And the fat, weeping woman at home to whom I must write. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the pig man was fat and ugly, and I didn’t look anything like him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so fat that Ser Rodrik had commanded that a special wide chair be built for him to sit in, but he laughed loud and often, and Bran thought he liked him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rolls of fat encircled him and he wore the sweat suit to keep his new ballast unexposed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just my breath, carrying my words out, might poison people and they’d curl up and die like the black fat slugs that only pretended. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only one pencil. Well, that was my only pencil, and a fat lot of good it will do me down in that drain.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The huge, fat turkey is sitting in the sink. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I know that fat girls are supposed to be allergic to pools or whatever, but I love swimming. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pointed a trembling finger at a fat blonde baby sucking on her fist. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan's lower lip was hideously busted—he looked like he was chewing a fat wad of tobacco—and his right eye was very nearly swollen shut. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“What do you think the sergeant had for dinner last night, fat maggot?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the second package: a fat stack of pages with Braille on the cover. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we’d stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was this one really skinny kid and all the fat ones. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I will be soon as you get your fat self outta here!” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Through my big, fat Asian nose that is good for dinner-table jokes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thick, tall trees with wide, green leaves and fat elephant grass surround us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that she would squeeze the almonds from the fat ends, so that the nuts would pop out of the skins. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think it makes my arms look fat?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He spat it at the fat man’s feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Too true,” the fat man said, deaf to the irony. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in that brownie except sugar and fat.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were swollen and puffy, fat looking, as if they were pregnant. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat samples were taken from people who had left their native villages to enter the United States Public Health Service Hospital in Anchorage for surgery. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So quietly that even old Ork cannot hear me, I tiptoe out of the ring and hide behind a fat stone image of a god with a skull in his lap and a blacksmith’s apron. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fat Lady’s ripped canvas had been taken off the wall and replaced with the portrait of Sir Cadogan and his fat gray pony. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As a fat man, I walked with the foot soldiers so as not to jounce the gestation. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m always very fit,” said Maxim shortly, “never had anything wrong with me in my life. You imagine everyone ill who doesn’t look as fat as Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fat boy was dutiful and easily frightened, but he loved Jon like a brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My master, a fat white man from this city, grew tired of me and sold me to buyers who brought me here.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yo, deal with this, I said in my head, and when I saw nobody was watching I spit a fat loogie on the cheap plastic frame. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time to roast a goose, even when it is young and fat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zach sat with his elbows on his knees staring at the circle of grass, still fat and emerald green from our dance in the sprinkler. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat sleek ranch cat walked across the road carrying a rat so large that its tail dragged on the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty saw a fat spotted dog sleeping on the porch, but it appeared that no one was at home. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t tall, and he wasn’t quick, just fat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of overeating, Templeton grew bigger and fatter than any rat you ever saw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But man, he looked sad, sitting there in the car with his briefcase bulging beside him and his new roll of fat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The tattoo dude hears that and he starts to laugh, this fat sound way down in his big belly, and he goes, "You hear that, Loretta? This an old flame of yours or what?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mother kissed him when he emerged from within the elephant, and then she wiped away the fat and the pieces of pumpkin that stuck to his skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Like a big fat zero,” Hal once pointed out, finding great significance to that. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They grow peanuts because they are high in protein and fat, which is important for the factionless in particular. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has a fat backpack, which he sets on the bed and unzips. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The fat boy hung steadily at his shoulder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Tongues explored the edges of words, especially the fat vowels. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson exclaimed, staggering backward as two fat frogs leaped from the piano. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The lake was a few feet away, home to fat frolicking ducks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A fat chance I had of laying my hands on a gun. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was just smiling a big fat happy smile for all the different cameras clicking away at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was counting his money, his fat ringed fingers playing over the abacus. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a ball of hickory salt with turtle fat to hold it together. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked familiar, but when he saw his white, fat hands, Johnny knew who he was and kept a sharp eye on him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinch my side, where a layer of fat used to hint at curves to come. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The girls helped weed out Mamá’s vegetable garden and picked fat zucchini, ripened tomatoes, and spicy serrano peppers, which they bundled together in delicate netting to give away as gifts to Mamá’s comadres. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I laid a big fat brick against the rim. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"The fat one said the princess was with child. The one in the steel cap, he had the torch, he said that they had to hurry. I think he was a wizard." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You cook the meat in animal fat over high heat to sear it, then add potatoes and vegetables and the rest. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Henry was president of the Senior Debating Society, the only extracurricular activity he had time for, and Jean Louise was a fat fourteen, immersed in Victorian poetry and detective novels. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At each turn of the road there were great standing stones that had been carved in the likeness of men, huge and clumsy-limbed, squatting cross-legged with their stumpy arms folded on fat bellies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even if Pa could get a deer, it would be poor and thin, not fat and plump as deer are in the fall. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only way to talk to him, not with words, but with hard work and the feel of old tools, and with fat bulbs buried and waiting deep in the rich soil. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gentleman was stoop shouldered and one of the ladies was fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk past the barking dogs and the fat man, past Dray, and into this building. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I sat down again, worrying about Dr. Bledsoe as the fat man told Mr. Norton of his attending college, then becoming a physician and going to France during the World War. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat knight rode at him, and tried to swipe off his head, leaning across the horse between. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the interior of the building lit the ground and table in fat yellow stripes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His round fat face was the color of curdled milk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her toes — five stubs, like a little stub family, on each fat foot. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were a few twigs and leaves and one large, fat beetle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This hill was Mwala wa Nyenje, meaning “The Rock of the Edible Flies,” named after the cliffs at its summit and the fat delicious flies that lived in its trees. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hanging on for dear life, I yelled, “Come up and get me! Or are you too slow and fat?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Inside, Pefta was waiting for us, the fat spider at the center of his web. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poisonous orange snails were oozing slowly up the side of their glass tank, and a fat white rabbit kept changing into a silk top hat and back again with a loud popping noise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nearby stood a little girl with hair gathered in two fat puffs over her ears, and Nhamo knew the bread and margarine were for the little girl. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for pickles, I was hoping for the fat, juicy kind that Uri used to eat, but the best I could do was a jar of pickle spears in someone’s pantry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The fat man raised up with a quick grin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at his smudges of whiskers, the bags under his eyes, and the fat that had collected at his armpits. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, while I watch the thin, beautiful mestizos living glamorous lives on TV, and the fat, ugly indigenas serving them, I try hard, very hard, to hang on to Jose’s slippery words. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all, in the OASIS, no one could tell that I was fat, that I had acne, or that I wore the same shabby clothes every week. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And anyway," Riccio declared as he came to the end, “the fat liar does dye his beard after all. So I get three brand-new comics from you, Hornet—you haven't forgotten our bet, have you?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire spat when chicken fat dripped into it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, man, she already married this fat fool;” “Then why are you asking her to wait?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A short, fat one with a tangled white beard pointed up into the tree with an ax. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I make two fat lines, like broom handles. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Her face is fatter than it used to be. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

That fat would be turned into oil that made a rich cream for skin, and could also be used for cooking. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sexist geometry teacher says girls shouldn’t go to college because they will only ever pop out babies and get fat? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen that book a lot but right on the table next to it there was a big fat book. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the rats by the back of their necks—which was not easy, since they were so fat—pulled them off her lap, and hoisted them into the air. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Wide steps led up to the Gathering Hall, and fat columns framed its big door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion twisted until he could feel the links digging into die flesh of the man's fat neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Not fat enough, but we will change that. Yes, we will." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted to give you a chance to use it. Okay, let’s go eat. I’m hungrier than a kid on his third day of fat camp.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Sailors and soldiers and tinkers had been observed dancing in the streets with nobles and fat merchants, and in every inn and winesink cups were being raised to the new triarchs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Maginot Line put a fat hand on one of the folds of her stomach and laughed. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bookseller got down two fat books, Parts I and II of An American Dictionary of the English Language and then a third. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it funny I told her that I had been hit in the leg and the wrist and now I was laying up getting fat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why sacrifice yourself just so others can get fat at home? All they ever understand is that they need more money.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be careful you don’t get fat. There’s also five gallons of water in a plastic jug.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat bodies are dangling from one of the palm trees, and their previous thin bodies, wispy-looking and dressed in falling-apart bathing suits, are holding hands and walking into the ocean. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was looking at the hill, J.D.,” the fat guy protested a little hotly, but J.D. raised a palm to still him, then turned to me. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The end of his cigar glowed brighter when he inhaled, like some fat red firefly. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want the other kids to watch me eat. Everyone likes to watch a fat guy eat. They want to see how much food he can stuff into his mouth.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing those letters, that big, fat money prize, I felt like I’d been falling into some deep, hopeless black hole, and the universe looked at me and said, Not yet, Natalie. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pause and lean on my shovel, calling to mind his sleep-composed face, the eyelashes that brush his fat cheeks, his red mouth that curves like the bow of Cupid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He loved the boiling fat’s crackling hiss that cooked his fries and funnel cakes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you ha’ got.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they were all fat, but Father said no. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were small and round and stubby, with fat insteps almost like little hoofs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell in Iofur’s palace was repulsive: rancid seal fat, dung, blood, refuse of every sort. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t forget what the coach behind the curtain had said about me being fat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had found three small, fat candles and a flashlight with dead batteries. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Helena is fat, she once headed a Weight Watchers’ franchise operation in Iowa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

These, God’s ministers, had indeed grown fat, and their dress was rich and various. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"If it is that big and fat," asked Elya, "how will I be able to carry it up the mountain?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

With this class, though, she’s probably going to have a fatter stack of referrals. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So that, when she was not rolling along on the back of the fat old horse—by choice, this time—she ran shouting down the road, her arms flung out, making more noise than anybody. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to step around the fat man. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The carcass now sank down, and they disjointed shoulder and thigh bone, wrapping them in fat, two layers, folded, with raw strips of flesh. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the word “fat” slowly, funneling it back and forward, and thought about all the other things she had learned not to say aloud in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It churns out rolling clouds of billowing smoke, a fat black rope that coils over the cars behind it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

McDermott Elementary School, printed in the upper left corner in fat red letters. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Amá says Americans eat nothing but garbage, which is why everyone here is so fat and ugly. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fat woman was co-coordinating a group of teenagers who looked sixteen and seventeen years old. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I wasn't good at social stuff like that. Kids made fun of me because I was fat." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

By the time we made it through the park, I wasn’t sure Faith could even see past the tears streaming down her cheeks and falling like fat drops of rain onto her long white skirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A fat lot of good that would have done him. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bridge looked at the fat deck of cards Sherm held while he took double bites of his sandwich. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The child was fat and good-natured and ate of the inexhaustible life his mother gave him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh my, look at his fat little feet!” the Uncle said sweetly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard for her to do this, as she was so fat, but each time she showed signs of slowing down Kumalo would shout at her and urge her on. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Zeus took up the white fat and was angry when he saw the bones craftily tricked out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I’ll speed up Flatbush Avenue—the artery of fat Brooklyn—right to the Brooklyn entrance of the bridge, with the potholes and cops stationed all night. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Momma used to rub a salve of bear fat and mint on us as winter approached so our skin would not dry and crack. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn Celeste does not ask Annabelle if she is hungry; she just sets a plate with a fat tuna sandwich on it on the table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And every one envied him his son, a great, fat, moony-faced child with high cheekbones like his mother. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The range cattle staggered under their fat and their hides shone with health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I get half a muffin with a dab of butter so I don’t get too fat to fit in my cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Colin wraps his arm around Charlise’s neck, pulls her in, and plants a big fat kiss on her forehead, just as a well-dressed couple walks in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the smell of candlefish fat, ubiquitous in later Northwest Coast Indian cookery, even then hovered over the first visitors’ fires. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Hey," the fat man in the ticket booth peered at me through the grating, "don't cry. Who you got there, honey, some relative?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Inner life was revealed, twitching and jerking— muscles, fat, blood, guts and bones. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Relatively large amounts are deposited in the liver, kidneys, and the fat of the large, protective mesenteries that enfold the intestines. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the street below, some fat cop was giving some delivery van a ticket. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat, juicy, slightly burnt sausages from the poker, Dudley fidgeted a little. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I sketch an oval, fat and compact, add black eyes, tiny rounded ears, tucked-under feet, and a mess of every-which- way hair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t love each other any more because of being so fat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a fat ball of snowy paper stuck on the wall. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The onion knight would have bent his knee, but a King’s Hand could not; to do so would suggest that the king he served was less than this fat lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I took her oversized stomach to mean she was getting fat, perhaps from stuffing herself secretly with all sorts of food in the middle of the night when we children were asleep. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse who handed out meds was so fat her skin was stretched tight. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The fat man by the door shifts his weight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“She was not a noblewoman. Her husband made candles and her father was only a poor blacksmith. But her purse was fat, and that settled it!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He could have opened his big fat trunk; removed one of the two hand-embroidered sheets, or even his dressing gown, and covered the girl. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fat fingers worked with the long ivory needles very slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The day is bright with a few fat clouds scattered throughout the sky. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The mountain birds are sweeter But the valley birds are fatter, And so we deemed it meeter To carry off the latter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover stood in the middle, facing three really old, really fat satyrs who sat on topiary thrones shaped out of rose bushes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a weird- looking key, obviously to something extremely important, because it was fatter and shorter than a normal key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

See, the shoes are bait, like I’m one of those fat bass fish Granddaddy likes to catch in the summer and Dee-Nice is Supreme’s bobber. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A pregnant Fifi would have to do what is always done in such cases on the Island—marry immediately and brace herself for the gossip when her "premature baby" comes out fat and fully grown. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So she had banished “fat” from her vocabulary. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go around to the side and ask the fat man?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he enters his senior year at Truman, he weighs 230 pounds on just a five-foot-ten frame, and he doesn’t look fat—just solid. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only other bear that they had encountered was sleek and fat as butter, complacent and sleepy, his thoughts obviously already running on hibernation, and quite uninterested in strange animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could stop them, a shower of fat, ugly tears started rolling down my face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s the fat old cook—what’s her name?” the boy said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had eyes that wasn’t mashed up by a brick, I sure ’nuff wouldn’t hide ’em behind a bunch a fat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The suckers are fat and they have gone from green to woody. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We jotted down questions for Kevin to ask in case the jury ran out—fat chance of that happening. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Meereen will be rich and fat and peaceful once again, and free as well. Go to the Dothraki if you must have slaves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I know I should call her something other than fat, something more politically correct, but I’m not sure what without sounding condescending. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The fat man’s fingers coiled into a fist, and all his chins trembled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On either side of me, the cotton fields are a glaring green, fat with bolls. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She makes a big deal of asking them what they want, of getting them to recite for the company, and trying to get sullen little Fifi to smile for the obnoxious fat man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They grew fat and happy—the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A fat gray cat with a tail that lifted like a plume crossed the floor to our table and curved against my leg to purr each time she rubbed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She’d even drawn a picture of a flower with a big, fat, stupid bird trying to land on it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms and legs are like sticks, but her stomach is fat and bulges out like she is pregnant. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Samwell Tarly, the self- proclaimed coward, grossly fat, timid, and near as bad a rider as he was with a sword, who must face the haunted forest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The back door opened and a fat lady trottered over to the van. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The fat man was playing upon the whole audience without the least show of exertion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anger never fixed nothin’,” her father replied, picking up another fat log. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cody laughed and said, “Ooh boy! That sure is a fat squirrel!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not that he looked fat; he did not. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked his way through the cramped room with an air that showed he had visited many times before and bowed low over Hepzibah’s fat little hand, brushing it with his lips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need to be gnawing on rib fat. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He is an adult man, bigger than most men in the village, and much fatter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the OASIS, the fat could become thin, the ugly could become beautiful, and the shy, extroverted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In another minute, this mammoth fruit was as large and round and fat as Aunt Sponge herself, and probably just as heavy. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of stepping aside, he took a single step forward, and, as if punting a football, he kicked the sow squarely in her fat jowly chops so hard that she fumbled the chicken. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the arch there was a lamp, and beneath it swung a large signboard: a fat white pony reared up on its hind legs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I saw one on the shelf just above my head with fat white legs sticking from beneath her starched pink dress. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Clutched in one fat starfish of a hand was the plastic airplane which had come with its Happy Meal. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He mixed some sulphur and hog fat and greased his body every morning. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“April E. got a fat booty, don’t she?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After six days on Nevis I am fatter. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We even passed the fat man who’d made such a stink over me in the bar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I got hijacked by a fat kid in a limo,” said Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Behind a veil of ragged clouds, a full moon floated fat and white as a snowball. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her hand slipped, and a fat blotch appeared at the end of Meeks’s name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“To think I worried about that little bird. I might have known it would gobble up a nice fat partridge in no time.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The fat woman helped them out of the wagon, guided them toward the back door of a brick house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only grew fatter and more frightened, until Lord Randyll's disappointment turned to anger and then to loathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But whereas some food is kept in the filing cabinets in the office, dishes and cooking fat and vegetables are kept in glass-fronted sectional bookcases in the kitchen. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched a honeybee lurch from one fat flower to the next, drunk and staggering under the weight of all that botanical destiny. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will see how it changes its skin as it eats more and gets fatter. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They say Brookes’s fat melted inside his body in the extreme heat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, we stop at a fat, red brick building. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Short, long, fat, thin, and otherwise odd, but nevertheless peanuts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It makes even more sense when you realize that those cheap calories reward our instincts for fat and sugar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was a hard panel of abdominal muscle under a layer of fat in her midsection. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sam’s fat cheeks seemed to drain of color. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Beneath loose garments of flame-colored silk, rolls of fat jiggled as he walked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Short and swaybacked, with little triangular eyes in a fat, flat face, he was an odd match with Yegey, all delicacy and bone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly so. Cut the burnt bits away, wipe off the fat, put them in the big Tuscan bowl and give them a good dousing in olive oil and then...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The spider is on its back and fatly vulnerable, struggling to find its pointed feet and scurry back into the air. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a monstrous ball of dough with two small greedy curranty eyes peering out upon the world. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sallie, Junior’s wife, had just come in It was a big, fat book, but not one I had ever seen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Borne on the wind, the cloudburst drummed hollowly on the fat wet hills across the valley and moved out over the flat lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A fat candle glowed on a parlor windowsill of a house on a corner, set there to guide someone home. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started to rain while I was in the butcher's shop, fat, slushy drops mixed with ice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the ground by his side lay a fat sack, which contained, I prayed, food. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least I could apologize for the big fat F I was about to score on his exam. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The younger, fatter cook gave him a shrug that time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to be friends with the fat kid. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

A striding huntsman had been worked in scarlet thread upon the breast of the fat boy's fur-trimmed surcoat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My father stepped forward and began a speech as stuffed with words as an actor’s coat is stuffed with bombast to make him fat. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When an African dad buys his kid a present, the last thing he’s going to do is give some fat white man credit for it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Is she fat, have her breasts sagged, does she have little gray hairs at the comers of her mouth? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other globs of verbal fat include the metaconcepts we suctioned out in chapter 2, including matter, view, subject, process, basis, factor, level, and model. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I set my plate in the dirt and looked at Tommy’s fat face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His yo-yo string had a knot fat as a mushroom. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat old drunkard was found asleep in a bower of roses by some of the servants of the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day after Christmas and a gray sky bellied over us, fat with snow. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Illyrio waved a languid hand in the air, rings glittering on his fat fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His legs were as hard and thin as ram’s legs and the skin around his calves was almost exactly the colour of mutton fat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were still in a man-to-man and they worked the ball around until their big man, I mean their fat man, picked off one of our guys and they had another easy two. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was also why the cells had looked swollen and fat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey got up and put two fat pieces of wood on the fire. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat bee crawled across the top of the dresser, and adroitly Biff caught it in his hand and put it out the open window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We drove past Gran’s neighbor’s junkyard, where some kid was pedaling his bike with a vengeance, and that same fat orange tabby was lounging in the grass. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

On it, there’s a cat food bowl with dried stuff in it, and drapey cobwebs up in the corners, and a fat spider that has zero fear of being evicted. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She was enslaved by carnival folk,” Addison said, “forced to pull fat, spoiled children like some common beast of burden— whipped, even, with riding crops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sat up quiet and still and his fat little hands held on to the sides. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fat duvet rolled up at our feet was leaking feathers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled up to the table; Maddy was peeling fat off the meat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment it turned into an old, fat beagle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The only fat doll I had was a white baby doll that I got from a sidewalk sale. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She walked until she ran into Mariam, who shot her a cheerless glance and went back to slicing the stem off a bell pepper and trimming strips of fat from meat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they came by the window again, I could see Ronnie’s sweating face framed in concentration, counting out the waltz steps while Ralph struggled to lead his fat younger brother around the room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were no fat little pigeon- breasted bags of gold. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lip was still fat and swollen from the last time he had pushed the big knight too far. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yeste was fat and jovial and one of the richest and most honored men in the city. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was asleep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The fat man made good on the promised bath, though. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You got the right color skin,” I said, poking her fat tan face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Get past the fat stoner, I told myself, and I'm a free man again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the half-dark her fat, soft hands were very white as she felt the back of her braided hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had long tapered fingers, fat earlobes, and slick hair that rose high to reveal a large forehead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the remaining piece, lush with meat and fat that would nourish Gray for days, and carried it over the fallen trunk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"That's right. Can't catch me breath. I was the only boy in our school what had asthma," said the fat boy with a touch of pride. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We eat little birds stuffed with barley and wild ramps, their skins crackling with fat and honey. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Woodrow Murphy, the walking fat man, had achieved this sort of fame the year before. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At one time in his life he had been a little overweight, but all his digging and sweating had long since burned away any excess fat. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was a fat boy with a mustache and on some kind of meds. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A blue powdering of forget-me-nots and fine, fat yellow primroses punctuated the green of the slope as the two children walked up the hill toward the Frobishers’ little mausoleum. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“We know the man who did this. Killed this boy and all the rest. Not by his own hand, no. He is too fat and craven to do his own killing. But by his word.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Your parents send you to fat camp?” asks Spike, stunned. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fat friar bowed in a servile manner as he answered the hare. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Stars glistened in the velvet dark beside a fat white moon. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His brow was dotted with beads of sweat, his pig’s eyes shining above his fat cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“OK, first you stop talking to fat ladies in laundromats.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he was shaking with the effort, but fat, sloppy tears were pouring down his cheeks too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One of the corpses was so fat that the ship’s cook had to cut his fingers off with a meat cleaver to claim his rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I came home from school, he was hovering over some fat, old cookbook, trying to stuff herbs into a chicken, and the water in a pot of pasta started bubbling over the edge. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Instantly, I recognized the soft, fat feel of the bottom. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you kind of remind me of that great big, fat, white whale.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them, the fat woman and her four children, three boys and a girl, Helene and her daughter, squatted there in the four o’clock Meridian sun. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Huge amounts of sweets and fats fool our instincts and we wind up eating much more than we should. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Get up before I smack your fat face off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m fat, but Millie’s the type of fat that requires elastic waist pants because they don’t make pants with buttons and zippers in her size. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Never have I killed a fat brown man. Belwas will be the first." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My fingers took hold of a bag that was unexpectedly fat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Meanwhile, this daughter of his has been fetching and pouring, a fat little thing, eighteen or so—" "Thirteen, more like," Raff the Sweetling drawled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fat man hooted and slapped his thigh. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He and I went to the stream and cut two fat twigs about eight inches long. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to it was a fat envelope labeled "Lemonade Earnings." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

"No! It wasn't like Old Nan's stories. He didn't look like a wizard, but the fat one said he was." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I filled the bucket with potato scraps and mutton fat, and put the pie on top. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since we aren’t exercising more, the calories end up being stored away in fat cells in our bodies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Six fat brown mice raced across the tiles of the hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a bunch of fat women at church. The war’s almost over. You can feel it, General. The end is in the air.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds up her hands, messy from cooking, coated with flour and chicken fat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His fat little feet had untucked the cover at the bottom of the bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And, I had to admit, that fat man had been right. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man with the goatee just laughed and patted the fat belly of one of the stone figures. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain it: a fat and short key, in a little envelope, in a blue vase, on the highest shelf in his closet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dejesus, the shorter and therefore fatter of the two, showed his nails. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her face had lost its fat and was eerily adult, sunken and thin-skinned. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When these reserves of fat are drawn upon the poison may then strike quickly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She remembered the fat part of it was green. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Chacko became a fat man, with a body to match his laugh. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zoo gatekeeper was a short white man with a fat face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that has nothing to do with the antecedent being in the genitive case; it’s just as much of a problem in Sophie and her mother think she’s fat. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Emo stood close to them; the fat under his chin was wrinkled with his grinning. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Eventually a fine fat pickle, greenish yellow and hard at the ends was fished out and laid on a scrap of brown paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems the fats and oils aren’t being doled out fairly, and Mother’s going to have to put a stop to it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“How come there’s always at least three big fat officers of the so- called peace sitting at the counter of your dad’s place?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A big, fat, red star completely filled in. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

On the path that led to the bridge lived huge, fat Flo and his beautiful wife. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard such strange things about you, Brother Michelangelo. Red, fat, and wicked. Don’t they say that?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Brooklyn is a big fat blob with its own ugly shape across from Manhattan; it looks like Jabba the Hutt counting his money. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His hair was gray and he was short and fat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t find them complaining if someone offered them a nice fat pig’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

With shaking hands, he opened the fat white envelope. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam Houston gave me a buttonhook, and Lamar gave me a pincushion shaped like a fat red tomato. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The picture showed a nine-year-old boy who was so enormously fat he looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

One morning I was just fixing to run up to Grandpa’s and lead Miss Love’s horse around some when here came fat Lee Roy Sleep, saying the Gypsy caravans were going through town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They took the drinks and the fat one asked me to sit down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If only he had been fat,” joked my father, “we’d be twice rich. But your father’s fathers were all cursed with heroic fitness.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It looked to Johnny as if the dog fox had eaten a couple of fat pullets, and had a third in his mouth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” Jones’s voice said over the telephone, “you people still got a fat mother with a green cap workin there at Levy' Pant? A big white guy got him a moustache?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They noticed hummingbird was fat and shiny he had plenty to eat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a particularly large book and not especially fat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No mice, mind you. A fat chicken would be lovely, or a length of sausage, or beef stew ... Listen to me. I’m as bad as Grandfather!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had short wings and a fat, stubby fuselage with a huge engine in front. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stand on you now. I'm too fat. You would die.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The fat’s in the liver, the cod’s in the sea.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is cooked in fat and tastes good, I eat it slowly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around to the other side of the building, tanker trucks pump in thousands of gallons of liquefied fat, usually beef fat from a nearby slaughterhouse. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

All through the speech, she kept squeezing the fattest part of Eleanor's arm. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Jilly, with her fat tummy showing between her shorts and her top, and Deidre, with her ratted hair and pink lipstick, moved closer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Margaret hesitated, then added, “You'll be sure to tell him that it's not over yet. Be sure that he knows that that the fat lady still hasn't sung.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But way after that we were chasing down one of those dumb birds and I fell backward on my butt and my arm got twisted between April’s big fat thighs.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then she covered him with fat and gave him some special charms that she had kept for such a time. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I saw a fat drop land on the counter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sponge, the fat one, tripped over a box that she’d brought along to keep the money in, and fell flat on her face. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Doc awakened very slowly and clumsily like a fat man getting out of a swimming pool. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought us chicken, but it tasted strange, probably from the hormones injected to make the birds fatter. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Summer nights we used to ride double on Nancy’s horse, Babe—that old fat gray? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s living with Uncle Pa again because he said she wasn’t a fat cow after all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Ganesha is one of the oldest and most familiar Hindu deities, possessing a fat human body, four human arms, and the head of a cheerful-looking elephant. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, a big, comfortable-looking woman appeared, leading a fat old horse, and at her side was a young man almost as beautiful as Jesse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a blue dress, and her hair was gathered into two fat puffs over her ears. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the right jawbone visible, above the bloody leer: face of one of the Second Maine prisoners who had volunteered just a few moments past—the fat one. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the fat kapo seemed satisfied with his group and the counting stopped. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of them wailed and whispered, the other buzzed like a fat and angry bluebottle at a windowpane, but the voices said, as one person, “Thief! Give it back! Stop! Thief!” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I pretend to be a fat, healthy teenager. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I look at my sister, fat and uncomfortable as she now is, stuffed in the bright orange jacket. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The flames hit the fat and the bird almost ignited. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white vans were pulling up, and these fat plastic bags were flying out the windows, bursting like water balloons in the homes of the football fans of Lake Windsor High School. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help thinking how different he looked from fat old Leneus. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Nancy herself came jogging across the fields aboard fat Babe—Babe, returning from her Saturday treat, a bathe in the river. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jacket was undone and there was a wedge of fat trapped between the top of his pants and the seat belt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Tight schedule, too, and a fat bonus if we finish early." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He climbed up the rope so his feet rested on the fat knot at the bottom, and he got the rope swaying. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And then she stuck out her tongue—fat, pink, and three feet long— and pushed Olive’s tiara back on her head with its tip. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled a pinon cone from the snowy branches and shook the fat brown pinons into his hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fat colonel could not mount or dismount from the ground. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother says there used to be sparrows in the tamarind tree, heavy once with fat clusters of pods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a fat lady and a fat kid sitting there. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two older boys were pushing their way through the crowd—one was tall with a buzz cut, his nose the size of a fat lemon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But there she was, smiling and proudly baring her body, as if she’d just had the operation and didn’t realize they’d sucked out way too much fat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you want thinner spaghetti or fatter fettuccini?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This girl, who had watched her father getting fatter and fatter, began to wonder how it was that a man could grow fat if he never ate. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m soooo hungry! I want a fat little dog for dinner! Will it be you?”—Nhamo thrust the panga at one of the animals—“Or you? Or you?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned up the gas and found a radiant Lucia and a fat healthy baby sleeping contentedly at her side. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the fat man touched the girl’s breasts and ran his hands down her legs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her muscles all trimmed up with a night of electrocize and all her baby fat sucked out for good? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Best of all, it came with a fat paycheck. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He came into the room and forgot and waved his spoon and drops of turkey fat fell to the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were fat toads that Tam Lin wouldn’t have thought twice about blowing up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped to admire the grapes, dangling in heavy clusters from the vines, fat and purple. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of like a pear, he had thought, with a point on one end and a fat little body; a flying pear. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dudley stumbled backward at once, a look of panic on his fat face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The rats here are particularly repulsive, they are so fat—the kind we all call corpse-rats. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I readed all of the words. Cat and bat and mat and fat.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good luck omen,” the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had gone out. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s magic wand was lying on top of a fish tank full of frog spawn on the windowsill, next to his fat gray rat, Scabbers, who was snoozing in a patch of sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m tall, he’s short; I’m skinny, he used to be muscular, though most of it turned to fat after high school; I can count to five without using my fingers...Charlie has fingers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He said, “Oh,” then kicked a little more dirt and hollered out, “Ooh, boy! Look at how fat that there is!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman shaved off a fat sliver into a glass bowl. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His sons had been fat as well, but they had not shamed themselves in battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tops of his feet were so fat that once he got his shoes laced up, there was nothing left to make a proper bow. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cockles and mussels and clams," Cat cried as he went past, “oysters and prawns and fat green mussels." A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then came a roar of flowing air, and her suit bloated up, fat and hard, and a whiff of dry air cleared away some tiny beads of sweat that had collected inside her faceplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not put on the extra layer of fat birds need before instinct tells them they are ready to go. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But then she smiles and her face goes young and fat again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If I feel like talking now, my tongue be too fat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane door opened, and out hopped Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain, a fat cigar in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she axt Biddy if she had any other pants and did her Granny feed her slops to get so fat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was a fat, dowdy, middle-aged woman with black hair and a slight moustache, but she was made of human flesh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the figures were suddenly so big, far too big for a small fat boy, who was clumsy even before his transformation! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Big fat flies begin biting Isabela’s face and neck when we approach a clearing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was fat, with a white beard that had turned yellow, kind of like Santa Claus, if Santa had been rolled out of bed and dragged through a landfill. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Arm could sense the spirit: an old, corrupt warthog grown fat on the flesh of its young. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, you will never master this work, for your fingers are fat and clumsy,” she said, waving my hand away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

She did not take down her walnut basket to begin the slow filling of her apron with fat kernels. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean except for the two stupid fat birds?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Your son and daughter are here,” this fat, huge nurse said, opening the door to Room 304. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In my case, however, the ocher was removed with a mixture of fat and lard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s big, with cream-colored carpet, a yellow king canopy bed, two fat yellow chairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sponge, fat and pulpy as a jellyfish, came waddling up behind her sister to see what was going on. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Minya’s tears raged, practically leaping from her eyes in full, fat drops, like rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shiny, slippery rats, fat and fast, poured in and out of the basket, twitching their noses and flicking their tails. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a ton of questions sitting fat and slimy on my tongue that I want to spit out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Fawnda was fat and in a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was a fat woman whose broad shoulders filled her chair with an easy self-confidence. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were still tiny, but a padding of fat protruded her stomach a little. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is oval, pink, plump but not fat, her eyes roundish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others, like the group of boys in the very back, all about her height or shorter and some with their baby fat still intact, looked terrified. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gramps said that yes, as a matter of fact, he had a fat old beagle named Sadie. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a big fat red spot on your face from bashing it on the bar.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But actually the child doesn’t seem to need much help. She’s just hungry for more to read. Poor little mite. I keep hoping the goat’s milk will put a little fat on her bones.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In a few years he would run to fat, his neck bulging over the back of his collar. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I studied the African women, the big white-haired man, the fat couple and their children, the Japanese tourists. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jerfalcon which had been given to Lancelot was not property through her moult Like Hamlet she was fat and scant of breath. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was a dream—but it wasn’t—or maybe I inhaled some of the fat kid’s synthetic toad-skin smoke, or probably I’m just going mad...” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe even chewing on a straw or a toothpick, a fat wallet in his back pocket, full of receipts and no money. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The fat boy stood by him, breathing hard. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was near thirty and, unlike diem, had lost no teeth, suffered no bruises, developed no ring of fat at the waist or pocket at the back of her neck. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A very fat lady crossing the street says, You sure got quite a load there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a fat, heavy generator mounted on it, with a large fan and a spray nozzle on either side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we become fluent readers we file away in memory tens of thousands of common word pairs, such as horse race, hunt ducks, cotton clothing, fat people, prime number, old man, and data point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping he’s fat and short-legged in case it comes to running, but he’s not anywhere close. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Ambitious my big fat foot. You don’t know what the course was—hairdressing. Not barbering—hairdressing—for women. Now maybe you see why I got worries.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “People read these big, fat ones as much as the little ones. They been checked out a lot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the biggest, fattest berries Pinch had ever seen! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Keep your fat mouth shut, then,” said Harry, turning away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cattle and horses could eat it, mixed with grass, and get fat on it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He smells like a big, fat rabbit to me, with a lot of carrots inside. But I’ll come with you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pink, fat, friendly, very competent and sweated profusely. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tochi was unrecognizable now, so fat that even her nose had changed shape, her double chin hanging below her face like a bread roll. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You better not take this one, Mr. Randolph. It’s got all these fat women jumping around.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I mean, just look at her. Like, she’s so fat, she must be good with food.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They dropped their fat boy deep into the paint to clog up the middle but I just went over him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I remember that Mariana doesn’t like the Doctorita, that she’s often told her son his wife is too fat, too dark-skinned, too bossy—far from the slim, fair, gentle wife he deserves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below Him—on the altar—stood the fat tallow candle, whose constant fluttering flame shed some light upon the white walls of painted lime. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the carcass upside down and scraped off the jellied fat and meat flecks with my fingernails. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hate seeing her fat hands on this thing that is sacred to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia always worried that in ten years we would be fat and dull and maybe by then even have a big- screen TV. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of a shimmery trail left by a fat slug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His knickers ballooned and his shrieks of frightened joy startled the birds and the fat grasshoppers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then his face crumpled, one fat tear squeezed from his eye, his lower lip shook. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A young fellow somersaulted backward from the cart to the sound of drumming, while a fat man wearing a red jerkin and bells on his trousers danced a jig, and another played the tabor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Startled, she dropped the spear, which stuck fast in a fat tree root. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Drizzle fell upon the fat friar’s face, threatening to wake him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You could go and boil your fat head,” said Thackeray, and he swung a punch at Bod’s ear. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The picture on it is of a fat white baby boy completely submerged in clear blue water. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some were fat and some were thin; some were browned by the sun and some were paler than Luke himself, who would never be tan again. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bear was so fat and so full of honey that he just dropped on all fours and waddled off among the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat and jolly lady called Mrs Spring, who used to come and clean our house every day, also moved in and slept in the house. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to buy some nice fat turkeys?” he asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eat my vitamins and the crazy seeds that keep my brain from exploding: one long purple, one fat white, two poppy-red. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Not so long before, the lighthouse keeper on Cuttyhunk had used dolphin fat to fuel his beacon, and I could not remember that without shrinking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m moving to France not to get fat. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A fat one, the kind Mandy liked to slaughter for stew. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, you could not say that Margo Roth Spiegelman was fat, or that she was skinny, any more than you can say that the Eiffel Tower is or is not lonely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they reached the portrait hole, they found Sir Cadogan enjoying a Christmas party with a couple of monks, several previous headmasters of Hogwarts, and his fat pony. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Any time it rained in Bali, the clouds cracked open and fat drops of laughing gas fell down on everyone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Piggy wore the remainders of a pair of shorts, his fat body was golden brown, and the glasses still flashed when he looked at anything. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He pointed to his big, fat head and said, “El Genius at work.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At first even the cook's huge fat kitchen cat had been able to elude her, but Syrio had kept her at it day and night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I used to look at myself in the mirror and try to see what was so fat about my face. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She laid Campbell Junior down on the rug by the fireplace, a clean diaper under his fat face, and he was asleep by time she came back downstairs, carrying a thick book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“We ain’t got time to chew the fat. Grab that Story Box for me, will you?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Among the general population with no known gross exposures to insecticides it may be assumed that much of the DDT stored in fat deposits has entered the body in food. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a picture of a baby, fat and not as red and wrinkly as Grace remembered her being. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Name of Meshe, to laugh at a child’s death,” said a fat old man in purple sitting heavily down beside me, his leggings bunched around his thighs like skirts, his face heavy with disgust. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She gets on the bus to go back up O’Connell Street too fat and lazy to walk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The tutor, Master Peckwit, was a round-faced man with fat cheeks. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s two years old and already the portrait of brotherly vigilance and responsibility—his arm extended toward mine, his fingers wrapped protectively around my fat wrist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He’d begged off, but he wanted at least to tell someone about the strike and the extra fat check he had coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you let her, Lorraine would eat until she dropped, and if she keeps going at that rate, I’m afraid she’s going to be somewhat more than voluptuous, She could end up just plain fat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Three successive times, they encountered and were rescued by well-fed Aborigines whose home was that desert, and who plied the explorers with fish, fern cakes, and roasted fat rats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another skewer held tiny onions, fire peppers, and fat mushrooms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of fat red and orange tomatoes hung on our vines. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lord Wyman was a fat man, but not an idle one, it seemed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was enormous, fat, and horribly ugly, wearing a chain-mail dress like a muumuu—but next to the giant she looked like a child. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And I don't mean he’s fat, because he isn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look like an American colonel. You look like a fat man with a pillow in front of him. Where’s your uniform, if you’re an American colonel?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Big fat tears rolled down his face and fell to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The legs of the bull folded under him and the chain buried itself in the fat of his neck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they got there, Nathan opened the door and immediately several juicy, fat flies flew into the open air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not since I completely fell for him and Ellis and Mom started bugging me to break up with him because he’s fat. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Three coffees, two with milk, please,” said Francis to the fat woman behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were standing in our front yard on the lawn one evening and we saw him coming with little fat steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t an ounce of fat to protect him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

No cardamom payasam I ever tasted was as sweet or as rich as creamy turtle eggs or cured turtle fat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One was tall and balding, the other was fat with a red beard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Bobby Kennedy will end the war, end the discrimination that’s splitting our country in two, and end the control of the government by a handful of fat old men.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“How you know I ain’t got money. I could be fat.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The skin of the sea elephant is rough, yet very thin, but beneath it are thick layers of fat, and though his body is large, his head is small and makes a poor target. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloying smell of rancid fat from the butcher shop below made me thankful for the cool autumn breeze. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After Gilly, he had no patience for the fat boy’s fears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Muggle boy whose appearance he was affecting was slightly fatter than him, and his dress robes felt hot and tight in the full glare of a summer’s day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some of them you get from smoking and drinking and being fat and not exercising. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took her hand, with its puffed flesh and gnarled bones, between my own small hands, which were not, as Cristiana claimed, fat and clumsy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now he didn’t look much like a High Blade—he was just a fat man in wet, golden underwear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Turns out field labor and a restricted diet are better than fat camp. Zu can back me up on this one.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You just had a wonderful meal of eight fat ladies. If you eat me too, you’ll get sick. You want to go back to sleep, to sleep off your big meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even when he was a tiny boy with a head swollen with fat champagne-colored curls, and ate the pieces of cake she held out to him, her smile was more amusement than pleasure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time a fat raindrop dislodged itself and went streaking down the glass, it was like a tear in the fabric. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With red whiskers and fiery eyes and a fierce, fat face that had haunted her her entire life. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And it must be filled—all the big shows have fat ladies, and therefore so must we. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Yet for all the splendor of his garb, he remained an ugly man, big-boned and slopeshouldered, with a fleshiness to him that suggested that in later life he would run to fat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tile floor is smashing against my fat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We were all getting fat anyway,” White Deer said, “especially Uncle.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each stocking, hanging from the fireplace and swollen fat as sausages, could not have held another item. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two Jackboots hauled a fat black hose through the crowd. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The fat man stroked one of the prongs of his oiled yellow beard, a gesture Tyrion found remarkably obscene. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There are fat black leeches all over my ankles, feet, and between my toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family hens were attacking the earth, searching for worms and insects, clucking and muttering to one another like proud, fat little abbesses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All I had was a claw-picking fat cat napping on my bed, and I could barely keep my room clean. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m stayin’,” said Hagrid, fat tears still leaking out of the corners of his eyes and trickling down into his tangled beard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s on his board Right now and he’s Taunting three girls, His fat tongue Wiggling like a worm From the chipped place In his mouth. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my head into the kitchen, where fat pork chops sat burning on the stove. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He will drop me like a rasher of bacon into some gigantic frying-pan sizzling with fat. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day my mother bought a ten-pound pumpkin, fat and round, and placed it on the dining table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I dipped in a fat brush and spread the paint along the old clapboard siding in long, smooth strokes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The vendors hugged themselves against the cold and cried out: “Fat here! Nice goose fat! Twenty zlotys!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Even if you did not, I will tell you: A boy like me is fat. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Men and women alike wore painted leather vests over bare chests and horsehair leggings cinched by bronze medallion belts, and the warriors greased their long braids with fat from the rendering pits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They are in a fat folder with my name at the top. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Grossly fat, yet he seemed to walk lightly, carrying his weight on the balls of his feet as a water dancer might. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Clem pulled his fat hand out of the shoebox and looked at the piece of paper, seemed like he couldn’t believe what he saw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“With a worm, of course. Seagulls love worms, didn’t you know that? And luckily for us, we have here the biggest, fattest, pinkest, juiciest Earthworm in the world.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put a lot of work into that imagined body, white as a burdock root, flabby as pork fat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another day she sat prying the pimpled yellow fat off chicken parts, then dividing them between thigh and leg. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bits of bread were dipped into a batter made from flour, water, salt and an egg and then fried in deep hot fat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You calling me fat?” she asked, acting insulted. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But the ones as got a good look claims it had a great fat mouse in its mouth, and it never let go, even when the bullets came after it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Impudent strumpet, impudent strumpet. The devil Luxury with his fat rump and potato finger ...” “John.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but Campbell Junior was the fattest baby ever seen in Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That name, written by hand in a fat old book, is it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No taste for pork pie, my lord? The best pork pie we ever tasted, our fat friend would have us believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He speaks with a Southern accent, smokes fat cigars and wears a felt hat—winter or summer, hot or cold, don’t matter—a felt hat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she was back, and she set a fat red book with gold lettering in front of Beto and another one in front of Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A fat woman, chewing on her cheek and twirling a lanyard of keys, gives me a striped uniform and tells me to strip and to leave my old clothes on the stool. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She could hear the wind in the tall privet in the yard, and the wind and the darkness were full of Ethel—fat, sloppy Ethel oozing near like a jellyfish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had one of those fat Seagate drives that damaged easily, and I didn’t want to cut the power and possibly damage the drive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He went on, nursing a book, a little shapeless, fatly intent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s so special about”—she wrinkles her nose at it— “pig fat?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter whether the people who hovered over her had fat laps or computer brains. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I scratched one on the face, bit the other on his fat, dirty hands. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Weren’t nothing in that little bit of a room but a bed and a fat, scared white girl. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no reason to be sensitive about being a little overweight, Bull. A lot of people are fat,” she teased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern kept touching Vonetta’s crown, where the braid was fat and flat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I breathed in the smell of rancid fat as I knocked on Devi’s door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The waiter at Ruby’s put two bowls of chop suey and a fat pot of tea between them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were always together, and once somebody had come upon them embracing, the story went, in the fat girl's room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The fat woman who ran the inn came out from the kitchen and shook hands with us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was one couch, and one fat chair covered in fuzzy striped material, and one big table, only Mrs. Murdo’s table wasn’t wobbly like theirs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched low to the ground, listening and watching, when suddenly a fat green frog hopped in front of me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I see myself leaning over the stainless-steel sink in the back room, scrubbing a large Labrador retriever with flea shampoo and plucking fat ticks from her skin, while she shook and whimpered a little. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A chipped enamelware pail by the stove held a fat collection of juniper kindling. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked up into the fat, stricken face. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The fat man across from me had been snoring loudly, but my movements woke him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of the clothesline to the penguin’s fat throat and the other to his own wrist. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hardly had any hair on the top of his white head but had very bushy eyebrows and a mustache—like three fat gray caterpillars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he told me about the concentration camps, and about how the Germans had made soap and candles out of the fat of dead Jews and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s quite enough of that!” the fat shopkeeper shouted, pushing his way through the crowd and taking Charlie firmly by the arm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later, he would describe it as a one-legged fat man wearing a stiletto heel standing on the middle of his chest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Where all other plants have shed their leaves, the sage remains evergreen, the gray-green leaves — bitter, aromatic, rich in proteins, fats, and needed minerals — clinging to the stems of the dense and shrubby plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A giant mound of oily, slimy fat and protein lay on top of my practice pinnie and shorts. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But the summer before ninth grade, Mom shed her baby fat like dead skin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If he were fat, older, poor, plain, eccentric, or dreadlocked, then it would be less remarkable, and the guardians of the tribe would be mollified. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat and was tormented chronically by prolonged seizures of apprehension. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She looked at his neck, settled into rolls of fat, and imagined him prying the folds apart as he bathed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bessie mopped up the fat with a crust of bread as she listened to the talk of evening plans. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With trembling hands and pounding heart I opened the fat package from Princeton University. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The redbeard was a very fat man but Prosper was always amazed at how nimbly he could move through his crammed shop. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A fat lot of good that would be." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She bought clothes and more clothes, lovely things with fat price tags. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"More snow to come, they say," said the fat lady with the string bag to the bus conductor. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scrawny black woman nearby, a bawling infant strapped to her back by a piece of worn goatskin, asked a fat black man guarding the superintendent’s office what time it was. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lady Tanda expects me to lunch with her. No doubt she will roastme a fatted calf. If it's near as fatted as her daughter, I'm like to rupture and die. And how is your leg?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The stunner has a pneumatic-powered ‘gun’ that fires a steel bolt about seven inches long and the diameter of a fat pencil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Nate crawled along his uncle’s vegetable garden, tugging up weeds and flicking away fat green worms. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I tell myself that the fat and the stretch marks don’t matter, they do. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“He’s out for the night,” the fat cop said, adjusting his hat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The boy slipped a piece of the fat rind into a biscuit and took it out to Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across from us is another girl with hair as blue as a Tahitian bay, an older kid with a hard-luck face God forgot to give cheekbones, and the obligatory fat kid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Alec crept up to a fat, old tree and squatted behind it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“So why are you here anyway? No luck with the fat chick, so you figured you’d try the old one?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

If somebody was hungry, why would they have a big fat belly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he made more swords and he grew fatter and the years went by. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I even got to bring home a nice fat paycheck, for a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hope was this fat old woman with a little dog. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I fill him up with presents. He fat as hippo by time he go home.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s because if you count the calories, foods loaded with sugar and fat are the cheapest foods in the market. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We got shoehorned into the car with this big fat lady and her dog, a Chihuahua with a rhinestone collar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It heartened her to see her friend happy and fat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Adam and Lee hung over the exposed insides of the car while Will Hamilton, puffing under the burden of his new fat, explained the workings of a mechanism he did not understand himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as the sky turned a dusky purple, the fat man began to snore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At least twenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the scar he stood on his head and grinned at the reversed fat boy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The hens were so fat, Liyana felt astonished they could fly. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The flower beds had shriveled up and were crawling with the fattest, slimiest slugs I'd ever seen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The fat man exploded with such an exceedingly indelicate phrase that my stomach lurched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is one page, written in Hilly’s fat, curly pen: Hilly Holbrook introduces the Home Help Sanitation Initiative. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Laughing triumphantly, Cluny seized the little fat friar by his tail and dragged him from his hiding place. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The secular calendar whirled like a carnival wheel and offered carnival prizes—a fat Santa instead of the infant God; colored eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of the death and resurrection of Christ. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to bake things for me. I’m too fat. And you don’t have to wait here for me to come home. I’m thirteen now.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And my fingers were forever picking away at bits of dry fat and dry flesh that clung to the inner sides of shells, rummaging for food in the automatic way of monkeys. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The big room was warm and smelled of skins and fat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That big fat lady. She lives over you.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I decided to write a poem on being white, fat, old and without children. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped on Espanola for a week, eating well and putting on fat for the long flight ahead. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But while the regular officer, a fat, powerful- looking cigar chomper named Orrico, was at pains to explain the job, he was not handing me the ring of keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big, fat tears rolled down her face and landed on the horsehair sofa and trembled there for a second before they rolled off. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Entering this race were squirrels, raccoons, and a fat old skunk who looked as if he could eat not another bite. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the delicious and abundant sorrows of the Protectorate had fed her soul until it was indolent and sated and gloriously fat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Which made Eleanor feel bad about feeling so bad about her own body . . . and which also made her wonder why she was the official fat girl in the class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Some were grotesquely fat, or weirdly overmuscled, or uncomfortably thin, and almost all of them had wrong, ugly proportions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dazed women staring up in the air and fat babies with tiny wings flying about. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, Scoob experienced a violent urge: he wanted to smack Bryce upside his fat head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

His fat, white face grinned up at him with exaggerated innocence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole wanted to say, “’Cause if you don’t, I’ll knock your fat heads off.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You’re incredibly beautiful,” I told her, because she was fat, so I thought it would be an especially nice compliment, and also make her like me again, even though I was sexist. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was never very good at embroidery—look at my great fat fingers!—but the other sisters think my pastry’s all right.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Four girls," the fat one says, rolling his eyes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was, as well, a boy who had matured slowly, and being fat and nearsighted, he was dismissed by most of the island boys. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear, people can’t wrap their minds around the concept of a fat girl who doesn’t diet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lupita said softly, “Salvador, fat Tomás has a truck in the alley behind the shop. I know it is his. He has the keys to it.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Two fat tallow candles gave a meagre, flickering light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He makes us laugh the way he smears the sugar all over his face and grins at us with his fat sticky cheeks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’d take a penny and go down to a store on Moore Street that had nothing in it but fat Jew pickles floating around in a heavy spiced brine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the instant she stopped sailing it was as if she’d turned into a fat pig. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed she reeked powerfully of fat and roast cooking. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kaira’s stepfather slid open a closet door and pulled out a baseball bat, holding it by fat end. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She knows how to defend herself, but she had to act all meek and mild because Mr. Moore was a big fat slop-eating hog and she needed this job. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s like the fat pencils I used to use in first grade,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shoved the bed curtains back and revealed a fat young Italian woman in the next bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The fat one? The bald one? You know, that fat bald one in Sicily with the turban who kept sweating all over us all night long? Is she crazy too?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Precious as the fattest grubs turned up from the soil, which catch the largest fish. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He needs to be more compliant with his medications. He has to really go on a diet, which is grains, no red meat, no fat. No fat at all.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Luke approached the fire, bowed his head, and tossed in a cluster of fat red grapes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But above us, forty feet from the ground, Timothy said, was a feast Big, fat green coconuts. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we were sent home, and I married a pretty girl who was covered with baby fat, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You shut up, you fat slug!' There was a moment's struggle and the glimmering conch jigged up and down. Ralph leapt to his feet. " Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seagulls hovered behind the plow, plucking easy fat worms. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The only reason why I didn’t resort to kicking their skinny butts was because I didn’t want to be known as fat and a bully, because then no one would talk to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Secure from attack, living off the fat of the land, in his mind’s eye he saw it all: those mice and the woodland creatures enslaved, living just to serve him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was Madge, even fatter since her marriage and seemingly more in love than ever. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All carried hankies in their fat dimpled hands. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I turn to the last page of the paper, where a big fat A is circled in red with the line: Entirely compelling argument, Mr. Ralph! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, the purple door opens, and a fat guy I recognize stands at the entrance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled the drawstring from her pants, kicked them off, and reached down to tie the string as tightly as she could above Loo’s foot, around the fat strong child leg, the thick calf muscle. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was still fat, exhausted, raw, off sex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One fat lordling haunted the kitchens, Hot Pie told her, always looking for a morsel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She arranged the backpack on her head like a fat bumpy hat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how in the United States I’m too fat, and in Mexico I’m too skinny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was curious how that beetlelike type proliferated in the Ministries: little dumpy men, growing stout very early in life, with short legs, swift scuttling movements, and fat inscrutable faces with very small eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had missed that time, and had missed many more, but he saw them; he saw the little fat shapes with the pointed heads sitting in the brush all over the place. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a toque like a fat white carnation on his head. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the best- known subject is a man or boy gingerly holding a “were-jaguar”: a limp, fat, sexless baby with a flattened nose and a snarling jaguar mouth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She often said that they were a big, fat waste of time. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

One of them, the heavier one, whose stomach had ripples of fat on it, jumped lightly onto the dock to pick up a hose that was coiled there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you’re not that fat,” I said, then cringed at my own words. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was standing right there, right there, smirking at her with those fat wormlips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A fat woman with a Phillies baseball cap and a plastic bag on her lap sat in a chair against the wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Does this mean that fat obstetricians deliver babies that have one set of personality characteristics, and skinny ones deliver babies that have quite different characteristics? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat glistens on the rolls of fat on the back of his head. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Cattle grazed in thick grass that rippled about their legs, and goats with fat udders wandered with clanking iron bells tied about their necks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat man tending the bar rolled tobacco and stared at the back of Ridgeway’s head. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After it was over, Van Houten walked up to me and put a fat hand on my shoulder and said, “Could I hitch a ride? Left my rental at the bottom of the hill.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The first was short and very fat, with a round red face and three chins wobbling beneath a sable hood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pushed my fat pink eraser over the See me and tried to look up at the board like nothing was wrong, but my stomach quaked. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A fat silver pen rested on the page she'd stopped writing. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

To his alarm Frodo became aware that the ridiculous young Took, encouraged by his success with the fat Mayor of Michel Delving, was now actually giving a comic account of Bilbo’s farewell party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I eat the whole thing in one fat, wonderful bite. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Mo had a new book she could take, an especially big, fat, wonderful book.... Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It just sort of happens, and suddenly you realize the cloud that looks like a big hand with fat fingers now looks like a catcher's mitt, or a big soft TV set? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dimple in the folds of wrinkles and baby fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shreve was coming up the walk, shambling, fatly earnest, his glasses glinting beneath the running leaves like little pools. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was ungainly, awkward, a fat kid. I didn’t feel comfortable,” Flom remembers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

At least she didn’t run to fat like some she could name. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timothy cheered and told me to feel along the line to the wriggling fish, then take the hook out Squirming and jumping in my hand, it was small but fat I grinned over toward Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was reaching into his fat briefcase, to retrieve his Bible so he could read me a text, when the doorbell rang. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was a sinewy fellow whose body did not carry fat. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old horse now, fat and half-blind, and it had spent most of its life in that little corral, just eating and moving its bowels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not one of them reached out to slap away the fat flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fat mother dropped out of the sky just when he needed him most. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time Agravaine put out his own white hand, with fat fingers, to the Mt of his sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thick seal fat that kept the animals warm would provide valuable calories in the men’s diets and keep them from freezing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

If I could have got my hands ’round her fat neck, I’d have choked her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some are fat; some, thin; some, old; some, young. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Three of his young men were afield, pasturing herds in other woods; one he had sent with a fat boar for tribute into town, the boy to serve while the suitors got their fill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the days we dug up delicious fat purple potatoes, chatting and joking all the while. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay grabbed a big, fat book from the shelf. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A fat lady waddled across the square, the leashes of three dogs in one hand and two overstuffed shopping bags in the other. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And here's to you, because you got the redbeard to part with all that money—it usually sticks to his fat fingers like chewing gum.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re all fat and waterlogged. None of the rings come off.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A very fat woman came to the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their fat bodies shivered with rage and their shrill cries pierced the air. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only difference is Ma got fat fingers, and used to be braiding like she was trying to strip my edges or make me bald. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like Tessie, Milton’s mind was searching the bottom drawer of his desk, in particular a fat envelope containing the three fire insurance policies from separate companies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He began to suspect even old Butterbur’s fat face of concealing dark designs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Later on this fat bird colonel comes up and asks what the hell happened out there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as fat as a butterball, and laughing, eyes blue, blue, blue.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt and pushed down her sock to reveal a fat, red welt ringing it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sweet Man, the youngest, crawled along the living room floor, sucking on a fat dill pickle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But what you remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms and mighty families of squirrels in the higher branches. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man of striking ugliness; fat, with a bullet-head set on a short neck, with a nose much too wide for its face, upon which he wore black-lensed glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I sleep, she presses close to me, half buries me under her thistly fur and fat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat woman yelled to the man next to me, her husband probably, a tall blond guy with an honest face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Great fat tears oozed out of the corners of Hagrid’s crinkled eyes again; he grasped Harry’s arm and shook it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A fat cockroach was perched on the wall near the cabinets, moving slightly up and down as though breathing heavily. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

By the fourth day, the porridge was glistening with fat, and great hunks of meat and colorful vegetables were steaming on top. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We saw the newsreel at the Dreamland Theater in Nantucket, and it got much louder laughs than the comedy, which featured a fat actor named Lloyd Hamilton. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope so,” Dicey grunted, jerking back on a fat vine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackal slipped out of the hole without difficulty, but when it came to Hyena’s turn he was so round from eating the fat sheep that he could not get through. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Beside her, on one side, stood her parents, the man’s beard turning white and the woman grown fat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squirmed, kicked, flailed their sharp little fists, and gnashed their teeth; Harry spent ten whole minutes trying to squash a particularly fat one into a pot. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Since Thanksgiving, Lexie had checked the mail first thing when she came home, and at last, in mid-December, a fat envelope bearing the Yale logo in the corner finally landed in their mailbox. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then their eyes were riveted; a slate-colored pigeon swooped down to the middle of the steel car tracks and began strutting to and fro with ruffled feathers, its fat neck bobbing with regal pride. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suck in breath: a photograph of a papaya tree swaying broad, fan like leaves in the full sun, showing off a bundle of fat orange piglets. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two seats over, a fat bald-headed man is snoring with his mouth open, releasing an invisible cloud of halitosis. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor knew that she was fat, but she didn't feel that fat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Other faces are swollen, waxy, and bloated, resembling a fat Buddha, except they don’t smile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bunch of them already waiting in the interrogation room, tall fat Johnny with his Hitler mustache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In slow motion, the boss handed him the fat envelope. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out, he really was a fat baby. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Healthy fat caribou cows gave birth to many calves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon saw only a fat man, red-faced under his beard, sweating through his silks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dogs sniffed them, cats crept past them stalking the fat pigeons; women, laden with heavy shopping bags, shuffled across the wet pavement; But still Scipio didn't appear. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re nice to say that, Hank, but you’re just saying it. I’m all fat in the wrong places, and—” Henry hooted. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I sat on the cedar chest at the end of Aunt Florentine’s bed and tried to stop crying, but my tears kept coming, salty and fat and full of feeling. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were already so fat in America; did I need to be part of the problem? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I held down a narrow flap of skin while he cut into the fat behind it, leaving as much of the creamy white layer as possible. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"I expect we'll want to know all their names," said the fat boy, "and make a list. We ought to have a meeting." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds the fat boy's grunts were behind him and he was hurrying toward the screen that still lay between him and the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His hair was the color of straw, his fat face all sunburnt and peeling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not sorry. I’m glad. Her legs are too fat,” he said, and before they could catch him he ran away up the area steps and into the garden. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Eight asbestos ceiling tiles had started to bulge down, which meant that either Sycorax and Caliban were getting fatter or the ceiling was getting weaker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hurry, loaded bow in one hand, a hunk of cold groosling in the other, because I'm famished now, and not just for leaves and berries but for the fat and protein in the meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She stepped quickly over to the desk, jerked open the drawer, and found—sure enough—the fat ring of master keys. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs lay, bloated bags of fat, sensuously enjoying the shadows under the trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were fat Dutch bams, prim German orchards. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trappings are very professional, the bird fat and in good health. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Nancy was as fat as she was tall. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Like your fats and oils boss help you?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin tells me, “I love this fat chair. Nice fortress.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He’s fat, with stains down the front of his shirt. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You all see that cloud, that fat one there? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself face-to-face with a man so fat that he could barely fit into the small cabin of the crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I watched the fat man bend over him very professionally and feel for his pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, Otis is the name you give short, fat dogs. Not people." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

By October, however, he had metabolized most of his body fat and was having difficulty staying warm during the long, cold nights. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was out of shape and too fat to catch up with her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chimera might still be up there with its snaky, fat mother, waiting to finish me off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I coughed once or twice, then asked, in a trembling voice, “Why are you getting fat?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecil and one of the black men fuss with a banner featuring an enormously fat woman. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Good morning, Kiddie Klubbers, it's Uncle Harry—" He rushed in and snapped off the set just as a fat man with a false nose began pouring corn flakes into the screen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In English it said the ration consisted of eighteen fortified biscuits of baked wheat, an­imal fat and glucose, and that no more than six should be eaten in a twenty-four-hour period. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then came an old man, very fat, wearing a curious pointed cap by which she immediately knew that he was the Tisroc. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

With that, the Ocean Being extended his arm and let fall fat drops of water onto the fireplace and the fire was extinguished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he made the fire, he sang a special song, of the sort that cannibals sing, in which he told of how a poor hungry cannibal had found a fat girl in a cave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There was a resemblance, maybe, but where Linda had always been very slender and fragile-looking, almost skinny, the body in that casket was fat and swollen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly had a huge cup of cocoa with two fat marshmallows melting away on top. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes closed up Mr. Larson’s fat file folder, put it back in the drawer, shut the cabinet, locked it, and dropped the key back into its place. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

Fresher than the day they were born — and fat as priests. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

All the while, little cytoplasmic factories work 24/7, cranking out sugars, fats, proteins, and energy to keep the whole thing running and feed the nucleus—the brains of the operation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Each kabob looked like a soft brown log, shiny with oil and fat, dimpled where Dad had pinched it to seal it onto the skewer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One fat white cloud he helped clear to the mountain rims and pressed it firmly over, out of sight. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyena ate and ate until he had eventually finished even the bones and skin of the fat sheep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They wobbled as they had that day on the train, during the fat man’s tirade. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

On her behalf, a random squall peppered the panes of the cockpit with fat raindrops for about ten seconds. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

At the bottom end of the rope was a fat knot to sit on. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“In a way,” deep in argument, his eyes never wavered from mine, “the whole world is on a Funny Farm now. But it’s only the fat old men who get the joke.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The Milk Men shun him. Khaleesi, do you see the girl in the felt hat? There, behind the fat priest. She is a—" "—cutpurse," finished Dany. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"What a sweet, delicious rat! All juicy and oh so fat!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Thick fat flakes, the kind you could catch on your tongue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Who would risk the Commandant's wrath to save a slave's life, even for a fat purse? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest, fattest rabbit any of them had ever seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crone and the girl on the shield gave up the chase at three thousand, but not the fat man in yellow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Whatever is the matter with her? Why is she so fat?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I give you two cookies,” I say even though her mama always getting on me about making her fat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The moon rose, big and fat and shining. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

That was the way he figured it would be for his son, Michael, until the federal government stuck its fat nose in and started telling everybody what to do whether they liked it or not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear, when she pulled into the parking lot, she held her breath, like she might catch some extra calories if she inhaled too deeply near so much trans fat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ones in communes got four ounces of fat and one cup of oil a week, they said, and had to work from 4 A.M. to 9 P.M. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled it in the basket atop the fat cod and followed Sarah as she headed away from the market. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Move! You’re not in the cookhouse getting fat and lazy now. Move!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sat square and fat like a god. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his fat finger my way, but he looks beyond me at DeVante. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You mean like those guys who NetChat you and pretend they’re a hot German pop star named Hans but who turn out to be some old fat guy in a house in Kansas?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Massive, that means large and heavy. Thus television is the drug of fat heads. Opiate of the massives." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gary approached the young man behind the counter and pulled a fat, intricately tooled wallet from his pocket. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His lips crawled over the square holes of the harmonica like fat, puckered caterpillars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But his bags of gold grew fatter, and that was what he cared for the most. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm roared, struggling against the fat arms and the reek of alcohol. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon she would be getting taller, shedding her baby fat, and wanting to wear lipstick. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I look in the mirror, I don't see a fat girl. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This food, which was rich and good, had made him quite fat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Squealer was so fat that he could with difficulty see out of his eyes. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He had never been fat, but he had been slightly heavy with a litde extra weight just above his belt at die sides. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never tasted dog food but I’m sure this was worse—brownish squares of congealed meat fat from rusted tins, which, lacking utensils, we dug out with our fingers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"If that fat fool Thoros is in there, ask him how he likes these fires." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When we went in, the room was already crowded—babies, children of all ages, and women of all kinds: nuns, spike-heeled flappers, lame grandmothers, fat mothers and thin ones, brave ones and sniffling ones. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ooh! I love a little belly fat on a girl.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It looks stubby and waxy like five pale fat worms attached to the palm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fake gold earrings and fat plastic beads loop around her neck, framing a face that might have once been pretty but is now deeply lined with exhaustion. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed she grew strong and fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s because,” and here Ben paused, ensuring that everyone was listening, “it’s because you’re getting fat.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy or girl, fat or thin, dark or light. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Inkberrow takes off his glasses, huffs them, and polishes them with the fat end of his tie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, I had ridiculously fat chipmunked cheeks, a side effect of treatment. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It emerged in her dreams like a dark moon with figures leaping from its mouth, living creatures—fat, thin, large, small, they hopped out and ran away in a long line. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His spit sizzled like fat on a hot griddle. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody here looks like a murderer, they're all nice people, even this fat Chinese man who grumbles all the time. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He pointed one of his fat, pink fingers at Drake and laughed. Imitated Drake’s blinks. ‘Looks like he’s having one of his “seizures,”’ he said. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He clambered in his black robes, his fat legs crawling over logs and books, up onto the pyre. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He remembered an old Indian joke: follow cigar smoke; fat men there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby seal scurries toward the sea like a fat black inchworm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

What was left over, was sliced thin the next day and fried in hot bacon fat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the pitying chuckle that bubbled in my throat when I watched a fat duck waddle across the back yard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people sat beaming, bleary-eyed and fat, nodding their approval of God. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice drops of rain, eh, Shadow? Good for the grass. Blow me, these walls are pretty high. I’m glad it’s you climbing them and not me. I’d never make it. Too fat, hahaha.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the tiny office, they found a fat young woman seated behind a big wooden desk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut the fat off them, breaded them, preheated the oven, and put them in a glass pan. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the fat moon rose the next night, I planted the mystery seeds I had taken from Momma’s jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big fat sloppy drops, little misty ones and the kind that sting when they come down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he laughs, making the fat on his belly shake. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed her all the delicious fat potatoes and she said, “Oh, my poor little Virginia, pobregulla, look what you brought back all by yourself.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tummy’s got a little fat on it, her cheeks aren’t so hollow as they were, out here starving her and Mister Johnny to death. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And every year they took the leftovers—the fat pieces of meat, the rice and beans, the bottles of soft drink and maltina and beer—home with them afterward. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He concluded with an Adams salvo against “the peevish and fretful effusions of politicians,” then signed off as “J.A. In the 89 year of his age still too fat to last much longer.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Biddy was lying on her fat stomach, wiggling her fingers at a patch of rosemary and singing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Humans selected bigger ears with fatter kernels and planted those seeds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But now, plump red tomatoes grew fatter every day, yellow flowers turned into bright green zucchini, and pole beans hung in clusters from vines that snaked up twine to form leafy tepees. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Stygg was hardly the most expert of headsmen, and Benfred had a neck thick as a boar's, heavy with muscle and fat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

High lords with old names, fat rich men dressed in velvet, knights puffed up like bladders with their honors, yes, and women and children too— they're all meat, and I'm the butcher. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I soon had my ratty sneaker off and was banging it against a trunk, big fat ants raining down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t,” was Jo’s decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there were huge bright yellow ones, twice as big, and torpid, so waxy and fat that they bowed down the grasses when they landed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I had lost weight as I got older and I didn’t have an ounce of fat on me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the words on the rock and then a fat tear came down his cheek and he quickly turned so I couldn’t see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a sliver of fat, just a hint of it, beneath Soraya’s chin now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were soft beds for them with fat fluffed-up pillows and clean, crisp sheets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But no matter how it started, I’ve got to admit that when anyone looks at me I’m sure they’re noticing how awful my hair is or I’m too fat or my dress is funny. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I killed a boy, a fat boy like you, I stabbed him in the belly and he died, and I’ll kill you too if you don’t let me alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Stupid thing called me fat. But that’s not important. It’s been stealing the kernels.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing startling about Dana’s appearance was a fat, scabrous upper lip that hadn’t been that way when Roy dropped off the letter at Dana’s front door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, anyone would get tired of eating the same ashcake and fat back, or herring, day after day. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every single one had a fat, smooshed thumbprint, right in the middle. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pick two nice fat McIntoshes from the tree. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Do we get her about being fat?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And you think it’s a big fat joke.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He tilts his fat lovable head like a confused puppy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The moon grew fat and thin, there were solstices, first frosts, and spring rains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

O-lan had lain herself upon the bed after the cooking of the meal and the child lay beside her—a fat, placid child, well enough, but not so large as the first one. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the counter where the elderly lady librarian was handing some books to a fat man in a white linen suit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Minerva stood far back from the ladder, arms across her chest, kerchief tight around her fat face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Take this creature to the Wolf’s Den and cut off head and hands, the fat lord had commanded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I told her that getting fat was my biggest problem. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You, too. I mean, without you, how would I have ever known how fat I was?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper tugs at the fat of his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t know. She tickled your fat little neck until you let go of the stones.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Examination of a biopsy specimen of fat showed an accumulation of 23 parts per million of DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A sharp knife showed up in my hand and the loaf was soon cut into fat slices. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat man tore off his bandages to show the court his burned arm, where the flesh was still raw and oozing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The room was shadowy, lit with quinqués and fat candles, steamy with the fragrance of garlic and onions. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It blew my weave back to the fat part.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he heard the door opening behind him, Tyrion turned to confront his fat host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tyrion began his explorations with the kitchen, where two fat women and a potboy watched him warily as he helped himself to cheese, bread, and figs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I guess when even ole witch ladies call her purty and say she look like a angel, Biddy got something to smile about, fat or not. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Turning fat freaks into felons and dreams into lies. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Roy struggled to remain motionless while the fat reptiles untangled themselves at his feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both wore shirts of worn leather beneath cloaks of dark brown wool, but their swords were sheathed and the fat man did not look to be in danger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow. ” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Now from the fire his fat blood pudding came, deposited before him by Antinoos—then, to boot, two brown loaves from the basket, and some wine in a fine cup of gold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Sam and Dareon remained on the benches; a fat boy, a singer . . . and him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I saw fat bags of marshmallows and cans of SpaghettiOs and a little plastic bear full of honey. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Upon the dead figure a great fat one stood and stabbed the dead figure again and again with a long knife he held. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Three double seasons in a row of bad weather had ruined all expectations and then came the day when the blossoms jumped out fat and creamy. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they were, fat and skinny, pale and freckled, clumsily putting on socks or pulling up unbecoming underwear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had grown fatter since they released him, and had regained his old color—indeed, more than regained it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Alex caught a glimpse of a squat black thing with four fat tires, a cross between a miniature tractor and a motorbike. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A fat archer once said the Bloody Mummers had slain him, but the others only laughed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mother purchased them for sixpence a cup, from a fat black woman who erected a stall by the street corner every afternoon, peddling them with other exotic creatures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kemmerich felt embarrassed, for she was the least composed of all; she simply dissolved into fat and water. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, red velvet fills their apartment, spilling over two fat sofas and two big armchairs, the kind that look like they would be fun to jump on. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feed was deep in January, and in February the hills were fat with grass and the coats of the cattle looked tight and sleek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For my hope was founded on a fat man in Bree; and my fear was founded on the cunning of Sauron. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The train slowed, but the fat man’s tirade did not. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A single planted corn seed could yield 150 to 300 fat kernels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was a fat curious little boy of several months who began trying to pull the buttons off my blouse as soon as I picked him up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I leapt up— and thank God, Pefta’s desk was in the way, for I could have slapped the fat, smug look off his face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids who crossed him wound up with fat lips, and bullies learned to give him a wide berth. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was one of the fattest men Catelyn had ever known, but howevermuch he loved his food, he loved his honor more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To put it simply, Americans are getting fatter and it’s killing us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were no customers, and a fat old Vermonter with a naked woman tattooed on his forearm was leaning against the cash register, passing time with a kid who worked at the Mini-Mart next door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She strolled toward him, her bare upper body sleek and trim, without an excess gram of fat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So day by day we lingered, feasting long on roasts and wine, until a year grew fat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the name for men who take people over the border. The boy told me. This Tomás, he is the fattest coyote in Tijuana.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Seabiscuit fidgeted in his stall, fat and impatient, having not felt a saddle on his back for ten days. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letting yourself go is an alarming notion; it is said of older women who become frowzy and fat, and of things that are sold cheap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am hunched there like a fat dark shadow, my eyes cut sideways toward Caroline, thumb in mouth, the pudgy hand covering most of my face. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cladding of frost on thorny branches was thawing and fat drops drip-drip-dripping. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Marchese Milo,” he declared with effusive pleasure, flushing the fat, disgruntled woman out the door without even looking toward her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Coffee grounds, chicken skin, bat guano, and some kind of old fat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Dyslexia is about the letters going all faded or fat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“This is almost too easy,” Shay said, penciling a pair of fat, black eyebrows over her own. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was fat almost to the point of roundness, clean-shaven, and had a merry-looking face with small, twinkling eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh no — hang on —” A bag of sweets had spilled out of Fred’s pocket and the contents were now rolling in every direction — big, fat toffees in brightly colored wrappers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine bones at all under those layers of fat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read about that in science. It’s the fat breaking the surface tension.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a figure out of a Tarzan movie; he was dressed in animal bones, shells, bladders and skins, and his fat body and deadpan face were caked with red clay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Huygens brothers found a way to reduce chromatic aberration considerably by using a combination of two thin lenses in the eyepiece of a telescope, instead of one fat lens. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s because you didn’t want to be in the army no way,” said a fat man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colder than the act of breaking in and blindly robbing some fat cat during his vacation. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its fat sleek silver form drifted over the avenue of lights, and its own lights blazed downward from the nose and the cabin slung beneath the body . The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you, my little friend, not all that a man does is done for gain. Believe as you wish, but even fat old fools like me have friends, and debts of affection to repay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look as if it belonged to anyone: no collar, not an ounce of fat on it, nothing to suggest it had a caring owner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"I can see inside you, Mom. You've got a big fat heart." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Finished at the latrine, they hurried toward the open square in the middle of camp and then into a row behind the fat kapo. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Among them, the chief’s family is the fattest and wears only new black, shiny clothes, not the faded gray rags we have on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iron spikes were set along the tops of formidable stone walls, and two fat round towers overtopped the keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Now, hello there, Miss Elizabeth!” bellowed a voice from a fat woman in a large hat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of people, too—white, black, Hispanic, Asian, tall, short, fat, skinny. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He beat her because of me, because he thought I was the daughter of the fat, ugly pig man. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks to Gott you survived. But you are so thin, liebchen. You look just like your mother, she works so hard. Here, two fat hens for you and your family. And have some eggs.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had round fat fingers, and he jingled the money in his pocket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wedding wasn’t big and fat and Greek. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He’d been working out since he was twelve; he was all muscle and virtually no body fat, and I knew this because he liked to update me on his body-fat percentage on a regular basis. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sow gave a gasping squeal and staggered up, with two spears sticking in her fat flank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“His lady wife is long dead. Lord Wyman has two grown sons, and grandchildren by the elder. And he is too fat to sit a horse, thirty stone at least Val would never have him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the brown paper outlines didn’t tell the mail-order house how fat your feet were on the top. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat droplets splattering the window blurred the trees around us, but Liam didn’t bother with the wipers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He quickly cut die neck with his hatchet cut the feet off the same way, and in his hand he held something like a small chicken with a dark, fat, thick breast and small legs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would I think that I was too fat or too thin? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw Chuck’s fat face in the window.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And in her arms she held a little boy with fat rosy cheeks who looked to be two years old. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our hotel was somewhere in the left armpit of a fat guy in Queens. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had laughed when he handled it, a fat baby gun that would be loud as a cannon. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw all their faces clustered around Emo’s fat, sweaty head; he thought of dogs standing over something dead, crowded close together. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Lexie turned to me and added, “Even if she is fat.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Leaves and spiderwebs lashed my face as I pushed through, and fat panicked birds took to the sky. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, you fat, overgrown, sassy rabbit,” Hand Clap ordered as he shook the reins, but Red Rabbit stubbornly stayed put. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the wind is alive, pressing her robe to her fat, loose hips and bosom. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clerk—a fat man with lifeless eyes—came to unlock the place at six. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was strong, squatty, with a huge mouth framed by fat lips, freaking bembas that could almost swallow you. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s smile is a fat child’s at the Seale-Lily Ice Cream window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I move in when he's not looking, ready to plant a fat, wet one on his lips, but someone calls my name. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Why couldn't I dream of devoting myself to baby after fat puling baby like Dodo Conway? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly we saw this fat guy in a gray suit go running across the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty-five he was already putting on rolls of fat at neck and waistline, but his movements were brisk and boyish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And then from out of Lennie’s head there came a little fat old woman. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fat and slow, with open mouths and no teeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was fat and short and had a puckered and expressionless face like a very serious gnome. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He wondered who the fat cat in the green cap was who was suddenly all over town. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It silvered the fat leaves of the trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Piper saw a different person—fatter, dumpier, in a much louder, leopard-patterned shirt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over Leo’s head, the marble floor shuddered, like fat touristy feet were kicking it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With a narrow glare, I threw everything inside me at my weak, fat, balding father. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know him, yet I am certain he is the fattest, slimiest snake on earth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad knows them all, too, since most of them have lived here forever and still talk about what a fat baby he was. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The rest of the chili was still in the ice chest and he ate it cold—it didn’t smell bad, or any worse than chili always smelled—working around the yellow hunks of fat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oats taste like congealed animal fat in my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had soft, white, fat hands and a plump face and wore a white guayabera shot with gold threads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And we were flown to a rest camp in France, where we were fed chocolate malted milkshakes and other rich foods until we were all covered with baby fat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat man dabbed grease from his lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the humans’ farm, there were always fat mice in the warm barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘He does like her better—she don’t jounce his fat so. He always rides her ’round Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after Thanksgiving, the first big snow started with fat wet flakes the size of butterflies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed with his hands on his fat stomach and big, oily tears rolled down his cheeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If Call’s family was as poor as my grandmother said they were, I could never figure out how Call got so fat. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well," Barbarossa shrugged his fat shoulders, "then he won't get the job. Have a nice day, boy." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roza thought being fat was better than looking like an angry chicken carcass boiled for angry soup, but said nothing more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You saved the fat girl. I bet you’re really proud of yourself.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Designs of fruit and flowers are carved into the molding and small, fat children with wings look down at us from every angle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We also had our own cook, who tried to get us as fat as possible before launch day. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat Mexican gangster runs in from the backyard with his fists clenched, a smaller one trailing behind. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He even looked like a stranger, a fat man she didn’t know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Genie asked, scooping out a fat frozen strawberry. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She poked Pita’s baby fat and pulled on the dress collar’s silk ribbon bow. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs Jenkins took one look at the fat little brown mouse who was still chewing a bit of banana and she let out a shriek that rattled the crystals on the chandelier. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You cant never get them out in time to catch yourself, fat as you is.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once fat Madge made him sit before her, holding a skein of yarn from which she wound a ball. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was honey, fat, and vinegar to spice each dish. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A fat man wearing the same uniform as the prisoners thundered through the barracks, a truncheon in his hand. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka s letters are often quite as long, and she never fails to write, in every single one, how everybody is growing fat, how Chima “outfats” his clothes in a month. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fat man with sweet stink in his hair . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Anyway, how hard could it be to hit a big fat snake? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael looked up too and to their surprise saw a round, fat, bald man who was hanging in the air without holding on to anything. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I try to spice up their lives by ordering an overly elaborate drink involving half shots, milks of varying fat content, and caramel, as well as vanilla syrup. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure that fat woman would rather climb downhill.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His fat finger barely moved on the change mat but it flicked slightly like a tense cat’s tail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were thin, but a lot of them were big, fat books. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat boy lowered himself over the terrace and sat down carefully, using the edge as a seat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I let out a big sigh to show I don’t give a fat rat about that lie anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he mumbles, “Matter, flatter, fatter, hatter. Mad Hatter!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You figured—what?— the crazy fat girl would know all about the crazy old Bat Lady.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A fat glittering diamond the size of an ostrich egg sits atop it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She white, she fat, she stupid, and she a ho. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The man screamed and banged on the glass, jumping up and down like a fat fly trapped in a bottle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Char blows a fat ring of stinking gray smoke in my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A Ziploc bag with a fat bunch of money in it and a credit card. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

One of his training specialties was chemical agents, he said, explaining with a wink that “chemical agents make you fat.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three fat gold earrings run up the side of one of Madoc’s green ears, and he wears long gold claws over his fingers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The garlic stalks, which Mama hated and Doc loved, had recently blossomed into fat flowers, adding their sharp, stinging scent to the air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The desk is bare except for a black phone, a fat, tattered logbook, and a pile of watches and handkerchiefs and necklaces crumpled down on one comer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever you see pictures of saints, men or women, they’re always looking up to heaven where there are clouds filled with little fat angels carrying flowers or harps giving praise. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Bertha, throwing a fat leg across his stomach and chucking him under the chin, teased: “Somebody is thinking about you.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Mavor, My brother Danny Chipped his tooth On the cracked sidewalk, His fault really Because he was on His skateboard With his eyes closed And his fat mouth open. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fat orange cat darted out from behind the garden shed and trotted along beside me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’s made out of big chunks of yellowish stone, and has a steep roof, and is shaped like an L around a big courtyard with fat pebbles set in the ground. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday shoveled half a dozen pieces of bacon into his mouth, chewed, wiped the fat from his lips with the back of his hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He’d seen paintings of fat, naked goddesses from Rome in his art classes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire spat fat sparks up at pines lining the quarry, up at the moon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The thick voice rumbled on, pouring like oil from her fat throat. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The lion kills the baboon; the baboon kills fat grasshoppers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I see a fat brown man and an older man with a staff. Which is it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sam pointed, his fat finger shaking only a little. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to shove his fat, slobbery tongue into my mouth, but I pin my lips shut because I don’t want to do this at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Between bites Daddy handed Ma a fat envelope and wished her a merry Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Ahhhh! Ahhhh! The children will need this. My mother said children need fat and oil. She was not educated, but she could feel that this was true. She fed us fish whenever she could get.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Charlie mopped up the last of my eggs with the projectile floor toast and stuffed it into his fat mouth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘But he’s too fat and ...’ ‘Soft? No. From now on nobody’s too fat nor soft nor old nor young. The time’s coming.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him then key open the desk drawer, put a fat envelope into the petty-cash tin and close and lock it back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He held back even then until the bloated colonel with the big fat mustache whirled upon him savagely with a purpling face, and then he offered the explanation that made him immortal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He later gained back six percent, but had virtually no body fat—his body had consumed all extra weight and he would remain lean and wiry for several years. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched Mama’s skirts with fat, tough little fingers. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally it was established beyond a doubt that he was growing fatter; his thighs were now definitely thicker than his knees. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The woman kept song sparrows in small wicker cages and gave Liyana two fat olive oil soaps to take home to her mother, too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents are big fat liars,” I sobbed. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His sister wasn’t fat as a kitten, he saw. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He raised his head and his fat lids let only two sparks from his eyes show through. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we spotted a fat Spanish beauty, loaded for Madrid. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This time Dana hit him with the other hand, equally fat and damp. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just kiss my big fat butt?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed around the bottle of brand while the pig cooked over the fire, smoking and dripping fat onto the coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even though it was a big fat lie. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Look how fat he is. Look at that big Afro. You think he can fight me?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had sneaked down to the stables and taken out a fat little pony and somehow forced him into a gallop, chasing those boys down to the riverbank. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fat man was lucky, as was the bearded lady and a handful of dwarves. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had a red nose and fat puffy cheeks. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He rolled fat cigars from maize husks and field tobacco, and his eyes were red from kachaso, a maize liquor so strong it left weaker men blind. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

This is not surprising, because in time of physiological stress the organism, be it fish or man, draws on stored fat for energy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A third man came up now: Philoxtios the cattle foreman, with an ox behind him and fat goats for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that your lad?” cried the uncle, “the little fat lad I gave a copper to in the summer?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A fat and happy army, roasting meat and fresh bread, telling stories in the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Get back there and serve us, you big sack of fat!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And look, there is a sign out front, which someone made with poster board and fat markers: WELCOME, ANNABELLE! A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Frodo went forward and nearly bumped into a short fat man with a bald head and a red face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fat little Friar fell to his knees, tears coursing openly down his plump face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She lingered on this bird-rich island to put on more fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a great lump of quivering gray fat and the only sign of corned beef is a little nipple of red meat on top. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, look what the bloody dog brought along,” says one of our fat guys. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She looked down at her giant white shirt, her fat paisley tie, and her half-dead purple corduroys. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was round and ruddy, a fat clay grapefruit. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The lady did not ask your views, dwarf," snapped Kurleket, a great fat oaf with short-cropped hair and a pig's face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Obese with imagined freedom if not with fat, great lords of lords look down with cowdog eyes and smile. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head with enough force to set her neck fat in motion, but she hands me a pen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a person who was extremely fat, and who looked like neither a man nor a woman. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Students coming home from school are easy to spot, their backpacks and fat headphones dotting the crowds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cooks might be old and fat, but they knew their business. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had always been Tree-ear who skipped out to the beach at the first word of a flounder run, and he had never returned without a fat fish or two for a rare feast. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t even care that I look kinda fat or have a giant pimple throbbing on my chin. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even during class times, when her mother was not around, they now ignored her, their sharp, clear eyes roaming the classroom for another victim, someone too fat, too ugly, too poor, too different. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Of course, all of this searching had yielded a big fat doughnut. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the floor with her big fat back to me, building something. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Not to be able to have children anymore...to be half a woman...get fat...have hair grow on your chin. I’ll kill myself first!” she cried passionately. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people were thin, even when they looked almost fat they were thin, drawn as they were about their necks and faces. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babies were born and did not get fatter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet in terror, feeling sticky and fat, and rushed to the open window to gulp in fresh air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A verdant, treacherous lawn, in which mosquitoes bred and fish were fat but inaccessible. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying about how much they’d worked, about how much quota they’d filled, about whether they were afraid, about whether they were living fat or starving. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen a fat man so happy? He is almost dancing. Serving with his own hands.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then the fat, huge nurse came back in with the gladiolas in this crummy glass vase that looked like they had just dug it up in the backyard. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The count was done by a blind man with your fat friend by his elbow. And Slynt names you a tum- cloak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After some icy staring about to detect the culprit, and several smothered sniggers from around the room, the little fat friar puffed himself up once more and declaimed firmly: “Grayling à la Redwall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No, Willie, all I seed was that fat little white baby angel. But wasn’t no mistaking that voice ... ‘I want some children.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you getting the food that makes you so fat?” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby, fat and sweaty and dumb-looking, was fast asleep on her shoulder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Three fat raccoons shuffled into the garden, dragging a tangle of vines behind them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was taller than anyone I had seen, and if he wasn’t fat, which I knew he wasn’t, then he was fat-like. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Retire? He young man. Too young to retire. Big Skiff, he the best harpoon. Always strike good fat fish! Tell him I say ‘hi,’ okay?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Picture a fat person's hell, and I don't mean a place with no food. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the birds did not provide much meat, their skins, lined with a thick layer of fat, made a good fuel for the blubber stove. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The fat mother really wanted to come to the Night of Joy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Starving men take a hard view of priests too fat to walk, Tyrion reflected. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she came down, carrying fat, sleepy Campbell Junior, her mass of red hair was combed, pinned up, and draped with what she called “my genteel black veil.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And she leached the walls of a brown shiny nastiness deposited by cooking fat and kerosene lamps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ball was big and fat, getting bigger and fatter, and he knew that when he swung at just the right second he would shoot it out into center. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Merchants and craftsmen leaned out of their windows or strolled by with their fat, pretty wives, clad in richly dyed wool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some were as fat as her finger, pale and hairless. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They wound and squeezed their way through bushes with fat shiny leaves. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He put Jessie on the floor and lit the wick in a turtle shell filled with deer fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I recognize the fat guy from the doorway at Q’s. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He loved the burnt flavor of its fat, and Mama cooked it in a special way. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t above being a big, fat imposter if it diverted attention away from a potential drenching with the world’s foulest substance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I would kiss your smelly feet for an opportunity like that, fat Yeste. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I cut the rest of my apple into four fat pieces. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The little pieces of meat, lean and fat, that had been cut off the large pieces, Ma chopped and chopped until it was all chopped fine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been able to get past the meaty pink of it, so similar to human flesh, the white stripes of fat running through it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not even fat water bugs that come out when you turn down the lights. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jeanne had no idea what time it was when Michelangelo’s fat hand grabbed her shoulder and shook her awake. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But then his uncle’s wife was a foolish woman, fat and lazy, and forever clamoring for sweet food and for this sort of thing and that and for new shoes bought in the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He had been unpopular because he was stupid and fat and mean, and smelled like bacon no matter how much he washed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw what she was pointing at: not a flailing girl in the water but a fat thread of woven hemp trailing up from it, barely visible in all the chaos. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw that the fat dude on their team was playing center. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if you’re gay,” Philip says, dropping that big fat if like Henry hasn’t already specifically told him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The last thing I expected was for Buddy to be fat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t she know she too fat to be in a beauty pageant?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Some day this oil will go and there will be no more fat checks every few months from the Great White Father,” a chief of the Osage said in 1928. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Blood matted the fat boy's hair where Haider had split his helm asunder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Like I’m this sad, fat girl stepping on her heels. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were two hundred transportees on that ship, packed into the hold like so many fat hogs on their way to market. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He is seated at a table with three other men, twaddling a fat cigar between the finger and thumb of one hand and holding five fanned cards in the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The leading evangelist, a short, fat, cross-eyed, baldheaded man with thick, woolen strings about his chest and neck and hands in the manner of chains, stepped forward and demanded silence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

From another tree, she picks a fat guava, which tastes sweet and delicious. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is all a big fat waste of time. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting the fat colonel up and off the bottom of the dory was heavy work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solution: turning bones into knife handles, blood into fertilizer, beef fat into margarine. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was not curvy or big-boned; she was fat, it was the only word that felt true. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No one likes to see a fat girl huffing and puffing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rats wandered in and out of the cells, squeezing their fat bottoms through the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter what your color is, whether your breath reeks of garlic or pork fat or chilis. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would he see Miss Lavinia—or only the fat cook, the scullery maids, Aunt Best, or the stable men? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined dark clouds over the mobile home and fat raindrops pelting the cornfield, where his corn had grown five feet high. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And that one, the fat one, the glutton, the bomber, the mutilator of innocent children. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were large but not fat, well built, with bodies in decent shape. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In Baba’s view, Israel was an island of “real men” in a sea of Arabs too busy getting fat off their oil to care for their own. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore fat blue suspenders, and I could smell his old-person-after-shaving smell. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly the captain of the Swordfish did not, intent as he was on finally spearing something with his ungainly fat sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was quite fat and his bloated stomach always lapped over his belt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed the small fat shining bodies to him, and putting his nose into their soft necks he smelled of the sun-browned flesh with easy affection. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The study was longer than she’d expected, a rectangular room bathed in the flickering golden light of several fat waxy candles. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Besides, I am thinking vegetarian might be a good thing for me to consider becoming since I would not mind parting company with some of my fat cells. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The wind and rain had stopped, but fat drops fell onto her head from a tree branch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Both were tall and heavy, so heavy that if either were two inches shorter he’d have been considered fat. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then I thought of the bride I’d make, in a threadbare, sooty gown that stank of cooking fat and yesterday’s dinner. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had one dude who was so fat I had to laugh. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the smoke cleared, we saw the chickens still coming toward us, unhurt and seemingly unsurprised by the blast, a little cloud of feathers wafting around them like fat snowflakes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Only once in a while, on the soap operas, is there an indi'gena, and she’s usually a fat, middle-aged maid who never speaks except for yes, senora. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a fat crayon the color of elephant skin or a rainy sidewalk. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother had taught Luna, when she was a little girl with scabby knees and matted hair, how a caterpillar lives, growing big and fat and sweet-tempered, until it forms a chrysalis. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Here’s a little memory aid: Commas, which cut out the fat, Go with which, never with that. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say hello to Magister Spurge as I taught you,” she prompted, and they chanted in Elven, “We give you fat greetings, sir! Sprayed all over!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He's about four or five years old, with cheeks still round with baby fat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he did everything that she told him to do and seemed just as happy as she when the tomatoes finally turned fat and red. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Later Mama would mix this lye water with hog fat and boil it in an iron pot when she wanted to make soap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a wrinkled brown suit that stretched into folds around his waist because he was so fat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pleas of the grievously wounded man reverberated through the steel walls enclosing him, but the fat recruit closed the door quickly and both recruits sprinted back to their place in line. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should’ve kept my fat mouth closed,” he said, kneeling in the dust next to Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosperity, in the form of a fat salary from Howard, had found Tom Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Frailness and oversensitivity from my mother. A fat liver from Stew. And all those old rugs.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he was snoring in a shady spot under a fat juniper bush that spread out from a rock crevasse. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Grown into a jolly little beast. He was quite a youngster when I saw him last. He’s too fat, though. He needs more exercise.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this man,” the fat fellow echoed, as she was pouring for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the overcoat came off, Mr. Gonzalez saw rings of fat squeezed into a tight white shirt that was vertically divided by a wide flowered tie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father witnessed the progress of every new leaf and fat flower bud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so fat from feasting on berries and roots and grubs all summer that he was nearly as large as two bears. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you say this fat cat travlin around with his momma?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after five minutes of pinching my skin and studying every angle in the reflection, I see the fattest person in the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A girl with a fat black braid and glasses says, “My sister died of leukemia, and you should have seen the flowers and the sympathy.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was physically a typical Gethenian of the Great Continent, compactly made, short-legged and short-armed, with a solid layer of subcutaneous fat giving him even in illness a sleek roundness of body. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then came a fat man and woman with their two small boys who were also fat, which probably meant they all ate too much convenience food and needed to improve their diet. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up, smiled at his fat face in the mirror, then placed the Band-Aid in the envelope as well. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But her hands dipped into the drawer anyway and came out with a fat spiral-bound sketchbook. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were too fat and they talked too much and they did not think twice of asking a man to die for them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought they used animal fat,” I guessed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Despite how careful I am, my shoe clips the edge of the fat computer monitor. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

To be truthful, the Devine Company, which had gotten fat on sheep, was not dealing in wool anymore. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presided over the bubbling fat and grease while the Object periodically looked into the frying pan and said, “That is so disgusting.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a matter of hours—during which the equivalent of something like seventeen fat volumes of mathematical physics were fed into The Brain. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” Seven said, but that was a big fat lie. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, old fat smelly cat. Good morning, good morning, good morning!” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The fat guy forced out a laugh and finally looked my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One was about a greedy girl whose belly grew fatter and fatter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beady eye of a crow stares back at me, its wing feathers pressed to the side of the pot, its fat body covered with boiling water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rubbing fish skins and turtle fat on things, as I did, greasing them a little, made no difference. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was taller but still soft with baby fat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Say, your thumb is fat and kind of short, then you’re bound to like men with a similar endowment elsewhere. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The axles of the cart were greased with the fat of dead animals. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's all the stories in two fat volumes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you she—” began the fat man, when someone else called out: “Don’t let the old cove in the cab get away. ’E put ’er up to it.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Is this why you left Lady Dustin and your fat pig wife? So you could come down here and tell me to be quiet?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once when the Store was full of lunchtime customers, he dipped the strainer, which we also used to sift weevils from meal and flour, into the barrel and fished for two fat pickles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the fat man and the little girl lay awake in silence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two women at a desk, one fat, one thin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"No, but I do love that town. They call it 'red, fat, and learned.' It's what inspired this form I made for myself." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My fingers long for a fat paintbrush to stroke color across the white backboards: bloodred, electric blue, tangerine — blistering colors. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a long time cutting up the big turkey into small pieces—throwing out extra fat and rubbing it with lemon down to the bone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But we chewed the fat for a while. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In these highways of flying men, their tongue forbidden the people of the earth, all fat had been trimmed, all excess removed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slashed off a piece of white fat, let it fall to the floor in revenge, picked it up and slammed it on the mound of meat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father—who was not fat and old yet, but who could probably imagine himself that way—started to get a little louder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Will settled himself into a chair, took out a fat black cigar, and lighted up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At Shea Stadium, the crowd tore onto the field, ripping up home plate, pulling up fat clods of turf and raising them high over their heads. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the same way, our built-in instincts tell us to eat lots of sugar and fat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hrothulf speaks: In ratty furs the peasants hoe their fields, fat with stupidity, if not with flesh. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, they have higher levels of polyunsaturated fats instead of monounsaturated fats. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Squashes, for their part, provide an array of vitamins; avocados, fats. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He sweated; he panted, the stubble rising and falling on his fat neck and chin. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just switched from hurling lightning bolts at us to hurling fat drops of rain that splattered across the windshield like bugs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, she hung around in the fat knees of strangers’ children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Salt was a great fat creature with short legs, and she was blowing like a rhinoceros. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t eat and she wouldn’t drink and her fat little belly shriveled up against her spine, and even her tail showed the articulations through the skin. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bull was his only hope for rescue, and there was a fat chance of that happening. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was growing very stout, and his voice was hoarse with the fat that pressed on his throat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cod, whiting, haddock and mackerel, we caught them all and bore them back triumphantly to the hotel kitchen where the cheery fat woman who did the cooking promised to get them ready for our supper. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

So every night I’d go to bed totally convinced that I was going to gain twenty pounds and be a fat, violent pervert forever and that my little brother was doomed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat kapo’s was green, meaning he was a professional criminal. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The captain, a very fat man, looked down with interest at Patria’s heaving chest, considering the offer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am going to get fat and lazy in Hill House,” Theodora went on. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The fat policeman drags Dutchy over to Mrs. Scatcherd, and Licorice Breath, following his lead, yanks me roughly by the arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wants the fattest chicken they can find, a sack of rice, two onions, six brown eggs, and a refill of lard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man sported oversize sunglasses and a long, fat mustache. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His fat, mottled cheeks were so pouched at the bottom that it was dif-ficult not to believe that he had little stores of food tucked away there. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s ‘wattlebird,’” said,Hermione impatiently, “but that’s not the point —” Her words were cut short, however, as the portrait of the fat lady swung open and there was a sudden storm of clapping. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The daylight coming through the floorboards was enough to make me wish I had a little fat on me so I wouldn’t slide right through to the ground. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The best pie you have ever tasted, my lords,” the fat lord declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fat man swiped his forehead with a grimy handkerchief. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tilted Kaz’s head back roughly and forced his mouth open, feeling around with fat fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Nobody could eat him,” said I. “But from then on Campbell Junior got fatter and fatter, and it’s all on account of Aunt Loma havin’ so much milk from gettin’ started good with that pig.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“He was a Scottish nationalist, see. Wanted to bring back Bonnie Prince Charlie or some other fat slug. He wasn’t motivated by beer like the rest of us.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, Grandma, I think—so someone like Lexie can tell fat jokes about me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They would still live upstairs, snug in their nests behind the baseboards, growing fat on crumbs from all the food skiers smuggled into their rooms to avoid the dining-room prices. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

My three uncles peer down, their fat necks bulging from starched white collars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I saw webs clotted with dreams like fat flies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The bullets went in a thing called the cylinder, which looked a lot like a fat metal honeycomb that popped out from the side of the gun. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She giggled obligingly and banged on his arms with her fat fists. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They fell in love with this particular two-year-old’s fat arms and freckled nose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lupin shouted, pulling a photograph from inside his jacket and showing it to Fleur and Harry, who saw a tiny baby with a tuft of bright turquoise hair, waving fat fists at the camera. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, if that rich Commie woman wanted to help poor people, she should have just given them a big fat check,” Dad suggested. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at the squirrel, it didn’t look fat or dumb to me, it was a regular old squirrel sitting on a branch chewing on something. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood of the dragon would not be herded through the bazaar by an old man and a fat eunuch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I drive Shoji to tae kwon do practice, I ask him if he thinks I’m fat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grace’s hands are fists, her fatted chin is trembling, her eyes are pink and watery, like a laboratory rabbit’s. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled over his pant legs—and then stared in disbelief at his fingers: short, little, fat fingers, dimpled with rosy fingernails. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

On one, the old cook, Chucha, lay, fast asleep, her fat black face looking pleased at the occasional cool breeze. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

All the molecules that make up our cells—carbohydrates, proteins, and fats—contain the element carbon. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m the fat outcast. You’re the new hot boy being eyed by Rachel Caldwell.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

These women are as tough or tougher than the men, especially the fat one Valentina. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cough is nearly gone, and she is growing quite fat with Mrs. Phinney’s cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He especially couldn’t see how battling the magistrate wore Mama down the same way fat wore the edge off a blade. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"I've seen this fat boy in the common hall," he said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fat man consulted a diagram on the wall of his booth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She was born for this. There’s a beauty queen in that cute, little fat girl.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he’s down there making me dizzy and tired, giving extra tugs as I pass restaurants that smell like fat and grease. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gupta, a balding, plump man smoking a fat cigar, was shouting at a foreman. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The air at the gas station is heavy with diesel and the smell of rancid deep-fryer fat from the McDonald’s next door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A second hansom dashed up close behind the first: out of it there jumped a fat man in a frock-coat and a policeman. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet he was fat and with hair as slick and shiny as a dog eating three square meals a day. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pastes uncooked pasta to cardboard, and leaves his signature in fat brush strokes below paintings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

By each name is a capsule description of what Yolanda might remember of that relative: the one with the kidney bean swimming pool, the fat one, the one who was an ambassador. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It is queer that almost all of the regular sergeant-majors are fat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in his eighties and short and fat and built like a rock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rich are fat enough already, he says. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fat moon lit the water like a lantern over a looking glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the legend of Khosrou, the fat sleepy baby who once slept through the building next door getting bombed to pieces. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I hated Dragonwings, not for what it had cost both my parents and me, but just for being so fat and heavy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he walked over to the biggest, most majestic, fattest of the beasts, raised his fist, and thumped it between the eyes, killing it instantly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He moved admirably fast for such a fat man. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He nods to me as Piper hands a neatly folded shirt to the fat kid, Deekman. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too much garlic?” said Cook, wringing her fat hands. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had in these five years, the first holidays of his trouble-filled but unsuccessful life, put on a good deal of fat and thus had become really heavy. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat kapo came through the barracks, his truncheon at the ready. he growled. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only answer to that question is a big fat yes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the cells consisted of a single brick, a huge mother of a brick, a brick that had grown so fat that the whole cell had plumped up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lamp I am writing by is deer fat poured into a turtle shell with a strip of my old city trousers for a wick. “It snowed all day yesterday and today. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody had a share, and men got fat and moved about tamely ,with toothpicks in their greasy lips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was a round-headed fat fellow with big eyes and bigger ears. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set out the big bear traps hoping to get a fat bear before they all went into their dens for the winter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We aren’t just going to sit around on our fat duffs and do nothing, are we?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, vitamins and like thirty grams of fat,” she says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I sit up straighter, my back fat will disappear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Goddammit, you are trying to pick a fight with me. For two stinking cents I’d jump over this big fat table and rip your stinking, cowardly body apart limb from limb.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One whole morning, as Leslie had related it at recess, she had spent imagining Mrs. Myers on one of those fat farms down in Arizona. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her face was not fat but it was large. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

People especially steered their babies away from Cleofes, afraid that if he admired the kids or tickled them under their fat chins, the children would sicken and grow humps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These seem to me like the inscriptions I used to read about, carved on the stone walls of caves, or drawn with a mixture of soot and animal fat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like Joseph in Egypt getting ready for the lean years during the fat years,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pity about the fat, but given the exceptional circumstances the vegetarian part of me would simply pinch its nose and bear it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All those pills were making me fat and stupid, and I was still miserable, getting only three or four hours of sleep a night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Roy’s eyes flickered to her hand, which was now dripping fat glops of barbecue sauce. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like straight-up covered in layers upon layers of fat and the whole class is looking at me like a tub of lard, naked. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tall with straight brown hair falling past her elbows, she’s not fat or skinny, a perfect between. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dudley hitched up his trousers, which were slipping down his fat bottom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Kids still got teased and bullied, but it was over usual kid stuff: being fat or being skinny, being tall or being short, being smart or being dumb. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Above him loomed a grotesque fat man with a forked yellow beard, holding a wooden mallet and an iron chisel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of Ellsberg’s lawyers pulled out a fat cigar and lit up under the “No Smoking” sign on the wall. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was all dumpy and fat but I used to wish she’d been my mother. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They use pork fat as a base,” he said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the few days they lingered in the Schoharie Valley, Drum grew fat on them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And her soft padding of fat made her slow and clumsy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will cut off the edging of fat from his steak and pushed it to the side of his plate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beside this heap he put another of all the bones, dressed up with cunning and covered with shining fat, and bade Zeus choose between them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, room service brings up crusty baguettes and sticky tarts filled with fat apricots and a copy of Le Monde that Alex makes Henry translate out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap pointed at a fat, old man. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a couple of old men at the wheels of these trucks, some younger men, and a fat belligerent-looking woman on the seat beside one of them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those fifty bucks sure looked fat and happy sitting in Cory’s palm. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ralph did not take the hint so the fat boy was forced to continue. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A fat rain droplet landed on her head as the thunderstorm broke free, and that was when she woke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They had rabbits at school, in cages, fat, and white, with pink, vacant eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They are quick of hearing and sharp-eyed, and though they are inclined to be fat and do not hurry unnecessarily, they are nonetheless nimble and deft in their movements. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It hangs fat and waxy in the sky, creased with shadows. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

While tearing apart a bird with fat fingers, Lord Wyman made polite inquiry after Lady Homwood, who was a cousin of his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We both walked and hunged our heads low as the belly on a fat snake and didn’t talk ’bout nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He had a pig-person face, a coarse skin that sagged at the jowls, little blue eyes and pale eyebrows, and a fat, pushed-back nose. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stick your fat gob into everything,” Sally snapped, “don't you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he looked very foolish now, with his body and arms so fat and his legs so thin. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not like the riot that occurred when big, fat women laughed—her breasts rose and fell against the tight cloth of her dress. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It had a handle made of bone and a teardrop of meat hugged by a thin rind of fat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In three months, in a time when the leaves would be fat and full, our lives would separate like the branches overhead that made their own way into the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was shocked to see how fat she had become and that her face was covered with blotches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyena thought that this was most generous of Jackal, as, had he been in Jackal’s position, he would undoubtedly have chosen to eat the fat sheep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Scuba divers were feeding fat black hoses into the sunken half of the boat, though I couldn’t tell if they were pumping water out or pumping air in. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up his knife and fork, cut off a piece of the fat, and put it in his mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. He’s got him another job, that big fat bum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has read Around the World in Eighty Days until the Braille is soft and fraying; for this year’s birthday, her father has bought her an even fatter book: Dumas’s The Three Musketeers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That night when I replayed our introductions over and over in my head, I realized that he didn’t flinch when I called myself fat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We watched as Cheddar hit the parking lot running, and in moments the fat cat had disappeared. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He wore a rain hat and dark glasses and what appeared to be several jackets layered on top of one another, which made him look both fat and vaguely transient. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were fat and his mother’s blue eyes shone the same as they do now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He glided open the back of the case and his fat hand groped lovingly for some particular dainty inside which he had wanted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only sign that a fat man lurked inside him was his shining, happy cheeks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Ross, the fat Austrian with the Scotch name. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the two sections are in big fat curls, and sometimes she connects them together in the back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The owner—a fat man in a Mets cap—shrieked, stooped partway to the floor in consternation, then sprang up, cursing, as if to grab the retreating Henry by the collar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fat, gruff colonel reminded Yossarian of the fat, gruff colonel who had interrogated the chaplain and found him guilty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His boy would feed him bites of this meat, dripping with fat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Look at the lovely flowers they brought,” the fat, huge nurse said. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And there were those fat puffins, looking like chumps, bumbling around like they had no idea how to get on in the world, looking dumb and stupid, and so beautiful that I wanted to...nothing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Calista showed me how to make changes, whatever I wanted, like giving the man muscles or a fat belly, or bending his arms or making him run, or anything. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She used a fat green marker, also swiped from work, to draw a pyramid on April 27, with dollar signs and exclamation points all around it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

With ankles so fat I have to wear men’s socks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment John hated her, and he stared at her fat, black profile in anger. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Three weeks later, when orange, yellow, and purple leaves were showering down from the trees, Frightful was fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For the next nine years, knowing that I’d earned it, I made myself a fat peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast each morning and consumed not a single egg. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and you won’t be complaining if we get a nice fat payoff, will you?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The cook approached, her mountainous fat and her braids swaying, and picked up the plate without a word. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll come back in a few years with a new suit and fat on his bones like any Yank and a lovely girl with white teeth hangin’ from his arm. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, shuck thing wasn’t dead. Alby poked at it with his foot like an idiot and that bad boy suddenly sprang to life, spikes flaring, its fat body rollin’ all over him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The British had no way of knowing it, but the candles and the soap were made from the fat of rendered Jews and Gypsies and fairies and communists, and other enemies of the State. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would never find a piece of animal flesh with as much fat as a chicken nugget. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Yet her father, who ate nothing at all, was now the fattest man in the village. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, she turns out to be Mrs. Police Superintendent, and Uncle Al ends up with a shiny purple eye instead of a fat lady, along with summary instructions to leave town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was a big fat man, older than the moon, with huge, bulging eyes that devoured our female frames. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And on top of that, she’s pregnant again, which pleases her because it gives her an excuse to get fat and grow another chin. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We take all. The fat man hires three ships for his little silverhair queen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s the seaweed,” I heard some fat know-it-all say. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratches at his thick red beard, wrinkles his fat nose, and studies me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pawed it apart and sniffed among the broken pieces, eating up the fat white grubs. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, fats are very widely distributed in the organs and tissues of the whole body, even being constituents of cell membranes. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“To be honest, I’m kind of impressed, Darryl. I never knew you could get that kind of speed out of that fat caboose of yours.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his scarf even tighter around his fat neck and peered at his visitors over his handkerchief. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Jasper wants exercise,” said Beatrice, stirring the dog with her foot; “he’s getting much too fat, and he’s barely two years old. What do you feed him on, Maxim?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The floor is layered with dry splotches of paint, the walls plastered with sketches of tormented teenagers and fat puppies, the shelves crowded with clay pots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She might have been attractive once—she was quite striking when he met her, I’ve seen pictures: all huge dark eyes and generous curves—but now she’s just run to fat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were as large as sausages and just as fat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fat friar gave her a huge wink. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The black American today shows us the perfect parasite image—the black tick under the delusion that he is progressing because he rides on the udder of the fat, three-stomached cow that is white America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids followed his directions, and sure enough, a door at the end of the second-floor hallway had a piece of paper with “ART HISTORY” written on it in fat marker. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now all the passengers were nodding and murmuring agreement with this dirty cowboy and red-faced fat man. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were too young or too old, too fat or too thin. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The fat kid is turned all the way around in his seat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked around the store, whistling, hands in pockets, stupid safari-style hat on his fat head, and I wondered what it would be like to sit in a college class with him as the professor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The rope near the mouth bound the shark like a rubber band around a fat wrist, separating the head from the rest of the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That cute, little fat girl is a beauty queen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Give him Honeytree and its hives. All that sweet will make him fat and rot his teeth.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But Captain Cook and Greta are both fat and sleek, and the children have never been so rosy.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some were fat, some were thin, a few were muscular. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I can see him in my mind, his fat head laughing. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The reason I don’t say it is because, given that fat folder in front of him, he’d never believe it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each one looked different: skinny, fat, all yellow, yellow and brown, big, small. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lobs something toward me, and I grab what turns out to be a bundle of brand-new markers in rainbow colors, held together with a fat rubber band. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A muscle tensed below the wad of fat on his jaw. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean right now. Sitting here with you and just chewing the fat and horsing--" "That isn't anything really!" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I ached for the lesson to begin so I could draw and color in those ivory teeth with the purple muscle of the tongue showing between like some fat beast caged inside her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The fat man’s eyes glittered like the gemstones on his fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The one who lodged deep in their fat, thin, old, young skin, and was the one the world had hurt. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not just silent tears: fat, noisy tears like a little boy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As much as I want to be an actress, I don’t want to play a fat servant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Marisol kicks her big fat behind out and she has to sneak back in here like a sewer rat,” Delia told Velia, flopping down next to her twin on the bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dozens of paintings of harems, fat women lolling on divans, turbans on their heads or velvet caps, being fanned with peacock tails, a eunuch in the background standing guard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat our potatoes with plenty of salt and I eat my fat and pretend it’s that nipple of red meat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You must be the fat man,” said Tock, learning not to count too much on appearance. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked the fat baby up and swung him around. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The hungry wolf would always attack the fat reindeer, the poor man would rob the banker, the serf would make revolutions against the higher class, and the lack-penny nation would fight the rich. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a nice, big, fat domestic cat, a 450-pound tabby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A fat white seed sleeps in the sky. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d believe her about the dungeons and the fat man with the forked beard and the wizard in the steel cap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One fat pink tongue lolled out the side of his mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Could we talk about the fat woman at the circus and she had hair all over her chin?” begged Isidor Feinberg, reminiscently. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Randolph flattering the fat woman, and the fat woman eating it up like hot- fudge sundae with all the nuts. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was an endless supply of fat towels and liquid gardenia soap. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not knowing that I watched, fat men ate meat; fat men drank wine made from the rice; fat men sat on naked little girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the dais, Lord Wyman Manderly sat between a pair of his White Harbor knights, spooning porridge into his fat face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She ate well and grew fat, until at last the shortening days and cold air urged her to go. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Poor fat Rachel standing in my garden, all red and sweaty, telling me we need to go. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to the counter carrying a fat stack of files in his arms. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a third, a man with fat on him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes he chased us—his fat arms out to the side; his fat fingers opening and closing; his legs stiff like Frankenstein’s monster, like the mummy dragging its foot; growling; laughing- crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wipers slapped faster, trying to keep up with the fat, chunky flakes bombarding the windshield. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

With the tribal spirit guiding him, he saw the She Elephant as she once had been: a fat, unwanted child. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the man with the patter, Here to spin the platter, Why, it doesn’t matter, ’Cause the world is getting fatter. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the laundromat six girls with the same fat face pretend we are invisible. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dante was there. He had a fat friend in a plaid shirt who yelled at us.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something told me that George Finkle’s fat finger was involved in all these pranks. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I might not even be at Hogwarts next year, what’s it matter to me if some fat old has-been likes me or not?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Massive, tan, and almost win- dowless, it looks like a hangar for a short, fat rocket. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the child, I suddenly became hungry for my country, for its fat bees carrying nectar from apple flowers and for the birds singing in clusters of hazel. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

After the singing we were each given a cabbage cake and a spoonful of fat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This is because these chemicals are soluble in fat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He grew unbelievably fat, as thick as a sausage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe a fat line with lots of colors. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three members of the Action Board, the bloated colonel with the big fat mustache, Lieutenant Scheisskopf and Major Metcalf, who was trying to develop a steely gaze. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Back in the days before the operation, Tally remembered, a lot of people, especially young girls, became so ashamed at being fat that they stopped eating. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“A poor city that once was rich. A hungry city that once was fat. A bloody city that once was peaceful.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And old women sometimes grow fat and their voices get rough and deep and they grow dark little mustaches. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He turned to the fat, pale, almost white-haired boy still wallowing in bed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was brown and fat, with long ears and a twitchy nose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I noticed his ears were too small, his teeth were crooked, and his eyebrows looked like fat, blond caterpillars wriggling on his face when he spoke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of him touching my back fat and my overflowing waistline, it makes me want to gag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

More than anything in the world he’d wanted it to be there, for row upon row of those little bags to turn their fat pigeon chests up to his hands. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, fat kids have enough problems finding clothes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I poke the elephant in his fat stomach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Snuffy unwrapped one, holding in his hand an awkward wooden carving of a hollow-eyed and gaunt virgin squeezing a bellowing fat kid against her breasts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six shots right through his fat hairy belly. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caconi is fat around the middle, with arms as big as thighs and bosoms like two jiggling watermelons. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sizzled and fried, and drops of fat dripped off it and blazed on the coals. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me a nice fat eight-by-eleven envelope, all taped up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of the year, I wondered if the point of Christmas was just spending money and getting fat and opening gifts. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There was a rat clumsily trying to stalk him, a fat awkward-looking rodent, but nevertheless an enemy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Then what on earth are you doing here in this . . . ?" Mr. Norton said, "With your ability . . ." "Ulcers," the fat man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are nothing to me. You’re just nothing. A big fat 0.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A fat man complained that they didn’t have the wine he wanted. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coldhands was the name that the fat boy Sam had given him, for though the ranger’s face was pale, his hands were black and hard as iron, and cold as iron too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The mirror flipped like a tossed coin, and where cracked glass should’ve been there was a fat green tentacle, tapering down to a tip the width of a carrot and whipping about. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They dressed the wound with sheep fat and traditional herbs, which were supposed to kill infection and make the wound heal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. van Daan, clad in his wife’s apron and looking fatter than ever, was working away at the meat. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then there is cognac and rum—also from the blessed supply dump—and once again long, fat cigars with belly-bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind my back, at the world’s end, my pale slightly glowing fat mother sleeps on, old, sick at heart, in our dingy underground room. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I ever believed that the whole production of World War II was a trick of the eye manip- ulated by a bunch of calculating fat old men, appealing though this idea was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbs the stairs and before he gets to his own door he can smell the ham Violet will not give up frying in its own fat to season the hominy swelling in the pot. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the magistrate's fat face leering over me as he reached over and dotted in my other eye. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Good gracious me!” said Mr. Salt as he watched his fat wife go tumbling down the hole, “what a lot of garbage there’s going to be today!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each boy produced a fat peanut that had been marked with charcoal to show the owner. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there was nothing in a garbage can but drippings of fat in the bottom. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I am surprised, however, at what he is carving: fat Buddhas hanging on the Christian Cross. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wanda stood up without a word and walked over to the kitchen, joining Ekemeni as she began to sauté greens in bacon fat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wobbled all over the house on her fat little legs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was enchanted by the marble-walled entranceway and statues of fat babies with stubby wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A magpie fluttered out of one of the rhododendron bushes growing near the house, and a couple of fat sparrows pecked busily at invisible insects in the gravel, but that was all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I checked out the fat volume from the school library in the hopes it would help give our team an advantage in Mrs. Barton’s social studies project. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The gopher was fat and sleek and he had always plenty of food in his cheek pouches. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor used to think that that was why she was so fat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The poolroom was empty, save for a fat, black man who held a halfsmoked, unlit cigar in his mouth and leaned on the front counter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mrs. Van Hopper give her fat, complacent laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A fat mestizo, woman with short hair and a polka-dot dress sits a little off to the side. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood there, some fat guy in a uniform stepped out of a security booth and waddled towards me looking cross and officious. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fat young man at the other end of the stretch limo took a can of Diet Coke from the cocktail bar and popped it open. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Davis come running out of the Laundromat with her fat self. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Justice, sir—” “That’s not what justice is,” the colonel jeered, and began pounding the table again with his big fat hand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

A fire burned on the rock and fat dripped from the roasting pig-meat into the invisible flames. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Because I would come to this bakery every day and become the fattest person alive. I never knew how delicious this kind of food was.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Another girl in my group, an incoming freshman dressed all in black, was on the fat side. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was literally the dust of the meat, the bits that fell off the cuts being packaged for the shop, the bits of fat and whatever’s left. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My popsy!” cried a fat old woman who had evidently been her nurse when she was small, weeping tears of joy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were puffing away on fat cigars—I supposed the cigars were stolen, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Saint was in full armor with the visor raised and he rode a fat, big-buttocked horse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sizzling on the grill, the hot dogs bulged in the middle, grew fatter, and, yes, flexed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Presently Ma Costa had the frying pan going, with a couple of fat eels hissing and sputtering and the kettle on for potato powder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead sat the fat black mother cat enjoying the warm sun on her fat black back, licking a paw as if there were cake batter on it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was the fat gray-haired little lieutenant-colonel they had taken out of the column. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He tipped a fat glug into Dad's glass, then his own, then raised his glass to my sister. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I look down at the fat stack of invitations in her hand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Lots of them pretend they're just getting fat. My mom said she went shopping the day before I was born, and nobody noticed. But that’s my mom and shopping.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Holes are cut out every couple of feet: fat holes for windows, skinny holes for doors. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s not over until the fat lady is singing, right?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But here now are pretty flowered spring dresses, tweed coats and trousers, crocheted sweaters on fat babies. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Boots had grown bigger, but also fatter—Aurelia loved to feed him and she gave him more than he really needed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When it rained, fat gray drops plopped down upon the roads, then bounced up, as if in a half-hearted effort to escape. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ah, the wet season will soon be here, and fruit will grow wild on the trees, and the animals in the bush will grow fat, I told myself. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way your fats and oil boss liked you?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s fat and dimpled, like my dad’s was. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then, he’d know that was a big, fat lie, ’cause he saw those kids leaving him out of their kickball games and cutting in line in front of him like he was invisible. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He knew that this was alcoholic fat, but he kept on drinking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Make him walk up, pull at the twine or something, can’t you? Beatrice was right. The dog is much too fat.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I touched a fat, slick loop of vine, prepared to leap back in horror, but it was only vine, no worse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three times fatter than any other file in the drawer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Their blood is a good, nutritious, salt-free drink; their flesh is tasty and filling; their fat has many uses; and the castaway will find turtle eggs a real treat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to whip up his enthusiasm with thoughts of the fat juicy mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Four,” called a monstrously fat Yunkishman from die litter where he sprawled like a leviathan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Strider” I am to one fat man who lives within a day’s march of foes that would freeze his heart, or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could still hear the sound of voices speaking English in the soft accents of the Luo language, urging me to feel free, feel free, eat more fat from the ram’s tail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. wheeled around and gave me a tongue-lashing: hard, Germanic, mean and vulgar, exactly like some fat, red-faced fishwife. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was too busy arguing with a fat old farmer in overalls. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once he was on the floor, he stuck his head around the door of the pantry and saw Cook standing in the center of the kitchen, wringing her fat hands. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was a fat Mexican from Cubero who was losing his hair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had grown smug in their security, overbearing and fat. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the remains of Pearl’s dinner—glazed now with a white sheen of fat—to one side. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It hurt like this until shortly before 10 P.M., when a rather fat, hirsute guy of Lebanese descent burst into Colin's room without knocking. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe him: women who are going to have babies have big fat stomachs, and my mother didn’t have one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fat boy's eyes widened at the sight of Ghost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s got a bit of a belly and shoulders wider than most door frames, but people don’t look at him and think fat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I just wanted the movie to be about Uncle Billy because he drank a lot and was fat and lost the money in the first place. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ashes floated lazy on the breeze like fat grey snowflakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He became the perfect consoler, because he listened to every word Ob said and kept his fat mouth shut. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Where Pop Pop comes from, being on the fat side is a badge of honor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I get my cards ready—I’ve written everything out in fat block letters so Richard can read them from a distance. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The cars around me are driven by fat cows and bellowing bulls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But when there’s no chance of being misunderstood, it’s not a terrible crime to use than me in casual conversation or informal writing: Trixie’s fatter than me. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m sorry, not fat camp—True You/New You Camp for Health. Whatever. It’s fat camp. Every year since I was nine.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

All around them are the less awful children of faerie nobles, eating their bread and honey, their cakes and roasted pigeons, their elderflower jam with biscuits and cheese and the fat globes of grapes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The others said, “Boxer will pick up when the spring grass conies on”; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The more his back ached and his muscle dissolved into fat and the fat melted off his bones, the more fractious he became with Janie. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We all look so young in it, our cheeks puffing out with baby fat, our uniform shirts untucked, Tiago’s sneakers untied. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I imagined a shark popping her head above water, getting a look at a colony of fat, tasty seals sunning themselves on the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Not real fat. Just kind of chunky. You look kind of slow now, Dad.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was fats and oils. I still have a hand in it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the size of toddlers, with rolls of baby fat, but their skin had a strange greenish hue, as if chlorophyll ran through their veins. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The engines droned on monotonously like a fat, lazy fly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As a result, Jackal became too fat to run after Hare as he went to the water and drank half of what was there and dirtied the rest. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Now the only people left on the observation deck were me, a litde boy with his parents, the park ranger, and the fat lady with her Chihuahua. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So if you wonder why Americans are so obese, consider the fact that waitresses both express their humanity and earn their tips through the covert distribution of fats. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very old, fat satyr pushed through the crowd, stumbling over his own spear. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The ropes are stupid. We may as well just lock him in. He's a bit too fat to climb out of the bathroom window anyway, don't you think?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Esperanza is big, a little fat but in a muscular, athletic way. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below him, Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

To make the lotion, women would fill jugs with milk and shake the jugs until the fat separated from the milk. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had applied a bright blue mask to her face, was smoking and sipping some bourbon with ice and leafing through a fat paperback book whose pages had buckled and turned gray from the water. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The tribe must be sitting round the gutted pig, watching the fat ooze and burn among the ashes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m conscious of my stained uniform: do I smell of underarm sweat, of chicken fat? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

That signaled third-degree burns, in which the skin has burned all the way through, down to the fat below. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fox took the fat duck home to his wife and babies, and the farmer was too late to prevent it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen leeches before, but never ones so big and fat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the doctor’s eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammocks and he thought of Paris. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to set my own snares that caught a belt of fat rabbits in one day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And after them came a line of black girls, old, fat, dressed in ragged gingham, walking loosely, carrying tin cans of soap powder, rags, mops, brooms ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to stay at the surface of the water; I was still very weak, and I had litde fat on me to help me float. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A fat older man in shirtsleeves and suspenders was rocking on the porch of the house next to Josef’s. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pieces are soft and chewy, and the surface of the soup glitters with yellow globs of delicious fat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

He gave the sword another fruitless tug, tried and failed to mount the fat pony, gave up, and cried, “On foot then, good sirs and gentle lady! On! On!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Matthew was even starting to sport the same roll of fat around his waist that Dad had. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is fatter than Manman, but her clothes are smaller and tighter and shorter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The roses woke first, their buds growing fat in anticipation of warmer days, new thorns sprouting on branches and the glossy leaves unfurling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She peered out and caught sight of Ess down by the water, holding a fat fish. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you think my new feminism makes me look fat?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The fresh and dried fish; the fat, oil, or meat from beaver, beluga, caribou, moose, oogruk, polar bear, and walrus; cranberries, salmonberries and wild rhubarb all had so far escaped contamination. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Catching them was difficult, despite their being fat and slow. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I turn to see a regular girl, not tall, not short, not fat or skinny. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter looked fat and well-fed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He poked his fat finger in Stanley's neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As of tomorrow, we won’t have a scrap of fat, butter or margarine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was not a wild slough, although tules, cattails and foxtails still grew, also dill, and yellow chamomile, fat and fuzzy as bees. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick was a fat offensive lineman with a tattoo of a skull on his hairy shoulder. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On his way out the door, his wife handed him two fat tuna sandwiches, one for dinner and one for breakfast. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered what Tyrion would have made of the fat boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And small men That buy and sell for silver being slaves Crinkle the fat about their eyes; and yet No Prince of the Cities of the Sea has taken her, Leading to his grim bed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perched on top of the pole where the raven had been, a fat ugly gryphon glared down at them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Clown! Bungling buffoon! Get out of the way! Shift your fat idle carcass and let Scragg take over.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A fat fish wriggled on the end of her spear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I walk out of the store and wait for him outside as he pulls out his wallet with a big fat smile on his face. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She rendered goat fat into something like butter, and pulverized antelope meat into hamburgers with a device I think had been rigged from the propeller of a motorboat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode past a house, slowed to let the men flow round it, saw a fat woman in a bonnet, a gray dress, standing on the porch, her hands in her apron. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z