| 单词 | dusty |
| 例句 | But all this excitement'll never turn dusty and brown in archives and libraries. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, and wake up Juliet. I want my things moved into the main bedroom. That attic is far too dusty.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He had put on his finest clothes to come to court, but his breeches were patched, his cloak travel-stained and dusty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On that bus, it was hot and dusty, and we sometimes stopped at a restaurant. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sitting side by side on the dusty floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Meggie saw multistory buildings, palm trees with dusty leaves, and, suddenly, still far away but shining silver in the sun, a glimpse of the sea. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They talked in excited, hushed whispers and craned their necks to look down the dusty street towards the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the dusty glass case, sitting on a creaking wooden stool, is Donna Lufkin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I drop the dagger and it hits the dusty floor with a thud. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He hurried down the Street of the Crooked Dog and into the dusty thoroughfare, which was stained pink with dawn and already dotted with the scurrying figures of men on their way to work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Lita’s bare feet and the bottom of her white dress are dusty, like she’s walked a long way to be with me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He decided to return to Huamuxtitlan, the dusty village beneath a flat-topped mountain where he was born. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s really peaceful, like a library, with a high ceiling and dusty old wood, and it smells like a pumpkin patch. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It was a lovely day and we drove out through the park and out along the tramway and out of town where the road was dusty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I give Katherine my best puppy-dog look, but she only rolls her eyes heavenward before marching out smartly across the dusty lane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was no room to sit at the table next to her, so he dropped to his knees and pulled her onto the dusty linoleum floor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z As Princesse crossed the dusty road, she could hear the men shouting. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I expected to find the usual boat store, dirty and dusty with disuse, ropes and blocks and oars upon the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He opened a huge dusty book and drew it to him and dipped a foul pen into an inkwell filled with what looked like coal dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A pretty good show, really, although it gets dustier every day It’s a mother, a father, two sisters, me, and a younger brother. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When she thought about it that way, that talking to Clara was about justice and fairness, the bucket she heaved up the narrow staircase to the dusty, disused attic didn’t seem quite so heavy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Beyond the village, beyond the river and the streams, Laila saw foothills, bare and dusty brown, and, beyond those, as beyond everything else in Afghanistan, the snowcapped Hindu Kush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Avery and Fern Arable heard it as they walked the dusty road. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Her fingernails were painted a dusty rose color, and her hands didn’t look a bit like a gardener’s hands. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And then we were alone with our packs in an empty motel parking lot in a dusty, forgotten, queer-looking little town in northern Georgia. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We sat on the dusty floor, singing and chanting, reliving the final moments of the trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were relics of the Targaryens, black steel with dragon scales cresting their helms, now dusty and forgotten. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boardwalk ends and we step into the dusty street and keep walking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With the annoying blue in her right hand, she looked through the front window and suddenly saw a dusty sedan pull into the parking lot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We passed through a village and across some dusty farmland. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The only decorations in sight were a dusty vase on a three-legged table and a black-and-white picture of an ancient woman dressed in an old-fashioned white dress. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was summertime, very hot and dusty outside, and I could hear cicadas crying in the yard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth was she would rather stay in the too-hot room and read than strip the dusty beds and sweep out moth-infested closets. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They were Navajos, but he had seen Zunis and Lagunas and Hopis there too, walking alone or in twos and threes along the dusty Gallup streets. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was all I could do to keep from jumping from the train and running down the dusty, familiar road to my home and my maa and baap and my brothers. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to the table there’s a dusty gray tarp covering something, or somethings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In the den that smelled of camphorated cobwebs he found himself facing a kind of dusty iguana whose lungs whistled when he breathed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The trip to the kitchen and back could not have taken more than two minutes, yet in that time I tramped through swampy cemeteries, climbed over dusty gravestones and eluded litters of night-black cats. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they sat on the ledge sharing a canteen of water, both weary and dusty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Suspended lamps, rows of spines fading off into dusty gold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And peeking out from behind a dusty velvet curtain, looking in amazement at the scene before them, are four other mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A dusty gloom hung over the chicken pen where the five remaining roosters uneasily preened their gorgeous feathers as they waited for the Angel of Death to chop, pluck, and disembowel their youthful, awakening bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cluny fell from a fair height and sprawled on the dusty road in an undignified heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I hopped down the back of the truck and lurched to the dusty embankment on the side of the road. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Next was sorting files in a dusty accountant’s office that closed down within weeks of my arrival. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We stumbled into a wine cellar—a bunch of dusty bottles in wooden racks—like we were walking through somebody’s basement, only there was no exit above us, just more tunnels leading on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z These springs came from deep within the earth, and the people relied upon them even when the sky was barren and the winds were hot and dusty. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The armchairs and the lumpy sofa were upholstered in dusty brocades, threadbare at the arms: rose patterns on tan, acorns and oak leaves on mossy green. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Twelve miles on foot brought him to Topock, Arizona, a dusty way station along Interstate 40 where the freeway intersects the California border. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they were near the river, there was never any shortage of water, even when other parts of the country were dry and dusty. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She darted left, vaulted a low wall, leapt across a small canal, and slipped through an unlocked door into some dusty storeroom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I rode along the Kinshasa Highway as a boy, it was a dusty, unpaved thread that wandered through the Rift Valley toward Lake Victoria, carrying not much traffic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the mountains,” she said, after an article in one of the dusty almanacs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The streets had that worn dusty look of August, and the leaves hung listless on dull trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The clinic was a dusty little building with a sign on the wall that read El Progresso. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Kit came to a halt, and suddenly she stamped her foot in the dusty road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley opened the door to reveal her husband, a thin, balding, red-haired wizard wearing horn-rimmed spectacles and a long and dusty traveling cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Holding the end of the rope, the three men drag the body away, leaving behind a trail of blood in the dusty road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood for a while and watched the big boys tear around the dusty diamond and then headed home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister did not start talking among nonfamily until a year after I started, but she was neat while I was messy, my hair tangled and dusty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The farm was so large that a leased, battered school bus carried workers to its dusty gate at the height of picking season. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Part of it was practical: without a phone or even the internet, there weren’t many options outside a dusty zipper case of CDs his mom had from high school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The silver rays of twilight slanted through the hemlock needles in dusty streams. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The dusty Volvo was still in the drive, still needing its wash. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Thomas nodded, absently kicking a loose rock across the dusty, cracked stone floor of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh, a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria, would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We parked and I peered through the dusty store window. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z That fab song with the dusty flute in it by Men at Work was on. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A call like Otto had made back when he was being sold on that dusty road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Stepping carefully over the tufts of dusty brown hair, he sat down at my desk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Each morning, we walk the long dusty road to Mrs. Hughes's house—large, white stone, with a yard circling and chickens pecking at our feet. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “You think Anansi will barter for a broken, dusty old crate?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see the ceilings dusty with flies, the ugly maroon walls, the bottles and sticky spoons. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A candle had been flickering in her mother’s chamber, but her great carved bed was empty beneath its dusty canopy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Coraline turned and ran, wildly, up the last half dozen steps, and she pushed herself up and onto the floor of the dusty bedroom. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Now it’s the Doorman at my feet, and the dusty yellow air is in the lounge room from the rising sun outside. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Adele screamed as the caseworker drove away from the house, a trail of dusty fumes in her wake. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was a hot day and the sky was very bright and blue and the road was white and dusty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The dark, dusty world departs beneath me; and I look down and see my body cast, gleaming white from my waist to my toes, the way it did when they first put it on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Kuda sat on the ground with tears streaking his dusty face. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A wide dusty road ran past the house and on each side of the road wild flowers grew. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe his own dusty memories followed him up the path. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Rosa and Regina came out of the cellar, shook their dusty clothes in our hallway until we sneezed, and slammed the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He threw them a little dusty hay and sprinkled some cracked corn over it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She barely noticed the hills give way to the dusty plain, or the lights of Mtoroshanga as they approached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There it was, mined out of the dusty past. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She leaned over the parapet, watching as a young fox approached along the dusty road, bearing a stick with a white rag of truce tied to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His voice and his loudspeaker jingle bells are muted by the dusty glass; he rocks back and forth behind his mechanical reindeer, looking soggy, blowing kisses to the crowd. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The same old books set on Miss Leefolt’s night- stand: Frances Bentons Etiquette, Peyton Place, that old dusty Bible she keep by the bed for show. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The man in the dusty coat said something to the man in the leather apron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There was little light inside, but they could make out a stained floor, round tables, and row upon row of dusty brown bottles lining the wall to their right. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Please have a seat, Signora Hartlieb,” Ida said, pointing sternly at the dusty chairs as Esther came in. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was such a quick motion for such an old man that it startled Pong, and he dropped the precious pork skewers onto the dusty floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The land is dry and dusty, and my mouth is sour with thirst. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Standing on his toes and straining upward, he man-aged to pull & small dusty bottle off the high shelf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were deep pools of knowledge in the dusty volumes quietly shelved in the libraries, and Antain thirsted for all of them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She is unmistakable, though she wears a gown of dusty rose rather than the black-and-white creations he is accustomed to seeing her in. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You plopped down, right there on the dusty street. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The sounds of the new morning had been replaced with grumbles about cheating houses, weighted scales, snakes, skimpy cotton and dusty rows. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was hot and dusty and dark, sunlight visible only through holes in the walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They went out of the dusty, crowded city, back to the lean purity of the untrodden hills and woodlands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out from a dusty corner my personal jar of peaches in syrup. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z And yet, standing there in dusty half-light in that dead house that seemed so alive with ghosts, I thought, maybe .. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Jordan College was scoured from the dustiest box-room to the darkest cellar, and so were Gabriel and St. Michael’s, till the heads of all the colleges issued a joint protest asserting their ancient rights. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She landed on her hands and knees in the dusty lane. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z The police officer had lost her hat; her pants leg was dusty and torn. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I felt embarrassed of our dusty old books and the walls decorated with family photos instead of art. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Olanna wondered where she got it; the plants and trees around were scorched, blown bare by the dusty winds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In that dusty chamber in the mountains it seemed a thousand years ago and on the other side of the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He removed his goggles from his dusty face, revealing clean white around his eyes that made him look like a raccoon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I look at the floor, jeez, it’s so dusty I’m making footprints. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z From above them came the rustling sound of a ceiling panel being slid aside, and in the glow of a flashlight beam they saw Constance’s dusty, cobweb-covered, exasperated face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The man in the dusty coat pulled one of the branding irons out of the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The people of Holcomb speak of their post office as “the Federal Building,” which seems rather too substantial a title to confer on a drafty and dusty shed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His black clothes were dusty from traveling in the Labyrinth, and his dark eyes were frill of hate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was suffused with a weak, academic light—different from Plano, different from anything I had ever known—a light that made me think of long hours in dusty libraries, and old books, and silence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All the same, Joe and Nancy couldn’t help but feel a slight glow as they gunned through the dusty wasteland toward where pickings were best. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t true, if I really searched the dusty corners of myself, that I hadn’t asked for this. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A streak of light from the front flowed past me, illuminating dusty weeds, debris and outbuildings some distance to the rear. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That no one would have been monitoring the dusty dome where we talked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Liyana found some dusty black-and-white postcards at the American Colony Hotel gift shop that said “Palestine” instead of Israel and she bought them, too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The sun shined red behind a dusty mountain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Slowly he rattled along the dusty road to where he had to climb the Roybal ditch bank, and once he had accomplished that he teetered along the bank to the field. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cradling a few dusty blocks in her arms, she holds one up in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When she stepped out from under the bridge, crossing a wedge of dusty morning sunlight, the train was making a harmless clicking suburban sound as it receded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Examining the two of them in that bright light I saw that they looked wrinkled, dusty, and gray. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of the other girls, I don’t know her name. She said we was all over Dust. I en’t dusty, at least I don’t think I am. I had a shower yesterday.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Most of the men wore dusty trousers and work shirts. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I hiked a mile into the dusty center of our little village. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If she couldn’t fix this, her mom would become like everything else in the museum: a dusty relic. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His eyes glanced nervously over the deserted, dusty street. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We sat on the dusty hill next to Iona’s main oval and watched as small, uncoordinated kids ran race after race. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The captain returned like something lost to his dusty men. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearby was a pile of dusty ragged sheets that Granny had kept draped over the upholstered parlor furniture. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Both boxes seemed to be filled with dusty photo frames. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Holly chuckled and pulled out a dusty bolt of fabric printed with bright yellow chrysanthemums. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was bigger than a horse or buffalo and it was a dark, dusty green like the color of sand dirtied from ocean foam. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The three of them sat in front of the roaring fire, slowly turning the pages of dusty volumes about famous cases of marauding beasts, speaking occasionally when they ran across something relevant. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The walls are painted in shades of dusty pink and mint green. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z So we spent the afternoon in the Odoms’ dusty, ramshackle garage searching for stuff to make a fort with. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We do not want to bend over a dusty grave, wearing black hats, grieving for you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It was those rooms, low, dusty garrets at the top of a cramped narrow staircase. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The next thing we knew, we were all in Dell Duke's dusty car, heading out of the parking lot to Fosters Freeze. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The same dusty parking lot greeted them at the travel museum. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She sat there, dusty from nine hundred miles of driving, and refused to move another inch. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We lived in dusty little mining towns in Nevada, Arizona, and California. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a whole box of dusty mason jars in the shed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z This man, Sibanda, had found a tree which grew by the dusty bed of an empty river. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He was only a little boy, ten years old, with hair like dusty yellow grass and with shy polite gray eyes, and with a mouth that worked when he thought. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry climbed out of the trapdoor and replaced it — it blended so perfectly with the dusty floor that it was impossible to tell it was there. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The gusting winds had turned the sky dusty red. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don't believe it!” said Mo, outraged, standing in front of Fenoglio’s dusty bookshelves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They were moderately clean, a few freshly washed, the others dusty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Will held on to the dusty table with his good hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of them lay thrown off the shelves, open on the floor or the wide dusty tables, and others had been thrust back higgledy-piggledy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Making his way into the kitchen, he got down dusty, long unused plates and bowls and glasses; he began washing them in the sink, running the rusty hot water until it cleared at last. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When I got back with the buggy, Grandpa was out on the porch picking long nails from a dusty glass jar on the long-legged, blue-painted old slab table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “On the contrary, I like it very much, dear,” looking from the dusty rosary to the well-worn little book, and the lovely picture with its garland of evergreen. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out his bloodstained, dusty right hand, and the old man shook it gently. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She needed time and a chance to wash and change her dusty clothes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I started to think of myself and my life and my whole lifetime worth of memories as all the dark, dusty rooms of Buckingham Palace. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The magic was dusty and brittle, and if she put too much pressure on it, it would snap. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When we asked her what she did, what her job was, she walked us to Oakland’s Seventh Street, where dusty bars and smoke shops sat in the laps of storefront churches. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I still haven’t visited that dusty hell, so yes, maybe I will.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hey, dusty feet! Down here. Yeah, right here, big boy. You like stepping on folks? Step on this. Sap attack!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even his name is uncool—Pasqual is the name of an old Mexican man who sits on a dusty porch muttering about his lost chickens. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I looked out across the flat, dusty land and could see the slow glow of blue light over the horizon, the first sign of dawn. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was a restless, dry wind that felt as if it blew out of dusty thin years of the past; it smelled of emptiness and loss. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He sat there dusty and spent and no one spoke to him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I say, as we come round yet another dusty corner of the road with nothing beyond it but more dusty corners. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She made her way toward our dusty old car with her daughter trailing behind her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The guard raised the newspaper, to which a couple of dusty moth wings were still clinging, and slapped the door frame with it, smiling broadly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For a terrible moment, the phantom hung in the air, a reverse shadow, long, dusty fingers reaching out toward Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He had a faint, dry smell of herbs, an echo of the pothead smell that always lingered in the dusty corridors of Durbinstall: patchouli oil, clove cigarettes, incense. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s scratched and dusty, which is good news for me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw: palm of the hand almost white; blood dries normally, skin seems dusty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my pace, jogging over the dusty ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘I shall get myself a bit into training, too,’ he said, looking at himself in a dusty mirror in the half-empty hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He arrived at the bottom, hot and dusty and itching from dozens of spines he had collected from a cholla cactus on the way down. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We worked at our dusty tasks beneath the summer sun; later, we played for tavern dances. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In Africa my papa loved the dusty dry winds of the Harmattan, which blew down from the Sahara Desert every December or January. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But said uncle was as real as the dusty old trunk I didn’t think actually existed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Then he began again mopping off the dusty bar top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I grin like it’s not a big deal, but while I walk down the dusty dirt road, I can’t think about anything else. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The back wall has built-in shelves filled with dusty textbooks and a few bottles of bleach. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z As they toured Cange in the priest’s pickup, the treeless, dusty landscape struck Farmer as “amazingly, biblically dry and barren.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Only the beams from the headlights illuminated the dusty road. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When she joined him, she saw the hole in the ringwall—a dark blot in all that white stone, men running through, firing futilely at the tank’s dusty wake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It smelled dusty and alive, a strange combination of sweat and wood and candles and electricity, as if the air still contained the essence of everyone who’d ever walked through the building. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Her clothes seem like real dusty leather, worn and creased for years and years with a rimmed hat and boots for ignoring mud. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The dusty vents blew hot, dry air in my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I looked around the living room at Gus’s old easy chair, the dusty table covered with magazines and coffee cups, the TV with a bowl of plastic fruit on top. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As the color drained completely from the flower, it withered from a glowing pink to a dusty gray. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z We took off our sandals and paddled our dusty feet in the cool water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Littlefinger came next, still garbed in the blue velvets and silver mockingbird cape he had worn the night previous, his boots dusty from riding. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lyddie was aware, as she might not have been minutes before, that she had no bonnet and that her hair and braids were dusty from the road. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Only the dusty little shop was visible on the surface. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She could make out the minarets in the distance, like the dusty fingers of giants, and the streets that she imagined were milling with people, carts, mules. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Its dusty walls were illuminated by a small, flickering oil lamp, and several sacks of what appeared to be flour were pushed together in one corner in a makeshift bed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Samuel was silent for quite a long time while the buggy lurched down the wheel track toward the dusty valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His head jerked backwards, and he slid off the back of the horse and lay still in the dusty road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy wore a floppy red hat, his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow, the blue breeches of a sailor, and a pair of dusty boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere I looked I saw black men in dusty overalls looking tired and bent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A courier came toiling down the dusty lane, pushing his horse through the crowded troops. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Some trucks carried hay bales which farmers dumped into dusty corrals or into minuscule overgrazed plots for horses and sheep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dim room, lit by two dusty windows, shelves lined the walls, and on those shelves were all the things a person might need on an island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The ceiling swam with bright reflections, and sunlight streamed across the dusty, chip-strewn floor. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly we were shooting across the ground, Liam’s leather jacket squealing against the dusty floor as we slid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Craning their necks, they peered up at the dusty orange bricks of city hall, to the tall clock tower that marked the time at exactly 10:04. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Flowered china bowls skinned with half-eaten soup sat on a dusty tablecloth, the spoons still in them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Lyddie’s head pounded, but when she opened her eyes she could see nearly as well as she ever could in the dusty, lamp-lit room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was as dusty as everything else in the room, and its small doors were not sealed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For a while, they walked around the store, pacing the dusty, varnished two-by-fours that comprised a floor, pretending to consider various snacks, drinks, and minnows swimming in bait tanks. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She had no idea this beautiful green country existed so close to the dusty streets of Mtoroshanga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He flicked swiftly through the dusty pages of the aged volume. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The tree mimicked the sunset, all golds and oranges and lavenders and dusty pinks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Three minutes later she and her dæmon were standing at one end of a long corridor, where a dusty skylight let them see a narrow staircase descending at the other. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was dusty and dull, but I told her that if she scrubbed it hard, it would sparkle like a diamond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Kneeling there on my grandfather’s dusty floor with those photos in my hands, I remembered how betrayed I’d felt the day I realized his stories weren’t true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The store was called A-Z, and its dusty show windows were crammed with a weird clutter of old and exotic-looking objects—huge bronze oriental vases next to some beat-up old pots and pans. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Lyra had forgotten the moral, but she hadn’t forgotten the little whirling vanes in the ray of dusty light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He sat and listened in the dusty road, listened to his heart which beat wearily and sadly and waited for a voice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would like that,” she said, fading into the dusty attic air. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Chairs were broken on the floor, and old, dusty spiderwebs draped the walls and hung from the rotten wood and the decomposing velvet hangings. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z At Mother’s house I recently found my dusty Complete Emily Dickinson with its margins littered shockingly by my old palindromes: Evil deed live! croaked that other Adah, and I wonder, Which evil was it, exactly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that she dissects and ponders the dusty mechanical bits of her miserable life’s curse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew I’d rather be bagging groceries at Stokes than driving the loader in Blackfoot, the dusty town an hour north where Dad was building a milking barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I listened to the sound of our footsteps on the dusty road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Man or woman, you couldn’t tell, they were so dusty with a thick cover of snow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the scrying glass, she watched her dusty words fly into the ears of the child. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Not to mention how dusty the Cadillac would get, sitting out there on North Main. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Weeds grew on either side of the road in summer, and a thin strip of green clung to life between the dusty tracks. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On the doctor's desk was a vase filled with silk flowers that might have once looked good, but now were dusty and faded on the side that faced the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes, they even costumed themselves with dusty curtains and old tablecloths, scissoring through the faded fabric with Mamá’s gardening shears or tearing them apart with their bare hands. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Within five minutes I ran into a dusty haze kicked up by the troops, and I realized that they must be just ahead of me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a mile up to the raftered ceiling hung with red, dusty drapes or banners all ragged with the years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She reached for the Hot Mix she munched throughout the day, which looked to Miranda like dusty orange cereal. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In this baked, desolate, treeless landscape, scattered with small tin-roofed huts and dusty walking paths, we drove through a gate and onto smooth pavement. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Chamberlain could see the men shuffling, strange pathetic spectacle, dusty, dirty, ragged men, heads down, faces down: it reminded him of a history- book picture of impressed seamen in the last war with England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the house, the curtains slowly came unmoored from their rings and hung like the petticoats of an old woman, dusty and faded. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A dusty desk sits to my left and there are battered bookcases all around me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We all got in the car and it started up the white dusty road into Spain. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They tiptoed until they came upon a small, dusty window, a soft beam of light shining through onto the stone and ivy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then I walked out of the wrinkly hilly part and out of the trees and into the bright dusty sun, around all those rows of grapevines, following the fence down near the street. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Every afternoon when the school bell rang we ran across the schoolgrounds and over dusty streets and alleys to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Boys played stickball in dusty yards, while girls strolled in giggly groups of two and three. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Some three bumpy hours later, we got off at a dusty corner. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then he rode in a jeep on dusty dirt roads into the bush. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I went down the long red hall under the dusty banners and stood before the dais with its three great hearths, where three bright fires cracked and sparkled. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She smelled rain, a cool dusty odor that sent ripples of excitement through her body—but she wished she could find shelter! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had finished and the room was ready for Sunday, John felt dusty and weary and sat down beside the window in his father’s easy chair. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was brooding about whether to call home when Grover emerged, dusting himself off, though he didn’t look dusty. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man laughed: a dry, dusty sound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our soil wasn't so good, though: dusty on top with hard clay underneath that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost without thinking, she observed the dusty path below: Aunt Chipo’s footprints were short and wide, with the little toe tucked under. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove past the checkpoint, off the dusty road, and onto a busy tar street. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She picked up a broom made of branches and began to sweep the dusty floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I let the rhythm of it take me back to many a dusty ride in a freight car with Gideon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She could still recall the Red City as she had first seen it, dry and dusty behind its red brick walls, dreaming cruel dreams, yet full of life. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It looked hard and dusty, like it’d been in Joey’s pocket for the past few days. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In front of it all, we put two scuttles of dusty coal and a faded half-furled Confederate flag, saved last year when Cold Sassy’s old wooden schoolhouse burned down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was strange, all of us separated by walls, divided into compartments like bees in a dusty hive, so we kept our doors open. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A few dusty suits hanging on a rack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Henry pushed the truck as fast as it could go down the dusty back roads. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Vendors shuffled along in the dusty streets because the sidewalks were too crowded. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is drawn into a slick, tight ponytail that looks like it hurts, and her perfume smells like a dusty flower in summer twilight. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If a pair of silk slippers became dusty, I threw them away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see through these houses, to what they used to be; I can see the colors that used to cover the walls, dusty rose, muddy green, mushroom, and the chintz curtains no longer there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After dinner I would carefully wash his favorite plate—the blue ceramic one—even though it hadn’t been used, just so it wouldn’t get dusty. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The bear smelled the morning’s moose meat stew Omakayas had eaten, the wild onion seasoning and the dusty bit of maple sugar from Old Tallow stuck to the inside of her pocket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He gazed up and down the dusty road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Grinning, she whirled and moved through the main floor, running a hand across the dusty books. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the evenings he lay on the kitchen floor in his stained shirt and dusty jeans, too weary even to shower. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wore a faded red shirt, ragged, dusty, and dark pants ragged around his legs. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of him, on the dusty road, he saw a dog trotting along in the warm sunshine. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The children are red and dusty all over, crimson earth clinging to their clothing, skin, and hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbs out into the heat and drives off, waving to Daddy walking up the dusty lane. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The moonlight was bright and the shadows of Portia and William and Highboy lay black and solid on the dusty street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Behind the house, under the breadfruit tree, there was a pigsty, now empty, the mud the pigs loved to bathe in dried into dusty ridges. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t do that, Cockerell!” the flat-faced man snapped at him, spitting three times on the dusty paving stones at his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Look at this face,” she said, and I saw her dusty face and hollow cheeks, her eyes shining back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He did farm labor between revivals, and in the autumn of ’41 it was our first enterprise as newlyweds to bend our backs together in the dusty fields. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella sank to the dusty floor beside them, sliding close to her father. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His arms were dusty and tired when he was done. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A wagon drawn by two bullocks took us down a dusty road. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In the dusty cloud behind them, Riker scrambled to his feet, clutching his wounded shoulder. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But it was creepy in here, dim and dusty. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One morning at dawn, I’m in the dark bus, bumping down the steep, dusty dirt road to Otavalo. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing long green robes, which were dusty and travel-worn. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z So he stayed close to the wall, and ran down the dusty, foot-wide walkway that jutted out merely inches from the outer rail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z We hurry along noisy, dusty streets that get twistier and dirtier as we move along, leaving the house far behind. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter ambled up to the cabinet and traced her hand along the wood and even the glass, which was dusty. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A dusty gold crown glinted on his withered head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His black hat, pants, and vest were dusty and the homemade white shirt rusty with tobacco juice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When she held them, she remembered the powerful wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and the feeling of it was mixed up with fear and shame and darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Harry glanced into the cracked, dusty mirror and saw Ron and Hermione exchanging skeptical looks behind his back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A soft breeze plays with her hair, bringing with it the mingling scent of dusty tomes and damp, rich ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I mean, how many grown kids spend all their free time building Lego cities in dusty old storage rooms? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z By the time they swung into the dusty carport of the Gardens of Glenwood, he was even more on board with the whole plan. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There was an uneasy scraping and shifting of chairs on the dusty wooden floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As luck would have it, I’m only able—except for a few rare occasions—to view nature through dusty curtains tacked over dirt-caked windows; it takes the pleasure out of looking. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z No zinc tub, no buckets of stove-heated water, no flaky, stiff, grayish towels washed in a kitchen sink, dried in a dusty backyard, no tangled black puffs of rough wool to comb. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve been gone for a while. Either that or Mrs. Spencer is an inadequate housekeeper,” she says, holding up a dusty finger. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z In the rattlesnake cage the snakes lay with their chins resting on their own coils and they stared straight ahead out of their scowling dusty black eyes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the rest of the parlor, the curtains were a bit dusty and a bit worn, but well loved and comfortable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We walked in two lines on the sides of a dusty path, looking into the dense bushes with our bloodshot eyes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Many years later, when Macondo was a field of wooden houses with zinc roofs, the broken and dusty almond trees still stood on the oldest streets, although no one knew who had planted them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In the weak light that came through the dusty windows, Malcolm saw how chapped and cracked the skin of her fingers was, how red and raw. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She and tia Estela used to share a cramped, dusty room all the way in the back of the house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But then came the crisis: the domed silence; the dusty pages of books all around me; the days accumulating in lists of obsequious footnotes; the wandering doubts about the value of scholarship. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm was completely at one with her uncertainty, but thought, Stay like that, when she was in her dusty black feathers. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The dusty road passed in front of the church, then past Tenorio’s Bar and into the cluster of mud houses with rusted tin roofs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When the flame danced into life, its reflection wavered on their dusty glass and silver. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He always added that they were old and dusty and no one else would live up there because the juke box played loud and drunks yelled and stomped up and down the long porch downstairs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Water streamed down the robot’s dusty body as Loudwing leaned over the nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Wheezing, she shuffled over to a bookcase and handed me one of the old, dusty books. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z But here they are, in the dusty storeroom beneath City Hall. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Lucy and I had both a fight for it with the dusty miller; I know it was a hard fight on my part, and I am quite heroic. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “As the years went by, the store and I became dusty junkyards, and after a while I didn’t care.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair, however, was as gray and dusty as moth wings, and her sagging wrinkled skin almost hung off her face like a worn leather sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z They were dusty from the road, and the dirt made my skin itch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Berg was spooky and dark and dusty. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The old man laughed: a dry, dusty sound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He drifted through its streets as if through an exhausted, dusty land, no detail of which had changed in a thousand years. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To Lupita’s surprise, it was not black at all, but dusty white. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And he coughed and sobbed in the dusty space before the altar, lying on his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As the Tillermans, breathing in gasps, were passing the playground, a dusty green pickup swung into the road that circled before the school entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the barn they scavenged a few handfuls of some grain he did not recognize out of the dusty floor of a metal hopper and stood eating it dust and all. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He surveyed the dusty barnyard in front of him, the ugly ruts of dried mud where tractors and trucks had left their tracks. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z A strange, dark whirlwind swept through the dusty street and cried mournfully around the corner of the saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lily trailed off, running a finger across a dusty display case filled with old steamer tickets, diner car menus, and various advertisements for trips around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I let the cow out and lead her by a frayed rope down another dusty road to the colegio grounds, where she grazes on the grass near the avocado trees. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dusty business of ranching he seemed always immaculate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Kyle and his teammates heard Mr. Lemoncello’s announcement but stayed inside Community Meeting Room B so they could examine the dusty old boot box. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z We wrapped them back up in the hide we’d found them in, and Rose pushed them into her pack, tears streaming down her dusty cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A rainy whiff came through the open window, a few large drops spattered against the dusty leaves of a pear tree just outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside was dusty, maybe simply dirty at this point. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was dark in the barn, except for a little bit of light from the high dusty windows, but I didn’t care. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And he took a rag and began to buff the side of his dusty coffin with it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z His face was dusty, his clothes soiled, and dried blood spotted his arms. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Methuselah hurled the dusty volume to one side, narrowly missing his companion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I go out into the polished hallway, which has a runner down the center, dusty pink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t kill you,” he said, once it had unrolled, then held his breath as the dusty jinx-figure exploded. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry it’s dusty. It was in the storeroom. Will you open the door, please, and shut it after me? I have to get home before anyone wakes up and misses me.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So I tiptoed onto the back of the stage and slipped into one of the folds of the curtain and stood still with the dusty velvet tickling my nose. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Joe could smell their skin and their old dusty clothes, and he could smell their guns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie and Ernie stood frozen like two statues, one dustier than the other. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He laid his head back on the dusty seat and felt the sun getting hot on his shoulders and neck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Pale men in dusty linen skirts stood beneath arched doorways to watch them pass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sexers wore surgical masks so they wouldn’t inhale the dusty down from the baby chicks. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen hundred employees filed into the Structures Research Laboratory, a cavernous facility located across a dusty clearing from the Warehouse Building, to hear Knox’s address. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The girl looks dusty and bruised and exhausted. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The bed was unmade and dusty fluff had accumulated on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At last, we set the mattress and the children on the dusty pine boards of the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I choose a dusty brown and draw a valley by a high hill. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Lou is leaning forward at the principal's other side, his dusty eyes focused on me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z An hour later, they reached the outskirts of Hurlock, a dusty, sprawly little town, with one stoplight at its center. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And when Dutchy showed an interest in the dusty upright piano the widower’s wife used to play, he got it tuned and found a teacher to come to the farm to give him lessons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His deck of cards rested on a dusty trunk in the middle of the room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Mr. St. John—sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls, keeping his eyes fixed on the page he perused, and his lips mutely sealed—was easy enough to examine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Already at 6 a.m. people in Phnom Penh are rushing and bumping into each other on dusty, narrow side streets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pretty smelly in there, and dusty, so I pulled my shirt up over my nose while I worked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, I take the two^minute walk down the dusty dirt side street to our cow pen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not see the oxcarts on the dusty roads loaded down with bunches of bananas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Beetle sat on the dusty ground, legs crossed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Here he had done his homework under the dusty black gooseneck lamp. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s dustier than the room below, and there are some cobwebs, but it’s plain as day that this was once some kind of “man cave,” as Daddy would put it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Reed continued, watching for a flicker of recognition in Clarian’s pale face, “They tell this story ’round Liccaro, when the sun goes down in the dusty sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I stand in the doorway and snap a picture of the room in all of its cluttered, dusty glory. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Six white news vans line the dusty road to the camp, and we see reporters prepping to go live with their camera crews. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We've cleared the last of the town proper and have reached the dusty road that leads to the barrier fences. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There were a bunch of dusty spiderwebs in front of the little window and someone had pasted old yellow newspapers over the glass so the kids who got locked in here couldn’t peek out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Chairs shifted and scraped against the dusty floor as people took their seats and eyed each other without speaking. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The dusty smell of the place triggers a bunch of memories. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes, as she was cracking the spine of yet another dusty history, Ophie would catch movement out of the corner of her eye, and there would be the ghost boy standing in the doorway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Within seconds he was back, bearing a dusty bottle and three glasses upon a tray. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She was rubbing sweat off her face and neck with the dusty head rag. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A breeze had picked up, and the air smelled crisp and a little bit dusty. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Thankfully the streets were dry, so my feet were merely dusty from the cobblestones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Still, it’s not easy to live in one dark, dusty room. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Victor leaned against his window and looked out through the dusty glass. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z About halfway, he stopped at the dusty roadside window of a Tastee Freeze, across the highway from the Veterans Hospital, and bought an ice cream soda. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z About two hundred yards from the jetty, along a narrow dusty road, stood a simple wooden hotel painted white. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was dark and dusty and cluttered with junk, just like I remembered. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z His face was dusty and there were residues of mud in between his teeth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mark was finally catching his breath, and the four of them started running across the dusty yard, angling toward the street that would lead them back to the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When he opened his eyes again the day was violently bright and very dusty, and so he rode half asleep, eyes partly closed, dreaming. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I threw myself down to the dusty ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a dusty, unused room that proved to be a large wardrobe. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I’d take off out the door and through the dusty streets of Eden Park, clambering over walls, ducking through backyards. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The other half of the Abbey overlooked undulating sweeps of meadowland, its ancient gate facing the long dusty road on the western perimeter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The horned toad tripped and fell headfirst into the dusty earth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Our sweat-stained uniforms, still dusty from the endless push-ups and practice jump landings in man-made pits overflowing with sawdust from our first week, clung to our skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Jean saw them for the first time in the dusty display cases of the museum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He licked my face, his tail swishing back and forth on the dusty ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Shay and Tally lay on their stomachs on the top floor of the stacks, where the dusty old paper books were stored, peering through the guardrails down at the group. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We walk down the dusty street, lined with fields of knee- high com. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of your business. Go back to the kitchens,” Joe said, picking up a rock from the dusty ground and throwing it at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As our truck moves slowly in the crowd of people, the wide, paved boulevard gives way to windy, dusty roads that are no more than wagon trails. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "All it does is get you soiled and dusty and sore." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Many hidden eyes followed our progress up the dusty, vacant street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The hay on the floor and in the egg boxes smelled dusty and sweet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruthanne checked by the pencil sharpener and flipped through the dusty pages of a large dictionary atop a bookshelf. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z That shot destroyed the quiet, moonlit peace of the hill, and it shattered my childhood into a thousand fragments that long ago stopped falling and are now dusty relics gathered in distant memories. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pascal and Patrice helped me scratch up a little plot that eventually produced a few bleak, dusty bouquets of spinach and beans, which were gobbled up one night by our neighbor’s goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A vehicle was driving into the parking lot, a dusty truck with two goats tethered on the open loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Olanna rested her head on his shoulder; he smelled of sweat, of the open-air market, of wares arranged on dusty wood shelves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Just as soon as Mom heard from Heidi, she must have packed up a dusty bottle of booze, jumped in the minivan, and time-warped to New York. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But just when I thought I was going to get away, the creaky machinery of his face began to grind and a cardboard dawn of recognition was lowered, with jerks, from the dusty proscenium. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bread, like a hard, dusty cushion, is fall of prune-sized holes and has a crust that hurts the roof of Gogol’s mouth when he chews. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He began a solemn speech explaining the circumstances of the case, but was brutally interrupted by Nivea, who threw herself on the dusty coffin that held the remains of her dearest brother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skirt too ruffled for everyday wear; her boots, though dusty, too dainty and impractical for walking across a farm. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z While Texas had been hot and dusty, Chicago was cool and smoky, full of trains and noise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Below, the cypresses looked dusty and disparate, like so many display pieces, badly grouped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If only he could dream it there and pour water into the man’s dusty lips, but he couldn’t. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcos decorated the carriage house with some frayed curtains that had once belonged in the drawing room but that neglect and age had turned to dusty rags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore well- mended hunter’s leathers, a faded traveling cloak, and high boots, all dusty from the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When I put on the headphones, I’m the captain of a jet, And my passengers Are mis abuelitos Coming from a dusty ranch In Monterrey. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t get back to Shalimar fast enough, and when he did get there, dusty and dirty from the run, he leaped into the car and drove to Sweet’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew dusty now, and the sun turned blood red. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the homes had flat roofs and were made of burned brick, some of mud the same dusty color as the mountains that ringed the city. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a dusty, battered tube of ordinary antiseptic cream, such as Will could have bought in any pharmacy in his world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When he began thinking things like that, he always jumped down from his perch by the vent and grabbed a book from one of the dusty stacks by the eaves. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z With trembling, dusty fingers, he touched the kid’s limp, scrawny hand. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Something like Mirjam risking her life for a relationship whose only evidence so far is a cryptic note, a dusty trail on jar lids, and some flowers Mina says Mirjam once received at school? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Some are merely dusty, others tarnished. You shall decide what type of care each one needs.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They were called liars and unbelievers, and while they were never physically harmed, even children laughed at them — at their strange crimson costumes and heavy, dusty books locked in huge, iron-bound trunks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dusk, the snake gleaming dustily in the yellow headlight beams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Regret and a dusty womb and a little splash of orange juice,” she says. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The healthy and the sick, the assured and the sick in spirit, all make their way to church in the gray morning or in the dusty afternoon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A dusty silver sheen in the sky capped the city as it shrank behind them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Bleak and dusty, the air is so thick it coats your throat. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Under the recorded names were other names, just as “Macon Dead,” recorded for all time in some dusty file, hid from view the real names of people, places, and things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain smells, certain voices heard from a distance, made him stop short now and then by the side of the dusty street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At that exact moment, as if kindled by Joseph’s thoughts, two ghostly lingers formed out of the dusty air and tapped him twice on the shoulder. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Just as I suspected,” he continued, opening a large dusty book and thumbing through the pages. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen screens of soldiers in a foreign country, walking up dusty streets with heavy guns. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He crawled under his bed and dragged out a dusty crate filled with green army men. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The old man trundled off a ways into the shade afforded by dusty, silver-leafed cottonwoods and sat down on a log. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s kind of a dusty mess right now, but so are a lot of the “before” rooms on the home improvement shows Mom watches. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The entire underside of the dome looked like space as seen from the Hubble telescope: A dusty spiral nebula billowed up, a galaxy of stars twinkled, and meteorites whizzed across the ceiling. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z These were, I shortly found, connected almost solely with the dusty nature of the job, and of the consequent thirst engendered in the operators. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They rustle along the paths of the Jardin des Plantes and wind through the museum galleries; they echo in high dusty redoubts where shriveled old botanists study exotic mosses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The men above were hurling shovelfuls of magazines into the dusty air. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my attention fixed on the dusty floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Here she was, unloved and neglected, dusty from disuse and filled with memories everyone would rather avoid. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Together, we cobbled together some sandwich makings and found a dusty picnic basket in the hallway utility closet. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Noggle is flipping through a stack of thick, dusty books, probably trying to come up with a lesson that Cardan will like. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The fairground was a pasture along a dusty road this side of the county seat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Pow,” he said softly, bringing back a dusty fist. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was pitch black and the air smelled stale and dusty. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As he spoke, I pictured the dusty gravel road by his house. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A dusty green pickup drove by them, driven by a squarefaced man. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt along the dusty shelves on the wall where he knew Sean kept an old flashlight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I produced a dusty jar of pickled beets I’d found in Shady’s pantry. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Farhad held the creature in his calloused and dusty hands and pulled a roll of parchment from the tube tied around its leg. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I knew only from stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But once I left that room, back out into the dusty, wind-flurried afternoon, I never did return. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z "The day before Mirjam disappeared, I asked her if she would help me by wiping down the dusty jars in the pantry," Mrs. Janssen explains. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a dusty minicab, whose rear seat was covered in nylon fur with a zebra pattern. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It turned out he had a dusty collection of punk-rock records under his bed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Trucks, vans, and buses line the dusty highway winding through the brown hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Writing it down in fancy books that get all dusty with age has lessened it, removed its power bit by bit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The familiar smell of dusty books overwhelmed Tally at the library door, and as she looked around, she realized that books were pretty much all the library had. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We sat in his study on stuffed brown leather chairs, surrounded by stacks of dusty, incomprehensible books with huge formulas inset artistically on the page like poems. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As dusty and musty as that house was, it was full of treasures. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma drove us to the dusty village about two hours away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight floods a dusty space with nests of cobwebs in the corners. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Even tourists seldom patronized the meter because the rest of the “plaza,” not to mention all the dusty side streets in town, were open to their monstrous automotive freakshows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as dusty as the others, and was the right size, no doubt about it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The coconut milk tin was dusty and overpriced. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a room, a very disordered, dusty room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In the dusty light Hugo saw broken model ships and heads of statues and old signs and piles of shattered doors. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z At a short distance, to my left, I saw several men and women picking strawberries on their knees and children playing near old, dusty cars parked at the edge of the field. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z There were piles of creased paperbacks, dusty boxes full of postcards or trinkets. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved some scrolls aside to reveal a dusty volume bound in rotted leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The secret stairs to his dusty sublevel were too narrow to accommodate great beasts like these, but they slipped down them easily. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Aim lower,” said Grace, spotlighting the pair of tunnels with her dusty beam. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I saw no one aside from a little boy, sitting all on his own in the dusty street. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z That night, I go to bed early and dream that Dr. Randolph has turned Mango into a stack of dusty building blocks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She eyed Prosper from head to dusty shoe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They sat dispersed in that hollow, huge, dusty blindness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He told them to get up into the back of a dusty old pickup truck the color of canned peas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I push the old suit back to its dusty corner. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The door to the attic was just as Ophie remembered it, narrow and ancient, covered in dusty white paint. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She discovered that Enoch loved baseball, and she saw the photo of Leanne Washington holding a pie when it was still hanging in the church reception hall, not hidden in a dark, dusty closet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Up the long dusty road they came, mothers protectively herding young ones while fathers provided a rearguard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His mouth was open and his teeth were bared, like one of those dusty, dead animals on display at a natural-history museum. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The kilns in the neighbouring villages were kept busy firing the bricks, but their output was insufficient, and the carts had to go farther afield, returning dusty and brick-filled. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that day he searched again, prying hastily through piles of scrolls and hastily restacking them, staring defeated into that dusty, innocent cupboard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We can’t leave food down there, or let it get too dusty or gross. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His hands were deep in the pockets of a dusty brown jacket, but even with the hands out of sight, Abanazer could see that something was clutched extremely tightly—protectively—in the boy’s right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A bus drove past, dusty and yellow; it looked like one of those campaign buses that politicians used to tour rural areas and give out rice and cash to villagers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z For six hours we rode on and on along the dusty road, passing several villages on the way to ours, which was a good distance away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z There were the books of stories in the dusty sublevel, of course, but there was so much more than that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It seemed to him as he walked into the sharp sunshine of the dusty street that there was never a man so filled with good fortune as he. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Children whose fathers came home every day and played catch in the dusty front yard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry gazed at the circular patch of dusty floor enclosed by his hoop and tried hard to think of nothing else. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I swallowed a gulp of dusty air and said, “Peace.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And one daughter keeps her hand on the mother’s arm, guiding her away from dusty craters in the pavement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She drew a picture of a mushroom on the blackboard and dotted a flurry of chalkmarks for the dusty fallout that would kill us all. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Prim-lipped Victorian china dolls stared in profusion through dusty store windows, like so many props from respectable horror films. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Wandering ascetics, they were three thin worn-out men, neither old nor young, with dusty and bleeding shoulders, practically naked, scorched by the sun, solitary, strange and hostile—lean jackals in the world of men. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the culvert, a dusty maintenance yard ran all the way back into the shadows under the four-lane bridge. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He looked behind him at the dusty cart. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He did not hear his brothers and sisters laughing on the rooftop, or see the tiny, dusty, cluttered room in which his grandfather read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After our lessons, we joined the children playing barley-break in the dusty streets and on the village green. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At the end of three days, he sent us to Oujda, a dusty little town right across the border from Algeria and the headquarters of the Algerian army in Morocco. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of dusty red pickup trucks, like the ones I’d seen around town since I’d arrived, rode into the stadium through the gates. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The car rattled considerably as it raced along the dusty road, causing them all to pop up from their seats every now and then, but Mrs. Das continued to polish her nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A small crowd, children and curious passers-by, followed them as they walked the long, dusty, sunlit street. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Matt could see how dusty his mouth was, but there was no water anywhere, only the dry, rattling poppies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She peered under the bed, gaped at the dusty emptiness. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The three of us got in her car, and she began driving down a narrow, dusty road. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I sighed and plopped down on the first step, worried we’d made our way into another dead-end, boring, waste of time, dusty mudhole of a town, with another move not too far off. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Milton got the dusty bottles from the liquor cabinet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I sat down on the bed expecting him to join me, but he hunkered down in the dusty paisley chair. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z One day he cleaned the dusty lantern globe, and the old dog, remembering, bounced on his three legs and wagged his tail as if to say “I’m ready.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The hoverboard’s operation light was green, and her knapsack, dusty but unharmed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They snake between dusty boxes, overwhelm a sawhorse; he leads her through a thicket of them to what feels like an upholstered piano bench at the far end, and helps her sit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I could see into the basement where mangled parts of children’s bicycles lay in dusty heaps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We follow, pushing and weaving through distracted people, stepping over spiky shrubs clinging to the dusty earth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I found myself in a cavernous, dusty room with a plank floor and high, exposed rafters. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We remain flattened on the worn-out, dusty blue carpet of the bank, and Marv and I are looking at each other with eyes that argue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They would find some patch of arid, dusty, useless land, and dig row after row of holes in the ground—a thousand latrines to serve four thousand families. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To-morrow, and to-morrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Without people or laughter or learning, the domed building was just a fancy tomb filled with dry and dusty books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A dusty Rhode Island red rooster who had wandered too far from his own farmyard crossed the road and Eddie hit him without running too far off the road. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, uh, you won’t get far in those dusty old Sky Sprints you were using before. And if you fail, so do I.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Of course! You’d have given it to him yourself if I hadn't...,” said Elinor, turning red and looking down at her dusty shoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Just room after room of bare walls and dusty wood floors. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s office occupies a dusty third-floor corner that overlooks the gardens: walnut-paneled, overheated, decorated with pinned butterflies and beetles in alternating frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “They shoot them,” he repeated, and the words were dusty and bitter on his tongue. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Bright moonlight reflected softly in the dusty window frames. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the cloying fragrance of the decaying flowers, the air was laced with the odors of gunpowder, damp hay, and the dusty musk of horseflesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She spat, saliva trailing from her mouth to a bloodred glob on the dusty ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A dusty road winding into and out of a white and dusty village. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As they struggled across the dusty plain, the fog became so thick that Percy had to resist the urge to swat it away with his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The dirt road is dusty and hot beneath the soles of my sneakers, and sweat tracks down from the top of my head and across my back, making my T-shirt stick to my skin. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “So it’s hard to imagine her in some gross unlit dusty room.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z This man was dusty and a little crumpled, machine gun limp in his hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Officer Winya slid open the stable door, and a sour whiff of hay billowed out of the dusty building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ugwu watched as tired, dusty, bloody people climbed down, but he did not join those who rushed over to help. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Every day, the men came in by the dozens—dusty, tired men who had journeyed by foot and by wagon when they could not afford a train ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She would complain about her dusty rafters, her neglected heirlooms, the leaky roof, anything and everything. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The basilisk was moving toward Harry; he could hear its heavy body slithering heavily across the dusty floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Grandpa loved the dustiest stores best because they were the ones that would have uncracked rolls of coins in the backs of their safes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Near the bottom, I found a dusty box painted with Russian lacquer-work. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cheap arts and crafts everywhere, dusty God’s eyes, faded cobwebs of yarn. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The rising sun painted the khaki hills red and pink as we hiked the dusty trail. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She used the rag to gather the parings into her dustpan and then wiped the dusty dresser top clean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When they looked through the dusty windows of the schoolhouse, they laughed and laughed. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the dusty kettle and peered inside it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Despite the ball getting all dusty while we played, it had been kind of fun. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They drive a dusty track surrounded by square miles of dying sunflowers so tall that they seem like trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s dusty and confusing and mesmerizing all at once. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The massive brown structure rose into the dusty sky and held the cross of Christ for all to see. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Particularly when I remember that I’m one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless tchotchke. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I wish the water ran so I could wash it. It is so dusty.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Their shadows were long and black on the dusty road, for it was late afternoon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dinah was making her way down the dusty path from the house, waddling along like one of our chickens. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There were sounds of sweeping and cleaning out, and a moment later he appeared, his hands full of tops and marbles and old dusty kites and junk collected through the years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The backseats were packed with dusty children and dogs and toothless grandparents and rolls of bedding and boxes of canned goods. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Kwasi ran off then, laughing as he chased the grasshopper, his bare feet barely skimming the dusty ground. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I looked at him as I reached him and could read weariness now in the dusty lines of his face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z No soft blanket of grass welcomed them.here, only the hard dusty ground, bare and strewn with stones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The school had been imposing: a fallacy of glass and steel against the dusty expanse of the north shore clearing, like a middle finger thrown into the sky, built in record time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Though she still couldn’t see how anyone could make a festivity out of hard dusty work, it was the first party of any sort to which she had been invited in Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The floor space was very restricted, because all round the walls were stacked innumerable dusty picture frames. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Sit down,” said Lupin, taking the lid off a dusty tin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And although their car was small and dusty, it was Italian and looked expensive, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Narcissus unslung his bow and grabbed an arrow from his dusty quiver. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But it was way better than the cold and dusty castles they’d seen in England. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z So after dinner we hid our spare key inside the nozzle of the dusty, folded-up fire hose in the stairwell. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It’s only me, and the air in the classroom is dusty yellow I’m sitting there with books strewn on the desk and words on the board. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Well, don’t look at me. I’m a young god, remember? I don’t keep track of all those ancient monsters and dusty titans.. They make for terrible party conversation.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Alone in the dim, dusty room, I could still see her dumb round eyes, rubbernecking. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Only North Korean soldiers on patrol everywhere, their tan uniforms looking drab and dusty. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I climb, and Max is standing in the dusty light from the window, staring at the attic with his arms crossed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Clover’s wide, dusty Main Street was full of Model As, and wagons pulled by mules and horses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Most academic analyses of this sort tend to languish, unread, on a dusty library shelf. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Polly watched him coolly as he strode away, his shiny black boots getting dusty as he walked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the monotony of bingo and sing-alongs and ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Presently all three disappeared from sight down the dusty road, trotting briskly and with purpose. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sills were dusty and the corners were spun thick with spiderwebs studded with dead flies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He signed a piece of paper—one of those three-in-one papers—and a guy in dusty blue overalls ripped the pink one from the bottom and gave it to Mr. Charles. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He felt sorry for the dusty little man. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a vision of herself trapped forever in the dusty brown parlor reading the Bible to Trotter and Mr. Randolph. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It showed his avatar, Anorak, sitting in his castle’s library, mixing potions and poring over dusty spellbooks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He started the engine and drove on another mile or more before stopping again, climbing out, carrying his lunch bucket, and walking to a little promontory where he could look back at that dusty city. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Towering shelves lined the room, filled with ancient scrolls and dusty spellbooks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Even though this place is called the Gardens of Glen- wood, there are nothing but weeds and the dusty pumice rock in the central open area. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It was a window into another grave—one that had the dusty remnants of a rotting body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My hands were deep in a tub of soapy water, cleaning out one dusty mason jar after another, while Miss Sadie rocked steadily in her porch rocker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It filled in the dusty gaps between the stone tiles, and turned everything a bluish silver that made her feel as if she were frozen in an everlasting moment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We bounce and rattle over the dusty tumbleweed-ridden terrain, until we see another concrete channel up ahead, not quite as wide as the Santa Ana River. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z My mouth went dry like the dusty earth. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There were entire boxes of the detective magazines Ophie had found stashed throughout the library, dusty but otherwise pristine. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Street musicians banged their drums while dancers jigged around the dusty road. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On the right-hand wall between the door and the brown chair stood a black upright piano with a dusty brown bench. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Dusk was falling, and ahead of me was another barren, dusty road going off to the right. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could feel his bones through my wrap as I supported him, and we shuffled slowly along the dusty path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She leafed through the pages, skimming for signs of Reed’s name among the dusty paragraphs and disjointed phrases, but the stories were gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The two of them went into the dusty little room and opened up all the boxes, grabbing a small stack of Maps from each one. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Some stores sell old things, things that smell dusty and damp and long forgotten. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z As they turned onto an even dustier, more littered road than the one the hotel was on, Lupita glanced at Salvador’s face. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z We made it home at dinnertime, dusty and worn out but still elated by our day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I want to sleep, shut my eyes and lie my head down on this cold, dusty floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon heat they snooze in the dusty dirt beneath that tangle of manzanita trees. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Ruthanne used her forearm to wipe the dusty window, only to find that there was a cabinet blocking the view on the inside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Slinging my satchel over my shoulder, I stepped back onto the dusty road. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Dustfinger looked at his dusty boots, at a twisted iron bar lying among the stones, anywhere but at the cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A dusty cutaway road that seemed, simply, to end, as if it had been sliced off by a scythe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I walked along the hot, dusty road, sweating and leading the bicycle by the handle bars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was smaller than I had expected—as places reconstructed from borrowed memories inevitably are—but also duller and dustier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And so you agree—you walk with the stranger along the hot, dusty roads, picking up other recruits, who hear the same story. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Natural light comes through a tall window and shows a dusty room full of random junk: boxes, discarded furniture, metal folding chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The camp controllers tried to keep things as simple as possible; they set up rows and rows of tables lengthwise across the dusty concrete floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Its innards tumbled out onto the cutting board, red and purple and plum-colored, intestines and vital organs like wet jewels on the dusty wood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And she, Anna, and their children and his father would be cast out to walk the hot, dusty roads. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something sordid about the tumbled sheets, the sprawling blankets and the thumped pillows, and that bedside table dusty with powder, spilt scent, and melting liquid rouge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A third twitch of the wand, and a dusty bottle and five glasses appeared in midair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I wipe one hand, then the other, on a small patch of my jeans that’s not already dusty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The floor was cold beneath their feet, and they wore their dusty shoes until bedtime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Their job is to ride the yard’s dusty streets, spotting sick animals and bringing them into Poky’s three “hospitals” for treatment. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He held P. T. and waved as the dusty little Italian car turned into the main road. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Even worse, the dark, narrow street Harry could see through the dusty shop window was definitely not Diagon Alley. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “People want a VIP experience, not dusty décor and uninspired recipes.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The road was white and dusty, and the dust rose under the wheels and hung in the air behind us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Above the fireplace on a wooden shelf was a beautiful, dusty model ship, its sails billowing in an imaginary wind. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Lolo’s old black tool cabinet sits dusty in the corner, as tall as I am. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Besides, his father and uncles were old, and the old lords were like that; they took their dusty feuds to the grave, forgetting nothing and forgiving less. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She leans over my shoulder and lifts a dusty rag, one of my old cloth diapers, to remove a tape measure hidden underneath. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The pleasant, remotely masculine smell of him hit her when he walked into the hall, but shaving cream, tobacco, new car, and dusty books faded at the memory of the conversation in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Farmer drove us south in the pickup truck, down the rutted, dusty Highway 3. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The fire in the dusty room was warm, but he could still feel a cold breeze coming in through a crack in the wall. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But when they dared to raise their heads from the dusty road and get up on their feet again, one of the armorers, Tonya Yudina, was dead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The thin winter snow was already gone from the high peaks, and the sacred mountain was a dusty, dry blue color. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This is in a small town in Jiangsu province, outside Shanghai, a place of dusty shops and rutted roads, of timber and clay — a place where every noise has a known source. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by the jungle, it is green and lush during the rainy season and dusty and flammable during the dry season. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I used it to make sure the area was clear, then jumped down through the trapdoor and landed on the dusty floor of the hidden chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We have already witnessed composers beginning to play around with this sequence as they became aware of musical gravity, but in the dusty world of music terminology it has a name: the Circle of Fifths. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was just after a sandstorm and all the men were standing around him in a U-shape in the middle of a very dusty courtyard. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Tom threw on both brakes impatiently and we slid to an abrupt dusty stop under Wilson's sign. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a dusty day anyhow, and there wasn’t much you could do outside. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His bare legs were dusty and red with welts from where one of the monkeys struck him repeatedly with the stick he had given to it earlier. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The room was dominated by a giant decaying bed decorated with huge posts at each corner, dusty velvet curtains hanging from above, and black tassels and carved gargoyles covered in cobwebs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Rising, I could see the dusty cloud of horns and backs trampling through our corn. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to smother that feeling, to clear it from our lives like cobwebs from a dusty corner. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She leaned forward and spat on the ground, making a small puddle of dusty mud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We climbed into an open green boxcar and settled crosslegged on the dusty floor. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Blue and dusty pink wild sage flowered among the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He stops running when he sees me waiting, his red sweater vivid against the dusty streets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He dug his foot deep into the brown dusty grass to put a spell on her that would make her mute. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z As she let the door flap close behind her, Dany saw a finger of dusty red light reach out to touch her dragon's eggs across the tent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This small dusty boy, he has lost one foot. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “You got a dusty cobwebby attic up there?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The grinding, dusty haul up the Alaska Highway was Chris’s first visit to the Far North. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The summer sun streamed in and made dusty, down-slanting roads from the window to the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two vehicles: a dusty red car with blue doors in the front and, twenty feet behind, the white van of our collective nightmare. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z From her hamper, which she had carried over her arm, she took out a dusty old bottle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When he dropped the bag to reach for the bottle, it was hard to miss the ragged knuckles or the big, dusty footprint stamped on the front of his new shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jethro sat down on a bench in the hot, dusty room; there was no comfort in being there, but he could think of no other place where he wished to be. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They followed the goddess’s dusty footprints through the poison flowers, deeper into the fog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Smiling, Kira watched him go, his thin, scabbed legs churning in the dusty path as he ran to join his friends. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One smokes, the orange embers of his cigarette wafting to the dusty ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Matt saw the dusty cornfields and purple mountains of Durango. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They cut him down and he died; the blood flowed on the walk in a pool, gleamed a while, and, after awhile, became dull then dusty, then dried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long ago in a large university town in California, on a street called Orchard Avenue, a strange old man ran a dusty shabby store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed I saw the ground strewn with dusty ribbons and crushed flowers wilting in his heedless wake. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At the end of the dusty road was my grandfather’s house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no dusty red winds spinning across the flats this year. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Finding my way back to the dusty room of his mother’s, I take off her gown and tug on yesterday’s clothes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sierra’s voice boomed across the building, echoing back and forth amidst the empty light fixtures and dusty piping. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z That rusted grate knew no fire, this dusty floor no footsteps, and the china there on the dresser was blue-spotted with the damp. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sleeve of my shirt gets dusty when I wipe the sweat from my cheek. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Two houses had collapsed into dusty rubble and some men were digging frantically through the jumbled cement, saying, “Did you hear that cry? Did you?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The ants were busy on the ground, big black ones with shiny bodies, and little dusty quick ants. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sword must lie buried with Martin. You would have little use for the dusty bones of a bygone hero. A simple deduction, even for one as old as I am.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The first time had been in the dusty attic of the Big House, where the spirit of Delphi slept inside the body of a mummified hippie lady. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Because Zachary had just come out of the barn, wiping his hands on his dusty jeans. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Clinging to the rocky hillsides and dusty flats above the work site, Shack Town wasn’t much better than a dry, dusty version of Hooverville down on the waterfront in Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The pile of clothes from last week is still there, and it looks dustier and more forlorn than it did a few days ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, perhaps twice a week, he went to a dusty, forgotten-looking office in the Ministry of Truth and did a little work, or what was called work. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Scythe Chomsky, the largest of them, stepped forward and, without warning, swung his fist, connecting with Rowan’s cheek so hard, he spun around, lost his footing, and fell to the dusty floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes and the rays of light that dazzled through the dusty window of my room washed my face clean. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in the dusty bathrobe was short, with iron-gray hair and craggy features. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Lyddie marveled that the woman would wear something so delicate for a ride to the northland in a dusty coach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A dusty blond shadow erupted from the woods at that moment, both hands shakily holding the musket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z As Hannah speaks through the dusty speakers, I feel the weight of my backpack pressing against my leg. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Ralph crawled down around the bend to the toe of the boot, where he sat brooding in the dusty, musty dark. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Arya saw the matted greasy hair, the patched, dusty black cloak that covered his twisted shoulders, the hard black eyes squinting at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And behind the glass the rattlesnakes lay still and stared into space with their dusty frowning eyes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was Rohleder who took the pictures that, when developed, revealed Hickock’s dusty footprints in the Clutter cellar, prints the camera could discern, though not the human eye. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The right fork is narrower with higher bushes on each side and even tho it’s night you can just tell it’s dusty. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The trunk was filled with a silver tea set, a small portrait of a yellow-haired man, something wrapped in velvet cloth, dusty sacks, small wooden boxes, and packets of letters tied in a ribbon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And everywhere the sleepy smell of rotting wood, damp earth and dusty hollyhocks thick and perfumy like the blue-blond hair of the dead. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A ray of sunlight slanting through a window fell yellow on dusty tabletops. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The young fox ambled along the dusty road to Redwall, the hedgerows echoing with the sound of his sly chuckles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To their right, a slope of rough stones, loose and precariously balanced, rose high into the dusty gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z On the dusty plains before the walls of Troy, thousands upon thousands of soldiers take part in the dance of death. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Laertes emerged from the match dusty, breathless, and, it seemed to me, defeated. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Along a dusty brown path in the pine needles, Jenny Simonson was advancing in a red, white, and blue swimsuit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They would crush her between them, tear her to pieces, and leave her body scattered amidst the dusty crates, a macabre blurb in tomorrow’s obituaries. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Stella the pteranodon swooped out of the night, landing with one huge claw on the neck of the tyrannosaurus, pinning it to the dusty ground. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With something of a start, I did remember: a windy autumn night, full moon obscured by dusty rags of cloud. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mile after mile of dusty road stretching out straight before us, lined here and there with cool shady banyans or tamarind trees. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They wound their way through interconnecting tunnels and rough-hewn burial chambers that all looked the same—the walls carved with dusty niches that might once have held bodies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On a magnificent four-poster bed with dusty hangings lay Crookshanks, purring loudly at the sight of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z With a last affectionate glance at the beanfield, the santo carver pushed on, walking, sometimes stumbling, erratically along the dusty road, leaving rattled grasshoppers and nervous little butterflies in his wake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As she stood concentrating in the dusty light that filtered through the glass roof and slanted down past the upper galleries, she didn’t notice that she was being watched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No fences, no fields of crops, and no signs of any kind of settlement or people except for the dusty road itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She pulls two feet of tape from the roll, the screech cutting through the dusty silence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The colors of things in houses have darkness mixed into them: maroon, mushroom beige, a muted green, a dusty rose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she retraced her steps, back under the hedge, along the dusty yellow drive, around the back of the shops, back to her house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z His size, his deftness with the weapon, his scarred and dusty appearance—they are all supposed to intimidate me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My eyes followed the brown dusty path that continued down the hill to the thick forest, through which I caught a glimpse of the thatched and tin roofs of the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I looked because I wanted to be brave, straight into the dusty cat fur of his eyes and the bike stopped and he bumped into a parked car, bumped, and I walked fast. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything is whitewashed and a boardwalk runs along the front of the buildings, raising the foot traffic above the dusty main street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He saw dusty walls, walls almost like those of the Dalton home. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was waiting at Aba the potter’s late that afternoon when Heqet came running down the dusty street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Now he was staring at the dusty underside of the seats instead of the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There was a fake, dusty palm tree in the corner of the lobby and flying pink flamingos on the wallpaper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The man was dressed all in green: dusty green trews, green jacket, and a dark green coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Scarcely a man now alive had yet been bom when Malleon had compiled his dusty lists of weddings, births, and deaths. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They became explorers, rushed around hoping the next clump of dusty trees or chunk of wall might reveal the treasure, the trinket, the exotically rusted hinge. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed the dress aside, hating the dusty feel of the fabric. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Most of them barely glance at us, but eventually, an old man shuffles up, adjusts his dusty white turban, and leans on his cane. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z My sisters and I sat silently on the bus as warm, dusty air blew in through the windows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The old cart rolled on gently, down the long dusty road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the old man talked, Matt pictured in his mind the dusty cornfields and purple mountains of Durango. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph dug through his old papers, sneezing as he explored one box after another; somehow they’d grown dusty in the move. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The pale, miserable boy still made no effort to resist, letting them drag him across the dusty stone of the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I thought about the books I had seen, dusty, bindings crumbled with age. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was startled when Taisin spoke, her voice only slightly louder than the sound of their footsteps on the dusty road. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She’s just opened a box that, to her delight, looks easy to dispose of—dozens of dusty store ledgers from the 1940s and ’50s. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But still, it was so very dry and dusty. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There, where the dirt road makes a deep red cut between high yellow walls of grass, you never know what might be coming toward you on dusty feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the spectators, she noticed, were not of the city: she saw sailors off trading ships, merchants come by caravan, dusty men out of die red waste, wandering soldiers, craftsmen, slavers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Inside the barn three bodies hanging from the rafters, dried and dusty among the wan slats of light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She watched the rump of the horse ahead, the swish of coarse, dusty hairs as he moved his tail. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Rishi spotted her again in the main lobby, looking at the rack of dusty campus maps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Alexander returned with a dusty volume about solar eclipses. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Chairs overturned, a cabinet door hanging from its hinges, the shelves inside dusty and bare. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Brick walls, wooden bracing and support posts, shelves filled with dusty contents. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I would have happily chopped off the heads of a barrel full of eels to escape another afternoon trapped with men whose voices droned on and on and on like rumbling, dusty grindstones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Above that, on a dustier window, in even more faded letters, DONATELLI'S GYM. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked over the flat dry dusty valley and the ugly mushroom towns and they saw a loveliness—who knows? maybe in our lifetime. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most important of his books, and now here he was, sitting inside a dusty, smelly warehouse. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The colors of the carnage were grotesquely bright: the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy’s yellow hair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a metal trunk!” shouted Kojo when its dusty top revealed itself. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Coraline could have sworn that the girl had two wings—like dusty silver butterfly wings, not bird wings—coming out of her back. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was the last week of July, dry and dusty, and I could feel the sun burning my skin. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The dusty cover has been partially ripped away to reveal an old and obviously out-of-commission car. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Miss Spink led her into a dusty little room, which she called the parlor. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The cots were hard and dusty, but Tendai was so exhausted he barely noticed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Tendrils of cigarette smoke rise from clumps of farmers in overalls and dusty feed caps, their tired faces as grimy as coal miners’. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to the faded velvet drapes hanging at the windows, the cobwebbed chandelier, the fancy marble fireplace, the high-topped walnut bed, the dusty matching furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s still the same dusty, twisty, sometimes muddy river road that it was all those miles and miles ago and the same leafy, tree-filled New World all around us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Katherine gives him a small curtsy before setting off across the dusty road. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “So I looked up that photo of Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor you mentioned. They're out on some dusty outcrop in California, right?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She still had her hat on, and her shoes were dusty, as though she had been walking in deep dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a red brick building with skylights in the high ceiling, so that whatever sun made it in lit up the dusty beams and long fluorescent light fixtures suspended from them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A dust trail followed the truck down the dusty street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Others just sat in their trucks, half-obscured behind dusty and cracked windshields, placidly looking on. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen steps ahead of us, a stone hops straight up from the dusty road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The agent’s family was gathered around the pool on this dusty peaceful evening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Maggie screamed and rushed off the porch and down the dusty road into the night. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very dusty and dirty and went up to my room to wash. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was unimaginable that she would ever bend her knees and come crawling along a dusty floor to anybody’s altar, weeping for forgiveness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In October Dad won a contract to build industrial granaries in Malad City, the dusty farm town on the other side of Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Father continued to stare at the dusty ground as he replied, “No.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels, a river of mortal red, and one last kick upset his table knocking the bread and meat to soak in dusty blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The only variation in the dusty brown-green emptiness was a distant smudge of darker green, which he made for because Balthamos said it was a forest and there was a river there, which led south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When we finally reach Casse, a brown and dusty, dirt-street market town made of wood and corrugated metal, Farmer feeds me Cokes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I heard the truck and turned to see it chugging up the dusty goat path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Their cries floated to him on the dusty wind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He held up a dusty bottle into the light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She returned to Clover, and I could hear him shifting and sighing as she worked on his dusty coat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The old man was almost as unusual as the strange things behind the dusty glass. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel it all around me, that invisible presence, chilly as the first intimation of death, the dusty unblinking eyes of a thousand snakes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice, always booming and commanding, was now cracked and dusty. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z No hurry now, a stillness everywhere, that same dusty, sleepy pause, the men not talking, no guns firing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning their backs to us, they bend and lift the dusty corpse off the ground and drop it into the well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and then an ancient shepherd in a dusty brown cloak would pass Sitti's house up in the village, tapping a wooden cane against the stones. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Just as it passed our gate, the heavy framed picture of the dead man toppled from its stand and fell to the dusty ground. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to a firebreak and Papa plunged into it, began to cut a twisty path across its emptiness, shouting “Hyah! Hyahl,” gouging ragged tracks through the dusty sand. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z There were fifty or sixty huge structures still standing, streets were dusty but paved, and you could see one or two old centrifugal fountains still pulsing wetly in the plazas. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A naked electric lightbulb hanging from the ceiling came on, and Elinor, looking pleased with herself, took her finger off a dusty switch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And it didn’t help that he sometimes walked into walls while reading, or that his favorite books hailed from that dusty sublevel where no one else cared to go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two dirt roads ending in cul-de-sacs had been cut into the dusty ground, although the roads had eroded so much I could barely see their outlines. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her voice died, muffled in the closeness of Dill’s sagging, dusty living room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It happened at a river crossing, where a dusty road went over a low stone bridge beside a stand of trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Shelves reaching to the ceiling were filled with old books that gave a leathery, dusty scent to the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Poor beasts, they seemed glad of the water, for already their hides were dusty. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing Rahim Khan speak Ali’s name was like finding an old dusty music box that hadn’t been opened in years; the melody began to play immediately: Who did you eat today, Babalu? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Orlando West was a dusty, spartan area of boxy municipal houses that would later become part of Greater Soweto, Soweto being an acronym for South-Western Townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For certain the pumpkin flowers do their work, but I believe it is the love of Serafina and the many good souls of this dusty village and God that makes me once more whole. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He slipped out of the closet, leaving dusty footprints across the carpet, and was scolded by Celia when she saw the state of his clothes and hair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed it on the dusty chopping board and took a sharp knife. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day he lights a cigarette, unlaces his dusty brogans. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I wipe my clammy hands on my dusty jeans and clear my throat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z So said Lyra to Roger, one rainy afternoon when they were alone in the dusty attics. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They traveled West, toward the sunset, along a wide and dusty road. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The dusty wagon was lined with shelves full of curious boxes and jars of a kind found in old apothecary shops. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They had taken away her physics books and the piles of dusty spiral pads full of lecture notes that had ringed her room, and she was confined to grounds again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The moon is out, shining through the window at one end, silvering the laundry ropes, making ghost gray shapes on the dusty floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I slip into my clothes and dusty sneakers and tiptoe out of my room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He picked up a fragment of fallen plaster and drew dusty white stripes across the backs of his hands, the way ceremonial dancers sometimes did, except they used white clay, and not old plaster. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A chalk-dust phantom was almost oh her, its long dusty arms out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A dusty Volvo Estate sat in the garage needing a wash and wax. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Everything remained the same, the dryness in the air, the dusty winds, the refugees tilling dried soil, but Kainene was not back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Caesar and Cora made their way up the dusty road into town, unbelieving. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A dusty mounted trophy on the wall looked like a giant snake’s head, but with horns and a full set of sharks teeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Like a series of dusty statues, the men came to life. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the dusty, bristly skin I felt her warmth, but no heartbeat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Each dusty puff added to the all-too-familiar gnawing pain in my stomach. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Above the bar, on a dusty plate-glass window, were the faded letters, DR. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He sinks to the floor and pulls me down with him, so he’s sitting with his back against the wall and I’m facing him, my legs trailing to the side on the dusty floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Beyond the bat roosts, the cave became drier and dustier. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Daoud's portfolio was leaning against the desk, still dusty from the battle of Venus Street. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I’m trying to pretend to read one of the dusty old magazines, but I don’t have the energy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In front of the dusty storefronts where the peddlers would spread their secondhand wares on Sunday mornings, the threadbare awnings had been unrolled to shade carts and tables overladen with food and drinks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was the wonder I felt when I first saw a brace of mountainlike, spotted, black-and- white horses clopping down a dusty road through clouds of powdered clay. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the dusty or muddy streets you would see small two- story wooden homes next to six-story brick office buildings. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The dirt path going down to the wooden footbridge is dry, dusty; the leaves of the trees which hang over it are dull green and worn-out from the summer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She quickened her pace on the dusty stretch that led to the main road, but five of them, all in tattered army uniforms, soon surrounded her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The thought makes me feel grimy, as if I’m a dusty old jar, waiting for Maddy to decide I’m useful. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Did the Gypsies really protect us because of some dusty old alliance none of us have heard of?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Hazel jumped lightly on it and from there to the thick planks, which were old and soft-surfaced, dusty and covered with chaff. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she made her way over to a metal box fixed to the wall near the front door and hidden behind a thick, dusty curtain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was unbearably hot and dusty in the summer, wet and muddy in spring and fall, and filthy pretty much all year round. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The next picture revealed a militia group carrying machetes, marching down the road in some dusty African country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her skin was dusty brown— the color of earth, Amari thought. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He held a handkerchief over his nose as he drove down a dusty, crowded San Antonio street. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Somehow I was Buckeye the Rabbit . . . or had been, when as children we danced and sang barefoot in the dusty streets: Buckeye the Rabbit Shake it, shake it Buckeye the Rabbit Break it, break it . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I start frantically shuffling down the dusty Middle Eastern road flanked by scrubby bushes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Another screen shows a smirking elderly man in a dusty rocking chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He’d fetched them up himself, after spending half the night searching through dusty vaults by lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The cramped streets and dusty markets of the Scholars’ Quarter blur past me like the landscape of a nightmare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes she’ll glimpse the hour on a dusty Canada Dry clock, or look at the sun low in the sky, and realize she cannot account for her time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet glanced at the dusty face, saw a shadow cross the eyes like a passing wing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We played in a dusty alleyway, with brick walls on either side, where there wasn't much parental traffic. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Charlie let me go, and I looked at my bloody, dusty knuckles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I folded inside myself, wishing I could go back to the dusty road in front of our house and grab Raymond off the bike before Jenny rode away with him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Past the equipment, there was a dusty old paisley chair with a sagging seat, a desk, and a bookshelf above the bed containing the collected works of Soren Kierkegaard. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Albert’s house is big but dark and dusty when we enter. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She hated sweeping their brown, dusty corpses out of her kitchen and off her porch, but she especially hated how they followed her everywhere like a dark little cloud. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The gray and dusty sage wears oily armor to protect its inward small moistness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrived here dusty and full of sand, but in large quantities. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And things that cannot—that sit on dusty shelves like stuffed birds with baleful, sideways-staring eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the dusty box of them I’d found in her room, written by my grandfather. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I jog up the dusty road that follows the creek. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The jar was a little dusty, but I think it’s okay—after all, she pecks around in the dirt all day, and that book said she even eats small rocks. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The visitors were dinted and haggard and dusty, yet the standard they carried was the lion of Lannister, golden on its crimson field. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the rubble of the third pillar was the drinking cup, a little dusty but quite undamaged. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It was flat, not many trees, the same dusty red-clay dirt and grass as Soweto but with proper houses and paved roads and a sense of suburbia to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The darkening room gave way to the damp, dusty odor, the beautiful aroma of rainy sage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun became an orange dusty ball low in the sky. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “It was about the size of a person. It slid down the far wall and was gone. A dusty cloud of white.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The air was cool and clear, not dusty and hot like the street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bod was just glad the sack smelled of nothing worse than dusty wood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I hurried out into the hot, dusty, end-of-July afternoon, sweating and sandymouthed, as if late for a difficult interview, and boarded the red bus, whose motor was already running. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He’d park himself on our dusty front-porch steps, fold his suit jacket neatly on the glider, roll up his sleeves, and read to me from the Psalms and Deuteronomy while I shelled beans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His boots were dusty and spattered with dried mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Block after block of ceiling lights snapped on, electricity pouring through them after years of existing as nothing more than hollow, dusty veins. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With a loud grunt he sat down in the dusty street. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a dusty wedding favor made of two plastic wedding rings in one of the shadows, so I pick it up. 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