| 单词 | frost |
| 例句 | Just when I think she's finished with all her props and is ready to toss up an ending, out comes a bust of Venus made from cake frosting. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Curtis and Mike were already in the kitchen, chowing down on the last of the good Toaster Tarts—the frosted cupcake swirls. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z There was a coating of white frost over everything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His colorless face was covered with a layer of frost and snow. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was discovered that the greater part of the potato crop had been frosted in the clamps, which had not been covered thickly enough. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A large spider sat in the middle of a frosted web in the brambles. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You. Are. Tragic,” I say, and squirt a dollop of frosting on her nose, which only makes her laugh and cry some more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the class mom brought in pink frosted cupcakes and we traded those little candy hearts that said “Hot Baby!” and “Be Mine!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The direwolf’s breath frosted the forest air as he padded after them, still limping on the hind leg that had taken the arrow back at Queenscrown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Admirals telescope says East Wind. I thought as much. There is frost in my bones. I shall wear two overcoats.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But the moat’s waters were ever shifting, concealed only by a wafer-thin skin of frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The cladding of frost on thorny branches was thawing and fat drops drip-drip-dripping. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Shadows flickered on the top of a frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam took a job on a widow’s outfit near Denver and shared her table and her bed humbly until the frost drove him south again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z From the back window he could see that the roofs of the Afric Queen were white with frost. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at that. The top of the frost is gone already. Another few days like this, and it will be all gone. Then we will have the tractor in here again, breaking everything up.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “But I must warn you that it will strike the frost into the heart of every rabbit that hears it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace grounds beyond looked distorted, as if we were peering through frosted glass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The house began to look like a giant birthday cake covered with frosting. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the week, it would be back to off-brand frosted flakes and clothes from Target, and he couldn't wait. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z A thin layer of water frost covers the ground at 44° North latitude on Mars, in October 1977, at the beginning of northern winter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bakers began frosting their cakes with plain sugar—it was cheaper than luck and just as sparkly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There were apple and mince and dried-berry pies, little spicecakes with maple sugar frosting, candied fruits and nuts, pitchers of sweet apple cider, and great mugs of steaming flip for the men. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the smell of the frost melting,” Timothy went on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was a fine winter morning with the fields frosted, no wind, and a light fog which was not enough to confuse the pigeons. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled, her teeth black with frosting and cake. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The air took on a wintry sting as night fell, and in the morning, as I headed up the trail, a glaze of frost sparkled from the rhododendron leaves. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It would look like strawberry frosting,” he says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Then one of the doors with frosted glass was opened and I saw a tall austere-looking man in a white coat, beckoning to me with a chart. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The first chance she had, she plunged her arm down into the stiffly frosted canvas of the kit bag and brought up the little tin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My dad wandered around to the other side of the car and checked out the view through the driver’s-side window after smudging some frost away with the heel of his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The frost is falling, the frost falls into my body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her backyard is all frost and ice and our hands sting from the tap water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jotunheim, where the frost giants and the mountain giants wander and live and have their halls. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z A cake covered in thick chocolate frosting sat on the counter. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The hedges and the acres and acres of lawn were covered in a network of spider web that caught the dew in beads so that it glistened white as frost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were all different sorts—chocolate with chocolate frosting, chocolate with vanilla frosting, red velvet, Oreo flavor, peanut butter, sprinkles, caramel. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I showed them how to frost the cupcakes, and we each did a few. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The frost feathers holding me up, it became apparent, were maybe five inches thick and had the structural integrity of stale com bread. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry to hear that. Then we must hope for another frost, or that the tractor will break down. I wish someone would drive a tractor through his house and see how he likes it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I think it had been a bathroom back in the holiday camp days, because the only window had frosted glass and was really high up near the ceiling. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there wildflowers dared to dance in full summer dress, forgetting that any night might bring a killing frost. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In the fitting room, which was just one big room with mirrors on the walls, she found a spot next to an older woman with a shiny face and coarse frosted hair. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The light was coming in queerly through the frosted glass with the chicken wire embedded in it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evening of the following day Miyax hastily put on her clothes and crawled up the frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The warm desert air changing the frost patterns on the windows, erasing the art work. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not answer, but as he looked at her it seemed to him that something in her softened, as though a bitter frost were yielding at the first faint presage of Spring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I scraped off every last bit of that frosting. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z We are, both of us, cake people, not frosting people. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Last year not one but two bakers had crafted fifty-layer-high masterpieces of sugary wonder, studded with frosted stars and flowers and figurines. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Quickly she climbed the frost heave, lay down, and looked at the wolves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skin was warm, and she smelled like laundry detergent and frost, as fresh as the winter air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She ran for it, but before she could get close, Khione materialized in front of her in a swirl of frost. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The conference table is completely covered in desserts—tall frosted cakes, huge plates of cookies, steaming pies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Bakers have come in from the kitchen especially to talk frosting with him, and you can see them tripping over one another to answer his questions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Picking up her red markers, she crawled around her frost heave and frantically gathered the leafy plants that the caribou eat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And so they sat together until the dawn light came, pallid and gray, and they saw that the soil of Tab’s grave was newly rimed with frost. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the hard frosts grew less reliable, the planes continued to struggle to take off out of the mud. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And in Salinas, California, where I grew up, although we had some frost the climate was cool and foggy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re pale now. Like green frost. You must be terribly afraid.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “While I licked the frosting off of my fingers, I asked her, ‘So how do you like that?’” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Snowfall is never known there, neither long frost of winter, nor torrential rain, but only mild and lulling airs from Ocean bearing refreshment for the souls of men— the West Wind always blowing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The frost patterns on the window were as beautiful as always, but I could not appreciate them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was shoulder length, framing his face in loose curls the color of frost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The same was true of the windows: I wiped the frost from one pane and then another, and through both I could see only ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There was no frost on the windows in the mornings. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The weather was growing fouler every day as the Antarctic winter approached, with hard frosts and cold rain. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were benches along the walls outside the doors with their frosted glass and their neatly printed names and titles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The frost gathers along the scraper’s edge in a flaky white film; Jack clears it with a quick swipe of his gloved fingertips. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The night of the first frost, I woke up to a soldier pulling off my blanket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it is a precious thing, and it needs to be protected, nourished, or else it will wither, like a rose in a sudden frost.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Their breath frosted in the cold black air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, telephone wires looked like glass strings high overhead, bushes glistened like cakes made of diamonds, starbursts of frost etched themselves against our windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Throughout the year, until the next frost, we took our meals from the smokehouse, the little garden that lay cousin-close to the Store and from the shelves of canned foods. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair will be gently frosted, her smile quizzical. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We spend the rest of the morning baking my traditional birthday cake of vanilla sponge with vanilla cream frosting. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As Cady swooped the last curl of peanut butter frosting onto the two-tiered peanut butter cake, she had a whole hour before she and Toby needed to leave for the competition. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The frosting peaked and dipped like waves on a tiny pond. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He squinted through the frosting windshield, and guided the car smoothly to the curb. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs is another door, with a frosted window on which the word “Office” is written in black letters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even the goat fur on his legs was frosted with gray. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He kept one hand on the cloth and with the other dribbled more of the liquid between his fingers into its folds, delighting in the sensation of frost where the chloroform coated his fingers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When the jaegers arose into the air she picked up the pot and climbed once again to the top of her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dessert consists mainly of a gargantuan tiered cake shaped to resemble circus tents and frosted in stripes, the filling within a bright shock of raspberry cream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z You don’t run into frost much in Florida—and I jumped up and down like I was stomping on bubble wrap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Except for frost on the ground, everything looked just the same as it had yesterday. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was to do with that room, the way the sun came in through the frosted glass so that even in early summer, it felt like autumn light. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z All around the marsh, trees were glazed with frost. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In the next second, frost spangled across her skin and Aru shuddered with cold. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Last of all came Fiver, dejected and reluctant as a sparrow in the frost. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the middle of the cake, in yellow frosting, something was written. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He even lifted his tail and head higher than Miyax had ever seen him do, and, acting like the boss wolf, loped up her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The umbrella of fog had lifted and Miyax ran up the side of her frost heave to see how her family was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Under his deep brow they sparkled like frost in a valley. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Drops of water fell from the mist and out of them there were formed the frost maidens and Ymir, the first Giant. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the cake my mother is frosting, the number “10” on the top, just like every other year. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun shone at right-angles to the north wind, leaving the east side of the furrows white with frost. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breath frosted the air in small nervous puffs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I turn back to the vending machine and decide on the strawberry frosted Pop-Tarts, mostly cuz there’s two in the pack. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The wind kicked up huge swirling waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf, plastering my clothing with frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My nostrils, my ears are torpid under the frost. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed my nose close to the plastic case and studied the jelly donut and the twist with chocolate frosting. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Michael and I are the first ones to the table and we both get edge pieces of cake that have lots of blue and white frosting. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Its edges were covered in fine white tufts of frost, like tiny shrubs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My penalty was the long, dead walk from the frosted glass doors of the Amazon to the strawberry-marble slab of our entry on Madison Avenue. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The air began to frost every night, and the stars to glitter more coldly, and so October came upon Phippsburg and Malaga Island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When at last I make it outside, our final strand of chain is frosted with snow, so I make everybody go downstairs and stand near the furnace to thaw it out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They didn’t have biscuits neither but they had these big rolls with white frosting on top. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front were a number of private offices with frosted glass doors and walls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach forward and slide a hand down the frosted milkshake glass. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They were a frosted gray, and they clinked together in the palm of her hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Once, in reference to winters in central Florida, she solemnly informed me, “We usually get frosts once or twice a winter, but this year we had ’em a couple of times.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rimas told of the buttercream frosting she made for cakes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Up close to the front door I can see through the edges around the frosted glass design. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She used dry eyeliner, liquid eyeliner, lip liner, lip conditioner, a frosted highlighter, and a pore minimizer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The evening was cooling down for a frost. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But that crown wasn’t anything to sniff at—twisting spines of diamonds that looked like branches glowing with new frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z What happens to the corn plants and the luxuriant branching vines when the grain is harvested, the grapes gathered, and the black frost sets in, killing the fresh green life of the fields? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a frost glazed the ground—winter came; relentlessly, the dog pleaded to be set free; unflaggingly, Cleofes persevered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears frosted blue eye shadow and a lemon yellow suit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His son was Odin’s father, whose mother and wife were frost maidens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was sharp, and there was white frost thick on the ground and on the dead leaves at the edge of the wood across the garden patch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Trolls and frost giants and mountain giants all tremble when they see Mjollnir, for it has killed so many of their brothers and friends. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She packed them, tied a thong to the new caribou skin so she could drag it behind her, and lined up her pointer stones with a distant frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The panes of glass on the great sliding doors were frosted at the corners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z After it’s cooled, I apply an unreasonably thin layer of frosting, just enough to cover the cake. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Below them the wind washes frost from the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The frosting wasn’t as easy to work with as jungle mud. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z There were a frosted cake and homemade cone hats, and Mama wore a satiny cape and sparkles on her face and did magic tricks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For decoration, I draw eighteen frosted daisies with white petals and a white center across the top. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The Queen’s eyes were almost entirely black now; only a thin rim of gold encircled her pupils, and a chill was spreading over her skin like frost. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Finally he was so close he felt the chill of Encanis’ passing and could spy places where he had set his hands and feet, for they were marked with a cold, black frost. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Beck’s head was also caked with a thick armor of frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It had not occurred to me that there would be frost in the ground in May, but then, I had not been on a mountain before. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A pale-skinned man with frosted hair and silver eyes sauntered forward first. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My dad had fudge frosting on his front teeth, but I wasn't going to point this out, especially after he said: "Of course. You are so right." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Some midnights, her room grows so cold that she half believes she can hear frost settling onto the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, they were surrounded by great boulders of blue ice and beneath their feet snow lay thickly frosted upon the ground. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Then the light, chill rains of November would come, and perhaps later there would be frost and some short months of cold. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He unwrapped a small baked cake with creamy frosting and broke off a large piece. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her black Assassin’s garb, with frost still clinging to her dark hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The four tall windows, frosted with vapor from the steam radiators, allowed a gray snowfall light to descend into the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Though frost blanketed the grass she cooled her feet in the spring. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I wiped the frost off the seat with my handkerchief, then I lowered my trousers and sat down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When the gods felt age beginning to touch them, to frost their hair or ache their joints, then they would go to Idunn. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He knew how it came, like the frost that bleeds out of the winter ground, hardening the clear water that an early thaw leaves in wagon ruts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was early autumn, years ago, during a rare year when a late frost in the springtime had not killed the orchards, and the trees were almost overburdened with glistening fruit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Who I saw instead was Miss Effie Belle Tate from next door, hurrying up the walk with a frosted coconut cake! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Fiat’s windows had shattered, sending brighter glass like frosting across the dark beach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Well, they’re probably worrying about the first frost now and wondering if they should cover up their tomatoes,” my father said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The winter had started out bare, frosted the trees deeply, and then the deep snows had fallen. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When there’s still no answer, I stand on my toes and look through the frosted windowpane in the door—the only window in the whole house that doesn’t have blinds over it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “We put the tea in like this,” he said, scooping loose tea from the huge frosted glass jar on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z That night, in the quiet? of his dark room, while a deep and clear cold frosted the starlight over the town, those words came back to Turner: “I will see to it myself.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z My powdered skin makes me look like an overly frosted piece of caramel cake. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had chicken to wash, flour, and fry and a lemon cake to bake and frost. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When he came in, stamping the snow from his boots, and caught Laura up in a bear’s hug against his cold, big coat, his mustache was beaded with little drops of melting frost. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not even know that the air was cold with frost slipping down from the mountains. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By morning, frost would cover the ground, and the tent ropes would be stiff and frozen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I look up at a scrawny tree, the branches covered in frost, and am stunned by how beautiful it is. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A grass blade tickled her face, and she remembered where she was—up on the frost heave with the wolf pack! Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was frost on the ground and the pavement was slick in all the shadowy places. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z What I remember are the long avenues in the frost, the farms and houses braced against the winter, the flat, laconic Maine speech in crossroads stores where I stopped to buy supplies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The second root goes to the realm of the frost giants, to the well that belongs to Mimir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I could orient myself only by the surfaces moonlight frosted: the rim of an old bicycle tire, a crumpled water bottle, the aluminum arc of a grenade handle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The floor of the forest was soft to walk on; the frost did not harden it as it did the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “How many nights till frost?” sang the crickets. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Starving men dream of food. I dream of frost.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the potato hole, where sweet potatoes were stored in winter to protect them from the frost. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after I won an important regional tournament, the window encased a fresh sheet cake with whipped- cream frosting and red script saying, “Congratulations, Waverly Jong, Chinatown Chess Champion.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. Stirring. Now, suppose you took a big bite of lemon pound cake only to find more of your Big Ma’s hair in it than lemon frosting?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z No, it was worse than the grown-up talk he was used to, because all his parents ever talked about was the corn harvest and bills and the likelihood of frost at the end of May. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The glens were full of frost and fog. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The branches are bare and black but they are covered with dripping white candles, translucent layers of wax frosting over the bark. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was frost on the ground when they started out next day. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And one morning, Roz walked out to find a layer of frost on the garden. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It seems to me that coffee smells even better when the frost is in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he also made the mistake of drinking not one but two frosted glasses full, while everybody else had a half-inch “just for taste.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Marco carves a series of symbols into the frost on the window of his flat that faces out to the street, using the columns of the museum beyond as a guide. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He told us that when Chew Wong iced a cake he put the frosting in a cornucopia made of newspaper, bit off the end and squeezed the frosting onto the cake. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands with her legs apart, breathing shallowly, tossing her blond frosted mane like a nervous pony. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Usually, though, western Kansas winters are imprisoning, and usually frost on the fields and razory winds have altered the climate before Christmas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Tiny flowers of frost were etched across the windowpane, and I puffed my breath against the glass, watching it fog up and dragging my finger through the condensation. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The metal, in a matter of seconds, had grown white with frost, and her finger was in such intense pain from the cold, she cried out and pulled the ring from her hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Hyacinth said, pulling Laney away from the dessert table, where she was sticking her fingers into the carrot cake frosting. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “You stay out there until two hard frosts,” she warned. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I broke it into two pieces, set one on each side under the funnel, lit the fire, closed the flap of the door and listened to the wind bring the first frost to the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Beauty-lanterns drift along streets paved with glistening stones, past mismatched shops painted in pastel shades and lined up like the frosted pastries in a bakery window. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He breathed it out in clouds and it froze in white frost on his mustache and beard. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I’d hole up at home and wait for the frost. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The second cupcake was the best, and it’d be on the menu this fall, topped with honey cinnamon frosting. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A hard frost was settling over the castle, and Jon could hear the soft crunch of grey weeds beneath his boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pale morning, icy sky, frosted crusts on the hills, but no sign of sticking snow, worse luck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Since it was December, Aru had to rub some frost off the latch in order to open it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It stuck, along with my tongue, to the frosted windowpanes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The rocks of the cairn turned white with frost. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Copper-colored, weightless and motionless, they suggested a glassy fragility like that of frost. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Their hands were clenched into fists or open like claws, as if they were grasping at something, and their faces were expressionless masks, their eyes glazed with frost, staring at nothing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hedges, bushes, and paths, all were white with frost. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In a sheltered corner of the glade, Eilonwy found handfuls of small flowers still untouched by the frost. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He’s been frosting those cakes and cookies for years in his family’s bakery. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Boldly the black pup came to ward her, his fat backside swinging as he trotted to the bottom of her frost heave, and barked. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the spring advanced they tracked it eastward, and the first frost drove them west and south. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe there was still frost on the metal foil around the expensive lemon ice cream. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “High enough to keep out frost giants. Thick enough that not even the strongest troll could batter its way through.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z While the cupcakes baked, we worked on a buttercream frosting and danced some more to the Little Tomato playlist. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The moon grew fat and thin, there were solstices, first frosts, and spring rains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I put the bowl of bread pudding into a basket, tied on my cloak, and wound up my hands in rags to keep the frost from biting. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson’s floor was a warren of lawyer’s offices, with rich carpets, walls of dark brown wood, and doors inlaid with frosted glass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Sawdust, nails, food wrappers and cigarette butts, Playboy magazines from the 1970s littered the floor; the many-paned windows were furry with frost and grime. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the top of her frost heave, she froze in her tracks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With a square of waxy bakery paper, the boy pulled out a concha frosted with pale yellow sugar and placed it on a plate in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It might have been the breeze making the fires dance or the bright stars frosting the sky, but Tendai thought he had never eaten a better meal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He can reach up and touch the frosted white light fixture suspended from the ceiling, filled with dead moths. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But Sounder was warm because the boy’s father had put two burlap sacks under the porch for the time when the hard frosts came. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother would rush and grab him and, with a foreign curse and a shaken fist at the frosted door, hurry him out of the torture chamber. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a smell of dampness in the air as the frosted ground thawed, a smell of things getting ready to grow. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The endless tundra rolled around her and she could not tell which frost heave was which. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The margins of the spring’s small lively pool were frozen, and the sere moss among the rocks was traced with flowers of frost. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mix it with sugar. Tastes just like frosting.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Could I but have stiffened to the still frost—the friendly numbness of death—it might have pelted on; I should not have felt it; but my yet living flesh shuddered at its chilling influence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He especially loved the warm brown of Mrs. Beale’s thumb, as it appeared from under the creamy white icing that she allowed him to lick away when she was frosting his favorite cake. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Wherever he stepped, the grass, dirt, and stones turned white like frost. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When in the cold dawn a frost awakened Cal to a sick world he struggled home like a broken bug. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On top of the chocolate cake, vanilla frosting spells Do Not Throw Away Your Wish. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z His feet were like lead as he stumbled along the sparsely lit alleys and over the cobbles covered with silvery frost. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There was hoar frost last night, and all of the bare branches are coated white and sparkling. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Together, they just managed to yank Riptide free before the frost reached their hands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He shook out five green pods from a smaller frosted glass jar. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And then Sierra complains about the frosting, and then they all sing, substituting insults for her name. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I spy Phil through the slightly frosted glass panels in our door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow! Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long Jon could see their breath frosting in the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the apples will fall and when the sheep will need shearing and when the frost will come. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But before I can, the frosted glass door on the opposite end of the room opens. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She and Deb are the first ones to pick out a cupcake with chocolate or pink frosting. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “I like the way you think, dude,” Joe said, picking concha frosting crumbs from my plate. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The air cut the nostrils with dry frost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Streets that glinted with frosts of powdered glass. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When they put their mouths close to the pane and blew their breath on it, the white frost melted and ran in drops down the glass. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “My little sartorially challenged slip of a girl, we are ateliers. We dress the world itself. I embroider the earth with ice and frost, the most delicate silk in the world.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She almost liked winter, the glittering coat of frosted ice on the tops of cars, the lush warmth of the cashmere sweaters Curt bought her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There is no frost upon the windows of Marco’s flat, so he inscribes lines of symbols in the shape of a letter A with ink, pressing his darkened fingers against the panes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When the time comes, I take her sticky hand in mine and ask how she manages to keep her frosting so stiff. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z People who once held family fortresses against wind and weather, against scourges of frost and drought and insect enemies, now cluster against the busy breast of the big town. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Walters the art teacher comes over while I’m sucking the last glob of blue frosting off of my finger. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Laura and Mary were allowed to take Ma’s thimble and make pretty patterns of circles in the frost on the glass. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “More lichens grow on one side of the frost heaves than on the other.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a frosted cake, cut exactly down the middle. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He stood and scanned the island—bleach-white dunes, blankets of grass, and boulders encrusted with salt like frosting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Curious, Celia picks a frosted peony from its branch, the stem breaking easily. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Loki steers the ship, but its captain will be Hrym, leader of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The frosting is thick and perfect and smooth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The snow was piled high, the blocks’ windows veiled in frost. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember how I looked out of the frosted pane and saw the looming great North Star and lost it, as though the sky had shut its eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned down and opened a compartment under my sink and lifted out a bottle of very old and reverend brandy brought along for weddings, frost bite, and heart attacks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her everything, from the time the death cart dumped her at the front door to the first frost. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Every night there were new groups of campfires to push away the frost, and soon there was hardly a place to stand, there were so many men and animals. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of hard frosts had killed the crops they’d planted afterward, leaving only mud and ash and wilted, rotting stalks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It blotted out the horizon, the far dips and heaves, the grasses, the pond, and finally her own frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When nearly a fortnight had passed Frodo looked out of his window and saw that there had been a frost in the night, and the cobwebs were like white nets. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She makes a very wide shadow on the frosted glass. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed lemons for lemonade while Mama Ya-Ya frosted the cake. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The wall, however, had been growing imperceptibly steeper, and as it did so, the frost feathers became thinner. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To begin with, the house was covered in peaks of hard green frosting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This year we—minus two, with Mom working—had to settle for homemade yellow cake smothered in chocolate frosting. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In one section, frost sleeved the tree branches and icicles dangled like ornaments. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Because the light is still on in my room, I can see that someone has drawn space shuttles on the cupcakes with frosting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the window and through a small, round hole in the frosted windowpane I could see the whirling blades of the windmill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His pale eyes were frosted with sun glare and his lips scaly as snakeskin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fall, pumpkin pies and frosted cupcakes with toothpick turkeys. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a step, and frost crackled beneath her bare feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As word of the frost spread, hundreds of people swarmed into town. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow, and then by a hard frost which did not break till well into February. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They killed me with mushy apples and pasta worms and little cakes that marched out of the oven and lay down to be frosted. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z That very morning, while Toby was off on his airport run, Cady had baked him a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The white wolf ran from it, racing toward the cave of night where the sun had hidden, his breath frosting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Scrambling to the door, she saw Kapu in the mist, frost on his whiskers. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The second giant breathed frost at Annabeth, who was barely able to stand, but Grover pulled her out of the way while Thalia went to work. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We slathered pink frosting all over them and I ate so many that I was stuffed by the time Mom came home from errands and Dad came home from work and it was dinnertime. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her mother, Mabel, had complained enough about her hard delivery, the rare frost that morning, the wind howling between the seams in the cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So far, frosted food was brought from Earth in flying icicles; a few community gardens were greening up in hydroponic plants. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to write “Happy Birthday” on the frosted windows. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my shoes and run quickly through the streets of Limerick to keep myself warm against the February frost. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The floor was littered with skeletons in Roman armor and Imperial gold weapons encrusted with frost. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After a time, she found that there was a thin layer of frost on the ground, sparkling in the moonlight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Byron held the bird in one hand and with his other one gently brushed pink frosting off of the dove’s chest. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But there, in the Conqueror’s tower, a constant ebb and flow of cockneys would be livening the frost. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Were that to happen, the seedlings might all be killed by a single drought or frost, leaving no seeds to propagate the species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s frost! The first frost! The end of the fever!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been fifteen years, but it might have been fifteen minutes since his hundred routed foes fled through the frost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He put out his hand and touched Estraven’s hand, as if he were making certain that the frost was driven out. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I recognize the far-off shapes of the mist-shrouded Imbabura, the man mountain, and Cota- cachi, his wife, who is covered in diamond frost that he has given her as a gift. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner was glad all the mud had frozen and there was just a patina of frost. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z While I smiled and nodded to her, frost formed on the hack of my neck. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The surviving frost giants all follow Hrym, huge and inimical to humanity. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Two weeks before the end of the term, the sky lightened suddenly to a dazzling, opaline white and the muddy grounds were revealed one morning covered in glittering frost. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The spot where I’d landed was now coated with ice, and I was covered in frost like a sugar donut. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His skin was tinged with blue, his eyelashes and hair were covered in frost. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It seemed sudden, but actually there had been days and days of no snow—just frost—when, late one afternoon, a rain fell and froze. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z You never want to turn down a Mrs. Bigio cupcake—even if it is all pastel pink with little hearts in the frosting. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “For everything there is a season, remember? When the frost comes, the fever will vanish. We just have to find a way to make it until then.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One night he looked up at the sky and said in the saddest voice Marly had ever heard from him, “When the moon comes full again, there’ll be a killing frost.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The ribbon of frozen meltwater had ended three hundred feet up and was followed by a crumbly armor of frost feathers. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time someone deserted, the courtyard was covered in frost. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At Cumberland Farms, I slip the Easy Cheese can into my coat pocket when Aurora and Bryce are distracted by the frosted donuts near the hot dogs. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The silver moon cast a frosted glow upon the rough stone wall and guardian lion statues. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He had scored a superb 99 on the fill-in-the blank worksheet on cakes and frostings, not to mention a 96 on his poultry worksheet. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Discouraged, she wriggled backward down the frost heave and arrived at her camp feet first. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to walk the walls,” he told them, his own breath frosting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When she’d built a thick boot, she frosted it with more plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Or the dry Stella D’oro cookies with their cement frosting, which he raves and raves about and manages to find even in the most remote locations. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Flurries of fine snow particles filled the air inside the tent, blanketing everything with frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It tastes like chocolate frosting, and it revives me a little. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Quietly she put down her cooking pot and crept to the top of a dome-shaped frost heave, one of the many earth buckles that rise and fall in the crackling cold of the Arctic winter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They assembled by the Hunter's Gate as the first pale rays of the sun brushed the top of the Bell Tower, their breath frosting in the cold morning air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her father stands by a window, intently watching his arm as he holds it out in front of him, the sunlight filtering in through the frosted glass and falling over his sleeve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z During the killing season, after the first frost, all neighbors helped each other to slaughter hogs and even the quiet, big-eyed cows if they had stopped giving milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow frosted the bare branches of the few spindly trees. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The insubstantial frost feathers ensured that those last twenty feet remained hard, scary, onerous. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The edge plunged into the sea, hundreds of feet below, with sheets of frost constantly crumbling into the water. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I silently counted on my fingers: twenty-eight days until the end of September, then on into October until the first frost. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Framed in the frosted glass panel, the squat outline waits, dwindles, and then disappears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A few million years ago, the present site of the city of Chicago was buried under three kilometers of frost. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from a square of frosted glass in the door, the only light's a brown bulb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In November, after the first hard frost, I got a call from Brian, who said that Mom had succeeded in persuading Dad to quit his job and return to the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the battlefield called Vigrid, the gods will fall in battle with the frost giants, and the frost giants will fall in battle with the gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Lindsey was the expert, and I let her lead me, her mouth hot and her lips frosted with sparkly orange-flavored lip gloss. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z They stop at the one that reads “C. Bowen” and Widget lifts his hand to knock softly on the frosted glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z More commonly, the dryness comes back and the fuzz of grass withers or a little frost curls it and there’s that amount of seed wasted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Their rounded arches frame a square courtyard and a garden that is brown and shriveled by frost The November air bites my skin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The woman in black with blue hair is talking into the phone, a pink frosting line under her nose. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But they were cold things, and it was like looking for solace in frost. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z That is the landscape I focus on, a field of oblongs, gently undulating where the earth beneath has buckled, from decade after decade of winter frost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Come Christmas Day, we would fly home to find a leg of lamb thawing beneath six inches of frost, the purchase date revealing that it had been bought midway through the Carter administration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Ser Waymar was panting from the effort now, his breath steaming in the moonlight: His blade was white with frost; the Other's danced with pale blue light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She dropped her pot, scrambled up the frost heave and stretched out on her stomach. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The poem went like this: Upon my bed Lies the bright moonlight Like frost upon the earth. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only creatures to benefit from this pestilence are the rats. Go home, Matilda, take my regards to your grandfather, but tell him he must lock all the doors and pray for frost.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the early morning swept clean of clouds and telescopically clear, we crunched around on the thick white ground cover of frost and got under way. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On it, written in yellow on a sea of fudgy frosting, were these words: “Open a Book and Open Your Mind.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The dry moat surrounding Maegor’s Holdfast was three feet deep in snow, the iron spikes that lined it glistening with frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They break through the sunflowers toward the cottage, stepping through Aaron’s rod, wild carrot, all the leaves browned from frost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The temperature has dropped and the sun is glowing like some kind of frosted golden jewel.Yet everything feels different and not quite right. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There was a frost in the air, and the sky was a pale clear blue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One day I noticed that the plants grown from Momma’s seeds had been killed by the frost, the stalks dead on the ground, with shriveled paper leaves. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One was gaunt, with flinty eyes, a long white beard, and a face as hard as a winter frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We step into the chilly garden crusted over with a layer of frost. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The entire yard sparkled with diamonds of frost that quickly melted into millions of drops of water with a gentle kiss of the sun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At 10.05 I crept out onto the landing just as Kat’s shape appeared through the frosted glass of the front door. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z London, from the twenty- fourth floor, lit up like frost on glass. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s a perfectly safe strategy in Mexico’s mild climate, but in Canada a disastrous one that would guarantee the plant’s being killed by autumn frosts before it had produced any mature corn cobs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sliding back to her camp, she heard the grass swish and looked up to see Amaroq and his hunters sweep around her frost heave and stop about five feet away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother’s flower beds were all covered over, and the snow was lining up on her holly trees and mulberry and frosting the tops of her rhododendrons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she went to the supply closet to get paper towels because Carter Harrison got frosting in his hair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She saw kind faces, people who loved her, a thickly frosted cake, a little sister and cousin by her side, a new year ahead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Each year, as soon as the first frost appeared, she made twelve identical white, camphor-filled bags for each of us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The back door is framed in blue wood, but the center of it is frosted glass. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z There, huddled as close to Tansy as her calves, lay a sleeping boy, blue in his lips, frost in his hair, and tears frozen on his thin dirty cheeks. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a dusting of frost on it, so perhaps it had been waiting here for a while. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He went on past street lamps covered with thick coatings of snow, gleaming like huge frosted moons above his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The door to the office was closed, but I could see someone’s shape behind the frosted glass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The members of the Grounds and Buildings Committee arrived at two o’clock and filled the library with the scent of cigars and frosted wool. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His feet breached a crust of frost with every step, and the cloud of his breath accompanied him like a chummy ghost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was just after breakfast, and the frost was still visible on the grass at the center of the cloister. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Some jars are simple glass mason jars, others are glazed ceramic jars or ornate frosted glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the alley there was a dingy little pub whose windows appeared to be frosted over but in reality were merely coated with dust. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I went down the grassed hill, slipping in the frost to the edge of the dark pool. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His dream is to frost her tips while asking behind-the-scenes questions about Sommersby. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There was a light frost covering the ground and much of the foliage, but it was a mild day for that time of the year. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z David licks frosting off the side of his hand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Day after day, Harriet listened as all six of them complained bitterly about the cold that stung their faces, numbed their fingers, frosted their feet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The days and nights were growing colder and in the mornings my clothes were touched with frost and my feet were numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Piper felt frost gathering on her eyebrows and freezing her ear canals, but she feigned a smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Kehaar’ll fly you up to the moon, Hlao-roo,” said Bluebell, “and you can come down on Bigwig’s head like a birch branch in the frost. But there’s time to go to sleep first.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman watched each year for the walnuts to fall after the first hard frost. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Here at last the snow crown began,- Sky's weathered stones were rimed with frost, and long spears of ice hung from the slopes above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the windows here were shuttered against the storm, sealed up by crusts of blown snow and frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I bought her a cake, though, a chocolate one with vanilla frosting from the supermarket bakery. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He had not shaved since leaving the Fist of the First Men, and the hair on his Up was soon stiff with frost. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "It's lovely. If only you could frost someone to death," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The sky was dark blue and the mud bore a powdering of frost when Matt pulled himself from the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She even had dessert, a store cake with stiff, oversweet chocolate frosting, and a bowl of apples and bananas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a rectangle in shape, and it was a garden of frosting. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Thor asked Tyr on the third day of their journey back through the land of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There was frost on the hairs of their muzzles and their breathing made plumes of frost in the air. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A little fur of frost gathered on the inner surface of the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Ghost stalked beside Jon’s horse as the rangers and recruits formed up, then stopped and sniffed, his breath frosting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Were her eyes frosted over like an icy window, allowing light and dark to filter through? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His breath frosted the window in the door, and he stepped back, wondering if someone outside might be able to see him—or his breath. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He looked out the panes that were already a little frosted over, and the moonlight flooded him, and his scar was a bright ragged line along his side. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The only color in the vicinity was the frost rouge on the men’s cheeks and the blue of Burnham’s and Olmsted’s eyes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A teenaged girl with braids brings a baby in, his mouth ringed brown with frosting. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A rosebush grows there, its leaves withered by frost The sight does not sadden me, for I know the bush will bloom again next year. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Virtually treeless, it features frosted picture-book mountains that are interspersed with rugged, lava-strewn terrain, giving the landscape an unnatural, almost lunar appearance: American astronauts trained there before their voyages to the moon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He felt it come out of the shadows, and the sunlight on the back of his neck turned to frost. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I think of her hips as a pair of overly frosted crème-cakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The six tiers of fabric are like different frostings of tulle and lace and silk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He could see it still: a crown of winter roses, blue as frost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was a hint of frost in the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She remembered small moments, and these moments came to her now: A birthday cake cradled in her mother’s hands, with white peaks of frosting and animal crackers around the edges. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The days were shorter now, and the white sunlight cold as it settled onto the field and thought about dropping frost. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She set her finger on its edge, and lacy frost spirals coated the pot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This time there was no mistaking it: definite wary silence, and when Anita Rees spoke again, it was with a touch of frost. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The grass along the road was wet and green, still growing, untouched by frost. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the sun on the frosted grass of the cloister. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They nodded to security guards and hurried down a dark hallway beneath the stands, their breath forming frost clouds in the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning the ground was covered in frost. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “It’s three different kinds of Italian dinners squished together in a layer cake with cheese frosting.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Joey Witter brought in pretzel sticks, which we got to dip into frosting and red sprinkles. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But in fact the lake is comparatively warm, and so the land surrounding it is less beaten by frost than the surrounding highlands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He looks around at the trees, the long frosted willow branches cascading down, the topiaries that line the nearby path like ghosts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had hardly chopped the moss away with my ax before I hit frost. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a white cream frosting, and it was perfect, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The air had a sweet burn of frost, and Charley, moving ahead, saluted in detail a whole row of clipped privet, and he steamed as he went. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But the frost wasn’t as thick and the last of the snow was melting into crust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The breath of warm hope which Jan and Max had blown so softly upon him turned to frost under Buckley’s cold gaze. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Farmers had come back into town following the frost, and their prices dropped as quickly as the temperature. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The black brothers moved through black shadows amidst black rocks, working their way up a steep, twisting trail as their breath frosted in the black'air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tiny frost crystals had formed on the outside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The frost on them was already starting to sweat off. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Samosas and other finger foods, cupcakes frosted like flags, and of course our Halwa Cuppa Tea ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The night had become chilly, almost cold enough to lay down a frost, he thought; it must be freezing at the higher elevations. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see that she was watching me and waiting for me to leave because I could see her standing in her hall on the other side of the frosted glass in her front door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who needed help reaching the dishes, and who begged to see the frosted cakes in the bakery window. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His cheeks were coated with an armor of frost, one eye was frozen shut, and he was slurring his words badly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Almost all epidemics followed the same pattern, striking during warm weather, disappearing with the first hard frost. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In the warm bakery, steam rises from the laundry, and sleeves and skirt folds that were stiff with frost now hang limp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But at least it was the summer, not the way the Cottages would get a few months on, with all the puddles frozen over and the rough ground frosted bone hard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she saw it, lying like a gray frost upon the TV set. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z All I remember is we were putting frosting on cupcakes when he started banging on the door.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Servants help me into a bustling day dress that is a creamy blur of whipped frosting and sweetened milk sprinkled with gossamer ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I limp toward the door, which is a pane of frosted glass. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As he got over his initial shock, he noticed other details: the frost spreading from the base of the Doors, the purplish glow in the air around them, and the chains that held them fast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes open leads of water in all directions were wreathed with wisps of frost smoke as the water began to freeze, and Shackleton commented that the effect resembled the smoke from a prairie fire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Felix was sitting at the kitchen table, eating off-brand frosted flakes and focusing on the maze on the back of the box, when the TV caught his attention. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Amaroq was pacing restlessly along the crest of the frost heave as if something were about to happen. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A figure—pale and slim, with a cloud of frosted hair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then she frosted the aspen leaves and left them sunshine yellow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Tony licked pink frosting off the cupcake and went on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Beneath her fingernails, the frost makes billions of tiny diadems and coronas on the slats of the bench, a lattice of dumbfounding complexity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By the time I saw the library, I think my face had frosted to ice. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z No longer feeling any cold in his legs and arms nor on his face, he thought that the frost had benumbed him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly it seemed both wonderful and funny to have nothing more than a frost to worry about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby scraped the edge of his fork along the plate, collecting some stray frosting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Fancy cakes with flowers and pretty things painted in frosting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He has a summer job, with the Works Department, filling in potholes in the roads, tarring over the cracks made by frost heave; he does have a faint tarry smell about him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Loki wrapped the falcon cloak tightly about himself and, in falcon form, flapped his wings and rose, faster even than an eagle, and was gone, flying north, toward the lands of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be a frost,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sydelle was puffing her warm breath on the window and wiping a frosted area clean with her sleeve. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the gods can travel on the rainbow; it would burn the feet of any frost giants or trolls who attempted to clamber up it to reach Asgard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But I see when Schillinger sees her, darting across the courtyard in the frost. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She wondered if his touch would spread a frost over her, snowflakes blooming over her skin like a dress of winter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Five feet from the door, she sees a silhouette through the frosted glass panel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Holding hands and breathing nervous puffs of frost into the night, we make our way onto the porch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The length of her limbs and the beauty of her face were of no use to Miyax as she lay on the lichen-speckled frost heave in the midst of the bleak tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Miyax dug to the frost line, then whacked at the ice until, many hours later, she had chopped three feet into it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early mornings everything sparkled with frost. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the frosted doors slide open and once again they are officially there, no longer in transit, swallowed by hugs and kisses and pinched cheeks and smiles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The man looked at him, still smiling, and then suddenly he reached down on the other side of the table and brought up a frosted pitcher of ice water and a glass. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The frost has made some leaves wilt, droop. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z So they came: friends, neighbours, bringing sugar cane and frosted sugar and sticks of striped candy for the new baby. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Where the iron touched his skin it felt like knives and needles and nails, like the searing pain of frost, like the sting of a hundred biting flies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For birthdays his mother orders a cake on which his name is piped across the white frosted surface in a bright blue sugary script. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Shilling,” she said, her voice hoarse with frost, “I told you to leave me here.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Ice glistens on tree branches, frost webs over dried grasses in a sparkling net. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We put the white buttercream frosting into a plastic bag and cut the tip. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Spearpoints shone in the light of the rising sun, and all along die verges the grass glistened with the morning frost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Never had there been such terrible frosts as there were that year. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan looked around and saw that the plants around them had a white blanket of sharp frost. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was a strange bear, clad in polished armor with the dew on it frozen into frost, and with a plume in his helmet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z This was something that Mrs. Frisby and the children did not ordinarily mind; Moving Day, in fact, was normally a gay time, for it marked the end of the gray weather and the frost. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ben could tell if it was going to rain, when the first frost would come, tell whether there was going to be a long stretch of clear sunny days. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z By day the mountains were blue-grey, brushed with frost, but once the sun vanished behind the jagged peaks they turned black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And our surroundings are crusted in frost: the railing along the stairwell, the windshields of every car in the parking lot. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She lifted the strap of reindeer hide holding the latch in place, and tugged hard against the frost binding the door shut. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They would wake in the morning to see that the rime had frosted their beards, and, until the sun warmed them, they looked like old men, white-bearded before their time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Those memories, they are the coals that shield my heart from frost. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The cake a driver delivered the next morning, with “I’m sorry my love” written on it in blue frosting, had a bitter aftertaste, but Aunty Uju kept it in the freezer for months. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There were frost giants and mountain giants at Balder’s funeral; there were even dwarfs, the cunning craftsmen from beneath the ground, for all things that there were mourned the death of Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z As Miyax rolled to a sitting position, the owl scooped his wings up, braked, and dropped onto an exceptionally large frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Miyax touched the lichens on the top of her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had frozen together, and the frost that covered them glittered when they moved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It sat in a purple bowl on my desk while we fought and cried, and eventually it turned into soup and fluffy inedible white frosting, rainbow sprinkles melting in pools of their color. Abortion, a love story 2012-08-25T01:00:00Z This, he said, compels the vines to enter the growth stage earlier, resulting in grapes that are theoretically completely ripe sooner, though it is risky if early frosts occur. Inglenook Focuses on the Long Term to Regain Its Glory 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z It doesn't mean that your gardening season is coming to a screeching halt then, as many fall vegetables can withstand a light frost, in fact, the taste of some becomes better in cold weather. It’s time to plant your fall vegetable garden — here’s how 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z |
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