried blood on his cheek, I can hear his nails scraping against his skin. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ann is busy wrapping up dried beef and bread for John, and John is trying to comfort a fussy Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The fresh and dried fish; the fat, oil, or meat from beaver, beluga, caribou, moose, oogruk, polar bear, and walrus; cranberries, salmonberries and wild rhubarb all had so far escaped contamination. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At least the strange machine’s windstorm had dried it off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The soup is thick with rue and sweetened with dried apples. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “They’re pickpockets,” she explained to a man who carried a basket of dried fish. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And he became as pale as a dried banana skin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The dried blood on his skin now resembled powdered dirt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He wrapped the dried barks for her, and she placed them in her carrying basket. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The silvery pellawi-fur dried fast, and as soon as the wool of the facing was at least warm, if not dry, he wrapped himself in it and stretched out by the firepit. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A few other women worked nearby, weighing dried leaves or straining tinctures. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He held a handful of small rocks and dried flowers, and here I realized I had made a critical error. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Benny Maestas was still staring at his knife with the dried blood on the tip. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right side of the bay there was a great bed on low legs, not more than a couple of feet high, covered deep in dried grass and bracken. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Angrier than ever, he proceeded to grope in the bottoms of the vases and baskets of dried flowers, but was not at all surprised that the locket was not there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Beneath broken walls of dried mud, riders galloped back and forth, swinging their long whips as they herded the survivors from the smoking rubble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And then he dried his face with the neck of his T-shirt and nodded. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z After all the ice was thawed from my dogs and their coats were dried out I could see they were all right. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As she had hoped, the meat dried steadily during the night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She scrubbed her body, stood with a splash, and dried off with her fuzzy blue towel. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z A fire would be lit and dried cow dung put in to burn. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The hot lunch is turkey with reconstituted dried mashed potatoes and gravy, a damp green vegetable, and a cookie. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Dribbling down some of the tree trunks were little runnels that looked like dried sap. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I say, “Laanchu,” and chew hard like I am eating a piece of dried squid. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I scrubbed, ran for my tree, and dried myself before the fire, shouting as I stepped into my clothes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She called us to come and separate the food from the dirt and dried leaves and grass. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Others ancient and delicate as a dried flower. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And when the resin dried a short time later, Roz’s foot was finished. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Raisins and nuts and dried ber-ries, but no lemon, that was the rankest sort of southron heresy—which was queer, since he always took lemon in his morning beer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Blood was streaming down Milkman’s face, but it had dried on his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooky and Aly loaded them with enough provisions to fill their packs to the point of overflowing: smoked meats, dried fruit with supple flesh, and enough hardtack to last for weeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The lifeboat, the raft until it was lost, the tarpaulin, the stills, the rain catchers, the plastic bags, the lines, the blankets, the net—all became worn, stretched, slack, cracked, dried, rotted, torn, discoloured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I found Hassan sitting cross-legged at the foot of one of the trees, eating from a fistful of dried mulberries. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This was the longest string of words he had uttered in months, but it suddenly dried up, as if he just couldn’t find any more to say. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wanted the honor of hiding him for the night; the women wove him ponchos and winter socks and the men saved him their best brandy and the best dried beef of the season. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Unbeknownst to her, Father had painted the furnace room and the paint had not yet dried. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She was standing by the counter, already breaking up some dried fish, extracting the needlelike bones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was very hot, a tractor had made giant ruts in the earth, and the ruts had dried hard, so that his feet kept stumbling in. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Nhamo removed a sack of already ground and dried mealie meal from the storehouse. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sink water ran from the tap and dishes clinked as my mother dried them and put them back in the cupboard. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The under-fifteens’ fifteen hundred meters is called, and she stands up, brushing dried grass from her shorts. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z These roughhewn logs were filled with sap, and as they dried out, the wood contracting and expanding with changes in temperature, the roofs sagged, the walls buckled. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As he approached, slowly making his way through the noisy dried banana leaves, the sight of his face awakened my memory. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Lennie went behind the tree and brought out a litter of dried leaves and twigs. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The stew's made with tender chunks of lamb and dried plums today. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Crews on Deep Blue III heard Jackson Boy calling out for days. Couldn’t find him, though. Little lice- biter finally just dried up and died.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z On it, there’s a cat food bowl with dried stuff in it, and drapey cobwebs up in the corners, and a fat spider that has zero fear of being evicted. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A dab of white peeks out of a vase of dried flowers on my dresser. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He had treated my forehead with a poultice of dried plant leaves mixed with water. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Flakes of dried blood crumbled at the touch of her fingertips, black in the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a patch of dried blood on the bridge of his nose. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She sewed clothes for him, built him toys from scraps of wood, rags, and dried grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My rock crushed his scissors, so he scrubbed the pots and I dried. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The filth dried in his hair and his face streaked with it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The summer sun dried the denim in a matter of minutes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Jon took a fistful of dried kernels from the sack by the door and scattered them on the floor, then claimed the chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The blisters had dried and begun to flake away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The park looked like something bright would be happening any minute; the lilac trees were dried out in the sun, and bumps started swelling out on the brown boughs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the chasm was still full of water when the Gulf of California dried up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She used the heel of her sneaker to kick at a mound of dried grass in our yard, our avocado-colored yard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It held two baskets of water and enough tunas and dried abalone to last many days. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “You do too have a dog,” Aunt Anne said accusingly, while she dried her hand on a napkin. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He beheaded the dried blooms of a hydrangea bush. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I would have to carry food—johnnycake, smoked meat, dried fruit, a bottle of water. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I got off the path and walked carefully, minding my footstep on dried leaves in the forest to avoid making any sound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The rain sounded like bullets hit* ting on the dried palm frond roof. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her bottle of water to Coyotito’s lips; his little dried tongue sucked greedily at it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Villac Uma will give you the dried leaves that all shamans carry, and you can place them inside.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The bluebells and the tiger lilies had dried up and dropped off their stems. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A breeze stirred and kicked up dried leaves, making them skitter across the sidewalk in front of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Her mouth dried up at the memory of him almost catching her using magic. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Mama also did not appreciate that Sumac was forever trying to sneak dried corn from our large storage jar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Without his uniform he looks smaller, older, like something being dried. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They’ve prepared my favorite, lamb stew with dried plums, among other delicacies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Orders whispered sharp and quiet—boats hauled back onto their racks, oars put away, all of it carefully dried off with dust sheets, which we hid beneath the floorboards afterward. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The tomato sauce was rich and creamy with leaves of fresh basil, not dried. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There the poor carp would flop until they dried out and died, then later the crows would swoop down and eat them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The clay dried and cracked; it’s a crumbling gray square. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z It had dried; and the thought came to me that he had been dead for some twelve hours. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In the spring, it was dried in the open air before being transported to state farms. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There were still a few dried leaves clinging to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The shawl was crusted with dried blood, and the bundle swayed a little as she walked. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z We scrunched up our noses at the smells of bloody fresh meat and musty dried fish, and lowered our heads from the bees that buzzed in thick clouds over the sheds of the honey sellers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They cut him down and he died; the blood flowed on the walk in a pool, gleamed a while, and, after awhile, became dull then dusty, then dried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was getting acquainted with my new home, I cleared the dried leaves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Soon the river was dried up, the town silent, the dust settling in a film on the stores, the seated men, the tall hot trees. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily I had dried a pound of the morels that I’d gathered the previous month. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Eliza combed through a lock of hair stuck together with dried jam. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered inedible reeds when they camped along rivers and dried them in the sun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the market, then, and bought two pounds of pork and watched the butcher as he wrapped it in a dried lotus leaf, and then, hesitating, he bought also six ounces of beef. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Clean as he had ever been, he rose, dried himself, and clad himself in whites. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The day cleared and a pale sun dried the moisture. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He lit his pipe, and the scent of tobacco and dried peaches started to cover the smell of spice and wood from the cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Which was a fine dinner, and afterward we lit a fire though it was warm and sat before it, sipping hot tea, while Miss Maggie’s clothes dried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When she opened it, he smelled dried apricots and juniper wood burning. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to swallow but my spit was either all dried up or frozen. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The paper was tom and stiff with dried blood, but the broken seal was her father's, the direwolf stamped in pale wax. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The salt had dried at the corners of her lips and left a residue behind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She found seaweed and small dried anchovies and a basket of fruits and vegetables. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Instead, spurred by her irrepressible enthusiasm, she invited friends and colleagues to view her precious Surinam sketches and specimens, which she had “dried and well displayed in boxes where they can be seen by all.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I took a basket from a high shelf and loaded it with bread, hard cheese, and a piece of dried beef I cut from the slab that hung in the pantry. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And not good for the complexion, not at all, wrinkle you up like a dried apple. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped and dried her eyes; he looked at her closely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Master’s mother threw a piece of dried fish into her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kelley could feel blood squelching around in his boots, and his uniform was crusted with fresh and dried blood, sweat, dirt, and vomit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We walked across the dried grass field dotted with purple flowers until there were none. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z All we can really see are the ribbed walls around us, flaking with dried moss, and the tunnel ahead lit by our headlights. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The piles of feces in the bathtub were dried, obscene stonelike lumps. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Papa arranged the sticks into a pile with the dried leaves under and lit a match from the box he brought. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She dried the glass and set it on the counter. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Life isn’t so cut and dried as you like to make it, Moose. You have to use your head.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Root alighted gently on the deck, his boots adhering slightly to the mixture of dried soap and blubber coating the steel surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Inside, it’s mostly cans but we find a dry loaf of bread, some bruised fruit and a few strips of dried meat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He dried him with the blanket, kneeling there in the glow of the light with the shadow of the bridge’s understructure broken across the palisade of treetrunks beyond the creek. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Her throat dried to think that she might have revealed things about her husband to another man. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After Father had given me a bath and cleaned the sick off me and dried me off with a towel, he took me to my bedroom and put some clean clothes on. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There the thick mud had dried to a dark, flaky crust like an old scab, and a layer of leaves covered the ground like a raggedy Band-Aid. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They tore open the food stores, snarling and growling and tossing their great cruel beaks high as they swallowed the dried meat and all the preserved fruit and grain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I took the opportunity to stuff the blanket and the dried meat into my travelsack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was adding dried apples when he heard a suspicious noise, and moved a sack of dry corn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes only a few drops made it past his dried lips, but gradually moisture coated his throat and finally allowed him to swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Cold on the porcelain, her hair was down, loose around her shoulders, and matted with dried blood. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Undeterred by his weight she fed the hens, gathered eggs, fetched water, then sat at the table stringing dried mushrooms. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After inspecting the grounds, Tawny asked Roz to remove all the dried brambles and weeds and leaves from the garden area. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Hurriedly, they ignited a signal fire with dried grass and seal blubber. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z You need the camera you got for your sixteenth birthday and the flowers you dried. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He unbuckled a saddlebag and pulled out a few strips of dried meat, which he tossed to Gurgi. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The hairs on the back of her neck rose as she approached the cradle, but it was empty, and the blood was long dried. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A light wind bent the dried grass and weeds. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she said, “Let’s get you out of the bath and dried off, OK?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He dried the dishes and put them away in the cabinet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z My fingernails scrape at the dried blood the boy from District 9 coughed into my face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There was a tranquility in me that felt all right, and as I remembered them all, my tears dried up and I fell asleep. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Ophie,” Mama said after a long while when their tears had dried and the sun had traveled closer to its evening rest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The heat dried her eyes so much she could hardly make anything out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask how she knows and she says, “Take a good look at Sherrie when someone mentions him. All dried up and dead.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was followed by a red streak of fur that hurtled from the dried foliage, flew over the weeds, and landed on her back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Omakayas was glad of the boring time she’d spent over the summer pressing fistfuls of gumbo clay, taken from the center of the island, into those places where the dried mud had crumbled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Bundles of dried herbs hung from the ceiling, filling the air with the mixed aroma of feverfew and bitter orange. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z All the saliva dried up in my mouth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She felt the dried blood anxiously with her forefinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One bright afternoon, while I’m walking down the street to our house, swinging a bag of sugar and dried lentils, I see MacGyver. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After letting freezing night temperatures break down the tubers’ cell walls, Andean farmers stomped out the water content to make dried chuho, a nigh-indestructible foodstuff that could be stored for years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Two of Redemption’s uncles were sitting at the long table, picking out stones from trays of dried beans, while his baby cousins played under the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The stuff went on like paint, then dried clear as glass and hard as steel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The earth was carpeted with a silky layer of dried grass and cotton stalks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They murmured more prayers Anya didn’t know while they poured water over one hand, then the other, and then, silent, they dried their hands on the cloth squares. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I chew down on a piece of dried fruit and I wonder what it must be like to have no Noise, to come from a place with no Noise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t need much—a blanket to curl up with and some dried meat—and Kin had a nice backpack that fit Håkon’s blanket plus Anya’s bag of clothes. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “And Titu brought me some dried punga-punga flowers. He said he wanted to bring me fresh flowers but there are simply none to be found.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Not only were there solid rice cakes, the best journey food, but also a surprise: a packet of gokkam—sweet dried persimmons. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The boy from District 1 has several knives, two spare spearheads, a flashlight, a small leather pouch, a first-aid kit, a full bottle of water, and a pack of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The dried corsages were thrown out long ago, the diplomas and class pins and photos must be down in my mother’s cellar, in the steamer trunk along with the tarnishing silver. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the country the water holes had dried up, leaving only parched expanses of baked mud. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Meryl Lee was standing by the main lobby, and when I ran past, she held up a dried rose with a ribbon on it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They looked like dried up pieces of fruit, desiccated human faces—witches with metallic beaks for lips. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We started hunting for more twigs that had been under the trees and put the damp ones out in the sun along with some dried leaves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The burnt half of his face was a mask of dried blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Presently, the tears dried up, leaving a heavy residue of despair behind. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But after a week the stream of refugees from that direction ceased and news dried up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She sets the ingredients out on the counter: lemons, raw honey, and dried lavender. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pulled the lever and pressed the button and dried the first rack, then the next and the next. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She scoured him until he was pink, dried him with a big, fluffy towel, and tried to get a comb through his tangled hair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For the last years, ten or twenty, the holes have been dried up and empty except for dirt clogs and lizards. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z After the television was shut off, and the dishes washed and dried, they joked, and told stories, and dipped biscuits in their tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He’d put a handful of dried raisins in a cloth in his pocket and at noon they sat in the dead grass by the side of the road and ate them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes Rasheed brought home sardines in a can and brittle, dried bread that tasted like sawdust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The roof dried its shingles and stitched itself whole again. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She played with my hair, which had air dried into a curly mess. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z As I dried myself, questions raced through my mind: What’s going on? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We wandered the streets, among the people and bomb craters, chewing dried fish. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They made bonfires with dried sticks, corn husks, and paper, cursing the authorities under their breath. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It held a bundle of dried violets tied with a white ribbon, a toy horse that had lost most of its string mane, and a lock of curling blond hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Our mother used to tie dried prunes stuffed with camphor to our wrists. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Careful hands dried him and worked his pants off. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “It’s a long drive, two hours if the traffic cooperates. Pack some dried snacks, water, and a thermos with chai.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She gave the tub a rinse, dried her hands, spread the towel on the rack, and left the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The web dried off and the words didn’t show up so plainly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After dinner, Dad washed the dishes and I dried them while I waited for my electric kettle to reach 180° Fahrenheit, which is what I liked for steeping my genmaicha. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Some people have dried husks but there's fruit and even a nice kernel in there. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Baby stared back at her with frightened eyes that were not yet dried of tears. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Travelers had placed little stones, twisted straw, and dried flowers at its base to ensure a safe journey. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was so crusted with dried blood as to be unrecognizable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was covered with flies, all crusty with dried blood, might be why no one else had touched him, but under them he wore this studded jerkin, looked to be good leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After my ten minutes were elapsed I clambered up onto the carpet and dried off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The walls turned the color of dried blood. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He carefully dried it off as much as possible and gently ran his hand along the cover. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Out of her knockoff Louis Vuitton purse came gifts from Korea—dried squid and colorful erasers and pajamas with dancing cartoon dogs and cats. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I could smell something coming from the kitchen as I dried off. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He reached for the jar of dried pepper flakes and sprinkled some into his bowl, then Pong's. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The droughts have dried the hill and the tree hasn’t borne fruit in years, but Sohrab and I still sit under its shade and I read to him from the Shahnamah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The soup was thick with chunks of boiled beef and dried fish and dark green onugbu leaves. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Every time I washed it, I covered it with a towel while it dried in the sun. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were pencil scrawls and ink stains, dried blood, snack crumbs; and the leather binding itself was secured to the lectern by a chain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Alice opened Lyra’s garments, mopped her clean, dried her easily in the warm air. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Deydey’s triumph resulted in a small square of salt pork, a bit of flour, some dried apples, and a bladder of fish oil. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z In the morning, when he woke, big, egg-shaped pots of corn- and-bean mash would be on the fire, simmering with meat, vegetables, or dried fish to make a slow-cooked dinner stew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was stained as with dried blood; and looking closer they perceived that its nails were red. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z After the fins dried, I decided we would test our creations behind my house, over by the creek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On the same rock, the nuts were cracked after they had dried for several weeks in a tin box under the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had stored things in it: linens and baby dresses, sprinkled with dried lavender blossoms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Crouching down, she crumbled some dried leaves into it, two pinches from this bag, one from that, and added three drops of a pale yellow oil. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, I shook off the backpack and dried my face with the tail of Abbey’s shirt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then she uses her cane to knock a clump of dried mud off one of his mismatched shoes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He fumbled in his tunic pocket, finding the lump of wax, which was all that remained of his candle, with a dried copper leaf sticking to it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z For a minute I thought she might have been the girl I had seen on the subway, but I knew they all looked the same, scary and dried up and thrown away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His feet were cracked and caked in dried mud; he had fought without shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Only the collection she’d been assembling on the windowsill, of rocks, shells, dried flowers, and seedpods. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One eye wept pus, and his beard was crusty with dried vomit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They took the bikes into the barn and dried them off with the tack cloth there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at his arm, which was covered in a zigzag of dried blood. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For a long time while the log dried, caught fire and turned red hot, Ralph sat in the sand and said nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Not having it, she dried her eyes on her petticoat and walked up the last flight slowly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He could make intricate toys—tiny windmills, rattles, minute jewel boxes out of dried palm reeds; he could carve perfect boats out of tapioca stems and figurines on cashew nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned could see dried mud and blades of grass clinging to the leather where Robert's feet stuck out beneath the blanket that covered him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stayed there even after my arms got tired and my eyes dried up, sitting there and thinking about her until the light got gray. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Extra blankets, dried food for myself and Sumac, and a bowl all went into my pack. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In some of the cakes she had put strips of little red haws and spots of dried green plums, making flowers and patterns. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When even the soles of my feet were clean, I dried myself by the kitchen fire. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They soaped the glass down with sponges and dried it with the pieces of towels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The river and the canoe lake dried up. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He dried his own hands on a paper towel and crumpled it, and dropped it into the bin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He usually took his pay in trade: flour, coffee, spice, dried beans, and canned goods; or put it on account for a day when we needed more than lobsters would buy. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And then he dried his eyes with a handkerchief, took a deep, trembling breath, and went back to his food. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z On either side of her nose the skin hangs down, like the jowls of a bulldog; there’s a trace of dried spit in the corner of her mouth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the new blood that came when I wiped the dried blood away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t like fancy places. Besides I have dried venison and horse sorrel for dinner.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I dried great bunches of this, and hung them from the roof of the tree room together with the leaves of winterberry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal’s club had bruised him. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Their delicate winged bodies, prone and limp, were snarled in the girls’ hair, attached to their clothes, even stuck to their bare arms and legs, like dried pressed flowers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She filled it to the brim with clothing, nuts, and dried fruits. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They crouched as close to the fire as they could, eating a supper of dried fruit and hard, round crackers that tasted, ingeniously, of cheese. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I washed, Fern put the dishes in the rack, and Vonetta dried. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She sat up, yawned, stretched, shivered, and washed in the chilly spring before eating a couple of dried figs and taking stock of the place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her mother dried her hands on her apron. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We have a stack of roti, dal, nuts, dried fruit, and a few bags of dried peas, lentils, and rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Deftly, with a delicacy surprising in such a big man, he began to scrape away the black leaves and dried blue mud from Drogo's chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Just inside the door, he discovered three ears of dried corn and devoured them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Zohra’s probably getting dried fruit from the kitchen like she would when she craved something sweet after lunch. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Someone in my group moved and the dried coffee leaves made some noise. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He dried off, pulled on fresh clothes—or the freshest ones he could find in the pile on his floor—and headed for the kitchen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then my sister sealed them up in a piece of paper, and put them under some dried rose-leaves in an ornamental teapot on the top of a press in the state parlour. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z How to put down a foot without snapping a branch or crackling a dried leaf. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I imagined the cedars that were now cut and dried and split into house shingles. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They’d spent most of the afternoon gathering supplies for the hunt—water, dried foods, whetting stones for their weapons. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He stepped from the bath and dried off, pulled on a pair of laundered linen breeches, and was too tired even to tie the drawstring. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I finished drying a plate, dried another, then a third. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z These dried snaps were the closest thing the kids had to what Abigail’s books called candy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Braids of dried garlic and chili peppers hung beside the shelf. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She expects fustiness, an elderly funk, but the room smells mildly of soap and books and dried seaweed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Another is pottery, which may have arisen from observations of the behavior of clay, a very widespread natural material, when dried or heated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z So many jars, steamed and dried, filled and sealed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mary dried her eyes and Jan whispered something to her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Beetle slept on the cottage floor and ate two meals a day of onions, turnips, dried apples, cheese, bread, and occasional bits of bacon. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The red clay flats had dried into brittle curls where the standing water had been baked out by the sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Presumably he was fed from the ship's cargo of dried fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A light scurrying under the netting of dried grass that matted the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She is one of Prospero’s attendant spirits in The Tempest, and has to wear a body stocking, with a gauzy costume over top, sprinkled with dried leaves and spangles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He wept into my shirt until his tears dried, until his shaking stopped and his frantic pleas dwindled to indecipherable mumbles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “If I let these children take the milk themselves, it will not last a week,” she said, before taking the tin of Carnation dried milk back to the safety of her room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She tried to say something, but her voice dried in her throat. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z From their bed of leaves, the Lacks children would stare at ceiling beams the size of trees as they drifted off to the sound of laughter and clanking bottles, and the smell of dried tobacco. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That much was clear from the meat-ripping points on its teeth, from the dried gore crusted beneath its claws, and from the distilled hatred spilling from its eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “An apple,” she said, and he gave her one, an old dried thing, small and withered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s a white teen with low-hanging jeans, baggy sweater, Caesar cut, and dried blood on his face because he’s dating her. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Senator Whitworth leans over to Daddy and says, “I came from nothing, you know. Jefferson County, Mississippi. My daddy dried peanuts for eleven cents a pound.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He brought some dried grass in, tapped sparks into it, and watched them die. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Their commander was a middle-aged corporal—red-eyed, scrawny, tough as dried beef, sick of war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pop Pop gave me my very first “Darlene” eight years ago and a brand-new one every year after that—custom-made of pressed, dried wildflowers spanning every color of the rainbow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He stared for a moment at the piles of fruit, bread, and dried meats the yumboes had packed for him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Often when she came in after running down the hill, her cotton dress would cling to her thin body and Bailey would glue his eyes on her until her clothes dried. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For a couple of hours, they talked and laughed incessantly about nothing in particular while they dried slowly. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, the dried salt was making my skin itch and adding to my irritation, “what are you going to do with them, then? We can’t keep them here. You said so yourself.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry, dear,” I said, handing him a towel that wouldn’t have dried one tenth of his abundant hair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Helda, on May’s orders, kept the Korean foodstuffs down here, the earthenware jars of pickled vegetables and meats, the fermented seasoning pastes and sauces, strips of dried seafood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In it was a hunk of dried salt pork, a few apples, some wrapped cheese, and several hard biscuits. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything remained the same, the dryness in the air, the dusty winds, the refugees tilling dried soil, but Kainene was not back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead of jasmine incense, Mother burns dried orange peels. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It looked a little yellow and was all dried up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The wind blew desert dust in their faces and dried their skin and turned their hair to wire. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It looked like something fetched from a tomb, so dried and drawn. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He swept around in his long black cloak, watching them weigh dried nettles and crush snake fangs, criticizing almost everyone except Malfoy, whom he seemed to like. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Three pouches of dried papaya Chewy Sugary Waxy Sticky Not the same at all. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Ruth and me were housed below the packet-boat’s deck with six sheep, a pen of hogs, three families from Scotland, and fifty casks of dried cod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the pyramid went a bed of dried pine needles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It felt like a hundred sleeps since Jinny had tasted a dried snap. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hmmm...the Dark Mark we don’t know exists,” said Hermione skeptically, rolling up Ron’s dried essay before it could come to any more harm and handing it to him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I use some dried moss as kindling and when the first little flame shoots out it’s as near as I’ve come to joy since I don’t know when. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She dried a jar with a towel and set it on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The shoes in the corner were all old-fashioned black or brown leather, except for one pair made from canvas and covered in dried mud. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Olanna was in the kitchen soaking some dried cassava in water when Mama Oji called, “There is a woman in a car asking for you!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the varnish dried and hardened on the fabric, it created a fragile and lovely translucent yellow decking fore and aft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He crossed his legs, clasped his hands behind his head, feeling his skin cool as it dried. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “This is fairy food,” she finally said, after she had dried her hands. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z From a small wallet at his belt, he drew out a handful of dried herbs, which he ground into a powder. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z With her left hand she grabbed a handful of dried grass, growing from a crack in the rock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I take some dried mutton outta my rucksack and use the knife to cut strips for me, for Manchee, and for the girl. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a little shelter of green branches outside over the entrance and in the dark the night wind rustled the leaves dried by the sun. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I thought of Kazi and the dried apricots, mangoes, and tomatoes he used to make by hanging thin slices in the sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Once again, and hopefully for the last time that day, I dried myself off and put on some clean clothes, amazed by the power of such a small accomplishment to restore my good mood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He noticed there was dried vomit on his sneakers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Up came the sun, and dried up all the rain. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The red mud dried on his khakis like the blood of a slain beast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The road crossed a dried slough where pipes of ice stood out of the frozen mud like formations in a cave. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He dried his face and hands slowly, without answering her, because they both knew what she was really asking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Unwrapped, it looked and felt like a finger-size knot of dried yarn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After the sun dried them, they would feed the fire. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The first soldier was at the wheel, smoking dried leaves rolled in paper and the smoke was pungent and the drive took so long that Ugwu could no longer hold his urge to urinate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kazi took everything out of the pantry, the containers of lentils, dried peas, rice, flour, and spices. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The air smelled of fish, autumn flowers, and dried mushrooms. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Her classmates wrote with pencils, but there were no erasers—they used dried squid bone to white out their mistakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He climbed the stairs, not even bothering to wash off the dirt and dried blood. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z At dusk, she sat up and dried her eyes on the hem of her new dress. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z When the spring moisture had dried, the path became gritty and treacherous in a different way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dove into the patch of tall dried grass in front of the gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Squirreled away in them I had string and wax, some dried apple, a tinderbox, a marble in a small leather sack, a pouch of salt, hook-needle and gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My father tells stories about hitchhiking in pickups across the countryside to Lake Malawi, where he bought bundles of dried fish, rice, and used clothing, to sell back in the Dowa market. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The Masks packed suitcases with the things they would need: herbs, dried animals, noxious oils and an assortment of knives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She sat there smoking a slender length of dried grapevine as if it were some rare cheroot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Moss dried his hands after finishing and hung up the dish towel on its hook near the refrigerator. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She got my bathrobe for me, and then she dried my hair with those powerful fingers of hers as gently as she might coax a nocturne from our old piano. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard the scrabbling of feet on dirt and dried leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s still wet—the sun hasn’t dried it out yet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The village was quietly asleep and the stars above filled the sky like spilled salt on dried seaweed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I already saw the damage I did when he walked in—one eye shut, a cut on his lip, spots of dried blood on his swollen forehead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She ate more of the dried fish and drank as much water as she could manage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had an officer’s sword with what he said was real dried blood along the razor-sharp edge of the long blade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There is dried edamame in a small dish, and chocolate-covered sunflower seeds in a square bowl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She bought a little rice and dried fish. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z These inspectors also collected one-third of the crops, to be dried and placed in the storehouses for difficult times. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The heat dried the thinner things rapidly, however, and within an hour the sails, towels, and two blankets were dry and folded and stored back in the boat in dry bags or drawers. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very careful with the bottle, to wipe down the tip with a wet paper towel when I was done and screw the lid on tight so no glue dried up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z My Bs looked like Ps and I couldn’t make my Os rounder than a dried up pea. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z No meat once the fish and dried venison from the meat cache were gone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Odd dried plants and flowers hung from the ceiling, and the walls were covered with pictures of Inti and Mama Killa, as well as of the stars, the rainbow, and Illapa, the thunder god. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The UN’s refugee agency had heard about all of us waiting in that field, and they arrived with dried corn, beans and lentils, oil, and salt. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Ike sprinted after him, with Felix a few feet behind, brushing dried leaves from his hair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I pulled a tea towel from the drawer next to the stove, then grabbed the ceramic rice platter and dried it off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Peaches kind of dried up on me in this heat,” said Pilate, and she reached for a peck basket which held about a half dozen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were made out of some kind of dried leaves. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I mean small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff’s hook that, when dried by the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The baking machines had not completely dried the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin is rough and looks like wet earth that has dried in the sun and cracked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Haft-Seens have vinegar and sumac and sprouts and apples and pudding and dried olives and garlic on them—all things that start with the sound of S in Farsi. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A rainstorm briefly caused the streams to flow, but now she was dependent on the few pockets of water that hadn’t dried up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I retrieved the tincture, and my mother packed it in a plastic grocery bag with the dried herbs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was stuffed with cotton that never dried out properly, and there were stones sewn into his hands and feet and stomach so that he would sink. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Betsy was a tiny, white, fluffy poodle and when I had washed, dried, and combed her, she looked like a toy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z No one has offered to share what I smell: sardines, dried durian, salted eggs, toasted sesame. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I pictured the snowflaky, Grandma Moses villages, the reaches of swampland rattling with dried cattails, the ponds where frog and hornpout dreamed in a sheath of ice, and the shivering woods. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a solemn meal of crackers and dried fruit. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Our house had a roof made of dried, thatched grasses and three rooms—a kitchen and two small rooms where we slept and, during the long rainy season, where we played. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But she sat on the dirt floor of a smokehouse, surrounded by the dried carcasses of two pigs, a cow, and a deer, feeling scared and powerless. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly he wept a little, and he dried his eyes with the back of his hand, as a child does. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Tally noted a bag of flour, and a few pieces of dried fruit somehow made her empty stomach growl. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They were down to eating biscuits, now, dried hard and nearly tasteless. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Because Elnora’s eyes were weak and her knees crippled, I helped her by digging roots and measuring tiny pinches of dried plants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Come harvest I’d be sitting up in the house like some dried up old man while everyone worked themselves to a happy ache by getting the job done. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z His hair isn’t bright like Officer Berdecki’s, more like dried wheat instead of gold. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Carefully, he dried his face on his coat sleeve, then stood for two whole minutes staring at the shadow of a telephone pole on the alley pavement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Twice that day they rested and took a little of the food provided by Faramir: dried fruits and salted meat, enough for many days; and bread enough to last while it was still fresh. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When I reached the beach, my clothes dried instantly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I push back my chair, ignore the rusty-red scraping sound that reminds me of dried blood, and march into the living room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Lots of okra and dried beans, and, since it was September, berries of every kind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie dried her hands on her petticoat eyeing the deadly towel with horror. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We would sit across from each other on a pair of high branches, our naked feet dangling, our trouser pockets filled with dried mulberries and walnuts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Realizing that everything was forgiven, I stood up and dried my eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The crew received a scant meal of hardtack, a strip of dried meat, and a half-pint of water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I get a bowl and pour myself some of the cereal with almonds and dried berries and add milk. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Some of the plants he knows already, others we have dried samples of, and others I have to describe. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the produce section in the bottom of the bins they found a few ancient runner beans and what looked to have once been apricots, long dried to wrinkled effigies of themselves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was hot enough so that it felt good to wade in a cold stream, and the sun dried you when you came out and sat on the bank. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Baba returned, dried off, and sat down to eat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Everything dried up all the plants the corn the beans they all dried up and started blowing away in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She had guided these corn plants and worked hard and she was not, now, going to give up the winter’s dried corn soup to a flock of birds, no matter how hungry they were. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Clothes never dried: tweed and woolen coats housed living things, sometimes sprouted mysterious vegetations. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tacked to the walls were dried bats, owls and shriveled lizards. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I just wanted to wash my hand. It’s got dried blood on it where I hurt my fingers.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a thick layer of gummy, dried blood caked around his nose, his mouth, down to even his chin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Looking down, she noticed traces of dried blood in the creases of her hands and the U-shapes of her fingernails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Inside the barn three bodies hanging from the rafters, dried and dusty among the wan slats of light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Set’s altar was made from an egg crate covered by a piece of an old bedspread, and the god himself was a rather pear-shaped figure of dried mud. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She had laid in a good supply, fortunately, along with dried grasshoppers, fish, and fruit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Carts carried coconut candy, sticks of sugarcane, molasses toffee, and dried papaya slices. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The collar and top buttons are drenched in dried blood, which spatters down the rest of the coat, rusty and brown. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She glanced up at the dried herbs hanging from the beams that supported the huts roof. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Seeing a pile of dried horse biscuits, I got me one and threw it just as Smiley’s mouth stretched in a wide yawn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Edna drew me a horse, and Héctor gave me one of his best marbles, which I set on a small pedestal carved from a dried avocado pit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Lowell deduced that when the planet’s oceans dried up, the Martians built a system of canals thousands of miles long to move water from the polar ice caps to dry areas. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z There he untied his packet, and leaving the loaves scattered on a shelf, broke the seal on the barrel of dried fish, extracted two and put them on an earthen plate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z After he was all washed and dried, I brushed him good. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The farmers supply eight different varieties of dried maize to his shop, Itanoni, where the kernels are carefully ground, hand-pressed into tortillas, and cooked fresh for customers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Now the twins, with unsuspected intelligence, came up the mountain with armfuls of dried leaves and dumped them against the pile. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Against the near wall was a small iron stove that supplied heat by burning dried yak dung. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As time went by they dried up and died. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Encrusted in dried saltwater and sand, he's panting and beginning to swoon. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mariam heard of a neighborhood widow who had ground some dried bread, laced it with rat poison, and fed it to all seven of her children. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My lips are parched; the split has dried and cracked. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Her beautiful hair had dried into a skein of cobwebs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Lee moved five dried lima beans in patterns on the table—a line, an angle, a circle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The bugs had dried up and fallen to the floor. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “But how could it possibly have dried so quickly?” he asked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She seasoned it with salt and pepper and with dried sage leaves from the garden. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they would help the other person escape through the cellars of the castle, with some hard bread, a wheel of dried fig, some dried beef. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The dried rose that he had worn in his lapel at dinner with the rêveurs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mama had used the intestines of the moose to store the pounded meat and dried berries they would have on feast days as a treat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He didn’t deal in dried apricots from Syria, halvah from Turkey, and honey from Lebanon. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They pushed the dried leaves aside with their hands and piled up fresh leaves to make headrests on the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It's long dried now, but the smeary lines running side to side suggest someone -who perhaps was not fully in control of his mental faculties -tried to wipe it away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There were loaves fresh from the oven, a great slab of bacon, cheese, some dried herring, fruits from the garden, and, last of all, a pasty was set in the top. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I shook all the water from her insides, dried her off, then put her in my suitcase to spare Fern from seeing her doll baby grayish and ashy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I dried my hands and started the water. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But what she brought back was familiar, the dried fish even saltier, and she sang, with an amused expression, the song the women sang at the center. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As a half-moon crept up the sky, they staked their horses out in the village commons and supped on salted mutton, dried f apples, and hard cheese. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The students scoured, wiped and dried bedpans and bottles till they shone like dinner plates. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Trees stand like spears, dried copper leaves from the previous season still clinging to a few of the branches. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When they emerged from the woods, however, her bravery dried up into dust. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We stood so long my pants dried out. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We walked toward it through red dirt and dried leaves that cracked under our feet, the air smelling of wild roses, pine, and cows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Last night’s dinner is still splashed everywhere, but it’s all dried and crusted. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The prospect of honey cakes and dates, and all the dried fish he could eat, lifted even Ranofer’s spirits. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her grandfather lay with his mouth wide open, a trickle of dried saliva crusted against his face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The dew and gossamer had dried early from the grass and by midmorning the finches had fallen silent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew lines by parting the dried leaves on the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Like a little boy, he picks up a dried seedhead and plays with it, not looking at me, either. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the interior was unexpectedly cheerful, with a colorful quilt thrown over the bed in the corner and dried herbs hanging from the ceiling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There in the clothes hamper he finds Normas underwear with dried blood. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z His hair was matted with dried blood, and on his temple a deep cut glistened red and raw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Would there be many dried fragments, like squashing a harmattan-dried leaf? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She needed to patch up this wound immediately so she could clean the studio before her blood dried completely into the floors—she’d never be able to hide it from Bitter then. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they emerged cold and dripping, and the setting sun neither dried nor warmed them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Once I dried my tears I tried to recruit Dadi, who said she’d be happy to help and then braided my hair into two braids that were horrifyingly stuck to the side of my head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I turn around to meet her answer, I notice some dried blood on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Burt dried himself off and went inside, returning in a moment dragging a TV on a butler’s cart onto the patio. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For several minutes, they were both content to sit in silence while they nibbled on their dried fruit and meat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The old thick walls sucked in coat after coat of whitewash made with lime in salt water, which, as it dried, seemed to have a luminosity of its own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He hastily poured some fresh water over the parakeet and dried him off on the tail of his T-shirt, which was huge and dingy and probably belonged to his father. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But I remember it was a scorching summer day and I was driving up a rutted dirt road, nothing on either side but sunbaked bushes, gnarled, spiny tree trunks, and dried grass like pale straw. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thomas’s mouth dried up—he’d seen them face to face, remembered it all too well; he had to remind himself to breathe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His patience with Zalmai was a well that ran deep and never dried. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The white glop on the floor had dried to powder. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The blade was scrubbed, rinsed, dried, folded, and stowed away in a cupboard with the aid of a stepladder. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She dried off my chair, and by the time Dad came to pick me up, the rain had stopped and everything was dry once more. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I had some seed potatoes left; they looked pretty dried up, but I felt so optimistic and energetic I planted them anyway. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z This was one of the things he’d liked best about Nina—she savored everything, whether it was a toffee or cold water from a stream or dried reindeer meat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Another layer of brush was piled about the khal's treasures, and bundles of dried grass scattered over them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was wearing a pair of trousers and an old shirt that Osh had given her until her clothes dried out. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The barber gave her the washed and dried cup. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we were done, Bando went down to the stream and cut some old dried and hollow reeds. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z On the inside I’m still crying, even though my tear supply has dried out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Snaps dried to candy in ten or twelve sleeps. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The fire warmed and dried them and they were silent for a long time, watching as the furniture of the ship crackled and burned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I squat, listening behind me for bears, aster leaves rough on the tops of my legs, then bury the toilet paper under sticks and bark and dried bracken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She looked cautiously at the dried animals hanging on the walls, the heaps of withered herbs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was woven with dried grasses so it reminded me of a wicker basket. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeka was as good as her mother, anyway, since it was Aunty Ifeka’s breasts that she and Kainene had sucked when their mother’s dried up soon after they were born. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His shirt was torn and covered with dried blood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard footsteps on the dried grasses and immediately took aim. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Trees drooped in the unrelenting summer sun; grass and leaves dried out. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The wind entered his mouth and dried the back of his throat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Within the cache, Mama first placed several packs of dried, smoked fish and venison, all tied carefully together in two layers of bark. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z There were as well two of their own chickens killed and drawn and dried with the feathers on and stuffed with salt inside. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They knelt before each other, woman before woman, and man before man, and washed and dried each other’s feet. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They’ve got him in seclusion until he’s dried out, as he’s not deemed fit for public display. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A small patch the color of dried blood blooms at his feet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His room smelled of dust dampened and dried many times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Rumors of an army are a powerful thing,” I say, not chewing my dried meat well enough before I swallow and coughing up a little bit of it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t looking so bad after he washed away the dried blood yesterday. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Another was lying on her stomach, reading a magazine while wax dried on the back of her thighs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Green chile was roasted and dried, and red chile was tied into colorful ristras. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I bring out some dried fish and rice cakes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “By scraping. It’s the procedure with dried blood. You have to scrape.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Yesterday Mother Ermentrude herself cleaned and dried all the trenchers and spoons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Their skin dried, then their hair and finally their clothing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He found beef jerky and dried apples in the metal chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing an ordinary denim uniform with no insignia of any kind and high boots with spurs that were caked with mud and dried blood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z From among the dried flowers and the pine sprays a bright yellow eye looked out. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Scabs of dried blood molded to his upper lip came away satisfyingly whole. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Before we get back to the tree, Rani stops again to buy some dried fish and some other food from vendors sitting on the sidewalk, selling things in baskets. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “I got some of this cheese left,” I say, “and some dried mutton, but we’re gonna have to start finding some of our own on the way.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There were packets of split, dried fish, a makuk of special powdered fish, moose meat, a little manomin traded for with deer meat, smoked fish, and a bag of dried pumpkin flowers to thicken soups. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Down the row from me, someone noticed that his had dried blood on it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain pattered continually against the side of the plane: he imagined small children tossing down dried peas by the handful from the skies. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin- enriched pastries, dried fruit leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was making a thick omelet with dried herring, served with boiled plantains. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z They had little holes in them and looked like someone had put dried leaves inside. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And dried my eyes and breathed again and let some of that go. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the afternoon she packed the fish traps with dried meat and suspended them from the overhanging branch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We had torn a square of fabric out of Cade's T-shirt, and I kept my hand pressed against it until the blood dried and the cloth bandage stuck to my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He sat on a gunny sack full of the corn that Robert and Josiah had dried last year, and when he shifted his weight even slightly, he could hear the hard kernels move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the pond back home, the lake was dried up. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are our history. Some families who like crafts even fill them with dried beans and pose them in favorite attitudes—a big hug, for example, or a beloved picnic.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Using a Kleenex, he dried his damaged arm. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Dead flowers—Miss Finch pointed to the bundle of dried flowers on my teacher’s desk—do not grow or bloom anymore. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When I'm dried and moisturized with lotion, I find an outfit has been left for me at the front of the closet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ten Snow removed from her little sewing kit a needle, and Angeline took out her own work, her own beads, bought with dried whitefish. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z How does Kazi take all these plain boring foods—bitter vegetables, dried lentils, flour, oil, spices—and turn them into something so warm and delicious every time? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My mother gasped when she saw my legs—a mass of bruises, swelling, and dried blood. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She takes an armful of fruits and breads and puts them in the bag, then another armful of dried meats. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She dried her tears, straightened her head, and didn’t weep again until the day her mother died, seven years later, although it was not for lack of suffering, loneliness, and other causes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But I dried my eyes and after a few beers and a couple of joints around back I imagined the great books I might write. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Her fingers wrinkled from being immersed in water and, perversely, her mouth dried up with thirst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She later framed the cherished relic with dried flowers that had decorated Abraham Lincoln’s coffin at the White House funeral. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the wood was too hard for cutting once it dried, and the groves were abandoned. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Tendai saw that the stuffed hyena, dried owls and mummified bats had been pulverized. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The air inside the car fills with the used breath of the Smeaths, a stale smell like dried saliva. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She dried her in fluffy white towels and put her in cuddly night clothes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear dried his mouth at the very thought. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Apples piled high, some lent their aroma to the air from where they dried in the sun on the lean-to roofs and others as they bubbled into jellies and jams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He found his glasses, dried them off, and put them back on. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Drool has dried along one of my cheeks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At one point she must have broken open a pen and spun it around, because if you look closely, you can see small, dried drops of ink all over the walls and ceiling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Finally the rain stopped and the fields dried up and Dad and Matthew and Mark went back to their combine and tractors, acres away from the house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I washed the empty glass jars Mama’s customers brought back, and Jay dried them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The milk has dried and formed a crust. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The sitting room has a hearth and a modest stack of something that looks to be dried dung. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I pick up the spoon with dried peanut butter, hold it out to Garrett, and he gives me a look of profound disgust. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She perched on the island again and rewarded herself with a few tiny dried fish and a pinch of chili powder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their wet clothing was dried in front of the open fire. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama held a stoppered vial with dried flowers in it that Anya had made into tea many times. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The white rose among the dried flowers in the vase. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Yolanda can see where he has scraped his hand on the pavement and blood has dried dark streaks on his palm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then she dried her eyes and set out to find her lord. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wires. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We had both seen the boxes in which our parents kept the dried cords of all their children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long time, the man shook her by the shoulder and handed her a strip of dried reindeer meat to chew. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to the King in the end?” asked the child, when the story seemed to have dried up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped it down, making sure to remove clods of dried mud and clumps of grass from the undercarriage and chipping the dried dirt off the pictures of the rabbit and the turtle. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve still got some dried food in our bags,” he muttered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He rolled fresh mountain tobacco in a dried corn husk. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The old woman threw a handful of dried leaves onto a brazier, filling the chamber with fragrant smoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She boiled mealie meal and sprinkled it with dried fish. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I lowered my suitcase, I noticed a dried bloodstain on the wall behind the bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It felt clammy on his skin and dried stiff. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z There were gray, ancient dried fish and jellies and potatoes sprouting wigs of grass. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z At this moment, however, even the monologue had dried up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After they dried me off, Mom asked what was I thinking, to do such a thing? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In no time the roads dried hard as cement, trout were left baking in dry pasturelands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not dried a rusty brown like on his shoulder, but fresh. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A boy with a high, square forehead grabs the sack with the dried herbs and throws my Beny More album like a Frisbee against the elm. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Over time, everything in the village had become the dull color of dried mud. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z This speech so dried out Doc’s throat that he drained his beer glass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed and dried my dishes and our mugs, then wiped down the counter. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The hope that was so lovely on Max’s face has dried up and gone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The huts that the Vietnamese lived in were made on bamboo frames and covered with woven bamboo slats and dried flat leaves. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Garlands of dried flowers hung on the backs of the chairs, and a couple of them sported squash. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Once, just before New Year’s, I went with her to the Pioneer market to get some dried blackeyed peas for Hopping John and we were talking about what we wanted to do. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z All I have left are Rue's roots and nuts, the boy's dried fruit, and one strip of beef. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By the end of an ogre’s first sentence in Kyrrian, you forgot his pointy teeth, the dried blood under his fingernails, and the coarse black hair that grew on his face in clumps. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z All of the hope that had sprung there, growing and spreading and yielding like a stream, had dried up in an instant. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She pounded out the dough with her floured palms, then sprinkled a mixture of dried herbs and spices on top. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He dried it out carefully and packed it away in the metal chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking out my handkerchief I wiped from his cheek the remains of the spot of dried lather that had worried me all the afternoon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Imagining even turned the cold pancakes, mushy apple, and handful of dried fruit into a tasty meal. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The dried brown leaves crackled beneath her feet and gave off a delicious smoky fragrance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z This was not irrational worry, because dried blood was unusual, even for when the callus was cracked open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The people said that even in the driest years nobody could ever remember a time when the spring had dried up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z First I give them all the food in my pack, grain and dried beans mostly, but there’s enough to hold them for a while if they’re careful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A gash on her knee was caked in dried blood. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Polly, with hair the color of dried grass and eyes the color of a stormy sky, understood tears. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I filled my bag with a dried bay leaf, a shiny new penny, a piece of pecan tree bark, and a handful of salt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I pulled dried leaves and clouded liquids from the shelves, all the while gushing about Mother’s exploits, finishing with the confrontation in the hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Cases of lentils, chickpeas, rice, beans, and dried foods obstructed the entrance. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Along one entire wall, arranged neatly in small piles, stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z On the ride out, Perilee had explained that homestead fires were fed with dried buffalo chips. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There was not enough soil for them to grow to any height and when they reached perhaps twenty feet they fell and dried, forming a criss-cross pattern of trunks, very convenient to sit on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Fern unstuck her head from me and dried her face with my top. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ice glistens on tree branches, frost webs over dried grasses in a sparkling net. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I kept one eye on the window, watching for a Society member carrying bread or dried meat for them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I only had three markers and one dried out when the cap fell under the backseat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was shaking and saliva dripped out of his mouth as the smell of smoked meat, dried fish, and various stews wafted out from the cooking huts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She sorted trays of dried, pinned butterflies and bottles of pupae preserved in brandy. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He surveyed the dusty barnyard in front of him, the ugly ruts of dried mud where tractors and trucks had left their tracks. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I shrugged, dried my hands on the dish towel and followed him, thinking if maybe I was in trouble and what for. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She took Francie’s hand out of the water and dried it on her apron. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming back in, he took the gloves off before he poured water from a pitcher into a basin, then added a pouch of dried plants to it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I had no handkerchief, but feeling with my fingers I washed away where the dried blood had been, with rainwater that dripped from the canvas, and wiped it clean with the sleeve of my coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Streaks of dried blood ran from the corners of her mouth to her chin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On it is a brown crust, like dried gravy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of that was sweat, some dried blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It could hardly have been grubbier if he had first rubbed his hands in the earth, and then had a good cry, and then dried his face with his hands. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The dried fluid was shot through with something that looked like string. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was born with half my brain dried up like a prune, deprived of blood by an unfortunate fetal mishap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I chose all of Mama’s favorites—hibiscus, roses, poppies, and dried herbs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I pour water into the bowls, over the dried noodles. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When the ink had dried, he tipped all the powder onto the inscription and folded the paper swiftly into a little square package. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘Here’s our collector of information! And he collected a lot, I can tell you, before he was finally caught. After which, I may say, he seemed to regard himself as on parole, and dried up.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he dried himself with an imaginary towel. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I could see dried blood on the sleeve of his kurta. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Was it their long dried blood which now ran red and living in Johnny’s veins? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother’s ears are round, like dried apricots, or like the ears of the green-tinged, ovalheaded aliens from outer space he draws with his colored pencils. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He had been out and brought back with him a handful of tiny apples, some dried venison, fresh butter, and several dozen more bottles of wine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I let it steep, oh, maybe five days before I took it out and dried it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all canned stuff, of course, or dried. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then she lightly sponges away the dried blood. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z After I wash all of the dried dog slobber off my hands, I switch my dog-walking backpack for my school backpack in my room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They dried the reeds tied on their flagpoles and horses’ manes and tails. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They gathered wood, some twigs, and handfuls of dried leaves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Long moments passed, but finally her tears were all dried up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He denied all the accusations, of course, and paid bail before the ink dried on the warrant. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A little shrine was built into the corner; Taisin saw the scroll listing ancestors’ names, a spray of dried flowers, a small pot of incense. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With my fingernail, I scrape at the dried blood and bits of crushed tooth and gum stuck to the metal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No zinc tub, no buckets of stove-heated water, no flaky, stiff, grayish towels washed in a kitchen sink, dried in a dusty backyard, no tangled black puffs of rough wool to comb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the stream, a group of local Hazara boys were picking pattles of dried cow dung from the ground and stowing them into burlap sacks tethered to their backs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We didn’t have any towels, so we just dried ourselves with our dirty clothes as best we could. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got back to Medallion and into the quiet house they saw the note exactly where they had left it and the ham dried out in the icebox. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When Ruby obeys Mack, he gives her a cube of sugar or a bit of dried apple. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Most households bake their own, though you can get dried- up rolls and wizened doughnuts at Daily Bread, if you run short. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A sense of calculating purpose that snuffed out all the anger, dried up all his tears. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He opened the paper, which wasn’t paper but some sort of dried animal skin, and saw that “The Prophecy of Gray” had been carefully written upon it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I got out of the tub and dried myself as best I could, then stumbled into the bedroom and fell across the bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Yar came home with some dried beans and corn and sorghum. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then picking up a cloth bag, she throws bags of sugar, salt, dried fish, uncooked rice, and canned foods into it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a rough wool blanket, a full waterskin, some dried meat, and a dozen wickedly sharp crossbow bolts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were at the stage the potters called “leather-hard”— dried by the air but not yet glazed or fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Alfred's eyes began to swell and his nose was clogged with dried blood. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We dried them on the rock in the meadow, and later Bando made a clay oven and baked them in it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My vocal cords feel like dried, crackled rubber bands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There I fed him some dried mushrooms and offered him my own dinner of vegetables, but he was not much interested. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Buttercup dried her tears and began to smile. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He never used a comb, but always just dried his hair furiously with a towel until it seemed to all fall down in the right places. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The current swept up the boat like it was a dried leaf. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He shook his wet hands over the sink, dried them on the dishtowel, and gave Jessie his most menacing look. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I dried my hands on the hem of my dress and leaned against the sink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The town square is situated forty feet from the road and consists of nothing more than a dried up piece of land and a few trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The small bird stuck its neck out for more, and I fed it in this manner two more dried pieces, until it didn’t lift its head any longer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As the dried blood was washed away a wild scoring of long, straight cuts became clear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We think of grass as soft and friendly stuff, but once it’s been dried in the sun and shredded by machines, it becomes hay. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A great gash in the side of the corpse's neck opened like a mouth, crusted with dried blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She went down to the water’s edge and came back with a heavy rock, which she dried on her shirt and then placed on top of the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They had finished lunch and washed and dried the plates and glasses by the time Father Joseph arrived. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The superintendent dragged out the asphalt-baking machines and slowly dried the course. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He dried his glasses, took a breath, and looked at his broken watch. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z From our spot in a clearing between some dried Lydia brooms and spiny mesquite brush, we watched the moon as it rose higher into the sky above the canyon rim. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She handed Claire a dry cloth and together they dried and tidied the dead woman, folding her arms finally across her gaunt chest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ramen noodles, beef jerky, dried shrimp, butter biscuits, tamarind pods, canned fish, and drums and drums of real water. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The corpse had been removed, but there were still traces of dried blood on the ground. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do, after they had gathered several bushels of dried beans to save over and sell to the planters in the fall. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I dried myself with a towel off the line, so stiff it could have stood up in a breeze. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Arturo tried to smooth caulk into the crevices, but the caulk cracked when it dried. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z There will be nests of curls to look for, and dried flowers all winter long. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z That was rice with green tea, with a topping or two, like seaweed or dried fish. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At first he thought it was leather, but in the sunlight he saw it clearly to be dried meat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And you could find great big bullfrogs that had stayed in the sun too long and were completely dried up and as light as a piece of paper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We went to the restroom and dried ourselves with paper towels, then sat in silence on a wooden bench, waiting for the bus. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her eyes dried out like an old woman’s and her fingers curled like claws until she could hardly pick up her spoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As he and Wylan watched, the guard opened a tin of jurda and shoved a wad of the dried orange blossoms into his mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z So I did, and after a while I felt better, the tears left my eyes and dried on my lashes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I polish my good shoes as best I can; although they’re scuffed from my walk to the pasture, most of the dried mud comes off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next few hours, my tears hadn’t dried, nor had my stomach settled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma was at the dining table when I came out, dissolving a few spoonfuls of dried milk in a jug of cold water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were dried fruits that you could buy—sweet, semi-sweet, or salty. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The chili was thick, red like fresh blood, and full of dried corn and fresh venison. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s where I would take the beetroots, turnips, dried mushrooms, and barrels of soured cabbage. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I dried myself with a scrap of towel and looked in the cracked mirror at the back door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Once the edges dried a bit, she would outline it and add some detail in black. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z From that time on, my clothing was washed on one day of driving and dried on the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In her birdish state, she detected no fewer than nine different spices and a hint of dried apples and crushed zirin petals. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When it was washed and dried, we’d hoe it into the garden, food for our food. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He yawned, scratched his ear then rolled lazily on a patch of dried mud. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him a piece of cold meat pie, a flat loaf of rye bread, dried apples, and ran down cellar to fetch him a flagon of cold ale. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She built the cook fire back up with dried dune grass, then added fresh wood in a rough pyramid shape. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I dried him with a fluffy towel and wrapped him tightly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z These tough ratings sat up in bed darning their socks, and insisted on hand-washing their own smalls, which they dried on washing lines improvised from string, suspended along the radiators. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I spit a clot of dried blood out of my mouth and listened. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z More than a dozen dried beach roses spill out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The sun shone hot on his open, glassy eyes and flies hovered over the dried blood that covered his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Finally the ground dried out, and Dad headed out to the fields to plow. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Working as fast as he could he carefully placed the dried grass and wood pieces he had tried at first on top of the bark and was gratified to see them take. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It is red, raw, and covered by a thin cake of dried blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the ears were dried and shriveled, they drew flies when it was hot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After the tail was cut off—as a trophy for the conqueror—nothing was left to waste: the meat was dried, the heart smoked, the intestines made into sausages. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Water splattered all over him and the dishes he’d just dried. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Within the copse, Thom was fast asleep on a bed of dried leaves. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The chrome faucet was still flecked with dried toothpaste. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yet wild peas of Pisum fulvum taste good, either fresh or dried, and are common in the wild. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Even over the stink of his labor, of the mud and the plaster and the rain that had wet him and then dried, he could smell Cari’s body. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Nehemia had long since returned to her own rooms, tears dried and shoulders squared once more. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z While I waited for the drugs to kick in, I dried my clean hair till it was impeccably straight, and fussed over what I would wear tomorrow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He retrieved it and set it up again, dried the interior with towels, and then went inside the house to look for ballast. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Shapes of dried blood in the stubble grass and gray coils of viscera where the slain had been field-dressed and hauled away. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The white chalk symbolized our purity, and I still recall how stiff the dried clay felt on my body. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the place where the others were hidden, but they were dried out and cracked. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There the leaves are sorted, mixed, washed, dried, and packaged. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Working in the mud so much made it spread everywhere and the hot sun dried it onto their clothes and hair and homes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Twice a week he would wash the complete change in the tub and would wear his robe until it dried because he had nothing else to put on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mama dried her hands and pulled back the curtain. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “I looked for the barrel of smoked meat, too. And baskets of dried oysters. Gone.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A small colony of them, shrunken, dried and wrinkled. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z By the time I was out of the pool and had dried myself, the watch was there, bright and new and as Ronald McDonaldish as could be. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Ma rushed to make a special breakfast, taking out the carefully saved dried pork to make Minli’s favorite porridge, while Ba jumped to get some fresh water to make tea. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z We could make ravioli and garlic bread, quesadillas with beans and rice on the side, vegetable soup, a spinach salad with dried cranberries and blue cheese, or chili with corn bread. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The blankets were encrusted with dried blood and vomit, ridden with lice, vermin, and cockroaches, and reeked with a stench that actually competed with the odiousness of the drain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I took my empty cup of genmaicha to the kitchen and washed and dried it by hand. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z With a flourish, he folded the dress into a compact square, then dried a second dress and folded it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She sunbathed endlessly, but her skin stayed the same copper-tinged shade, even as it became more and more dried out. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The doctor rinsed his hands and dried them on a towel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But by the time the tears dried up and I trudged down the hill, I knew the answer to that question. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each time a scatter of sparks burst out and went exactly where Iorek directed them: into a heap of shredded twigs and dried grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then she dried her hands thoroughly on her apron. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She had seen an arrangement of driftwood and dried seaweed in the homemakers section of the newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls, the columns, even the ceiling, were vermilion, the color of raw meat or dried blood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He smelled stale food, old age, dried herbs, and dust. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She took it, still glaring, wiped her face and arms, dried off her legs as best she could, then folded it and handed it back. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Bits of dried clay clung to the heel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Zizmo takes a dried apricot out of his pocket and eats it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the other side of the river I dried him off with my blanket and resaddled him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had the grain bag packed with mealie meal, yams, and dried kudu meat, plus a few tightly stoppered calabashes of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He is under arrest, locked up on the Discovery, and his private store of wine, dried beef, eggs, oatmeal, and other good food has been shared equally among all of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z When I was done, I washed the bowl and spoon, dried them, and put them away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Valerian points to the rowan necklace that dangles around my throat, dried red berries threaded onto a long silver chain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then he was given a warm bath, dried, and led back into his stall, where his legs were painted in liniment and wrapped in protective bandages. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy, droopy mustache had some dried food stuck on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She kissed me, brushed my tears with her fingertips, and dried my nose with the towel, or the hem of her dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I offer the man a small bag of dried apple slices. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ucho was sitting by himself, munching on a dried corn loaf. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I had learned that mud dried quickly in Inti’s hot rays and, if put on properly, gave the temporary feeling of a smooth face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I was scraping the dried blood off my legs when I looked up and saw the Green Caboose come back around the bend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The lead had dried into the shape of the pan, but it was no longer lead. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought them in front of him; they were caked with dried blood from the zip tie that had cut into his wrists. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The brown mouth of a drain, stained black at the lower edge by a thin, dried thread of blood: of rabbit’s blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a stir of movement in the fish house, and he appeared at the door, still clutching his dried fish. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then he took out a small golden bowl filled with dried koka leaves and set it in front of the rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z My grandmother’s dresser looks like it’s been dusted, and there’s a vase with dried lavender on top of it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I wonder how long it’s been since the river dried up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z No method had been developed for growing the disease organism in an artificial medium, but a satisfactory substitute was evolved; infected grubs are ground up, dried, and combined with chalk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The vase Mom had made in her pottery class filled with dried cattails. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The water on the tiles in the shower stall turned pink around my feet where the dried blood washed down from my body. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jaja looked down, too, as if he were just then noticing the gnarled finger, deformed like a dried stick. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The stallion's blood had dried on her handsand around her mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She washed her face with cold water, dried it with a towel from an overhead rack, applied fresh lipstick, combed her hair, and left the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She smacked me with a dried fish, then we ate it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “I laid it flat and put it back together and dried it. For you. For now.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The stems have dried and stiffened, and the faces bob like praying heads, and as the Opel bellows past, Werner feels as if they are being watched by ten thousand Cyclopic eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s John Jr., carrying in a tray of rice crackers wrapped in roasted nori, salted nuts, strips of dried squid. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Eric looked down at him through a mask of dried blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I lay Rose down on the kitchen table as I dried the dishes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z They froze, one of them in midpounce, then dried up and quickly disappeared into the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The Queen dried her tears and looked at him, smiling like a spring shower. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelled good—pieces of dried fish drifting in yellow sauce alongside the greens and cubed yams. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She dried his hair for him, and his voice came out muffled from beneath the terrycloth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His hurts were stiffening and the blood was dried in a crust on his face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His stomach protruded and the water dried on it Ralph squirted up at the sky. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “The dried blood,” she said, sticking her finger in the glass and tasting it again. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The barn was gone now and one year they had cut the hemlock woods and there were only stumps, dried tree-tops, branches and fire- weed where the woods had been. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The green grass all dried up till Jumper was no longer satisfied to eat it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Posters; dried flowers in a beer mug; the luminous glow of her stereo in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Kote slowly removed his shirt, grimacing and sucking his breath through his teeth as the dried blood stuck and tugged against the wounds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He sighed as he picked up his razor, but the soap on his face had dried and he had to wipe it off and begin again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I got one of the boys to fashion little miniature boxing gloves out of dried plantain leaves sewn together, which turned out very realistic, and had them dangling down from all the lights and fans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was dusty, his clothes soiled, and dried blood spotted his arms. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The blood that had dried around his nose was wet again; with water or with new blood, Anya couldn’t tell. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She caught her breath, then stretched forward and pulled loose some dried seaweed that formed part of its construction. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dried myself off and I used the rough brush to pull through the snarls in my hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But I have enough canned and dried stuff to live on; and if he had seen the garden, all in rows and weeded, he would have known someone was here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There were twigs in his hair, an arresting new tear on his flannel shirt, and a trickle of dried blood on his forehead. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The leaves were deep green while growing, and dried the color of milk chocolate with fine traces of red. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I lie awake, peeling dried red paint off my fingertips. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Then they ran me through a kind of human car wash—a series of machines that soaped, scrubbed, disinfected, rinsed, dried, and deloused me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A tear wiggled through a patch of dried salt on his cheek. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped and the grass dried. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Roadways dried, and newly opened flowers perfumed the air. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Curzon’s tears dried, leaving a thin trail of salt down his cheeks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I had passed the door where that corridor emptied into the main prison, walked by the large pool of dried blood just inside it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Stan Smith, as he dried his face, looked me up and down, saw that I was in tennis garb and had my racket with me, and said: “Would you like to hit some?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He washed the mortar and pestle and dried it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She dried me off, massaged me until I was as soft as moistened bread, and pulled the covers over me when I closed my eyes in the bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull the filthy plaster off the end of my finger and look at the pale, wrinkled flesh beneath, dried blood caked at the edge of my fingernail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Thirty' hazel sticks had been whittled and dried, tipped with sharp nails, carefully nocked. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a black-and-white bull’s horn, the base jagged from being broken off, the tip splattered with dried blood. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Joseph dried off his glasses and pounded on the stage door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The raw pigments used for paints fascinated her: dried buckthorn berries for green, shellfish for purple, precious lapis lazuli for blue. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She liked the fragrance of clothes dried in the sun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They were caked and scabbed with dried blood. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I muttered a quiet “Blast” and continued to cat my dinner, porridge with dried apple. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Where I saw nothing but leaf mold and dried twigs, he saw camouflaged beetles, motionless lizards, invisible spiders. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ugwu went back to the bathroom and dried Baby with a towel and then hugged her, blew against her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Green palm fronds might send off dark smoke, but until they were dried, they were too tough to tear off the trees. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But water tables were low in the city too, and the shallow wells had dried up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My mother has added a small bag of dried flowers that perfumes the air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Markets in the city were booming with abundant supplies of dried, fresh, and processed foods, including milled rice, tofu, crackers, cakes, and meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I imagine the more they bleed me, the more I become like jerked meat—a dried bull, a hard leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Diego traced lines on the table with a dab of partially dried ketchup. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We made due with the last of my now-stale flatbread, dried meat, and the last potatoes baked on the edge of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My people lived in small round mud huts with pointy roofs made of dried grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On the wall there are markers of many colors, most of them dried out, hanging from rubber cords. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And he had seen a man half-mummy, half-skeleton, floating in the waters of the China Sea, eaten from below while his back side, sun dried, gradually turned brown and leathery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She had a bulletin board with silly pictures taken at people’s birthday parties and dried flowers and pages ripped from magazines that were too nice to throw away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The eunuchs who served them threw bundles of dried grasses into a great bronze brazier, and clouds of fragrant smoke rose up toward the moon and the stars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He cut off a chunk of dried breadapple, offered me a slice, and sat meditatively chewing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z There was another knock on the door, and this time it was David with their shirts, washed, dried, and neatly folded. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The baby wouldn’t nurse, and her milk had dried up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Osh had to wrap himself in a summer blanket while his clothes dried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z His T-shirt gives the illusion of having been sweaty and dried out again. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Meereen’s storehouses held ample supplies of grain, oil, olives, dried fruit, and salted meat, but the stores were dwindling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Paqo told me that these guesthouses were normally stocked with corn, potatoes, and dried strips of llama meat, as well as wood for fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She finished pouring snowmelt water from a second kettle into jugs in the sink, then dried her hands and turned to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z July 25: I was sitting at the cabin table eating some dried prunes when Hamilton looked over at me from the kitchen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Mormont emerged from the cramped confines of the cage bent and squinting, with both eyes blackened and his back crusty with dried blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From somewhere comes the sound of fire: the sound of dried roses being crumbled in a fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I put in the remaining box of bullets, the binoculars, and a little packet of dried berries and mushrooms I had picked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I found some sassafras trees at the edge of the road one day, dug up a good supply of roots, peeled and dried them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The next time they visited, Brian’s head was wrapped in a dirty white bandage with dried bloodstains. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ash swept a pile of dried peas into the kettle hanging over the kitchen fire and added a handful of ham. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull was breathing as though steam engines were working his lungs, his lips were flecked with dried saliva, and sweat was pouring off his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The dried egg yolk, fried in red palm oil, looked soggy and unnervingly bright-colored on the plate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Doc filled his pipe with dried peach skin and tobacco leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Wisps of dried grass were glued all over him; he needed a haircut badly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Wearing it now around her own neck, Kira lifted it against her cheek, hoping to recapture a feeling of her mother, perhaps the smell of her: herbs and dyes and dried blossoms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The decorations even extended to the walls, where grapevines had been cut and woven into wreaths, and then peppered with fall leaves and dried flowers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I think I almost get a whiff of the river, then remember it’s practically dried up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was cool outside in the early morning and the sun had not yet dried the dew that had come when the wind died down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z After the dried fish were gone, she suffered from gnawing hunger for a day before a new plan occurred to her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As my tears dried and the silence spread between us until I thought there was nothing more to say, I turned to leave. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Not a thing until the next day when the paint had dried, and then of course we all rushed over to her and calmed her down and gave her some food. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z A trail of dried blood trickled out of my nose. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z After dinner, he sat around for a while, talking to me and Mama and making Little Arliss some toy horses out of dried cornstalks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A corpse in a doorway dried to leather. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Molly puts the kettle on for tea and rummages through the cupboards, finding steel-cut oats and dried cranberries, walnuts, and honey. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Those humble replicas of the revelry of former times served to show Aureliano Segundo himself how much his spirits had declined and to what a degree his skill as a masterful carouser had dried up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mario hauled him out and dried him off with a paper napkin. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He put down his heavy suitcase, dried off his glasses, and coughed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She had a new rinse made from dried camomile flowers. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I crossed a muddy area covered with animal tracks and continued along a broad platform covered with spongy dried dung. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather had turned the leaves brown, even though it was midsummer, and a cold wind gusted through the gnarled branches, making the dried leaves rattle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We took the fine saddlebags off the horse and filled them with salves and herbs, blue grass for washing my hair, extra sweaters, dried peaches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But it coagulated and dried before it reached his chin and he worked his way back to the bow and rested against the wood. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So Fabian took six long pieces of dried grass, cut them to the same length with his sword, and then cut two of them shorter. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I moved clumsily away, seeing Brockway grin like a dried prune. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She dried her eyes, and grew cheerful at the prospect They were still talking of the dinner and the allurements of city life when Mrs. Pontellier herself slipped around the comer of the house. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She had put a new potpourri, a mix of dried, leaves and seeds in a purple bowl, on the cover of the toilet tank. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Coach Ritchey’s tooth became a sort of religious artifact for the team, like the bones or dried innards from a Catholic saint. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The warm sun and billowy breezes dried them as they went. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He chewed his lip with gusto, like it was a strip of dried fish. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We were so nervous that we worked like robots—she scrubbed, I dried and stacked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z My eyes watered and dried over and over again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Abuelita Remedies took her bulto to the coffee table and started to grind dried leaves and sprigs together in a miniature white mortar with a tiny white pestle. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the burrow, Fiver slept and woke uneasily through the heat of the day, fidgeting and scratching as the last traces of moisture dried out of the earth above him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I dried myself, changed, combed my hair, and spread out some of my wettest clothing to dry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z A thin layer of melted mix had dried on the bottom of the pan. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They didn't come to the area until after the lake dried up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The sight of dried matter in the corner of the eye, decayed or missing teeth, ear wax, blackheads, moles, blisters, skin crusts—all the natural excretions and protections the body was capable of—disquieted him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When I caught more than I could eat, I would bone them, put them on a rack of sticks, and slowly smoke them until they dried out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while she returned to the lucky-beans and ate some of the dried meat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After we finally came back in we dried off with our sweatshirts and got dressed and made our way up to Mong’s rocks again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When she’d finished cleaning off the dried blood, she dabbed some antiseptic cream on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Jay filled his bag with a piece of dried snakeskin he found, a rock polished smooth, and a handful of sunflower seeds. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twigs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I, the only daughter, usually get roasted chicken, dried bamboo soup, and all-I-can-eat pudding. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her blue dress was filthy with dust and dried blood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For three days, we'd had nothing but boiled water with some old dried mint leaves I'd found in the back of a cupboard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Well,” Gary said, tossing his coffee on the dirt, where it dried in about two seconds, “I bet you’re tired after your long trip. I’ll take you up to the apartment.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I lit a fire, ate smoked fish and dried apples, and went out again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The whispering sounds got louder behind her until they sounded like millions of dried leaves swirling in the wind. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She fingered dried plants, pressed between paper to preserve fine details. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And beside the sagebush there would be a naked, eyeless skull, a few picked bones, a spot of black dried blood and a few rags of golden fur. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched as the pond and then the stream dried up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall beyond held a frieze of human heads, all faced alike, dried and caved with their taut grins and shrunken eyes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She looked again and saw them stacking bundles of dried plants beside the new shed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The scabs on her arms dried up and became little scars, barely visible. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course when the clay dried, it pulled away from the tree, and all the smoke poured back in on me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And I got out of the bath and dried myself with the purple towel. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z About forty feet away, however, I found a dried one in the crotch of a tree, stuck there by a squirrel and forgotten. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The tiny dried black peppercorns were the perfect item to trade, because the small ships of the time could carry enough to make a nice profit. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z His mouth was slightly opened and there was a path of dried tears at the corners of his eyes down to his cheeks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She washed him with the warm water and the sweet-scented soap and dried him carefully bit by bit with the towel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Frodo and Sam drank a little water and ate some bread and dried fruit, but Gollum at once curled up and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was the butchers boy, Mycah, his body covered in dried blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The vixen bent to lick more dried blood from her sleeping brother’s haunch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He sat desponding on the threshold of the door and gazed bleakly over the dried and hardened fields from which every particle of anything which could be called food or fuel had been plucked. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z There were painted baskets and beaded curtains, paperweights with various objects suspended in them, dried flowers, colored grains and beans. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And after supper, while my sister washed and I dried, she was even more helpful than she had been before. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Instead we ate a small quantity of dried abalone, and afterwards my brother Ramo climbed over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A tray held giant tins of dried milk and Boumvita, near a study table with a reading lamp, bottles of medicine, books. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The broad blade was mottled with dried blood and rust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He shuddered comfortably, wriggling to get further into the dried moss, downfeather and soft grass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Annabella had told her that most of the flowers and leaves could be dried and used later. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, there’s rice and little dried fish with the heads still on. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z An electric scale sat on the counter between them, and occasionally Mother would use it to weigh dried leaves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The one Laika found was dried and flat, an old rattler that had become an S-shaped band of snake jerky. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Homer dropped her filthy shift into the gutter, the brown of the dried blood seeping into the mud. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I sluice its coldness over my face, clean off the dried blood, wet my cracked lips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, there was this gold to be dried and melted, and in haste, too, for the Great God Ra was sinking lower and lower in the sky. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The sun had nearly dried my wet skirts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben goes to the pantry and starts throwing dried foods and fruit into a cloth sack, then he goes to the toilet and takes out a small medipak and throws that in, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I heard a crunching sound, like someone stepping on a dried bird’s nest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She dried herself, and the floor as best she could, and went to bed.Coraline woke up in the night. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Meryl Lee was standing quietly, Mr. Kowalski behind her, and she held up a dried rose with a ribbon as I went by. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z There were still piles of dogtooth violet bulbs and Solomon’s seal roots and a few dried apples. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She found Arya on the banks of the Trident, trying to hold Nymeria still while she brushed dried mud from her fur. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The farmer and his wife sat up front, holding a baby with dried snot across its face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the prolonged captivity, the uncertainty of the world, the habit of obedience had dried up the seeds of rebellion in his heart. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The cobs of the corn they had dried and eaten and they stripped the bark from trees and all over the countryside people were eating what grass they could find upon the wintry hills. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I see dirt, sweat, and tears dried on his face. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful sight to behold, the struggle of the carp to regain his abode before the river dried to a trickle and trapped him in strange pools of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was volcanic dust, as red as dried blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to find the stand of dried milkweed stalks he’d wedged himself against a few hours before. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Once the fire was going, Will ate two oatmeal biscuits, some dried meat, and some Kendal Mint Cake, washing it down with gulps of cold water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I gathered what apples I could, cut some in slices, and dried them on the boulder in the sun. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she emptied a wooden bowl of dried noodles into it as well. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z |
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