"Clean water to drink. "A big plate of rice and beans every day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drank and rested, and the next morning they left for their own village. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I drink some hot chocolate and covertly spy on a group of older guys to my left. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And so I take small sips that taste salty, like drinking someone's cloudy tears. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And if there's anyone who'd simply take it in their stride, who'd just clean up the mess and get on with things, it's the two guys sitting downstairs at the kitchen table drinking their beer. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

After the Georgia legislature declared a prohibition against alcoholic beverages in 1907, Papa quit making or drinking beer—he believed in being law-abiding—and the churches started using fruit nectars instead of wine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As I headed to the bathroom to get a drink, I was surprised when I heard the water running. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The aviators were resplendent in full dress as they drank cocktails in the anteroom before the call to dinner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is about right, considering I started drinking before midday. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looked just the way it does now. A clearing, lots of sunshine, that big tree with all those knobby roots. We stopped and everyone took a drink, even the horse.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We drink pale green wine that tastes of herbs out of massive goblets that Locke finds in the back of a cabinet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I drink it down fast without breathing through my nose. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He went to work on the highway and on Saturdays after they collected their pay he drank with his crew at the Longhorn, but he was never close to the men of the town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 25,900 feet, I paused on the crest of the Spur to drink some water and take in the view. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mama probably thinks I don’t know what she’s drinking, but I do. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Something to think about anyway,” she finished, and gave her drink a fierce stir with its celery stick. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kept waking him up to drink the sugarwater, the boy’s dry throat jerking and chugging. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Three hamburgers, two fries, one chicken sandwich, and drinks ended up costing us $43.11! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a rush to buy the cook drinks and hear more details. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that it didn't translate over drinks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sam shook his head and topped off the man’s drink. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“A lotta empty space and a few cops throwing signals at each other. Half the time I gotta watch you, brain, to see you don’t try to sell them a drink.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Quaker William Allen, who had sworn off sugar for nearly fifty years while he battled against slavery, drank his first cup of tea with a spoonful of white, free sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Joaquin jammed his straw into his drink with more force than necessary. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We drank three bottles of the champagne and the count left the basket in my kitchen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I remembered the feel of her mouth that day in the hayloft, the taste of her gum and the root beer we’d been drinking. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She stood up then, asked me if I wanted anything to drink, anything to eat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The doctor drank quietly for a time and then slipped out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We were drinking in the Levee. I didn’t want to walk home.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, my father, who was drinking a whiskey sour, growled, “You’re not going anywhere until your relatives leave. You hear me?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

During the days, after Jerome left for work, I drank vodka—mostly because Jerome couldn’t smell it on my breath when he came home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

From merely stealing drinks from private fountains after dark, Boots became bolder. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, Nathan stood against the wall and watched Uncle Jet drink three more cans. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had not had a drop to drink or a bite to eat or a minute of sleep in three days. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Tudor period witnessed a boom in food/drink/Baby Jesus-related carols, surpassed in enthusiasm only by the Victorian era. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I nearly drank it down in one gulp and he poured me another glass. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was her drinking, maybe it was her drugs . The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She drank a few more sips, then glanced around. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to trick our bellies into thinking we were full by drinking a lot of water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the entrance, drinking in the beautiful debris of Room Nineteen—his masterpiece. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered her something to drink, in a perfunctory way that suggested he expected her to say no, and then he took off his shirt and lay on the bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Watching them sit there playing with their sons, reading the paper, smoking, or drinking a Coke, I never would have guessed they were on trial for murder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sassafras tea is about as good as anything you want to drink. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the regulars were concerned about Rob’s drinking: he was missing days at work. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He shook his thick mane and ventured into the shallows to drink. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me she said, “Pour the drinks,” which I did. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esme always gives me one of those spoons hanging in the tree to stir it, and we drink with our pinkies in the air and laugh. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We reached in, grabbed a few, drank the liquor inside, and then gobbled down the chocolates. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He knew it was half full, but he didn't take a drink just yet. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As aquatic weed killers in lakes and reservoirs they have made public waters unsuitable for drinking or even for swimming. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Brooke took a half-empty bottle of vodka out of her shoulder bag but didn’t actually drink from it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Twig rifled through our egg-building materials and stuffed one of the giant marshmallows in her drink, and Dari and I followed suit. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bo drank from a carton of orange juice, only stopping to pop a mini chocolate doughnut into his mouth every few seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, no one’s supposed to drink it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Have* you ever,” asked Lancelot, putting the question which all young men are always asking, and without noticing that it had anything to do with the drink, “have you ever been in love?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning they drank their fill, and their parents finished off the rest. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

While he was drinking his moderate allowance, he said, with nothing to lead up to it, and after having appeared rather fidgety,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nigel’s cheeks were bright red, as they always were when he drank. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The mouse and the cat put all the different courses over to one side with the soft drinks so everyone could just go up and help himself. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked after every swallow, they talked after every drink they took, they talked whilst they were wiping off their lips. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If you have two drinks does that mean I can have two meds?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the maitre d’ closed the door behind him, Bull walked over and made himself another drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they say you can drink water from the streams without purifying it” “You’re kidding.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The other kids could eat Jesus’s body and drink Jesus’s blood, but I couldn’t. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s something a little off about the sheriff; I don’t think he’s been drinking, but his insistence has an undercurrent that puts me on alert. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After one especially robust night of drinking with Will, I stumbled home, crawled up the sidewalk, stabbed my key in the front door, let myself in, and power barfed all over the living room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I love Chill, but he needs to stop drinking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once he’d revealed himself as Matteo Alacran, the Farm Patrol had transformed themselves into good-natured boys, out for a drink at the pub with a little head thumping for dessert. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would just stand around and smile and talk and drink punch and eat sandwiches, and then I would make some excuse and get away early. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They picnicked at Burchillville and Sylvan Grove, listened while the high school band played sluggish Sousa marches, and sprawled under trees drinking port wine. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chase had to content himself with running cold drinks out to the field. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to drink that, Zeide. It doesn’t look good.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘And let us have food and drink!’ cried Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a sick person would eat all of Jesus’s body and drink all of Jesus’s blood?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You be surprised what you can save if you like me and don’t drink, smoke, gamble or tithe.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now the new science of bacteriology, pioneered by Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, had convinced most public health officials that contaminated drinking water caused the spread of cholera and other bacterial diseases. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay to drink,” observed the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eagerly they queried Mother, drinking tea and smoking cigarettes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The family had a heritage of not drinking, and a religious faith. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Hm, hoom, now we can talk easier. You can sit on the floor, and I will lie down; that will prevent this drink from rising to my head and sending me to sleep.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1925, when White was still based in Houston, Hoover expressed outrage to him that several agents in the San Francisco field office were drinking liquor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“We better not be. There were no rules against drinking milk.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He drank and drank, and he didn’t step away until his belly was taut. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They are all looking at me and smiling and drinking their wine and then smiling some more. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At restaurants Bobby always carried with him a virtual pharmacy of remedies and potions to immediately counteract any poisons that the Soviets might slip into his food or drink. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after the bath, a warm drink with milk and herbs; and a new flannel nightdress with printed flowers and a scalloped hem, and sheepskin slippers dyed soft blue; and then bed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benjamin Driscoll took one long deep drink of green water air and fainted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days around here, though, people had smoked grass much as they drank tea or chokecherry wine. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate the little mushrooms together with the beans and drank tea and had tinned pears for their dessert. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thus they talked back and forth drinking tea, and the second son took his fill of what he saw and he went away, and Wang Lung was eased of his second son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One example is found in studies of college freshman who overestimate the drinking among other freshman. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I would very much like to speak with you, if you care to join me for a drink,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You see, to me, people are like things you drink. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were eating granola bars and drinking water from a nearby river. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He did not say that he used to drink and had quit, nor that he had never used alcohol. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those animals which must drink moisture get it at second hand—a rabbit from a leaf, a coyote from the blood of a rabbit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked her because she seemed like the same kind of Mormon I was: she wore high-necked, loose-fitting clothing, and she’d told me that she never drank Coke or did homework on Sunday. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he finished what I have written here, he reached to get a drink of water from the glass I had put on his lunch tray, but the glass was empty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The more he drank the angrier he became. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His glass was filled with the red-brown drink he always had when he visited, the one Mom kept up high in the cupboard just for him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He eased the bucket on the table and sat down to rest before taking a drink. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He would want to ask Kayode to have drinks with them, want to be friends with her friend, want to be as gracious as he always was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Only of impatience," she said, pouring the drinks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we have tiger bone wine and dawn wine and wine of fragrant rice—why need you drink tea?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

At least I would have one less worry during the rainy season—we could get our drinking water straight from the sky. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I will lead them into the lounge, introduce you, Petunia, and pour them drinks. At eight- fifteen —” “I’ll announce dinner,” said Aunt Petunia. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, despairing of rest, Quentyn Martell made his way to his solar, where he poured himself a cup of wine and drank it in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Which is funny, because whoever designed the list forgot to mention drinking and sex—which would’ve been the most accurate response for most of our student body. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Momma says if I drink plenty of water, it will help clear up my skin. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There they were, though, sitting through it again, still giggling to themselves, eating buckets of popcorn and drinking buckets of Coke. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because there was Toby, sitting in the plane with a woman he couldn’t have known for more than twenty-four hours, drinking from a bottle of wine. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I take a drink, I find it is still salty, and I wonder if we are killing the young plants rather than saving them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He advised her to drink from it whenever the need arose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit eating my fried Spam, drinking my milk mixed from powder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rosemarie is busy handing us sodas to drink straight out of the can, which is another sure sign that something’s wrong. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She offered a wager of a cool drink that the horse would lose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured a drink and handed it to him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pretty thing,” I said, flopped on my stomach, and pushed my face into it to drink. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gave up drinking when she took up religion. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The secretaries might share tea with two Africans, but not the cups with which to drink it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the last scene, when Grandma leaves a dark green smoothie in a tall glass for Grandpa to drink. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pima offered the water again, and this time the girl drank fully, finishing it and eyeing the jug wistfully. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘But what did I say? Mortals cannot go drinking ent-draughts and expect no more to come of them than of a pot of beer.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Water was for horses to drink and an occasional quick bath before weddings and such. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he kept drinking, too, pulling sips off his bottle of whiskey every few minutes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes, not clouded with drink but clear of purpose, were fixed on the captaincy of this reeling ship. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Fuming, I stare at the TV, at a commercial with happy blond children drinking red juice. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan took a sip, wondering if an underage scythe’s apprentice could get marked down for drinking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Brian was standing now, but still silent, still holding the drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both drank and set down our glasses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The baboon was followed by a rock rabbit, which also showed no sign of wanting to drink the milk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I tossed back the drink, not even letting the liquid roll across my tongue. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I could really do with a drink,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He rinsed the empty tin with water and gave it to the child to drink and that was that. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Marlena looks back just long enough to locate her frothy drink and then holds it over the table while we clink. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If the corn could, it would laugh at us, the humans eating and drinking it as fast as they can. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They ate peaches and cream over biscuits for dessert and drank coffee. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

If his coats were all that hung in the closet and he'd known his lungs were black and he drank his whiskey without suspicion. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nailshed girls were with them, laughing and teasing them, twining slender arms around the men’s waists, urging them to drink and spend. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry knew him from his drinking days at Big T’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of silence as the two of them sipped their drinks, not looking at anything in particular. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Krajewska drinks hers slowly, listening while I explain that I do go to the cathedral on Na Bramie to pray twice a week. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her husband took a drink of orange juice as the bell rang again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she died from drinking, just like I am dying from it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad he wasn’t dead, honey. I think you’re not used to drinking.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Still, I pretend I’m drinking exactly what Mama Ya-Ya drinks, and not just 99 percent hot milk. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We sit awhile, drinking our lemonades, and nobody says much after that. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s just this kind of hole in my life where drinking used to be.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“This one is always out there, and I like him. Can I give him a drink of water?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For drinking water, sometimes Mom managed to get a jug of tap water from neighbors, or I would be dispatched to sit beneath a leaking pipe connected to another home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I guess everybody in high school drinks, though, so it’s not too bad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I grab a Butterfinger from the rack and place it next to my drink. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At home I got through the bad episodes by lying on the couch and drinking water brought from my parents, turning the electric blanket on to get warm and sweating it out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘By which,’Jason said quickly, ‘he means under the drinking age! Because obviously you’re so young and beautiful.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Eleanor first heard about Richie, she was leaning against their old couch, reading a Life magazine, and drinking a virgin banana daiquiri. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He walked, dignified, from group to group, smiling and filling the drinking cups, and you’d have sworn from his look that never until tonight had the old man been absolutely happy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk gave the drink a gray-blue sheen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We ate them down to their skins, then scooped water into our hands and drank, not caring about algae or tadpoles or whether the cows used the creek for their toilet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were you forced to drink hot sauce or swallow pepper?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And when the people stood up, the birds would fly down and drink the tears and eat the seeds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were drinking from canteens, or chewing on hard loaves of bread. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a flat ridged disk perhaps two inches irf diameter, and it was thick, like the bottom of a drinking glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knew why she liked him; he gave her money for drinks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had not really wanted to go out with her tonight; but her questions and suspicions had made him say yes when she had wanted to go for a drink. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Much of this sottish drinking was meant to drown sorrows, and forget the troubles and hardships of black life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood by the sink, drinking and chewing, and watching her grandmother knead the pale dough. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quiet again for a minute, lost in a little reverie for a lifetime’s drinking. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Right this minute, her logistics coordinator is drinking lemonade in their backyard and feeding ice to Bit, which the dog chases on the lawn. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Here I had a water faucet to drink from and I could experience the luxury of splashing cold water on my face as much as I wanted. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more drinks, deeper concerns were voiced. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After all, prior to MADD, it was considered socially acceptable to have one last drink at the party before getting on the road. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I removed the metal top and took a sip of the frosty drink—the fizzy bubbles reminded me of my sisters' laughter. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Their first night on the ice field, they built a small, hot fire in the lee of the sledge, and boiled water for their first hot drinks since morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He gorged himself until his stomach bulged, then he walked to the stream for another drink. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Reach in, grab a chocolate, drink the rum. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A quiet Shabbat where we can talk and not be disturbed. We will sit and drink tea and talk.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In that short window between eleven p.m. and four a.m., instead of getting good rest, I would spend my time drinking copious amounts of water to make sure I didn’t become dehydrated during practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My head gets all fuzzy like I’m buzzing on beer, but I’m not even drinking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"It's an awful thing to find a brother dead. You'd have need of a drink as well, Lord Snow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the house slaves told him the brothers were drinking at the big house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Most of my actor friends eat donuts all day and drink water.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She accepts it but doesn't drink, holding the glass in both hands. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Simone moves away with her drink, and I go to the window, drawn by the lights outside. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The top gangs went even further, buying vast “mother ships” that could be loaded with up to sixty thousand cases of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had taken his first drink in fifth grade, and by the time he was a senior had built up quite a reputation for drinking. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boomer ethos in which I’d raised my own daughter was obsessively protective, perpetually on guard against everything from lead paint and genetically engineered food to helmetless bike-riding, drinking, smoking, sex, and possible learning disabilities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think Italians eat a lot later in the day. They don’t put ice in their drinks. And they only do pizza for tourists.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She believed he had been drinking too much of Mr. Weston’s good wine, and felt sure that he would want to be talking nonsense. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

His office revoked officers’ firearms permission several times a week, he said, for infractions such as being caught drinking while wearing a gun, menacing somebody with it, or having it stolen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Eilonwy held up the suffering creature’s head and gave him a drink from the leather flask, Taran and the bard moved a little away and spoke quietly between themselves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I already know what you’re drinking,” said Wednesday, and then he was standing by the bar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The waiters were busy bringing drinks from the bar to the tables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In Shadow’s dream, with the power of dream-logic behind it, the obligation seemed unarguable: he drank Wednesday’s mead three times, and sealed the pact—what other choice of action did he have? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She drank it down in two long sips, and then proclaimed, “Maui WOWIE!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Caitlin rests a hand on each of our shoulders and asks if we want drinks. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Water spilled down her chin as she drank greedily. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be very disagreeable to sleep in a tent, and eat all sorts of bad-tasting things, and drink out of a tin mug,” sighed Amy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And in the duel, she’ll drink a toast in honor of the Goddess and gods.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jake drank from the bottle and rubbed the top of his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was no ice to cool our drinks or our foreheads. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The drinking glasses I’ve been looking for all week are there. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

How to sit at counters and be cursed at without cursing back, have food and drinks poured over them without standing up and hurting someone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was drinking her lemonade through a straw, daintily like a girl, trying to make the sweet pleasure last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should I go in and ask directions, have a drink, get warm? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She drank a glass of buttermilk and nibbled at some sweet biscuits as she waited, to settle her stomach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was Cathy, oddly enough, who served me my last drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cattle had to come from the far fringe of the ranch to drink and then go out again to feed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took a sip from her drink and glowered at me over the rim of her cup. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There are men with whom one can drink and there are men with whom one cannot drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson was on his porch, drinking a cup of coffee, so I walked over with my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Aboard that ship it seldom came at all, though from time to time he managed to drink sufficient wine to pass out for a while. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I take a drink of the water while Hector is distracted by the spoon. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tom texted me to say he was going to be a bit late this evening, he had to take a client out for a drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled it with juice, relaxed on the couch, and drank it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They knew just what the divine inhabitants did there, what they ate and drank and where they banqueted and how they amused themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both well pleased with ourselves, sitting in the warm tent, drinking hot tea and waiting for the kadik-germ porridge to boil. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He played a ballad, then a light, quick drinking song, then a slow, sad melody in a language that I didn’t recognize but suspected might be Yllish. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

During the trial, the vandals said they had been drinking and what started out as a stupid prank had gotten out of control. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I gave him a drink of mine and he accepted it gratefully, with a look that asked for a truce. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rest could return to the Slat and the Crow Club to drink off their worry, make some trouble, and spread word of the night’s events. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tyrion stood in the door and drank in the sight of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He loses it because he goes to the pubs on the third Friday of the job, drinks all his wages and misses the half day of work on Saturday morning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s late and we so tired, but she get up and refill her coffee and fix me a cup a tea and I drink it slow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Zander Khan tries to order a drink and looks like an idiot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cliff and Norm looked as though they could use a drink. assume/presume. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling that they disapproved of us being there, drinking only water, taking up space. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He had seen his fill of people eating and drinking and acting like clowns, jabbering like ... so that's it: jabbering, dropping clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The champion pint drinker is always on the dole and sometimes he even drinks that and drives me so demented I wind up in the lunatic asylum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As we begin to cut through the mass of elbows and shoulders, Roshan hands me a drink. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was late when Threpe and I took the stage, and we weren’t the only ones worse for drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Serving drinks day and night, in a dim grotto, he had many opportunities to meet women drinking with their friends or even alone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She brought half of the cup to her mom, who refused it and insisted that Hali drink it all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Look, Ma,” said Toby, "he’s not drinking his milk.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alice was laughing hysterically at Fay’s suggestion that we all join a nudist colony, and she leaned over and accepted a drink that Fay poured for her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Last I seen, Char was rubbing her eyes and handing out drinks, Juju was shaking her hips and smoking a cigarette, yelling for somebody to turn up the music. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Get yourself a drink, son, sit down,” the Senator says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a couple of dozen people in each house, men drinking beers from paper bags, young mothers nursing babies, old ladies sunning themselves on the sagging, weathered porches, and hordes of kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

People were busy visiting, cooking, hauling water, and taking horses to the river to drink. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I can almost believe that I am backstage, after a performance, eating mangoes and drinking Inca Kola. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I told her the story about how Chas made me drink beer the night before school started. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m young enough, fit enough, I wasn’t drinking heavily when we were trying. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I could drink three cups of it But he pressed the wooden stopper firmly back into die keg, ignoring me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I became thirsty, I went around the house and drank water from the hydrant in the back yard rather than venture into the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could say that living with my ma wasn’t easy and it drove him to drink, but there are no excuses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So how do you drink a really cold Coke?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And Wu Tsing would make a midmorning visit in her bedroom once a week, drinking tea for half an hour, inquiring about her health. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four bartenders moved in an unrehearsed dance as they tried to provide drinks to the impatient Marines who screamed at them above the broadening dimensions of pandemonium loose in the Officers’ Club. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a sec and took another drink. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sam liked the spectacle of the human animal up close, as well as his access to the workings of the town, once the drink loosened tongues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

To celebrate his new life on the wagon, and to put some distance between himself and his drinking haunts, he decided that the Walls clan should take a long camping trip to the Grand Canyon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to be Like his shoes, A little dirty From the road, A little worn From racing to the drinking fountain A hundred times in one day. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speakeasies did far more than provide a place for thirsty Americans to obtain and drink their illegal liquor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He and his nephew were drinking their coffee when “an Irish girl was brought in with her dress nearly all burnt from her person. It had caught on the Courthouse steps from a cinder.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I invent a pill that will allow you to drink seawater, and another that will erase the effects of either twelve cups of tea or seven beers and two scotches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She drank it obediently and made a face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He'd been playing pickup basketball at the Y; after two hours he went off for a drink of water; he used a jump rope; his friends found him hanging from a water pipe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wine I saved, just for tonight. I knew that some day someone would find us! We’ll have a drink to celebrate!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen, my footsteps echoing in the silence, and drank a glass of water standing at the sink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

During late summer and early fall, Cole had spotted the Spirit Bear every few days as it wandered along the shore outside the bay or drank from the stream near the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It is not easy giving a horse a drink out of a skin bottle, but Bree and Hwin were clever with their lips. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d soon be in a hospital drinking soup through a straw. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t she let her husband take a drink?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drank the beer as if it were the tumbling ice-cold stream in the mountain canyon on the beer label. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad dry-swallowed and then drank his water—the entire glass—in one long gulp. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lee lifted the bottle to his lips and took a deep hot drink and panted the fumes out of his burning throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I wish I were drinking milk, and I wish you were here, so that you could watch it shoot out my nose in response to that." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The illness, which came from drinking unpasteurized milk, had sickened at least eight people in Smyth County that summer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"I thought maybe it was getting too heavy for you. If you drink some, it will lighten your load." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stand in the corner a minute, drinking coffee too hot for the weather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or he will want me to sit in the bathtub while he pours boiling water into it; he will want me to drink gin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had his drink, and we regarded each other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They stopped there to drink and refill their flasks, and to soak their aching feet in the icy water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Finch smiles at me and offers me something to drink—water, juice, soda—as she pours herself a glass of wine from a corked bottle in the fridge. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d done grilled prawns with lots of chilli and coriander, and we were drinking this delicious Chenin Blanc that he’d been given by a grateful client. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became furious with herself for sleeping in the wrong position, for eating meals that were too spicy, for not eating enough fruit, for drinking too much tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At dusk they drink tea and chew the mealy, dense bread from the Ruelles’ bakery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He would buy a hamburger, eat it, drink a malt, then think immediately of buying another one, but that only lasted a brief time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cyrus made his preparations, drank his whisky, and loosened his collar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus he had passed over Enlad, stooping down to drink at a lonely forest pool, but on the wing again at once, driven by fear of the shadow that came behind him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing soft, loose clothing of vampire-bat wool, he swanned around his palaces with a bowl of palm wine or chicha, a sweet, muddy, beer-like drink usually made from crushed maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was seldom that he ever moved his hands to speak at all—and then it was to say that he wanted to eat or to sleep or to drink. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I often leaned on the window sill and watched the huge garage doors groaning up and down, the forklifts whizzing in and out with pallets stacked with crates of delicious fizzy drinks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Both dark brown, so of course I drink a gulp of the most salty, most bitter, most fishy tea ever. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

‘I hope you’ve made inquiries about inns along the road? Or have you forgotten about food and drink?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe with a drink in the Leaky Cauldron? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He told a servant passing with a tray of drinks to give Rowan a glass of champagne. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next couple of hours, I drink the entire half gallon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu had been drinking too much white wine; from time to time she had a swimming sensation in her head, and she would later send apology e-mails to the host and the poet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My throat was so dry, but I just couldn’t drink it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Will you drink water? It’s all we have.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I drank my coffee slowly and thought about the day to come. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

C.P. set out Coca-Cola crates for the men to sit on and they drank beer and laughed until late into the night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men was speaking, while the other drank from a bottle of water, the glass ignored on the table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We make our promises over a brimming cup of red wine and drink deeply from it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We ate some of the food and drank some of the water and only occasionally wondered what the hell we thought we were going to find at the end of the road. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk past the drinking fountain and through the tunnels that seemed endless the day I got here but now barely register in my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But nobody, nobody, drank a man’s liquor in his house unless they knew each other mighty well. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it’s destroying you, why do you still drink? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been vaccinated against B, and he didn’t do drugs, so that ruled out C. Type A was usually caused by drinking contaminated water or eating tainted food. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Not when he cut class as a sophomore to cross the border to Juarez to shoot pool and drink. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking about the night before, and wrestling old age, of drinking the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I made a note to myself to talk to him about soft drinks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I want ye to stand in the middle of the pub and tell every man your father is drinking the money for the baby. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I go without food and drink and wherever I find a quiet place I cry and beg God and theVirgin Mary to have mercy on the soul of Theresa Carmody. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Teresa drank the fastest, rolling each empty can of beer on the wood floor, while the others laughed with an enthusiasm that puzzled Ifemelu because it really was not that funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He drank the soup and ate part of his dessert. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After wandering and drinking in America and England he yearned for peace in his declining years. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Xan covered the windows with heavy curtains, but she would find them thrown open, and the child drinking moonlight in her sleep. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There had been other times, of course, when Johnny stopped drinking but that was when he was working. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climb an echoing stairwell, rap on a door; an old woman invites them in, asks for news, insists all three of them drink a thimbleful of sherry. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I got home, Gramps was drinking tea in the kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The soldiers ate their supper and drank more beer than I thought a body could hold. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in a corner for the rest of the night, drinking cup after cup of pop to get the salty, metallic taste of his blood out of my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He never even bothered to count his drinks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“The preacher says that sometimes she couldn’t stop drinking.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Mommy! I drank bugs. I have bugs in my tummy!" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

So is redness and swelling, which could explain why her red welts didn’t go away despite all the Benadryl she drank. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sit by the stove drinking tea, thinking about my new work, about Izio and Max and, every now and then, a very handsome policeman. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’ll let the skin form on top of the hot chocolate and be so grossed out by it, I can’t drink any more. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Seeing as your boy is so young, and El Jefe has been pardoning most minors . . .” He swilled his drink around so the ice tinkled against the glass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blusher mushrooms aren’t dangerous if you don’t drink the red liquid. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Anya stopped off long enough to let Marina pour a warm drink down her throat, and then she and Kin left the Ivanov house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Though all the other members of the family observed her husband’s boycott of this beverage, she drank two cups every morning and often as not ate nothing else the rest of the day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just when you gave me sips of your drinks or beer,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he needed drinking water, he set out a can and I filled it at the brook. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You will have to come to it Mademoiselle. I will give you everything that you like to eat and to drink. We shall sing and laugh and be merry for once.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told us we should forgive her the same way we always forgave Dad for his drinking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly eat the mashed potatoes and drink the milk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read and reread the last words of the note and it was like drinking many cups of fresh, cool water: Yor frend Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Listen, Caulfield. If you want to sit here and have a quiet, peaceful drink and a quiet, peaceful conver--" "All right, all right," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Frank sang the blues, and he drank too much. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We kept walking with nothing to eat or drink. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like my parents, Mr. Pirzada took off his shoes before entering a room, chewed fennel seeds after meals as a digestive, drank no alcohol, for dessert dipped austere biscuits into successive cups of tea. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rotunda below was a mass of people, drinking, laughing, greeting each other, a kind of raucous party before the celebrations on the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even though John Mark rarely drinks the stuff, he takes the time to brew coffee for Mom every morning. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She drank it all right then and went back to sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He drinks coffee and brings his policy work on the campaign trail and drinks more coffee, reads emails from Henry, and drinks even more coffee. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Justin finishes his drink and bonks me lightly on my head with his fist. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cluny watched as the fox pretended to drink as much of the barley wine as the rat captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re too brave and too blind,” I answer, drinking seriously now. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to be meeting the squadron at the club for drinks right now. Then we’re all driving over to the mess hall together for the ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my better angels lost again, defeated by drink, by the person I am when I drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drink some water out of a pewter carafe set out for participants and begin to warm up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mint is good because we drink mint tea after supper often, so it tricks my stomach into thinking eating time is over. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I began, finishing off a drink of water from my sippy cup, “everyone says history repeats itself, but I did not expect it to be so literal.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The new drink soon became not only cheap but necessary. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You were very good to come, father. Will you drink a glass of vermouth?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And a sound of weeping filled the room as they broke the bread and drank the wine. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He and his cousin Gerald were on their way over to Cherie’s house to kick it with her brother and they stopped in at a liquor store to get something to drink. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to report,” he replied, and then the first thing he said to me when we got into our truck was, “No matter what you do in life, never drink and use guns—and drive!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At Philomena’s house the sisters and their husbands ate and drank while Angela sat in a corner nursing the baby and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be not in the least ill at ease sitting on an upturned box in a bare room and drinking tea out of a mug that she balanced on her knee. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

No, Red’s had exclusive claim to the residents of the dormitories with a hankering for drink and dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Mine’s a real piece of work. A guy named Tim who would rather play keno and drink than hang out with his kid. What’s the deal with yours?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A few other soldiers drinking coffee outside of their tents had stopped talking to observe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Stuart has his drink, he settles next to me on the sofa, squeezes my hand and doesn’t let go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, she’ll be drinking black coffee and reading books without pictures. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They smile down at me, their mouths big enough to swallow the city, and as I look on, they all hold up cans of soda, declaring Coca-Cola their drink of choice during game season. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He drank some water, swallowed a couple of aspirin for no particular reason, and opened one of the cans of red beans. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I also noticed there was a mother and three kids at the back of the store filling up drinks at the serve-yourself refreshment bar. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Stendahl drank it in, the dreariness, the oppression, the fetid vapors, the whole “atmosphere,” so delicately contrived and fitted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could find was a package of orange fruit drink mix, so I made a gallon of that, and drank it all down. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of them complaining about Denasia and their teachers, Kenya says something about getting another drink, and the three of them walk off without me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A few old women were sitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of sherry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

If I held a beer for a while, no one would ask me why I wasn’t drinking. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In the tumult that gathered in the courtyard to drink coffee, tell jokes, and play cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. Payne tilted his plastic mug and drank the last of his coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They murmured his name, as they had murmured Cedric’s, and drank to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We got a drink of tea-brown water, and I rummaged through the duffel for the driest change of clothes I could find. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“For those of us who take our vow of austerity seriously, conclave is the only time we allow ourselves the luxury of fine food and drink. It reminds us that we’re human.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much left of it then anyway, for every time it fell over an escarpment the thirsty air drank it, and it splashed from the pools to the dry vegetation. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Would you care to stop off and have a drink with me somewhere?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He poured some whisky into a glass, drank it in one gulp, and said something in Igbo to which Kainene replied, in cold clear English, “My choice of lovers is none of your business, Udodi.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on my knee for a sec and then took it off and drank. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet here they sat, drinking to a marriage hallowed by some queer red god from beyond the seas. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Because I was one of the older children in Yar’s “family,” it was my chore to go to the river and draw water for cooking, drinking, and washing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the 113 establishments that had licenses to sell soft drinks in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the two that stuck to the law and did not become speakeasies went out of business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly sat frozen on the sofa staring into her drink as if she had just discovered a roach floating in it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Work,” Victor answered, “eat, shop, pay bills, use the phone, read newspapers, drink coffee, sleep.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between the bubbly drink and her enthusiastic pounding, Luke started coughing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had a few drinks, then I saw these two white women sitting all alone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I never liked it all that much, too many couples just the right side of forty drinking too much and casting around for something better, wondering if they’d have the courage. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if the hose were clean, but I do notice that everyone on the show abstains from drinking lemonade that day. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

How do we tie our shoes, brush our hair, drink coffee, wash the dishes, and go to sleep, pretending everything is fine? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Monica drank a beer and pretended to be checking something important on her cell phone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She should probably drink some milk herself, since a new day was beginning. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The landlord drank too much and would yell at us about nothing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Though I knew he had been drinking, I wondered that an educated man and an observer could be so obtuse—could create such an embarrassing situation for a Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The supper conversations became ritual, outgrowing the house and migrating to the meeting house, whereupon Gloria stopped serving food and drink and let them fend for themselves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I need to drink some milk or some hot honey-and-lemon water. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In those days a large number of guests ate and drank in the big house on the comer. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank a pull of beer and set the cup aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Gordon,” he said, “I know you like scotch, but don’t ever drink it at the Watergate Hotel.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Kendra drank her milk in several deep swallows and set her empty glass on the counter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Good,” I said and went back to the house and drank another bowl of coffee at the mess table. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sat right there in Papa’s old rocker, drinking a frozen limonada, telling me his story. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing, I’m diving through the crowd, knocking over drinks, people, not caring about anything except getting to the cliff path, the quickest way up the bluff. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

People could gamble themselves outdoors, drink themselves outdoors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The analysts would call his family the source problem or say he drinks and smokes to assert his independence. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

One morning recently, for instance, she was out on the deck like usual drinking her tea and when I got closer I saw that she’d floated up into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She’s tempted to get up, pour herself a drink, take a bath, anything. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sucked in his breath sharply and drank a glass of water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He ordered brandy and drank it quickly and his shivering increased. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon the other Marines, including the lieutenant, were drinking from their canteens. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once and for all, Harry, do I have your word that you will do all in your power to make me keep drinking?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He props Volkheimer s rifle against the bed and raises a bucket and drinks once, twice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee, told herself she wanted another cup, and followed Henry into the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They would make a big deal over her; I couldn’t even think about buying a drink. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the last sip of her drink. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now and then she drank water and nibbled the rest of the beans and salt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom met Dad’s parents for the first time, they offered her a drink, which she politely declined—and that was that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to feel what Jess felt when she sat out there with him, drinking wine in the evening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his wineglass and took a drink long enough to drain the whole glass. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the morning, she and Salvador ate more eggs and tortillas and drank some of the water in the bottle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She bit into the apple and took a drink of water to wash it down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In Lacks Town, Joe drank all day, picked fights with his cousins, and threatened to kill several of them, including Cootie. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Please, do you have a well? Might I have a drink?” she asked. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all eat and drink and play some cards until a knock at the door brings the boyfriend in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dale Papineau still drank too much and had no money to speak of. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

One occurred while they were drinking beer after an evening talk by the astronomer Tommy Gold on “the perfect cosmological principle.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I drank mine, wandered off to get another, found myself roaming in a fluid, pleasant daze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen him drink that way—six, seven beers a night—and I didn’t want to be around him when he was like that. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Reach in, grab a chocolate, drink the brandy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dad almost never went out drinking at night like he used to. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought you mead to drink because it’s traditional. And right now we need all the tradition we can get. It seals our bargain.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you want a drink?” she repeats, louder this time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man who had wanted to pay then bought me a drink. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I drank the brandy and put the glass back on the silver salver. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t take it, he drank from it first and offered it to me again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason for a drink,” she points out cheerfully. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ate a very big meal and drank three bottles of rioja alta. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Olanna was sitting on Mohammed’s veranda, drinking chilled rice milk, laughing at the delicious cold trickle down her throat, at the stickiness on her lips, when the gateman appeared and asked to speak to Mohammed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the week when he was drinking, he would come and go and say little. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to sing “Tinker Tanner,” a drinking song that is older than God. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Promise me you will neither eat nor drink nor dance.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The more water we drink, the more we sweat, and sweating cleanses our bodies of impurities. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait, please, you have to drink this! Your queen had me make it for you!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The men of the Golden Company were outside their tents, dicing, drinking, and swatting away flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Language like that only came out when she was drinking wine or there were people to impress. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s standing by the fireplace; in his hand he’s got an almost-empty drink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His well is wisdom, and when the world was young he would drink every morning from the well, by dipping the horn known as the Gjallerhorn into the water and draining it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But that was my first thought: Ben would never drink another cup of milk from those little spout cups of his. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I reckon the reason all the Compson gave out before it got to me like Mother says, is that he drank it up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that if he'd waited another second, he might have taken a drink. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I do not question your right to charge someone with witchcraft, it is so in custom. But you are fools, fools for drinking the devil’s whiskey!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often think, They’re drinking sodas And eating chips Without us. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Talc sipped the vodka and V8 juice that he always had after a night of heavy social drinking and looked at his newspaper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank it and ate the sugar bun that they had saved for him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, I drank some water and sat waiting for the result. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She kept things like soft drinks and milk in the fridge, and sold them along with snacks. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I bought an orange drink and a package of cracker sandwiches. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked her up in his arms, seated her lovingly in an armchair, wet a handkerchief to put on her forehead, and tried to make her drink a little water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would not have led us to drink more. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Bijan chose that moment to drink deeply from his water bottle. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He was on the side of the road and he’s not drinking, Mom,” I said, my voice teary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at the window, drinking my coffee, biting my fingers, looking down the five stories. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We got our drink on to get our party on—weekend warriors to the end. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a soft drink? Or some wine?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So, this is two parts alcohol and one part elixir? Smells a little funny, but after a couple stiff drinks, who’ll know the difference?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We walked along the dirt path for miles in the heat of the morning, resting often and drinking from the three huge gourds of well water Teresita’s husband had given us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We finish our drinks and toss them in the trash at the same time—kerplunk—and walk in. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I did not want another drink so early in the morning so I went up to our room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

New Orleans was a night town, but in late after noon, the restaurant patios had people out drinking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody drank from the mossy tub and washed the bird’s blood from his hands in cold water. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days, I, the oldest daughter, would have been given some comforting rum-filled brew, or salted black coffee, to drink before seeing her father’s body for the first time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She drank from a tall glass that was regularly filled by a servant. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for every dollar a consumer spends on HFCS, say in a soft drink, farmers get only four cents. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He drank beer, and once the tears came to his eyes and he snuffled his nose against his shirt-sleeve. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, he went out to drink puro with other men. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had polished off a bottle by himself, and Matt realized he’d never seen the bodyguard drink alcohol before. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end is the drinking fountain, bathed in the blue glow of the light above it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He knew that she lived with her mother and stepfather, sinful people, given to drinking and gambling and ragtime music and the blues, who never, except at Christmastime or Easter, appeared in church. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You better drink some water before you go,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go get a drink of water and come back when you have those under control,” Mrs. Trojello said, and then asked me to stay after class. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Pita took the canteen Chencho offered and drank from it greedily. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Despite his joking manner, Pinmei knew Yishan had given it to her in kindness, and it made her feel as if she were drinking a warm cup of tea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Celaena glanced at Pelor, whose hazel eyes shone as she lifted the glass of wine to her lips and drank a sip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They were drinking that lovely water, or waiting in line for more, or talking and laughing. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed in no hurry to go elsewhere or to talk, and as the slow-motion bartender mixed our drinks I puzzled vainly as to why he had brought me here. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d be drinking or something, so I went to change out of my clown clothes, but was someone on the phone for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I keep my face way down as I drink it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The stink of sweat, the sick sweet of what he’d been drinking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ultima rubbed my body with an ointment of Vicks and many of her herbs, then she gave me something cool to drink. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when the cards are over, she comes back to my place and we drink in the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He held a cornucopia in one hand and a drinking vessel in the other, and had vine leaves in his hair and a swinging tunic to show he was dancing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I’m here. Listen. I’ve kept you awake all night anyway. Could I come over to your place for a drink? Wouldja mind?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He drank quarts of warm milk and ate all the meat I had in the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will stay all night, drinking hot coffee in the street, joking bitterly, working the video and microphones in shifts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the show, Craig invited all of us back to his apartment to drink wine and listen to the White Album. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean thought for a minute, then swallowed the last of his drink. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now the guests were ready, and they drank the stirrup-cup, and with great praise and friendship they departed, and came at length to Helm’s Deep, and there they rested two days. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a long horn, but Thor was Thor, and he raised the brimming horn to his lips and began to drink. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The lawyer said now they would all go together, as his guests, to a tavern, to eat at their leisure, and drink a health to Johnny from the cup. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After eating and drinking, he leaned his back against the tree trunk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There’s only one watching over ’em di-rect and he’s passed out from drinking! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Have some more of this drink, whatever it calls itself.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on to the back and got a drink of water and went on out to the back door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s because they drink whiskey. Mama says whiskey ate them up.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hunters drank and ate and laughed like one big happy family. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone to Flushing. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom picks up her hot chocolate but doesn’t drink. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With my father squandering his money on drink and gambling, my mother became the breadwinner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have one reaction after taking a sip, and we have another reaction after drinking a whole can. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Did Dad drink that every day?” my mom asks. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Committed as Violet was to hip development, even she couldn’t drink' the remaining malt—watery, warm and flattasting. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I say this, I think about the blisters on my feet that make them look as bubbly as the soda we drank. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I drink all the water in my plastic bottle, but I'm still thirsty. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was my favorite hot chocolate drink, even though Audrey complained it was too much work and too much waiting. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She comes in and we drink cheap beer or wine or watch a movie or all three. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Inside the jar, the creature made pleading motions and pantomimed drinking from a cup. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he says, “to get you into the spirit of the place, how about a little drink?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was not an accident,” he insisted, “and I had not been drinking!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he had my father’s drinking genes, too. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of anything more beautiful than buckets of cool, clean water to drink. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He'd fill Stanley's canteen, then let Stanley take a long drink, then top it off for him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Outside I saw Mama Tataba, on her way to the kitchen house, dip in a hand and drink straight out of the bucket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took from his knapsack a bottle of wine, and drank some. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening when the cows got back from grazing, we had a lot of milk to drink, so we were well fed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they stopped drinking the milk, then they would surely lose all the fat which they had put on and which made them so much admired by everybody else in that place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I think another drink will calm me down, which is a bad sign. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wine was sweet and sticky, a little like cough syrup, but they drank it anyway because they had to if they wanted to get drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know that if I start drinking now, I will feel better for an hour or two and worse for six or seven. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a start, I can drink,” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and got another drink of water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were well stocked with food and drink; they had fjres to warm them when off duty, a place to dry their clothes, snug comers to lie down and sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Len, the man from the party who was drinking far too much tonic, walks in behind us fully suited up as well. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lefty extended credit, discounted drinks, but it was no use. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I refuse because the last time I drank shots of vodka with Lorena, I threw up so hard it came out of my nose. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had food there in the mountain, and drink, and they ate and they drank. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They had stopped on the way for several drinks. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You want a drink?” he asks me, not looking my way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“So will you come for this drinks thing?” he asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here were enthroned the leaders of Phaiakia drinking and dining, with abundant fare. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will kept his eyes averted while they did up a bandage, and drank the plum brandy sip by sip. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fading, they sighed that sunlight and birds, bright mornings, warm fires, food and drink, friendship, and all good things had been lost beyond recovery. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was a drinking fountain next to me .. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The men could sit at the bar and drink Tuskers or lean on the great mantel by the fire and tell stories after a hard day in the cave wearing a space suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they often drank together on Saturdays, and once or twice he had been to our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the counter, which was lined with dozens of little statues—waving Chinese cats, meditating Buddhas, Saint Francis bobble heads, and novelty dippy drinking birds with top hats. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I did not understand why I should be offered a drink after having my hair cut, but I didn’t argue. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A pretty young lady, looking for business, was drinking a highball in the second booth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few other people I don’t know stand around, drinking cans of Coco Frio and mingling. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was kept there for a week with nothing to eat but pieces of stale bread and nothing to drink but water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Defying her grandmother, she had started going out late and drinking liquor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had only two cups and he drank his coffee from the bowl he’d eaten from, his thumbs hooked over the rim. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Almost every household was a drinking parlor of some sort; those that weren’t had neighbours that were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, I crawled under the cherry tree for shade and another cool drink of water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father could drink as much as he wanted inside the hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I really do hate oranges, though. I can’t even sit across from someone drinking orange juice.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The drinking of birch and willow tea would ease the pain a bit but could not take it away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nell, Robert, and William fussed when they were brought outside, but they sat up enough to drink warm water sweetened with the last of the molasses, then fell asleep as their skin cooled gently. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his fever is returning; maybe the sludge they drank in the hotel cellar has poisoned him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was the upper class version of buying drinks for the fiddler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beyond, on tables made of board and set outside for the occasion, the women were arranging food and drink. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to get be-hind the wheel and eat up the space, drink it in, make his own choices in that great land without walls. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bartenders knew what most of them drank and automatically fixed it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like it worked,” I said, coming across a picture of her drinking straight from a champagne bottle, my grandpa Wynton in the corner of the frame, laughing a big laugh. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I see myself that first day, sitting cross- legged on a batik floor pillow, drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup, and looking up at Zora with my big, hopeful, curious, attentive eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His approach had been to offer me a drink, and when that had failed he had threatened; he had tried flattery, and when that had failed he had hinted at expulsion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank another mouthful of gin, picked up the white knight, and made a tentative move. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He moved his wineglass toward his family, who looked back self-consciously, lowering their eyes at last as everyone drank. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get drinks from the snack table, and I look around for Jace. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The next minute or two was spent in dispensing drinks. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He starts out by asking me how I’m feeling, when I last had a drink. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I help her over to a chair and give her a glass of water to drink. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I drank the whisky and then I vomited it straight back up; I haven’t touched a drop since. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birds seen drinking and bathing in puddles left by rain a few days after the spraying were inevitably doomed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even as I try to hold my drink steady, it sloshes within the glass, spilling a little bit on the ground, where it flows into the dark spaces between the planks and disappears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Ah, the chipper young man says no. You are looking very chipper,” he says, now drinking the whole glass in one pull. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I still had the iodine so I could drink, too, but of course it had gone when the street soldiers had stolen my bag. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, people automatically offer you something to drink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Jule didn’t like the lemon slices floating in it, but she drank some anyway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now he begged the rains to start, so he could have something to drink. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much point in giving a soldier a safe-suit if he could not breathe the air around him, or drink the water. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I'm just drinking a little wine. I like to drink wine." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I knew how easy it was to make mistakes with drinking and drugs a normal part of campus life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Come, child, drink your tea. It’s not the end of the world. I’ll put an extra blanket on your bed tonight.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“As God is my witness, I got a awful cross to bear. You wanna nice drink?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus knows our sorrows. He tasted them. He drank from the bitter cup.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Grover reassured him again, but was so close to guffawing that he had to stub out his cigarette and drink some water. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel tips his head back like he’s drinking the fresh air the same way he drank the water in Dr. Taylor M. Martin’s office. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nobody but a freak like a deaf-mute, cut off from other people, would ask a right young girl to sit down to the table where he was drinking with another man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I bought the next round of drinks, making it large mugs of straight cider for each of us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The more I exercise, drink water, and eat right, the more I’ll “glow” onstage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His pickup hadn’t been in the drive, but then he often took off after a workday for a drink with his buddies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron drank off the last swallow of his beer and pushed the empty mug away from himself on the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She followed Sister Clara to the canteen, where a dozen round white tables were covered in crumbs and the sticky rings where drinks had been carelessly put down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The soup was stone-cold, but he drank half of it in one gulp. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“A famous victory, gentlemen. A drink to celebrate our victory.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were sharing a bowl of popcorn and drinking diet sodas. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I handed it to him and he cracked it open and took a large greedy drink and burped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like to drink myself—not that I could, with my meds—but some of the computer shows required you to be twenty-one to get in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Now he cries over Margaret and he has no smell of drink on him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That idea seemed even crazier than drinking fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When there was milk, we bled a cow, mixed the blood with the milk, and drank it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black and white citizens drank water from separate fountains and used different bathrooms. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We were sitting at the same large table, drinking tea and eating roasted watermelon seeds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I drink sometimes so I don’t have to think,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And each boy according to his own capacity drank in the applause that poured over his entrance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Cholly had stopped drinking, she would never have forgiven Jesus. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not know if he could drink it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were okay if we drank, as long as we drank responsibly and never drove. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Come, drink with me,” the fat man said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

During heavy rains, river water flowed in a greasy plume far out into Lake Michigan, to the towers that marked the intake pipes for the city’s drinking water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sought refuge in a Negro drugstore and drank milk shakes as an excuse to stay there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know that Americans don’t drink out of saucers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night fell and I drank from the basket. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him as he served us both something to drink. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Minutes later they were sitting inside the old blue van, eating corn tortillas and drinking coffee from the thermos. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He wondered if anyone had the good sense to boil it first before drinking it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They go to Shilshole Beach with friends, and they drink a beer or two at the bonfires, and they bring burritos to Magnuson Park. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, she walked and read and did needlework and drank cup after cup of steaming tea from the Indies. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Men who drank beer by themselves on weeknights brought their wives and little kids with them on Sunday. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If the word belligerent hadn’t been invented, it would have been invented for my uncle when he drinks. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He drank about half the cup and smacked his lips. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the waitress approaches with our drinks, Mitch leans in and whispers in my ear, “You can order whatever you want.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She decided neither to make nothing of it nor much of it; to proceed as though drinking was no more or less than something to be moderately indulged in at seasonal times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got a few drinks and borrowed some nickels with which he played Melancholy Baby five times on the juke box. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She untied it, scooped up the brown muddy water, and drank. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady who worked there and knew my dad would stack up soda crates so I could sit down while I ate hot dogs and drank my soda. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Could she capture some of it to drink? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wilfrido raised his glass and quickly took a gulp of his drink. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He did not drink at all, he told them. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined my friends out hunting for small birds, drinking the sweet milk from the cow’s udder, cavorting in the pond at the end of the stream. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police think Eugene and Bobby fought over the last drink in a bottle of wine. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She brings us fizzy drinks from the staff refrigerator as a treat and slips out of her shoes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Day or night, the benches below the salt were never less than half-full with men drinking, dicing, talking, or sleeping in their clothes in quiet comers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We sit at the table with Freddie, eating cake, drinking milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In my mind I see her sitting up and drinking broth, and her eyes are bright again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I thought, “I’m not only big enough to help Papa with the farm. Now I’m big enough to drink coffee.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When every guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music, games, and, of course, food and drink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bull was drinking martinis out of either hand. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to do things our own way. Maybe we’ll even write our own book, Cattle Raising on Indian Land, or how to raise cattle that don’t eat grass or drink water.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who would drink a potion to almost kill you? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He tucked the pouch back under his tunic and slung the sandals, the food bag and the drinking gourd over one shoulder. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Especially now, as Ben sipped his first drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they’d all eat, the men first, then the women and children, the men still drinking, getting louder and braver, talking about what they were going to do to the bands on the other hills. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the person that is supposed to drink. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her bowl and drank the last of the espresso from it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The man who fetched it, badly shaken, drank it himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ma gave them each a drink of good, fresh buttermilk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day Elya carried the little piglet up the mountain and sang to it as it drank from the stream. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Fancy a drink? Ditch ginger and come and have a pint!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The warders provided us with sandwiches and cold drinks and Lieutenant Van Wyck was perched in the back with us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pyp and Toad would be sitting near the fire in the common room, drinking cups of mulled wine before their supper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m going up to my old room. Do you want a drink, Bar-tolomeo?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But to judge by the greasy faces, the meat eating was almost done; and some held coconut shells in their hands and were drinking from them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We stood around waiting while the regular officers took all available chairs in the tiny dayroom and drank coffee. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I listened to the sounds around me—the rumble of ice from the drink machine, the ding of a cash register, the murmur of voices, and the occasional burst of laughter from nearby tables. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He walked in zigzags around the table where the mute drank his coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They speared the carrots on pointed willow switches and finally they passed the can and drank the juice. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t tell everybody, but you are a nice chap. Understanding chap. Pleasure to tell anything. Have another drink.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light of sunset filters through the trees, and I take a deep breath, drinking in the scent of pine needles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She did not let her leftover jollof rice warm properly but ate it all from the pot, drank two cold bottles of beer, and still did not feel sated. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was too hot even to drink coffee for breakfast, so she had ice water with syrup in it and cold biscuits. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is the difference between life and death, not something you drink at your leisure. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A thick milky liquid oozed out, which they eagerly drank. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I help her to bed and bring her the Lady-a-Pinkam to drink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead they sat on the veranda while Catherine drank white rum. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Only seven or so blocks from our homes, drug dealers hang out by the town courts and old men sit around drinking from brown paper bags. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was unfit to drink, but a dead stork lay by the pond’s edge. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet he drinks heavily to smother the shame of what his life has become, and dies of liver failure by forty-three,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“They probably don’t allow you to wear jeans, either. Or drink sugary stuff like lemonade.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The major said he had heard a report that I could drink. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. No, thank you, sir. Maybe a little something to drink. I mean if you do drink, that is.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few suggested that “Peg Leg” Sullivan had gone into the barn and had set it on fire while drinking. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time your own eyes meet hers, and you must keep looking deep into her eyes as you sip your drink. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought crackers and we ate them and drank some vermouth. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I drink plenty rhum dose tree days of carnival’* I could picture him in his donkey skin, wheeling around to the music of the steel bands. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Navid was the only one who wasn’t eating anything at the moment; instead, he was drinking one of those disgusting protein shakes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was managing somehow to polish her fingernails, smoke a cigarette, and drink a Diet Coke all at the same time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to get something to drink. Do you want anything?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had never entertained on such a large scale before and, worried that there would not be enough to drink, ran out at one point to buy another case of champagne just in case. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Fairy gowns and suits shimmer like the wings of dragonflies. Fairies drink from cups the shape of lupine bells. Fountains of juice and nectar of all different colors fill their cups.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wife gets us both drinks and leaves us alone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drink soothed my throat and left a warm chocolaty aftertaste. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The last drink of water was doled out four hours ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded unconcerned, but her jaw muscles twitched, and she clutched her drink glass so tightly, I worried she might break it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I want to push the drink away, but I cannot show bad manners. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I am sure that is why so many Marines drank heavily when they were in the midst of those quiet times. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a few shuddering breaths and sipped the soothing drink. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then they sat down in the kitchen and drank some milk. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently the trader had no qualms about drinking swill himself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank the tiny amount of water he'd poured out and asked for more. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the food and drink provoked people into behavior that resembled nothing less than high drama. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he lost his job altogether, he would go out in the morning, scrounge around for money doing odd jobs, bumming or whatever, and come home to drink. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She took a drink from a glass of water on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if I drank the sacred drink and didn’t go to Beyond? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Given the rule that no one under twenty-one is allowed to drink beer, which of those people’s IDs do we have to check to make sure the law is being observed? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he made you drink the potion?” said Harry, disgusted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Werfel and Spurge found a pond to drink from, with a few trees around it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

We shared a plate of dumplings and drank free tea. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could run and fetch it straightaway, unless you’d like drinks first.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I started hanging out at a soft drink company, volunteering to put labels on the bottles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He listened, nodded, took a sip from his drink. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and took a long drink of her milk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We have been drinking since this morning,” Lefty said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because of the drinking or the sex or the hour of the night. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We waited as she glugged a long drink from her glass. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’s like my father and drinks the dole itself and that’s why Nora Molloy is often carted off to the lunatic asylum demented with worry over her hungry famishing family. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She nodded thoughtfully, satisfied with that, and had a drink. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Luna gathered more moonlight on her fingers and encouraged her grandmother to drink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"My betrothed can drink as much as she wants," Joffrey said, refilling her cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She drank in the scent of him, savoring the warmth of his flesh, the feel of his skin against her own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Donald Catt, already irritated over having to wait in line, completely loses his cool when the barista doesn’t know how to make the drink the way he likes it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She drank the coffee, took her bar of yellow soap and started back for work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley drank the juice but didn't feel like eating anything. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I drink from the rain before it falls.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t drink, okay? Maybe a beer at a party once in a while, you know, but that’s all. I don’t get drunk.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The youngest daughter's temper flared easily with all she'd had to drink and eat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She tilted her head back and opened her mouth, drinking in the cold drops until her belly was full. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You never know what people will want to drink. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a dipper of water from an oaken pail, drinking deeply, then splashing the remains over his aching head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll modify that slightly. He has never been seen to eat or drink. Never! Do you understand the significance of the word? Not rarely, but never!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And he drank a little pulque and that was breakfast. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a sixteen-year-old, I didn’t understand how Sam could consider himself a Muslim and drink alcohol. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Whyn't you both join me for a couple of drinks in that bar over there? I've some friends waiting as well." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brill and Ellen were glad because they could drink strong cups of tea all day in the kitchen and no longer needed to preside at nursery suppers. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Lucy, do you need to use the bathroom or would you like a drink before you begin the exam?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Men in their forties, fifties, sixties, and seventies all took off their hats and headed inside—and so did I. We ate cucumber sandwiches and drank cups of tea. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I had the bottle in hand and was trying to coax the bonobo to drink when my mom came in from the outside, wiping her hands on a rag. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked what she wanted to drink, maybe she’d like some plum wine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my water bottle and give him a drink. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You could pack up the cooler with some drinks and come watch,” he adds. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I drink a ton of water from the kitchen faucet, but the taste won’t go away. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Could we take one last drink at the bar, Captain? If we promise to behave like gentlemen?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wear our coats to bed, huddling together beneath the blanket while the wind moans, drinking hot water for breakfast because there is no tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He tasted his drink, and that reminded her to pour another for herself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We both need a drink,” she said, then disappeared down a narrow hallway leading to the rest of the house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When he is too afraid to venture into Nuevo Laredo to drink from a faucet in a park, he takes water from the river, which carries raw sewage from scores of towns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His father drank again and wiped his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They sat filtering the ash from the water and drinking until they could hold no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They set the arch-sinner in a pool in Hades, but whenever in his tormenting thirst he stooped to drink he could not reach the water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golden goblets filled with whatever drink you wanted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I swigged them down with this sports drink that looked like chalk dust suspended in antifreeze. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I stick my face into the stream and drink icy water that’s better than the lemonade in any fish and chip shop. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you want something to drink before we head upstairs?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I did not try to find a bar that would sell an Indian liquor so that I could lose my sorrows by drinking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, the doctor sat outside his hut and drank beer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was raining, they leaned on the windowsill, drinking warm, fizzy orange Fanta, and watched the swollen rain droplets trickle down the glass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sink deeper into my chair, while Ben gulps down his drink. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Yet I can only smell dried blood and a sticky spilled drink on my jacket. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad came in for a drink of water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The woman drank from the water in her hand and then flicked the rest away, the droplets scattering like crystals in the slanting light, and when she looked up she saw Ash staring at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished two whole chickens and part of a third, and drank a flagon of wine, talking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jaime David was sick and kept waking up, feverish, needing drinks of water. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you aint going to drink it, let me get to it, T. P. said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the wineskin handed to him by the lymer and drank deeply, and a trickle of red wine slid down his throat, darker than the bright splashes of blood on his skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Like a queen of Egypt my mother told me of—before she died. She drank her pearls in vinegar—just to show off. That Lavinia Lyte is always showing off too.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him what I'm seeing, doing, eating, drinking in Paris, and more about Lou, who is charming, kind, and—there's no denying it—physically beautiful. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the palmer perhaps there would have prowled a rather more sinister figure: one of those who “sleep by day and watch by night, eat well and drink well, but possess nothing.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it wise of you to drink so heavily?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Khalil grabs a napkin from the coffee table and wipes drink off his Jordans—the Three Retros. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was a big and wild man; he drank and cursed like most men do, but he was a good man. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drink my coffee outside on the patio, watching the half-empty trains rattle past, and think about lunch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squirrels and Carolina wrens hopped as close as they dared and drank from the puddles, and you could almost see the blades of brown grass lift themselves up and turn green. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed the drink in my hand. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy, who’ll drink up the attention any girl gives him, gave a halfsmile and glanced down at the paper on his desk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But with all of these Harlemites drinking and talking, there was just a low murmur of sound. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing was, Sookie had offered me the chips twice, but I didn’t have anything to drink and I knew I couldn’t swallow them without a lot of liquid nearby. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Women had to draw drinking water straight from the river, while they clucked their tongues and told stories of women fallen to crocodiles in other dry years, which were never as dry as this one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank hot tea and munched digestive biscuits. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I really had had a bit much to drink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dany drank, and lay back, listening to the soft sound of her own breathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And at this a small flurry of laughter swept over the table; they went back to their eating and drinking, as though the matter were finished. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She drank them the same way, and as quickly As she drank the life out of my father, Though still not nearly as quickly as disease. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that,” he says, and takes another drink. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He wants to know if we want to drink some water and rest,” Pita said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He drinks, then looks me in the eye. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My dad takes a drink of coffee and leans back, getting comfortable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mind, he teased her by pretending to be macho, he’d tell her women were incapable of abstract thought and she’d have another drink and grin at him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do what you want,” he gasps, drinking swiftly, swallowing it all down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put the root-beer bottle to her lips and drank it empty. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was startled to see a boy sitting there, humming a song and drinking from an old beer bottle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed that she had stopped drinking rum, for it was already over and there wasn’t anything left to be nervous about. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he drank too much, and he went home and went to sleep, and I was waiting for him for three hours. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There’s no use making the tea till Dad gets home because it will be stewed, coddled, boiled and unfit to drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I take a big drink of soda, stalling. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I took another drink of the red pop and saw that when I was raising the bottle I’d accidentally let some of the sandwich slip out of my mouth down into the pop. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She drank and put the bottle back into the purse. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some drank the toast with him, most did not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the food and the stories and the consolation, there’s the drinking, and after the drinking, there’s the ride home. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He drank his coffee and left the house in depression. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is drinking beer and one is twenty-five. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made me eat the ham, drink the sherry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She put Eugene in the bed and gave him a drink of water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most of us are forced to drink our travesties straight and smile about it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I pause to take a drink of tea from the flask before I tell him about my homecoming. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Green tea was very healthy; still, Akira didn’t usually get to drink it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They led their horses down to the stream to drink. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If people weren’t interested in buying the petrol, the kids would sometimes snap at them, telling them to drink it: “Kunywa ayo!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were to be carried “to the glory of God,” and emptied, sluiced, cleaned and stowed by half past seven, when it was time to start the morning drinks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I find the baseball game on TV while Dad puts away the stuff he bought, which turns out to be plums, chips, string cheese, and four packs of these yogurt drinks Mom likes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any of those others around. They can do their drinking some place else. Not at our place.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And there was Miss Adebayo, who drank brandy like Master and was nothing like Ugwu had expected a university woman to be. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s still surprised to catch me drinking tea, and has asked several times whether I wouldn’t prefer milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

That way Mama Duck can eat and drink right here. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Twice at the Robert E. Lee if you include the disaster date, and three more times sitting on my front porch for drinks before he drove home to Vicksburg. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I said, “you’re not going to make me drink any of it, are you? You do remember what happened last time, don’t you?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed how, as he held the cup, he tried to hide his pinkie, and I remembered how he used to flourish it as if he felt especially superior when he was drinking tea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out for Genie’s hand and squeezed it for a second before going back for his drink. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Setting the drinks down on a white tin table, she joined her husband in the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts hacking and coughing and gagging, like he drank gasoline. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Every morning he put on the heavy wooden yoke, trudged over to North Square for drinking water. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They weren’t here to drink the night air or sneak a kiss. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Here in my hands I hold a perfectly normal water bottle. One that I drank out of this morning to take my vitamins.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I drank my fill and washed my face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a wide shallow stream and dismounted while the mare drank. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy Willard and the other college boys I knew were usually too poor to buy hard liquor or they scorned drinking altogether. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing did he eat for nine days or nine nights, nothing did he drink. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She thought of the wheel trees: the flowers that opened upward would be drinking in this golden rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And do you know why I’m drinking it now? Because it’s 9 P.M.—time for the ‘X-Files,’ my favorite program of all time.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbit, drinking from a pint flask in the alley behind the Abbot House, told Cal all the news he could think of. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thin man turned obligingly and called for the slave girl to fetch them food and drink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Here in the parsonage, sitting in a cane-bottomed chair near an upright piano and drinking homemade whiskey poured from a mayonnaise jar, it was real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate a light supper of a cheese sandwich and a drink of water, and slept that night in the warm grass with the sound of the stream in his ears. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the high table Sir Ector sat with his knightly guests, who had come for the morrow’s hunting, smiling and nodding and drinking burgundy or sherries sack or malmsey wine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was drinking cold black tea and chewing cardamom seeds, his personal trusted antidote for hang­over headaches. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The water was good to drink, but the hole was far too small for them to fit through. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt to her feet and hurried to the fire, where a number of people were sitting and drinking and talking and occasionally stirring a big pot of stew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As I drank, the glass shook in my hand and the water would hardly go down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came a night when he was so exhausted that, although there were other calls to make, he drank hot milk and went to bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We put in our drink order, and Wells jumps right into the forced small talk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

That evening in New York, we ate, drank, and conversed in the candlelight, reveling in the feeling, however illusory, that we’d stolen away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“This car drinks more water than a cow,” he grumbled. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After he had spooned up the pieces of tripe, he raised the glass bowl to his lips and drank the broth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After waiting for a while to see if I’d elaborate, the barman poured himself a drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I imagine she’s a rich lady who shops downtown, drinks a glass of wine after work, and gets manicures on the regular. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“One drink. With a drink from your well, Mimir, I will be wise. Name your price.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

‘Will you be wanting anything to drink, masters?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

People who go to parties and drink and don’t get wasted off of one beer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The shebeens were where men would go to drink after work and during prayer meetings and most any other time of day as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly how many drinks Juanga had, but I’m one hundred percent sure he shouldn’t be driving. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I dissolved three aspirins in water and tried to get Rufus to drink it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I might be drinking iced tea with a crazy woman. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We find Coach hanging out with the other Bellmont faculty members in the parking lot drinking beer from paper cups and pretending that we students don’t know what’s in the cups. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see one that overlooks the drinking fountain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I take another sip, turning the sugary drink over in my mouth before swallowing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He ordered two Bloody Marys and drank them in quick succession. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Brannon straightened himself up, took a long drink from the bottle of port, set it down and said to Odum, “Sir.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles sat in my living room drinking a soda, stating the obvious. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The name of the drink isn’t the important thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He checked the water on its way to his lips, and seemed to listen: he drank, and put the glass down. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Can you touch my body and heal anything harmful I have done to myself through my drinking? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like lots of people I’d been around lately were either drinking or sighing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Henry’s eyes were red from crying or maybe from drink. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there some water? I am thirsty. I drank beer today.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the most telling of all—they’d won Insomnia Con with their stupid frat boy drinking game idea. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It seemed that no matter how much water he drank, he was always thirsty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t blame all this for my drinking—I can’t blame my parents or my childhood, an abusive uncle or some terrible tragedy. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom is meeting some of his army buddies for a drink and Evie’s down for her nap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have left while I was sitting at the bar, drinking in metheglin and praise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s spring fed, so it’s relatively clean. I wouldn’t drink it, but it’s not all gross and leech infested...at least I don’t think it is.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She gets out bread and some orange fruit I ain’t never seen before and then some red-colored drink that tastes of berries and sugar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Van Houten said nothing, just took a long pull on his drink. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“For man-to-man talks and stuff. My dad’s like that about the Oak Bar at the Plaza. He took me and my brothers there to buy us our first drink when we turned eighteen.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon before business they sat together in Faye’s room and drank tea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They chatted some, but mostly they drank, and I drifted out of the conversation and ended up squinting through the dark, looking at the book spines in Alaska’s Life Library. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I only drank apple cider. Those deputies were out to get me.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"Women get these notions in their heads----" "Shall we take anything to drink?" called Daisy from an upper window. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She took the RC with gloved hands, removed the cap, and with a small smile of thanks, drank a sip. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was numb to it all, uninterested in drinking and pool and other people, and the more drunk he became the more lucid his mind was and the colder he felt toward everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s always good on the first visit to bring a little something to drink or eat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Djo, the doctor think you got a little too much taste of salt. So drink water now. I will sing you to sleep. The rest of the story can wait till tomorrow.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most experts agree that unless there's something horribly wrong with you, you should just drink water whenever you're—get this—thirsty. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Water is all-important; with plenty to drink, you can survive for weeks; without it, you will be dead within a couple of days, no matter how determined or brave or intelligent you may be. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Ifemelu left, they sat on the couch and drank malt and watched the latest celebrity news on E!. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cook was nowhere to be found, but Mr. Henry leaned against the counter drinking a tall glass of tea. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the beginning they mingled awkwardly, clutching their drinks, and then the coordinator of the evening, a tall, striking woman named Kailynn, called the group to order. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson halted for a moment and drank a sip of water from a mug on her desk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So Bunnicula was immediately given some carrot juice, which he drank eagerly. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to them that they did little but eat and drink and rest, and walk among the trees; and it was enough. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chronically dehydrated, he drank as much as he could; after an 88o-meter run in 106-degree heat, he downed eight orangeades and a quart of beer. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

You pay for the drink, I thank you graciously, and everyone walks away happy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could drink, he thought for a moment, and that would fill the emptiness and ease the hunger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so he sat through a long part of the day, keeping the flames even, eating from his stock of raspberries, leaving to drink from the lake when he was thirsty. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited for the bus, I opened the bottle in the bag as I had seen bums do, and I took a long, deep drink. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As sight came into both my eyes, a warm feeling filled me — like drinking hot tea on a cold day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cal drank the coffee scalding as it was and went into the living room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to work hard for his money and drink his Carlsberg. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She discovered that Grandmother could hold a cup and drink without any help at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning, Obinze noticed that the other men, drinking coffee from paper cups and checking the board to see who would be working with whom, were laughing at Nigel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Going home?” a voice asks as I step into the science wing, making me jump and almost spill my drink. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And so the pleasant evening unraveled—the noisy meal at which I even drank a little wine, the presents, bedtime for the younger children, while their bigger brothers and sisters went off to watch television. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Negro dreads rejection, and I waited for them to offer the drink. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank a good deal during lunch, but by the time we were finished I was still so nervous that I had brandy with my dessert instead of coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jaja soon came back with the boys, the bottles of soft drinks in a black plastic bag. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like you could use a drink, man,” said Cloke presently. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, drinking transferred from the restaurants, bars, and saloons to the home and places hidden away from Prohibition agents. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“No, the Lady Seymour wants to see you. And the master just arrived with gentlemen friends all calling for food and drink. Hurry!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now I am going to offer you a little drink, Will Ivanovitch,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He started drinking the muddy water, then ripped a saguaro cactus out of the ground and chewed it, needles and all. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She drank the orange juice, but even though she knew she would like it she could not bring herself to taste the hot chocolate. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“And no mixing of drinks either. For each kind of soft drink—another cup.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank coffee in the mornings with my dad before he left for work. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandfather calls for a glass of water, waiting quietly as I drink it down, his hand never leaving my shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit down on a rock and drink some water. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She brewed beer to drink herself, but these three bottles were to see the reporter through the night. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sit over their drinks smiling like children and they relish being surrounded by kindred spirits, if only for an evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walk the aisles every day with a tray of sandwiches, coffee, drinks, and snacks to sell to people at their seats. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he drank, I wandered down the hall to Audrey’s room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt supposed that the monkey must have been dangling from a tree branch, trying to take a drink of water from the river, when the catfish swam up and ate him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

After ’while he quit drinking and started breathing regular. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Whoever loses takes a drink, laughing along with the rest of the people in the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her hair was the color of buttermilk, and that was her drink too, rich and comforting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer drank in the praise and the respectful glance which accompanied it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he was very nice. He bought me dinner and some red drinks that tasted like Popsicles.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Someone came around with a stack of small jars and fastened one to my cage; a little pipe led through the bars like a sipping straw—drinking water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The more I drank, the colder I became to Jerome. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my fault that you don’t know how to drink a really cold Coke.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She emptied Sweeney’s ashtray, and asked if they would like to order any more drinks. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I actually don’t feel like drinking, but I hear Kyro’s voice in my head: Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The nerves of his stomach were so taut that he could only drink the coffee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows passed the frosted-glass window as teachers rushed to the staff room to smoke and drink coffee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He finished eating his breakfast; he ate it all and drank the coffee. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t raised to drink every day, to work at a gas station, and to get killed fooling around with people like Herman and his gas station knuckleheads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re marooned in a calm sea, with barrels of wine and no water, there are two things you shouldn’t do: drink the wine, or drink the sea. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘What about this stuff? After the House of Hades, I kind of hoped we were done drinking poison.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The dancing kept up, the drinking kept up, the noise went on. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I spent my time doing routine housekeeping chores, like adding chlorine to the drinking water, and watching the moon get smaller and the beautiful earth grow larger and more inviting as each hour went by. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not the neatest writing, but I can see that she’s spelled out the name of Mama’s drink, the name that’s on all the labels. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And we both know there’s only one drink of choice with Oreos—and it isn’t scotch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo sat, eating, drinking, and talking with delight; but his mind was chiefly on the words spoken. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Dad drank hard liquor only when we had money, which wasn’t often, so life was mostly good in those days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got a drink and risked scoffing the last Penguin biscuit 'cause there was nothing else in the tin but Ginger Nuts and Lemon Puffs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Also there were racks full of cheeses and pails brimming with milk, delightful to the sea-worn travelers who ate and drank as they waited for the master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank Charley’s health in straight whisky as he ate and licked up the syrup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In among them is the creek, running with clear water unsafe to drink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t drink it; I have my own means of hydration.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If I had bumped into someone from Chisamba Singles on that bus, he would have understood why I was selling those drinks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay,” I tell him, and take another long drink. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stood against the wall drinking his stout between the fireplace and the bed with Eugene. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He spent most of his time drinking whiskey and never fixed anything. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The one . who stands in the lake with the fruit tree hanging over you, but you can’t eat or drink.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In those cases she would drink it herself, or give it to Rowan, because Scythe Faraday made it clear that nothing in his household was ever wasted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The captain knows that the navigator hasn’t been drinking his cocktail. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When Uncle Max goes back out to drink, I think. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I took another drink of water and sat on the stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As we got down into the baseball field part, though, we spotted a group of like five girls already there, sitting in a circle drinking cans of beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Does she still drink a lot of tea? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She turns it upside down and says, "He drank it all." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He grabs my arm and drags me away from the drinking fountain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When Angel got home from school the next day, Jordan was sitting in the big chair in the living room, drinking a beer. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flesh eating and blood drinking, did she mean? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate the same food that was cooked for all the miners, and I had forbidden the drinking of alcoholic beverages within the mine. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilots had bought drinks from the bar and were beginning to warm up to the festivities. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question, however, would have caused at least ten of them to stop poking at each other; six to forget about eating and three others to find the need for drink suddenly less urgent. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peggy had stopped going, and more and more boys began drinking and picking fights. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Nina helped the Fabrikator drink, then gulped down a cup herself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Most notable is physicians’ declaration that drinking in excess could cause a person’s body to explode suddenly. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He asked if he could get a drink of water. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mom didn’t actually drink and drive, by the way. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chief White Halfoat got the bottle of rye open, drank and handed it off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The two trackers scurried about on the little beach, and they saw Kino’s progress up the cliff before they drank. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the town's big shots were there in their tuxedoes, wolfing down the buffet foods, drinking beer and whiskey and smoking black cigars. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mojitos are fine for riding out storms. Tropical drink for tropical weather.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Now drink that up, it’s a tonic for the nerves, keep you calm when she arrives, you know.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After ordering drinks, they talked for a while, and when it approached ten o'clock, Kerling left. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

For example, a sample of drinking water from an orchard area in Pennsylvania, when tested on fish in a laboratory, contained enough insecticide to kill all of the test fish in only four hours. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I told him to ask old Valencia if she'd care to join me for a drink. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bottle of whisky out of his desk, offered me a drink. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took another drink from his tankard, and swallowed thoughtfully before he spoke again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang just after dinner while they sat on the moonlit veranda, drinking, listening to High Life music. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And she doesn’t have to worry about me, either. I don’t need to drink to get drunk. I can get drunk on things like the tulip—and this night.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just glad to see my mother drink her tea. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She licked the salty blocks of ice for food and for drink, and the milk that ran from her four udders flowed like rivers. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I learned that Uncle Lee had been drinking in a bar, had probably been drunk, and was robbed and beaten in an alley. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And his eyes were wild with the drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As to the matter of the “fellow” that she had met It was far too much for me to deal with at the moment, weary, wounded, and still somewhat the worse for drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He ordered another drink from the maitre d’hotel. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up a tremendously huge Starbucks drink and sips at it and is acting like she cares, but her eyes are still darting that already-recognizable Manhattan Dart. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The plan was to gather for drinks at six. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I went to get you a drink, but when I came back over, you were being entertained," I said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As she drank her orange juice, she noticed the cake. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pumped two cups and drank them immediately and found the water to be pure—although tasting still of the glass of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eat five magic mushrooms and drink a tall glass of water and they bloom in your belly like fog-colored sponges. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

His mother said, ‘I have made a cold chocolate drink, Charles, you can have yours with Edmund.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It’s hot inside the gym from all the kids, and I wish I could get a drink or step outside and breathe some cooler air, but I’m afraid I’ll miss Jason. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This calls for a drink of thanksgiving,” my father smiled. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As historian Michael Lerner has observed, “The law that was meant to stop Americans from drinking was instead turning many of them into experts on how to make it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Dad’s on the couch, drinking coffee with the news on mute. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton was holding a drink and reading the paper. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a street corner I joined a line at a faucet for a little water to wash in and to drink. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He disappears to get us drinks, which my mom would probably say is really excellent hosting. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid Mam will leap from her bed but she only mumbles on about Dad and drink and babies dead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The next time she drank, a sweetness had spread through it, cutting the bitterness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You all right? You sick? You been drinking?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn't drink,” he says, and his smile returns a little bit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they’re dead drunk, an angry monster named Caliban—can you believe it? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Even though the water spraying out of the borehole was brown and muddy, some of the little boys wanted a drink right away. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big windows adorned three full walls, so you could sip your hot drink and use the nosy-nelly spell, chisme, to observe your neighbors at the same time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papa told us we could only have a small drink of water every hour, which was hard, but I only sipped when Papa told us to. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least now you know how bad it feels and you will stay away from drinking,” she said. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She had taken a drink every time it came around, and now she drank deeply again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her Dad drank beer out of a bottle and walked up and down the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With a wink, she adds, “I drink for you.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were offering her something to drink—pressing the glass against her lips. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I ate hot biscuits with butter and peach preserve, drank some of his coffee, and had a little cold ham. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Very well, then. When you is drinking this cokey drink of yours,’ said the BFG, ‘it is going straight down into your tummy. Is that right? Or is it left?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee stolidly and ate the last of her sandwich. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever think about their wives and mothers? Or if they had children? Or if they liked to fish or enjoyed a stiff drink?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antidotes were on hand in case mistakes were made—and as Brullo began going through the tables, telling the Champions to drink, he handed them out frequently. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The last side of the room had all our cabinets and a sink, plus a drinking fountain. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They waited all day under the hot, hot sun without anything to eat or drink. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Fern couldn’t eat until her pig had had a drink of milk. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Derby drank very little of the white wine that Amari had carefully poured for her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might as well have a cooler full of soft drinks and sandwiches, Brian thought. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He claims he's been drinking, but the containers still feel full to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You will drink fresh milk from a bottle. No more stunted tins of condensed milk, no more homemade soybean milk,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had no other drink but the morning dew that glistened on the tall grass, and no food at all unless she cared to eat the grass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I never drank beer again after that first time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His red cap is hooked on the back of his chair and he’s drinking orange juice, an empty plate in front of him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A mug of something hot that you don’t drink. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m on my way home. Been away a long time. Won’t you have a drink?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to choose between Bellmont and anywhere else, because I don’t want to end up alone rotting away in a row home drinking myself to death. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cold drink?” he asked me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the identical way, people volunteered to handle drinks, desserts, posters, and decorations. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Every ten minutes, she plumped up her mother’s pillow and asked whether she wanted a drink of water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were piled on the deck, eating, drinking, the sound of their laughter rising above the weary sigh of the waves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, her dad drinks, stares at the TV. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“He drinks. He only needs wine, nothing else. Come on. We are done here.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My father liked to drink, and he liked women, so the story goes that his every-month visit home became every six months. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Shebeens gave life and soul to township drinking. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never had he seen a fellow drink so much, stay drunk so long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He brought his mother drinks, but the glass didn’t always seem clean. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped for drink and food, but it was all she could do to nibble at a fig and keep down a mouthful of water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hardly ever drank anything myself, but I bet most people drank more during those “dry” times than they ever did, before or since. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eloise raised her head, lifted her drink from her chest, and drank from it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Should he invite this charming creature to have a drink with him? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, thanks. Not too strong, though. I’m not a drinking man.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple hundred yards away, Grover and Zoe came out of the coffee shop loaded down with pastry bags and drinks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here we keep a plentiful supply of beef jerky and GoFast bars and this magical energy drink called Bluefin, which Lacey put on the shopping list. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now I’m tired and must drink my warm milk and go to bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I told her about the bulletin board as I followed her to the kitchen and watched as she fixed herself a drink. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might I buy you a drink as a token of my thanks, Miss Martin?” he asks, after slipping the notebook into his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I drank some And then pressed The icy glass Against my throbbing toe. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I now invite you all to eat, drink, and make yourselves at home!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the nineteenth century, the rate of alcoholism was high in the United States, and with the high rates of drinking came violence, much of it targeting women in their own homes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was the old man who had asked for a drink of his wine, and had started the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whites had arrived, imposed centralized government, and brought material goods whose value New Guineans instantly recognized, ranging from steel axes, matches, and medicines to clothing, soft drinks, and umbrellas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sit and drink for a while, not talking, and I watch them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would beg for pennies, then peer under the swinging doors to watch the men and women drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank the sassprilluh and T. P. pushed the bottle through the lattice, under the house, and went away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't really drink," I remind Tiny, and he nods. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But denying a drink to children and a few ragged old people was something beyond my experience. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I am virtually out of water, but the water Ti Jean and Farmer are carrying is unfiltered—they have both built up an immunity to local microorganisms—so they advise me not to drink it. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When asked why he was not helping to find water, he replied that his family totem was water and therefore he had no need to drink. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Then why in the heck are you drinking? You know you can’t hold no baby with a pint of whiskey in you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He needed a drink of water, not only to relieve the dryness of his throat but to ease the tension of his neck muscles. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mabel's parents called their reminders that we take a car home, not ride with our friends if they'd been drinking, not walk if it was after eleven. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He drank what was left of the water in the mug. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat them down in front of a black-and-white television set, gave each a chocolate bar, and they spent the entire day watching cartoons, while Tata smoked and drank beer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He said this in such a funny way that the milk I was drinking came out my nose when I laughed, which made us all totally crack up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She spun out the pleasure of the cold drink as long as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sipped his drink and remembered the incident of Mr. Reilly’s dumping all of those examination papers on the heads of that freshman demonstration beneath the windows of the faculty office building. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nokomis drank it all up, stretched her arms, hopped to her feet with a young girl’s agility. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The people here like to drink Scotch that much?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She cradled it between her knees and began bailing with her drinking calabash for all she was worth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with allowing passengers to flout Prohibition and drink to their heart’s content, the “booze cruises” were the precursors of the luxury cruise business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Around us, everyone was drinking and rowdily mock singing the school fight song and making out, but all we did was sit there, holding hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of wormwood in this. It’s quite a drink,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lane, alone at the table, sat smoking and taking conservative drinks from his Martini to make it last till Franny got back. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I drank the wine and it did not make me feel good. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Both of them drink tea, or tea substitute, out of chipped cups. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

No. But French’s Island was the spot in Maine where Mr. Patterson used to drink Moxie and sit on the beach with his wife when they were young. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At night, he’d scoop out their eyes with a wooden spoon and drink their blood like milk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were allowed to get drunk before taking off, since it would be their last drink. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No food or beverages are allowed in the library. You have to drink that in the Book Nook Cafe or dump it down the sink.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me here,” she said, “I want to finish my drink.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And while Mama mended Papa’s shirt, he drove in our Carcachita to the nearest gas station to fill the gallon bottle with drinking water and to get more kerosene for the stove. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The guys were smoking pot and drinking beer,” said Scruggs, “laughing and tossing hand grenades into a river.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sookie was sitting on the bumper of the Diplomat, drinking coffee. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I kept drinking more and more until I discovered I could drink lots of beer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Only when he finished it and put it with the others in the pail did he begin to drink the soup. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Canada, Cuba, and Mexico were also reliable sources of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we drink, I look at each of them in turn. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another one drinking water and it became motionless upon seeing me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the tea was ready, she drank noisily to show her appreciation. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The missing gold, the wine Gebu wanted but never drank, the grinning Babylonian with his sharp glance and his soft, insistent questions, all fitted into a picture too clear to doubt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then I see the banners and shouting friends and coolers full of sports drinks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I drink the tears from the Madonna’s eyes.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The whole day was spent drinking and eating. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start laying out the drinks in front of each guy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you are a bully. And you drink.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the buffet-like front seat between us were many supplies, soft drink bottles and bags of chips and cookies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It had evidently been on its way to the water for a drink when it was brought up short by my presence and now clearly was undecided what to do next. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A bulb glows blue above the drinking fountain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I and him used to hang around together. He just didn’t get much work and then he got to drinking. It’s kind of tough on you divin’ and drinkin’. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at my brothers while he drank, and his gaze made them uneasy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a show of drinking, just raising the bottle and wetting my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo carefully gave them water to drink, and then they napped because of the dust and heat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Often they had bought a Cadillac, and sometimes for three and four days, they were setting up drinks and buying steaks for all their friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother died when I was three, my old man drank himself to death, and,” he paused and looked towards the church which already loomed ahead of us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how I warned you, Tayo? I told you I didn’t want that crowd hanging around our ranch with their drinking and carrying on.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up and walked to the pink house for something cold to drink. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yep, so let me pour a drink for Tolstoy and let him think hard about the true definition of unhappy families. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cherie sits in a cafe in Oakland, drinking a smoothie and talking about the old days, back when she and Richard were fourteen. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was Thor, after all, and there was no drinking horn he could not drain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The grant that the king had presented him for signature was on the table beneath a silver drinking cup that had once been Donal Noye’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now and again men would stagger by, clearly having had too much to drink. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, he and his colleague had dinner with some local United Nations officials, where McCormick drank at least half a bottle of scotch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he hiked to the stream and drank his belly full. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The only sure way to prevent him from drinking the rest of the plutonium-green booze is to down one myself. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He became a mouse and crept away from Lyra’s hand to sniff timidly at the drink in the monkey’s clutch. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The old dog drank deeply, standing up to his chest in the cold water; the cat picked his way delicately to the edge of an overhanging rock. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank it without sugar in the dripping glass, and it was pleasantly bitter. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He took a drink from his canteen, then waited to see who was driving the truck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Or have one of the guys check on him? Make sure he isn’t drinking too much?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My mom wanders in for some ice—yes, she drinks her champagne with ice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Favell watched him with a smile as he poured out his drink, and then he began to laugh, leaning back on the arm of the sofa. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Instead you used a code word such as “coffee varnish” or “white mule” or “horse liniment” or “monkey rum” or “panther sweat” or “rot gut” or “tarantula juice” when ordering your drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Most of my friends' parents drank themselves stupid or yelled too much or had stopped loving each other a long time ago, and that was just the way of things, no big deal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some said the college was set afire by cowboys who disliked being told by the Methodists that they could not drink, particularly in a place that cried out daily for alcohol. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured the officer had gone into the tavern to drink a mug of beer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks a cup of hot tea every day because it’s “good for digestion.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I drank some water, watching him over the rim of my glass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She drank a second cup, glad that it was lukewarm so she could gulp it down, then she made use of a reeking seatless lavatory across a cobbled courtyard behind the cafe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My mother brought us a cup of water, and as we drank she fanned us with her head cloth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You would think that after your new drinking buddy got hit by a car, you would sober up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen to get a drink of water. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t stop to eat or drink all day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The counter was filled with people drinking coffee and reading papers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston Lacks was a burly man with a beard that grew to his belly—he drank almost every night in a saloon hidden in the basement beneath the general store. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was drinking from the flask Crow filled and he died choking. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I try to finesse it off and I’m sitting there drinking a bottle of WonderAde, okay?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After resting he drank a glass of iced coffee and smoked a cigarette. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He came downstairs with me and Annemarie at lunch, or yelled “Hold up” and walked to Broadway with us after school to get drinks at Jimmy’s sandwich shop. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“If you want to drink it when you get away from my house, then drink it. But in my house you won’t touch it. The caffeine’s bad for you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A drink would have been fine, but what interested them now was water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A waitress brought over a Coke for Felix and a tall multicolored drink with three pieces of fruit around the rim for his mom. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Colombia, Lidia tells us about the country’s perpetual summer, and we’re tempted to grab a drink from the juice vendors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the drinks arrived, Papi made a funny toast, in Spanish and loud enough for the waiters' benefit, but they were all too professional, and if they did overhear, no one chuckled. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He moved on to Pelor—the last Champion—and the youth drank the glass of wine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mother sighs in relief before taking another drink and going after her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody was laughing, shouting Nice one and Way to go, fumblehands and You sure you haven’t been in there drinking the communion wine? The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Most people were a whole refrigerator full of different drinks. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Stephen, I’m sorry to spoil your festive arrangements, but we didn’t come all the way down here to drink pop and watch TV.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He took a drink from his water bottle and threw the remaining water at my face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We sat around the table and drank two bottles of the wine that had been left in the cellar of the villa. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was its blood that tempted me, the “good, nutritious, salt-free drink” promised by the survival manual. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing he could have done to prevent Ugwu’s death, but his drinking, his excessive drinking, had somehow made him complicit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cup of coffee, or a drink?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coffee is served and the husbands drink theirs, but most of the women keep rapt attention on Hilly. “... thanks to Boone Hardware... let us not forget Ben Franklin’s dime store...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After another drink, he said, “Very well. Whose story do you seek?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Did she have a lot to drink?” the cop asks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Come in, Colonel, and we’ll drink something sinful while we discuss this important spiritual matter.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yezzan’s other slaves had refused to go near the overseer once the cramps began, so it was left to Tyrion to keep him warm and.bring him drinks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The store smelled like sour milk, though the drink cases were still flickering with intermittent electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They all sat in the restaurant afterwards, drinking smoothies. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he did meet the stare of the tall guy, smiling as he drank his beer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So I take a sip of the drink, then gulp down the whole thing out of pure nervousness. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Around the abandoned lorries they passed, supplies had been scattered by troops looking for food or drink or petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lying tangled up on top of each other, they all drank but Nately, who kept groping ineffectually for the door handle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They talked of nothing else and made special beer for the brave hunter to drink while he told them of how he had found the cubs in the darkest part of the darkest forest. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Jemmy drank the warm milk down in unbroken gulps. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had discovered that the more he drank the more he thought about Remedios, but he could bear the torture of his recollections better. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She drinks in the sweet, milky fragrance of his skin, the buttery scent of his breath. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tea,” which had to be transported from Asia, and “sugar brought from the West Indies ... compose a drink cheaper than beer.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone had a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks his tea and tells us stories and shows us letters and words in the Daily News or he smokes a cigarette, stares at the wall, runs his tongue over his lips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you drank, Craig!” a voice was like behind me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Just a few intimate friends for a quiet little drink. Don’t you think Mr. Pignati wants us to have a social life?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Lady Scholar, come drink tea,” they said to each of the others. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom kept filling paper cups with coffee from the vending machine and then she’d sit down and drink it, staring at the floor, and stand up and get another. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They drank coffee and sat for a long time, looking into each other’s eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And maybe sleep off the drinks he had at lunch. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

All Papa and Dadi do is read the papers, discuss things in whispers, and drink cup after cup of watery tea. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Stanley was relieved to be left alone, but he was so thirsty he felt as if he would die if he didn't get something to drink soon. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And as more and more women stopped drinking secretly at home and took to drinking openly in speakeasies, the “speaks,” as they were sometimes called, underwent changes. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Charlie knew that George's first wife and child had been killed in a car accident and that was why Charlie's mom said he drank so much. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I drank for a long time and filled my basket and then, feeling better, crawled toward the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so each drank, and each died, and the poets say, ‘I tell the tale that I heard told. Mithridates, he died old.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She never drank from the water fountains at school, even if she was thirsty, and some days, she could make it through the school day without having to go once. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The stuff grew not less but more horrible with every mouthful he drank. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Tight circles of strangers were drinking and smoking, oblivious to us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He avoided our company, preferring to spend his time with his drinking companions, mostly hired men from the less reputable theatre companies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pagoda, the friends, the drinking, and the pot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His pistol smokes, and he takes a long drink from his flask and passes it to Werner, and Werner puts it to his lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“They ate everything: the plants, the houses, the stored grain. They even fastened onto the cattle and drank their milk.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Into our third hour I got up to get a drink of water. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In theory, they would chat, make their apologies, agree to respect the boundaries of Fifth Harbor, then all head out to find a drink together—at least that’s what Per Haskell had insisted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m just glad he finally stopped drinking and cleaned up his act before he checked out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why was Papa drinking his tea quietly, as if Jaja had not just talked back to him? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Snow drinking from the poisoned cup himself to deflect suspicion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere was so unhospitable I stepped outside where they could watch me and I drank the orange. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged herself against the sudden chill and watched the marsh thirstily drink up the first water of the season. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn appeared with a plate full of chocolate chip cookies and balanced three orange fizzy drinks in her spindly arms before handing them to Seven and Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Then go drink it,” I say, shutting him up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Did she think I thought smoking and drinking were supposed to make me live longer? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And there at the end was Hagrid, huge and hairy, drinking deeply from his goblet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Senator’s grin deflates and he looks back at the maid to collect these mundane drinks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He drank the last of the whisky in a swift single motion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cats and dog drank from the toilets, having despaired of getting their water bowls filled every morning, and everyone in the family talked to one another at the top of their lungs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The important thing is that the drink doesn’t really exist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We drank and watched the trains go by and talked about nothing: television and work and where he went to school, just like normal people. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s seated in a chair in a garden, a drink in her hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Turning, he poured a glass of water from the kitchen spigot, drank it slowly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I was inside drinking, trying to make myself better. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer served pepper soup or drinks, but he could listen to the regular rise and fall of their voices, the laughter, the singing, Master’s shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We drink at a special part of the cemetery called Masterson’s Tomb. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Madam would appear, warm and good-humored, offering her a drink, sometimes food, before settling on a sofa to talk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Outside the walkup some men had set up a table and were sitting on milk crates, drinking Budweisers in paper bags and playing dominoes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As a rule, though, that wasn’t how all their drinking turned out. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her time she whiled away riding plump thoroughbred horses, playing bridge and solitaire and Scrabble, and drinking too much champagne or beer or whatever else happened to be around and open at the time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fledge visited the river too but he only stood in midstream, stooping down for a long drink of water and then shaking his mane and neighing several times. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

To rid your mouth of the odor of onions, drink strong coffee. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Let's have a drink, then. The count will be back." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Uncle tossed his drink back in one gulp. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate them quickly while the voices went on outside, then dipped a mug of water and drank deep. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

So Joe splashed over and fastened onto the bottle, tipping it to his lips while the old man squinted his eyes and watched eagerly, nodding happily as the young man drank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank her second glass slowly, raising her head to enjoy the cold liquid flowing down her throat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we were on the porch swing, drinking lemonade and gliding back and forth to create & breeze. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not till desire for food and drink had left them were they mindful of dance and song, that are the grace of feasting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family reminds me of good things to drink. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They stood near the watering trough while the horses sauntered in from the hillsides for an evening drink. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It does not matter. I will drink it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew they would at least give me advice and something to eat and drink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a gourd of water out of his sack and offered it to his wife before drinking some. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the head of the table, drinking a chicken broth that landed in her stomach like an elixir of resurrection, Meme then saw Fernanda and Amaranta wrapped in an accusatory halo of reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sitting at a college house party in San Diego, drinking jungle juice, a girl as fine as Flaca sitting right next to me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But she hadn’t been drinking; it only looked that way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A large party enters, and now there are patrons standing behind them to order drinks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mother at the drink station nervously told one of her junior-high-school-aged boys to turn around and not look at us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps he found me attractive. But most likely it was because he drank some cheap wine. I went with it. Didn’t want to compromise the mission after coming so far.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We will walk a little and then go find us some refreshment, and eat and drink on the battlement, and survey the fair morning.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They drink themselves sick and numb themselves with poisonous and delightful powders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I make two egg-salad sandwiches and drink an enormous glass of milk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In an unused upstairs bedroom, she found a man in an army uniform crying and drinking from a bottle that never emptied. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘Lemon rind rubbed on a lump of sugar and boiling water with rum. It’s a good drink.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll guide you, Cousins, straight and true,” said Hand Clap, “for there’s nothing I can’t do. I can dig up a mountain, drink up a lake, outrun the wind....” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He distributes the drinks and snacks to everyone in our group and squeezes between me and Belén. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take a big swallow of the hurting drink. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The way a good sprint turns your breath to a low whistle, the way it spring-loads your knees: that was my drink. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You mean the drink that tastes of good rotten apples?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up past the house to the dark brush line and took a drink of water from the tub. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the five were gone, Aunty Ifeoma asked him to drink some water so the tablets could break down and start to help his body heal. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think he was drunk, even though he hasn’t been drinking lately, but Patrick does that stuff sober, so it’s hard to tell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped up large amounts of snow to melt for drinking water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“To atone for this crime, you will drink the water that cleansed us from our labors.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His face was flushed with drink and with talking about the addition, to which Grover appeared about to agree. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were forbidden on pain of beating to drink or make noise or to fall in love with anyone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter came up then, and the man ordered drinks for the four of us. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As a result, Jackal became too fat to run after Hare as he went to the water and drank half of what was there and dirtied the rest. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I know you not gon’ believe this, but I drank all those beers.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wants to talk, but Sherrie just drinks and broods against his shoulder, slumped like a young girl in the backseat of the family wagon. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They hooked up the old water tank. Kept the water flowing a couple of days. Just dribbling really. Not enough to bathe with, but enough to drink.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The flight attendant immediately offers me a drink of water. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Tyrion shooed them off with the back of his hand and drank deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you drink beer the other day at the bar?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And sometimes we went swimming after we drank. And nothing bad ever happened.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Frankie and I drank sweet iced cocoa at a teahouse in the Java Village, with a view of Ireland across the midway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Servants rush in to clear plates and refresh drinks and set down more savory bites and sweet treats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She found room for the last little goat’s cheese wrapped in its vine leaf, smiled and bowed again, and took a last drink from the spring that bubbled up among the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Am I allowed to bring the cup out? I don’t have to drink this in here, right?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

This drink bites the inside of my mouth and throat like swallowing tiny fish bones. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I thought this might set May off, the tragedy of a spilled drink. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We flirted with our two waitresses, making them stay a moment and have a drink with us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank his fill, and then lay down on the paving to sleep. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We finally calm down, drinking coffee that Minny had to get up and put on for us. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You drink some, George. You take a good big drink.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miep drank ten schnapps and smoked three cigarettes—could this be our temperance advocate? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The elk had to crack it with his hoof to drink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were dazed and wide enough to drink from. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We’d spent the day turning lobster red, drinking iced tea, and laughing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I drink him up after so long apart. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I drank black coffee and licked artificial sweetener from the palm on my hand. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“And they don’t know for sure,” said Davenport, “but it looks like he might’ve been drinking.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

From the time I was really little—maybe just a few months old—words were like sweet, liquid gifts, and I drank them like lemonade. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I drank the cognac and felt it warm all the way down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike taverns and lodges, which were hotels and restaurants as well as bars, saloons were primarily places to drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then silence while Violet drank tea and listened to the hissing iron. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how Tayo had sat staring at the wall, not saying anything all afternoon while the rest of them had been laughing and drinking beer and telling Army stories. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor thing was near starving and ol’ boy was spending his money on drink. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve never heard a news story about people in Pakistan sitting around drinking chai and making jokes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The owner of the place told agents that Bryan and Anna had been drinking there until about 1:00 a.m. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We nod, and I start to stand up, to help her make the drinks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the harsh ultrablack of the Quasi, drinking red wine, staring out the window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But by itself tea is usually bitter, as were the two other new drinks that came to Europe in the 1600s—coffee and hot chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She locks the door, and Mami and I slip out of the closet and eat breakfast, taking turns drinking out of one cup while Tía Mari and Tío Pepe share the other one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She took care of us, so my parents could go out and drink and play board games. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Charles did drink a lot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You were a fool, Percy Jackson. I choose this one. Now we drink.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I opened up the refrigerator to grab a drink, but when I did, I saw immediately that there was no new food in it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think so: Only by drinking it can I empty the basin and see what lies in its depths.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Its facade was almost invulnerable, covered as it was with tin advertising posters for a variety of beers and cigarettes and soft drinks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comes here seldom, only to buy make-up at Bendel’s, or to see the odd movie at the Paris, and once, with Graham and his father and stepmother, to have drinks at the Plaza. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Deydey and Fishtail sat in the corner, talking low and thoughtfully, drinking Grandma’s tea. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He turned a little sideways in his chair to drink his mug of coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Take this drink to your father, darling,” she added, handing a silver glass to Karen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passersby who called in to drink water from the family’s calabashes would say how much they envied that quiet place, and how their own places were so much drier and dustier. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Second, and perhaps most important of all, Prohibition failed because tens of millions of people refused to give up drinking and would do anything to get their hard liquor, beer, or wine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She asked me to pour the drinks while she made a fire. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by the door for a second, drinks and bags balanced carefully in my arms. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"Mom, come on—he's been drinking all day." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Tristran ate fruit and nuts from bushes and trees and he drank from clear streams. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, edging in like he’s about to order a drink, is Frank Socrates. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I pushed the drink a little closer to his face, in case he hadn’t seen it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He drew on die hand that clutched the drinking horn, figuring to give them a shot to talk about, but Todric spoiled it by lurching to one side just as he loosed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to hear about the gal lots of times and they gimme somethin' to eat and drink and some tobacco. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank ten beers, stumbled across the world’s most heavily militarized border, and surrendered his M14 rifle to startled North Korean soldiers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

About ten of us gathered and ate salami sandwiches, drank beer, and talked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I was self-contained, I thought it might be nice if I could invite people I met along the way to my home for a drink, but I had neglected to lay in liquor. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re selling squares of her sweet, sticky rice cakes, plus drinks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about this conversation is that Friday is pizza night and I get to eat slices of white pizza with broccoli and garlic and drink a birch beer while I listen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were several empty jars and a carafe of drinking water on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We drink it of course; but are not greatly comforted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sweet and tangy—almost too sweet—but so good that he didn’t drink it fast, held it in his mouth and let the taste go over his tongue. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank some water and lay down on my bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Moreau pauses to drink from his goblet, letting the blood drip down his chin. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I would offer to buy another round of drink but he would insist, and I would graciously accept, and than him, and smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But, the Greeks said to each other, such things really do happen when people are frenzied with drink. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would your brother like anything to drink too?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys drank the whiskey, after all they weren’t crazy, but all the talking they did was “Good luck,” and “Lookin’ at you.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her cup and drank from it without any difficulty. “ don’t know what they wanna stay up here all October for,” she said malcontentedly, lowering her cup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I drop in at home for a quick drink and go to Milla’s. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Even Helene Wright had mellowed with the cane, waving away apologies for drinks spilled on her rug and paying no attention whatever to the chocolate cake lying on the arm of her red-velvet sofa. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to drink from the rain-catcher pouch slung across my shoulder when my eyes fell upon the graduated drinking beakers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t sit down! Let me drink you in first,” Zooey said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“America,” historian Daniel Okrent has stated, “had been awash in drink almost from the start—wading hip-deep in it, swimming in it, at various times in its history nearly drowning in it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

After that, she vowed to drink her coffee bitter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to drink my cupful, tipping my head back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sent out my ambassador and drank a cup of coffee while I gave him time to operate. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he wished he had not checked it under the bus, for he wanted a drink right then. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cartoon sun sat underneath a palm tree, holding a coconut drink. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I look out my little window and I see Quincy and Miss Lizzy drinking ice tea and laughing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a quarter hour of warm blankets and careful sympathy, Fenton was able to drink something hot, though his hands still shook. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My hunger had honed itself into a tight, throbbing knot, but I felt too nauseated to eat the hard mandelbrot-like cookies he offered me with my drink. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hunter, whose name was Richard Parker, picked it up with his bare hands and, remembering how it had rushed to drink in the river, baptized it Thirsty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hugged Aunt Florentine’s pillows to my chest and drank in their lavender smell. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let's go down and get a drink and see what they pay,” Crowell said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He worked hard, but he could never make enough to pay off his debt. My daddy was a good man but not real careful with what little money he got. He drank too much sometimes. . . .” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and finished his drink; he had earlier put the straw aside, sipping from the glass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She paused to take a sip of her drink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother Water Monster stood in the ocean and said, “You may drink my waters to regain your strength. Then be on your way, Nathan.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I drank some to please her, not wanting it a bit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stood, went back to the water, and took small drinks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora grabs the drinks, and I take the bowl back into the living room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some of the food of Gondor they ate, and wafers of the waybread of the Elves, and they drank a little. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

She colored her hair to be lighter and never spoke about Arman and drank tea with her pinky up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When it tasted roughly like coffee ice cream, I drank it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I perceived that I was sickening from excitement and inanition; neither meat nor drink had passed my lips that day, for I had taken no breakfast. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every one took a drink, tipping the wine-skin at arm's length. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was hot, and I drank some old water. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When Mike and Terrell drive away I go inside and find my grandfather drinking a beer. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked to a stop and barely avoided spilling a tray of drinks onto a table of customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pictured him and Baba drinking tea in Baba’s study, then smoking near the window, a sweetbrier-scented breeze blowing from the garden and bending the twin columns of smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clay rolled his eyes, looked at Mrs. Derby with disdain, and drank another glass of wine. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A grog shop was where criminals and the other dregs of society gathered to drink whiskey and fight. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes’s job is to sit at the bar, chat with patrons, and encourage them to keep buying grossly overpriced drinks for her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then I join the crowd waiting to fill their plastic bottles and buckets with water to drink and wash with for the day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Rosa drank the lemonade, wrapped herself in her woolen shawl, and immediately fell asleep next to Clara, with whom she shared the room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drink the lemonade too quickly, sweet and tangy and cold, and watch as Miss Duncan invites a few girls over to talk to the fine ladies. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As usual, I went to my secret stash, and poured my favorite drink, vodka and orange juice. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I refill the water bottles and take a few drinks from the cold water with my hands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s like the industrial alcohol board. They’ve got suspicious minds. They always think I’m drinking the alcohol. They think that about everyone.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit there in the gloom, which is at least cool, and drink draft beer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, all I think of is water to drink. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are moments in your life where you are alone with two cups and you have to pick one to drink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And he thought of Alf saying, “If she was to offer a drink or even a cupcake—” Kate sat at her desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their coachman ate his bowl of stew, and drank two pots of ale, and went to sleep in the stables. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers the yoke and sets the buckets on the ground so I can drink. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I ate the fried pig skins, danced, screamed and drank the extra-sweet and sticky Coca-Cola with the nearest approach to abandonment I had ever experienced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to party, not drink pop in the kitchen.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He finally goes inside to grab drinks, but then he hears voices on the stairs, and he pokes his head around the corner to see Grace and Maya sitting on the stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we returned, the moose had advanced to the water and was drinking about twenty-five feet upstream. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After we eat and drink we have to go to the lavatory down the hall but we can’t get in because Mrs. Leibowitz is inside, humming and singing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After getting past the crowd of people in the living room, we finally make our way to the drinks in the kitchen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She bows slightly as she presents each drink, the dark eyes held down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Dad saying, You drank what? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Take these drinks, sit at that table, and talk. When I come back, I don’t want to find either one of you dead or the building on fire. Fair?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Teenagers often sneaked onto the farm to drink beer and smoke and kiss each other. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn't been there two minutes when somebody brought Tom Buchanan in for a drink. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Each one had his health drunk, and Adam made a little speech to Abra when he drank her health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get you a drink,” I said, standing up, pulling a glass from the cabinet and filling it with water. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He scooted forward and reached again and laved up a handful of it and smelled and tasted it and then drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They drank sloe gin secretly and told dirty jokes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am telling on her, and she was a spite suicide, drowning herself in the drinking water. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prisoner assisting the doctor gave Jack a bitter solution of coal ground up with water to drink. he whispered. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I feel the familiar little flutter of fear that there’s no one left to watch me come at all, and I’m afraid I’m going to lose all that wine I just drank. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Now you drink—Mother—while I watch,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad let me drink some this morning,” Ben answered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a drink from a horse trough and was thirsty enough not to care that the water was brackish and sour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Tonight I drinking with my son. And one, please, for my friend,” he said, patting the old man on the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he smart? He's not one of those dumb boys who drink beer at the beach all day, is he?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At nine o'clock I drank me a tall glass of water. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them finished their drinks, taking their time, and gathered their coats before going out to deal with their abject prisoner. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He drank his way across the narrow sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the city water, because of recent flooding, wasn’t safe to drink when we got there. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Have one of these,” he says, pointing to his radioactive drink. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She would drink as much wine as she could. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She liked the bees. And we would talk. I made her s’mores with extra chocolate. She liked chocolate. But she liked honey more. She would drink it right out of the jar.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They bought us things like heavy cream for coffee, but we didn’t drink coffee. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He ordered whisky and drank it and felt warm and good. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drink the champagne out of Styrofoam cups, forcing Ashima to have some, too, and they play the Perry Como Christmas tape his father always liked. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see Ashley or Shelby anywhere, but fifteen or twenty guys are sprawled on the floor playing a drinking game. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Anna smiled at all the lights, listening to the music from the drinking houses, the pianos, the phonographs, watching people, arm in arm, striding by in the crowded streets. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once she finished her drink, I just offered to go and get her another. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, at the end of a long night-march, and after bathing and drinking, he felt even more hungry than usual. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the movie theater, Cabot and Josh sat in the back row, popcorn in one hand and a six-dollar drink in the other. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At mealtimes there was a huge round table, filled with all kinds of southern cooking, baked goods, and cold drinks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one remaining water feature in the park—a fountain in Tomorrowland—had become a Mecca for lost souls, who drank the chlorinated water until it was gone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Francie got to know when he was drinking more than usual. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his cousin Gerald were on their way over to Cherie’s house to kick it with her brother and they stopped in at a liquor store to get something to drink. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You’ve pro­duced, and how! What a delicious milk. Mind you, a little rubbery, but I’m not complaining. Why, look at me drink!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Though at the moment I feel more like eating and drinking!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their orders in and fresh drinks on the table, the grownups fell into the steady drone of adult conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was also sensitive to remarks about his drinking. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Together we proceeded to drink an unwise amount of wine and grouse about Ambrose Jakis. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He drank the ale, and then more leisurely began on the pie. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner they drank vodka and smoked, the volume of their voices rising steadily. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When they reached the top of the valley, where the trees thinned out and the rainbow-waterfalls began, they stopped to drink deeply of the ice-cold water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beasley had pulled up another table and was standing on it, shouting encouragement to the gladiators who drank for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty percent of beer drinkers drink 80 percent of all beer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady with a deep tan, bright lipstick, and a pink drink at an outdoor table turned her cheek up to the sun. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Needles and I pushed through the crowd to the drink table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They drank until their little tummies were tight and round. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father spends the rest of that evening drinking with his new actor friends. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we got the cover off, monsters and more security men were swarming the deck, pushing aside tourists and waiters with trays of tropical drinks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told them it was strawberry and it bubbled and tickled when I drank it, and it made me burp. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you have any idea how old watching idiot kids drink and do drugs up here on the rocks is getting? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She mixes her drink with her straw and stares off into the water. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I know what kinds of people hear voices: people who drink too much, who fry their brains with drugs, who slip off the rails. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drank from his canteen and wiped his mouth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted a bath and a new bed and a drink and a little human commerce, and I thought to find it on the Connecticut River. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, my parents either have not slept or have been up for a while, since they are already dressed and drinking tea. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You know he didn’t even drink after she was born and that was a miracle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I raised my glass and she joined me in a drink, moving close. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men played dominoes as they drank Budweisers wrapped in brown bags. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If you drink all this at once I’ll give you a dime,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The girl was holding a glass full of a transparent drink and seemed to have her eyes fixed over my shoulder on something that stood behind me, a little to my left. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They drank in the sun’s power all day, stored it, and fed it back out each night. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you a drink. Then rest a little while, darling.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Bring two bottles of the drink they brought from the factory.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench, drinking coffee and smoking, reading poetry and listening to rain pound the canvas roof. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silence from the bear; and then he dropped the ragged bone and lifted the jar to his muzzle again, drinking the powerful spirits like water. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it up to her mouth, he gently helped her to drink from it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to make you drink this,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Starting down, I noticed a large piece of ice glinting in the remains of an abandoned drink and seized its coldness in my hot hand and hurried back to the room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben had heard the players discussing Coach Spinks’s addiction to this particular soft drink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t read trash. Bad example for the fellows at the school. They look up to one a bit, you know.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wild dogs could not attack me from any of these directions, so I lay on the earth and drank, watching the ravine below me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feral asked, bypassing his spoon in favor of tipping back his bowl and drinking from it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He crouched in the shade of a rock to drink the last of his water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You sleep long. I have been many a hundred strides already today. Now we will have a drink, and go to Entmoot.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They sat in the afternoon, smoking, digesting, considering, and now and then having a delicate drink from the jug. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They always end up dead, cause they can’t eat or drink I guess. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The more he drank, the easier it went down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They make wonderful hot chocolate. Not really a Roman drink—” “But chocolate is universal,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He can’t get a job but he finds money for the drink, money for the drink, money for the drink, money for the drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to drink dittany tea sweetened with molasses, but it tasted too horrible. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman who had been serving drinks came out wiping her hands on her apron and talked to somebody inside the bus. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He filled his thermos from a water fountain, drank it all down, and filled it again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He quickly drank it down, then took his place in line, behind Magnet and in front of Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mormont drank lemon in his beer every day, and claimed that was why he still had his own teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Or else she drank the stuff that Pope brought and laughed a great deal and went to sleep. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave him a mug of coffee without sugar as she had been told the Buendías drank it, and she spread his clothing out near the fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My parents stocked gin and tonic for her visits, bought limes just so they could make her drink the way she liked it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever Dad passed out, Brian said, he took the bottle Dad had been drinking, emptied it, and hid it in the trunk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She probably never drinks the stuff, but we can save some of hers and mix it with yours.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not allowed to drink coffee, so I order hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles, even though it’s warm out for November. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She was more interested in the drinks, in which I had to join her glass for glass, and in little dramas which she had dreamed up around the figures of Joe Louis and Paul Robeson. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes another loud slurp of the tropical smoothie he’s drinking. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He drinks up, heads over to the door, and lies down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drank, and no sooner had he finished than he yelled, “KILL ME!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Look at you two! Why, your faces are red as beets. Let’s get you some cold drinks.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I picked up my tankard and drank a hot and violent draft. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is la llorona, my brothers cried in fear, the old witch who cries along the river banks and seeks the blood of boys and men to drink! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to drink vodka and gin, hiding the bottles in secret places all over the house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would drink from the river, which I would meet again and again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s younger than ever. He drank three champagne cocktails last night before dinner.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It soon became clear that Mrs. Cole was no novice when it came to gin drinking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I asked Bunny, leaning to look at the drink the waiter had brought him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Here they washed themselves and drank their fill at the in-falling freshet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mother insisted I drink more, even when I felt I couldn’t. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One of them had been wounded and the others had been drinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They would shout at her and shove her as she walked to her job, and sometimes they even threw their drinks on her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So he got the bright idea of coming around to Henry’s to scare him,” said Francis, pouring himself another drink. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“May his luck keep him in classes and us in drinks.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“However, it being after noon in the body and whatnot, we should enjoy a cocktail. Do you drink Scotch?” he asked me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We’re one of three meat and wool providers for the town, used to be one of five, soon be one of two because Mr. Marjoribanks oughta be dying from his drink problem any day now. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I'm going to get another drink. See you out back?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I drank the rest of the Dubonnet and sat cross-legged at the end of Buddy's bed and asked for a comb. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My father opened a bottle of whiskey and they all drank as men, and my mother and Ultima set about to making dinner. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you shouldn’t drink so much,” I suggested. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while she’d take a drink of water, then she’d sit there crumbling a biscuit up, her face bent over her plate. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weird how I don’t have to drink the milk anymore,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She asked Ikejide to serve drinks and went down to the living room and from the top of the stairs where he stood, Richard tried to hear what was said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We drank and winced and waited for the lesson to begin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a Saturday night, end of the week, which meant Abel was drinking with his workers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He picked up the cider and drank it down to show his trust. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He brooded on this and drank coffee to stay awake. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

“We were wondering if this was like driving while drinking a Coke, until Dr. Strayer came along,” Linton reflects. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could not make iced tea, but I could make cool tea, and I thought that what he really wanted was a sweet drink. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Not much. Having a drink. Hold on a second, would you?” he said, in response to another murmur. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He ordered another drink for his new friends, and then he joined them for some kind of deviltry in another place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee drank, revived, abruptly saw the face of Jackson in his mind, a flare of cold blue eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drank tea and smoked and talked in loud bantering voices about the Mujahideen’s plan. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And when you drink you don’t remember it?” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sadge -took it with a shaking hand and drank it down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly just a cappella people sitting on Mikey’s bed and drinking. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You have a lot to do, so stop feeling sorry for yourself, drink some water, and start writing,” Clara told her granddaughter before disappearing the same way she had come. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the nearby drinking fountain, I pressed one finger over the hole, making the water squirt high in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Quite obviously, Terryl was trying to counter criticism that texting and driving was merely a theoretical problem, and that it was fair to compare it to such problems as drinking and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Away on the north side, I believe. He went to get a drink — of clean water. Most of the other Ents are with him, still busy at their work — over there.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

No pots banging around, no visitors chatting away at the table, no cold drinks or treats waiting for us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At night, your mother makes you drink castor oil, which she says tastes better than a green guava. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And wind and solar require almost no water to operate and thus do not pollute water resources or further deplete the water supply by competing with agriculture, drinking water systems, or other water needs. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But the Laughing Man didn’t drink from it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He settled back in his place on the bench among the younger squires and drank. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Gives them a good excuse to eat too much, drink too much, and make proper fools of themselves whilst dancing.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crushed aspirins in a cup and dissolved them in water and put in some sugar and sat and lifted the boy’s head and held the cup while he drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Up on the battlements, or in the hall. Sleeping, drinking. I’ll take you if you like.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He drank too much, smoked too much weed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jule put her feet up and wore headphones and drank Diet Coke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She drank her fill, but they did not pause for long. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They gave him a little to drink and eat, and he lay back again, always watching the stranger with dark wondering eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Last year she threw a drink in my face.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And you would drink it,” another voice replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was seldom tempted by the drinks they sold in the Trout: beer was bitter, and wine was usually sour, and whisky was abominable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Matt found a rain-filled hollow in a rock and drank until his head stabbed with pain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried out "Mama" when I laid her down and wet her diaper after she drank a bottle through a little hole in her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you get really sick the last time you drank?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Alex accepts a shot off a passing tray and drinks to the strange spark in his gut at the way Henry watches them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It made everything much better and I took another drink. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then the silence was shattered with the thunder of hoofbeats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinking. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman gave Salva a bag of peanuts and a gourd for drinking water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hour later they both sat on the stone floor, drinking October ale to quench the dust while they admired their handiwork. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I dipped it in the wine and then drank a glass of coffee. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And her drinking, always pretty steady, had definitely increased in the last month of her life. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he took a drink himself and put the lid back on and took the boy’s hand and they entered the darkened hall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He offered to split any profits we made after he was reimbursed for the cost of the drinks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The alchemist was a bit daunting, but, as the boy drank the wine, he relaxed. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took two plastic cups and savored the sweet, pulpy orange-colored drink. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You drink a deal of wine for such a little man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Such simple things, the gourd and the pot, but without them it was hard to eat or drink. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up to get a drink of water, and I examined what he’d circled on the page, because that’s how tricky he could be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All around us, families were eating burgers and drinking malts and sodas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some are shot by ranchers as they try to beg or steal food or drink. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was a leather bucket hanging from a nail so I went and brung it and the drinking gourd that was next to it over to where the woman with the baby was squatted down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her name was Carrie Nation, and although she was a member of the WCTU, she spent years staging a one-woman crusade against liquor and those who sold it and drank it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She raised her drink and gave me a solemn nod. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Radar and I have agreed to keep drinking it until two hours before our rest periods. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And he drank again, allowing, unconsciously, or nearly, his face to fall into the lines of innocence and power which his experience with women had told him made their love come down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She could thank him and send him away now, or...“Would you like something hot to drink? Some chocolatl?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After work he eats, showers, and goes out to play pool and drink late into the night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The drinks arrived, and mine looked clear and pure, just like the vodka ad. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A month or so after that, Cindy Sindy took the strip job at the club because I was drinking our rent. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and drank, barely touching his lips to the water. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m also dying for a drink, but I can’t be bothered going over to the tap. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once he tied the rudder off with a piece of cord so he could go below and get a drink of water but as soon as he drank he returned to the cockpit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was good for you to drink unpurified water, even ditch water, as long as animals were drinking from it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

All Egypt would make holiday in the streets, and the lowliest water carrier would feast at Pharaoh’s expense and drink barley beer free. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They had brought over the fritter and drink stands from the Street of the Turks and the people were in good spirits as they bore the tedium of waiting and the scorching sun. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some of them had a bottle of wine, which they drank at the feet of the glittering Mr. Ritter, making such a ruckus the manager had to put them out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She poured the honey wine for both of us, drinking hers in a series of dainty sips from a silver beggar’s cup hardly bigger than a thimble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In adolescence Gabe was gangly and tall, and as she watched, his elbow knocked over the mug holding his drink; the other boys chorded as he sheepishly mopped up the mess with his napkin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"We'd better hurry if he's to enjoy his drink," one of them said thoughtfully. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was drinking all the way past Mojave, and into the northern suburbs of Los Angeles. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon I found myself pouring the drinks, too, joking with him for no other reason but to share a simple pleasure. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a black- owned restaurant, the only place in the area that served blacks and allowed us to sit in a booth and have a waitress bring us a cold drink. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and got another hunk of ice and put it in his drink, then he sat down again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

So I curse the perfect beach, and the cool, quenching drink that I can feel in my hand, but can never, ever raise to my lips. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My father and Dr. B, talking about teen drinking. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before he could say more, Haider cried, "Here, you planning to drink that all yourself?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was almost as satisfying as actually eating and drinking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the men—reluctant to surrender their sport— would buy me drinks anyway, letting me drink out of their flasks on the streets, urging me to repeat obscenities. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyone ever go splat?” some pale bozo with a neon drink asks the people running the ride, and then he laughs with his bozo friends. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She closes her eyes and drinks the entire glass in one smooth gulp, then purses her mouth, the liquid forming a thin, dark line on her lips. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to ask you to preside over the toast—as a representation of the Goddess. Perhaps you could slip something into her drink.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the great hall ladies and gentlemen drank until their talk grew ribald. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I started to say: “Arliss! You get that nasty pup out of our drinking water.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. LaFarge had found an old bottle of sunflower wine she had put away, and they all had a drink of that. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know, your mother helped me get a drink from the water fountain last night, if you know what I mean.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting on the train, I’m drinking, too, and I’m thinking about what he said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z