His accuracy was excellent because he had spent days aiming fruit at targets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here you go,” she said, setting a wedge of fruit on his plate. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Summer,” Mr. Chris said that night after the fireworks were over and they were all having homemade ice cream on his front porch, “is fruit time mostly, just the way spring is mostly flower time.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Flocks of finches fed on fruit until their population exploded. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The village was on the bank of a great river where lush fruits and vegetables grew, but no one was allowed to eat anything because it all belonged to the crocodile. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Dubonnet and Hickam are in it together,” he declared, passing out his moonshine in fruit jars to the other men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the smell of your fruit and the labor of your days we abhorred. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not an orchard. . . . Did you see any fruit?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watch him hypnotize the girls as he does the fruit in the trees, the clouds in the sky, as he did me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Up top, he said, I would find some delicious jungle fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the way out of the café, Grampa stuffed a few dollar bills into a fruit jar labeled “Bryant and Milam Defense Fund: Contributions Welcome” on a table by the door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Did she notice the ornamental touches around the entrance, the Roman urns spilling granite fruit, the harlequin marble? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Son mutters, “May you never bear fruit again,” and instantly the fig tree withers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day a long-cultivated ambition was to blossom and fruit. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a painting, the ridges of brown earth, the tepees of dark green tomato plants with their bright red fruits, the bent figures of the pickers and the blue sky overhead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I eat guava fruit here in India, I remember your mother’s guava pastry that you gave me to taste once in the cafeteria. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wrote Winnie two letters about a particularly beautiful tomato plant, how I coaxed it from a tender seedling to a robust plant that produced deep red fruit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think the fruit trick works with this. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The two women and the small boy stood absolutely still on the grass underneath the tree, gazing up at this extraordinary fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ma slices off a juicy wedge of fruit and passes it to me on the knife’s blade. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nhamo noticed that some trees were hardly touched, and when she tasted the fruit she understood why. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Jhiqui roasted the meat with sweet- grass and firepods, basting it with honey as it cooked, and there were melons and pomegranates and plums and some queer eastern fruit Dany did not know. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m honestly impressed with how many fruits Jared S. can name, since he eats all of his in gummy form. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe you shouldn't have given the biggest plate of fruit to Kali, goddess of destruction. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The undergrowth was lush with tubers, wild onions, and spicy lettuce; the forest, with green and yellow fruit. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She sets down a paper napkin, plastic fork, and a bowl of fruit that actually looks appetizing, with strawberries, melon, and apple. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The waitress delivers some fruit and biscuits and other delicious things. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Any other day Jinny would have followed, but Loo was dripping his fruit everywhere. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Back of the Lyte house were apple trees, now heavy with fruit. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That provides part of the explanation why many crop plants have much bigger fruits than their wild ancestors do. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nuts and fruits filled the silver platters at the centerpieces of tables and sideboard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Hoving valued the fruits of spontaneous thinking so much that he took special steps to make sure his early impressions were as good as possible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Sure is. I can draw all kinds of things. I’m especially good at fruit.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They brought plates of cold ham and chicken, bowls of fruit salad, caramel pudding and ice cream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have the towel over my head, and I’m staring at the apricot fruit bars in my cap on the grass. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They told the incredibly dramatic—and highly improbable—tale of their escape from PSF custody over our shared meal of fruit snacks, stale Pringles, and Twinkies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nana packed me a ham sandwich on white bread, a bag of plain potato chips, a peanut butter granola bar, and a fruit punch juice box. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would guess that the latter was the case because the trees did not seem to bear flowers or fruit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sliced the watermelon half into quarters and cut the fruit into thick wedges. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She cut open some wrinkled brownish fruit and pressed the cloudy juice into two small beakers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The cherry tree would bear fruit again next year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In one of his first stores, a half-wide fruit and vegetable shop on 173rd Street off Jerome in the Bronx, he hired a few black men to haul and clean the produce. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it looked like a piece of fruit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We stopped in front of a fruit vendor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bundles of orange or red fruit hang like clusters of bocce balls from the base of the fronds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But fifty dead fruit flies and two inchworms and a caterpillar? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo’s left eye was swollen shut, like a piece of fruit that had been left in the sun to spoil. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We have no food with us so breakfast is a yellow fruit that Viola spies on some trees we pass that she swears she ate in Carbonel Downs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dicey poured herself a glass of milk and took an apple from the bowl of fruit. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, these early fruit and nut trees were still the easiest such crops to cultivate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most beautiful silk clothes, ripe fruit from the orangery. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked out three chicken TV dinners and went to the fruit counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combining the fruits of many ecosystems, Andean cultures both enjoyed a better life than they could have wrested from any single place and spread out the risk from the area’s frequent natural catastrophes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Then all thoughts of fruit drying and Deen and who was right and who wasn’t were forgotten as the three girls sat down on the fruit sacks. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I finished loading up my plate with some fruit and looked around the dining area. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He was a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She burst like an overripe fruit, but no fniit had ever screamed that shattering wooden scream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sparrow will drop Like fruit From the tree To stare at me With his glassy eyes. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered when we first arrived in Georgia and I saw all the mansions and all the fruit and nut trees. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was the only place on the block besides the fruit store which was not closed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But in those days, if people used fruit, honey, and sugar to sweeten foods, they often mixed salty or even bitter tastes with sweet ones. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m talking about purple felt the size of a sombrero with fake fruit on the back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, she brought out plates of spicy tamales and borracho beans, and when that was gone, she brought down a fruit basket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Others offer to carry purchases of fruits and vegetables from stall to stall in rustic wooden wheelbarrows in exchange for tips. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Garland was so simple—seven acres of land containing exactly one house, one barn, a vegetable garden, fruit trees, a pickup truck, and only one other person. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

You have to peel parts away in order to eat the flesh of a fruit, and so on. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was better fed this time, for Libby had provided me with all manner of victuals—fruit, meat pies, clapbread. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Above them, more of its fruit was falling, but it wasn’t red anymore. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She thinks I’m a yoga mat and a bowl of granola and fresh fruit. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The best I could do was think of him as a not-yet-all-the-way-rotten fruit. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Merry Christmas to you and yours, dear Celie. continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night they “always had pitchers of ice water and fresh fruit with fruit knives” placed at their bedsides. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nothing would better describe what this place is like, to an outsider, than the Cezanne demonstrations that an apple is really part fruit, part earth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some children were standing under the mango tree in the school compound, throwing stones up at the fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you put some fruit in his room?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it will be easier harvesting the other things that grow here. Perhaps picking fruit from trees will be more pleasant.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His fingers sink into the flesh of my neck, and I remember how it felt to have fruit jammed into my mouth, soft flesh parting against my teeth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It disturbed him that the plants thrived and filled the fenced patch with bloom like a funeral parlor, but would not set fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So off she went, leaving me filling the root cellar with bushel baskets of vegetables, pruning the fruit trees, spreading the compost—getting ready for winter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

While this was happening, the boy had the time to reach up for his drum from the branch of the fruit tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Highboy bowed elaborately to Jake and placed on the table two fruit jars of wine. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sweating in the equatorial sun, some of the researchers admiringly fingered the plump, pendulous green fruit, each the size of a baby’s head, wrapped in clusters around the trees’ sturdy trunks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger hurried to the high wall behind which Capricorn's garden lay: vegetable beds, fruit trees, and herbs, protected by the wall from the cold wind that sometimes blew from the nearby mountains. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After he learns to do that, it will be another whole step to make him see that fruit is not a thing he must rely on the hands of mankind for, but grows on trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother had packed a bag of fruit and some cold crab, left over from yesterday’s lunch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The study showed that the organic fruits and vegetables contained higher levels of vitamin C. They also had a wider range of natural chemicals called polyphenols. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After a few rounds, Vivi wants us to push through the crowd and buy more fruit skewers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You will say bad things about the fruit when the problem is your teeth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never liked her and always accused her of ripping you off!” the vendor from the nearby fruit stand shouted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Surprised, I almost told him the sum was too much, but one of the other women came up to him just then to ask for thread the color of the fruit of a mango. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

On either side of her now were great double doors, carved with fruit and grain and living things; all the doors she could see in this house were closed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He carried an enormous wicker basket laden with jugs of milk, with cheese, honeycombs, and fruits that, in the lowlands, would not be in season for another month. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every summer when the mango trees started giving fruit, the couple who lived in the building next to ours would give her a grocery bag full of ripe, delicious mangos. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t supposed to eat the fruit and the serpent tempted her, and she did.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And yet she felt happy, here where her grandparents were eating so seriously, where the clouds hung like heavy fruit, where the wheat curved into the distance. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Your hair looks like a thicket,” she says, popping a slice of fruit into her mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Through my bedroom window, I watched Ali and Has­san push the wheelbarrows loaded with meat, naan, fruit, and vegetables up the driveway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What does a fruit eater know about killing? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

No fruit or box of processed food had ever tasted so good to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His arms were loaded with the parts of the moving-picture machine and the basket of fruit he carried for his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the trees had run wild, and the ground was covered with fruit that was no longer harvested, for the people who once lived here had long since left to find an easier life elsewhere. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They hacked the fruit open with a machete, careful not to get the juice on their hands or clothes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, we lived on what remained of our salted fish, roots and leaves, the fruit of the prickly pear, and on the plantains from our tree. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud of fruit flies rose into the air and then settled back down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Those flowers become the fruit eventually in the fall. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And then I didn’t eat it because the skin had started to get brown and the fruit was mushy inside. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Now, Adam, tell me: Why landscapes, when traditionally humans paint fruit?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he ran his finger over the fruit, licked the finger, and decided it would do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His people brought him a little supper of chocolate and sweet cakes and fruit, and he stared at the food discontentedly. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean that. I was in the kitchen shaking up a milkshake in a fruit jar and she came in and worked me over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyday I go fishing and pick palm fruits for Ma. She is in the hospital. I bring food for her and stay with her through the night. She is getting better.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the idea of a university professor making money from what were essentially the fruits of academic research left him uneasy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Outside, the yard was an ocean of green grass, punctuated only by a clothesline, a barbecue, a hedge along one fence, and an assortment of fruit trees and vegetable patches. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As slave workers, they produced low-cost vegetables and fruit, farmed fish and pork, and made uniforms, cement, pottery, and glassware for the crumbling economy outside the fence. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You already had three,” said Oz, talking through a visible mouthful of chewed fruit. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The three Domishmen broke their fast in the predawn chill—a simple meal of fruit and bread and cheese, washed down with goat milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She remembered the boy with sticking-up hair staring up into the mango tree, his ear pointed to the fruit. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As mementos, visitors stole ears of corn from the field and sawed young fruit trees into pieces of wood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took a mango from the fruit bowl. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The kids arrive at seven-thirty a.m. and sit in the rear of the truck as they wolf down a breakfast of bagels, pastries, and fruit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could go around the world on the fruits of the land. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are also granted first dibs on imported luxuries such as fruit and liquor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The buzzing fluorescent fixture above me casts its harsh light on my crooked fingers as they pluck pieces of fruit from the bowl. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s fruit salad,” she says, her voice steady but forced. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He gave me his fruit to save for you for the next morning. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was a habit of his, perhaps because he worked with fruits and vegetables all day, randomly sampling them for freshness and flavor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side, across four lanes of asphalt shimmering with afternoon heat, was an old-fashioned fruit stand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They passed corner markets with fruit and vegetables overflowing from displays outside, and at one point, the group had to wait for Bits, who had stopped to buy a mango for lunch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a little less green than usual, but the blackberry bushes hang heavy with fruit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Another soldier was kicking down trays of fruits, squashing papayas with his boots and laughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She appointed herself in charge of fruit gathering, not surprisingly, this being the category of housework that takes place farthest from a house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blessed be the fruit,” she says to me, the accepted greeting among us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground, two boys of about nine or ten years of age were gathering discarded beer bottles and mashed fruit. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think of gauzy skirts, high heels with stars on the toes, hats covered with fruit and feathers, lifted eyebrows, pencil-thin; gaiety and excess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was July—winter in the Amazon, the worst time of the year for fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Percy, what did you see back at the fruit stand?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We lived as children by the fruit they produced. Do you understand what I am saying?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A glass of champagne and a plate of fresh fruit sit on the table separating the lounge chairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were dizzy bees and bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t had fruit in ages,” she said, her pitch rising with every word. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They came back with new supplies, including fresh vegetables and fruit and eggs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll tell you when I know. Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening. Right now, I have a mind to ride through the streets and take the measure of this city." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was, those moments after she’d eaten the strange fruit were blurriest of all, sort of like a dream, but...there was one thing...Her cheeks burned. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If she wanted, she could go to the kitchen and pick a piece of fruit from the bowl piled high with apples and pears, peaches and plums. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I saw the fruit and it looked good, so I ate it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Easy,” said Fred, “concealed door behind a painting of a bowl of fruit. Just tickle the pear, and it giggles and —” He stopped and looked suspiciously at her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t drunk any water from outside the sanctuary, and hoped I wouldn’t have to ever risk it; so far the fruit we were eating was juicy enough that my thirst hadn’t become too nagging. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

People say the Khmer Rouge buried corpses next to them and now the palm milk is pink like thin blood and the fruit tastes like human flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young woman soon enters with a tray of ornately sliced fruit and a bucket of ice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And a bottle of Avennish fruit wine. Strawberry if you have it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cooks were serving the meat course: five suckling pigs, skin seared and crackling, a different fruit in every mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A foot away from one of his outstretched hands was an empty fruit jar. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a blank, beige kind of conference room, filled with banquet tables, coffee thermoses, fruit baskets, plastic towers of cereal, tiered plate stands, and stainless steel food warmers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This is a good market for us to sell fruits and vegetables.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Apple trees with glistening fruit the color of pearls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They headed toward school, but Moss welcomed the sight of Memo, the man who made fruit cups from his cart on MacArthur. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was renowned for being the first in Europe to coax the West Indian pineapple to flower and grow fruit. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I did not, however, know that I smelled like fruit. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My father was a master at leading us to the ripest fruit for our morning feast and the finest branches for our night nests. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Scipio's raids paid for their pasta and their fresh fruit. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like his misguided obsession with those Potomac canals, his campaign for a national university in the capital city never bore fruit. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Trees hung with strangled fruit, smiling men standing to the side, proud of their work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here ya go, Boss!” he said, and held out a basket full of fruit. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later roots and fruits were abolished; the flower of the present rosily blossomed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong looked up at the ripe fruits, swinging beside the globes of glowing Gold glass. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was filled with friandises, with luscious and toothsome bits—the finest of fruits, patés, a rare bottle or two, delicious syrups, and bonbons in abundance. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

‘They have left us fruit and drink, and bread,’ said Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The body of the sugar basin was quickly completed and he began repousseing on it the rich garlands of fruit with the same skill he had had forty years before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This explained why the sign said “Carrott’s” at the top, you see, but then listed other vegetables and fruits spelled and punctuated perfectly correctly. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The spread of her hips, so different from mine, looked like a bowl offering up red fruit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I chewed on a fruit snack and gulped. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I get a couple of pills and some water into him when he's not noticing, but he refuses to eat even the fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After my bomb avocation, I became the organizer of the supercolossal fruit roll. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You could smell death in the air. The fields were irrigated with blood and men hung from trees like rotting fruit.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a little carton of milk and some fruit that looked familiar—an orange, a banana. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At Riverbank, he lived in a damp windmill, where he did experiments with fruit flies and African violets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ma often lamented the fact that she could not afford to buy us fruit, sometimes for weeks at a time, but we didn’t mind. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring and summer, vegetable gardens, cornfields, and fruit orchards were robbed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got up, he could go into the Headmaster’s house and watch television and eat fruit. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

These four were evidently among the easiest to domesticate of all wild fruits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she hurried with the sandwiches and cookies and fruit, she kept humming inside, like a cat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The court had “knowledge of the world” now: it had the fruits of achievement, civilization, savoir-vivre, gossip, fashion, malice, and the broad mind of scandal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fruit in the kitchen looked too perfect; she was afraid of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The littluns watched him inscrutably over double handfuls of ripe fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A couple of pigeons were pecking at bits of squashed fruit on the ground. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember to focus on one thing at a time. Think of the fruit like birds—apples are pigeons, cranberries are chickadees.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Fresh fruit was a wonderful and rare treat in wartime. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A squadron of fruit bats sped across the gloom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biddy was ’bout finished with her oatmeal and eyeing the fruit like it drop down from Mars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The strawberries in the field next door smelled so ripe that I would press my nose through a diamond of wire to sniff the fragrant fruit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was six years old again, master of a kingdom of gristle and bone and rotting fruit hidden beneath the sawdust in a little room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she flies past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the pawpaw tree with ripening fruit, and loses a sandal taking the three front steps in an inelegant leap. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the road behind me is littered with strange fruit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corn is in the non-dairy creamer and the Cheez Whiz, the frozen yogurt and the TV dinner, the canned fruit and the ketchup. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As with the fruit and vegetables on Tía Darma’s farm, the photos can’t fully capture the colors that emerge when the final rays of the sun hit the water. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The people of Ikwa are still scrawny and smiley, and they host a big feast of fish and groundnuts and safou fruit for our crew. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But a dollar will only buy you 170 calories of fruit juice from concentrate. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Or consider the fate of the Mexicans who immigrated to California between 1900 and the end of the 1920s to work in the fields of the big fruit and vegetable growers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In no time at all he forgets little pebbly creeks and apple trees so old they lay their branches along the ground and you have to reach down or stoop to pick the fruit. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie was surprised how easy it was to catch the fruit flies that floated up from the bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He picks up his fruit and heads off to the hospital. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He considered sending her a card or perhaps a basket of fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everything else melted away except for the taste, the smell, the feel of the fruit on my tongue. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“There!” she said cheerfully, lining up boxes of crackers and bags of fruit. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stared greedily at the fruit until Fenoglio pushed the basket over to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I think,” I answered, swishing suds in and out of the umpteenth mason jar that would probably collect another year’s worth of dust before there’d be any fruit fit for canning. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you include all the farmland growing fruits and vegetables for Earthbound it comes to a total of 25,000 organic acres. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I might be crossing soon. I can’t work at the fruit store forever. There’s nothing for me here. I’m sick of this place.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They would sit in the alcoves of each floor reading to each other and eating sheets from the book of fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Alex makes a mental note to figure out which shadowy gay noble taught Henry all this and send the man a fruit basket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had to be the girl who showed up with a fruit salad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson replied, “Bags of fruit and candy for all of you are on the back table. Merry Christmas, everyone!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Abuela likes us to leave the fruit on as long as possible, even though some of it is ready in October. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually she went out into the yard, picked some of the fruit from the thathana moratho tree, and gave it to the child. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They had a great mass of the fruit with them and all of it properly ripe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There might be fruit in some other world that would really cure his mother! The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever I fainted near a store, I would get a piece of candy or fruit from the storekeeper upon reviving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are so many unique fruits and vegetables in Puerto Rico. See this here?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Jack had brought little packages of sandwich crackers and fruit snacks. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we’ve eaten of the wrong fruits in the Garden, because our family always seems to know too much, and at the same time not enough. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green and yellow panes of the glass gardens were all in shards, the trees and fruits and flowers tom up or left exposed to die. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then I got closer still, and looked a little harder, and realized they weren’t fruits and vegetables at all, but organs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was cold, in agony, and on the point of death when his sacrifice bore dark fruit: in the ecstasy of his agony he looked down, and the runes were revealed to him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The dwarfs were herded off, pig and dog and all, as the spectators hissed their disapproval and pelted them with stones and rotten fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inside, his mom is making pancakes, eggs, bacon, and fresh fruit. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A row of raspberry bushes heavy with ripe fruit lined the other side of the bank. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But everyone says cash is king. Not fruit and pickles.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the study, undergraduate students were given the task of choosing what snack they wanted to eat, whether a delicious yet calorie-rich chocolate cake with cherry topping or a serving of healthy fruit salad. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was sawdust on the floor, and the air was filled with the aroma of spices, fruits, onions, nuts, and potatoes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed and pushed away the stalk from which he had stripped the fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There are milk boxes, fruit cups, and Jell-O. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She laid down her knife and swept the chopped fruit into a bowl, which she passed to Lazlo. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a checked tablecloth spread out, and, smiling, the mother leaned over to take up a plate of bright fruit; then Theodora screamed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

For several minutes, they were both content to sit in silence while they nibbled on their dried fruit and meat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was never a group of people I loved who were handing me pink wine that smelled like fruit. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The smell of fermented fruit was overpowering, and a haze of escaped flies lifted off the tables like a buzzing veil every time Morgan moved. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And no, I don’t have your vegetables, or your washed fruit. But it’s not my fault, Artemis in-sis-ted I come right down....” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Evan walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And their growth to me was constant wonder—from the time the seed split and the first green shoots broke through, to the time when the young buds and fruit began to form. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw what the fruit in her lap had done to her beautiful ivory silk dress, she shrieked again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Alyce, with baskets tied to each end of a pole, walked with the cat to the abbey gardens to gather fallen fruit. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every subject was given its own binder: dogs, cats, horses, farm animals, woodland animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, men’s faces, women’s faces, men’s bodies, women’s bodies, and hands-feet- bottoms-and-other-miscellaneous body parts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would enjoy the fresh fruits and the presents. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Marveling, he gazed at her eyes, her cinnamon brows, the perfect curve of her blue cheek, and that luscious lip with the crease in the center, sweet as a slice of ripe fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His visit home suddenly seemed much longer than a week, perhaps because of the endless gassy churning in his stomach from eating only fruit and nuts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The juices ran down their chins as they took huge bites of the warm fruit. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

More refuse showered down from windows and balconies: half-rotted fruit, pails of beer, eggs that exploded into sulfu- rous stink when they cracked open on the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The stinky meat kind, not even the fruit goo. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When the fruit come in we could can it—and tomatoes, they’re easy to can. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They favor plaid for autumn with matching sweaters in colors named after fruit, like apricot and russet apple. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the lessons with Mother, who danced so effortlessly, had not borne immediate fruit. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I was reluctant to touch any of it, but then I saw my mama and papa picking up fruits and piling them into a cart, and I joined in. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when they came to a certain fruit and candy store they paused for a moment on the sidewalk outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’s nearsighted, but somehow she’s able to pick out the differences between the fruit vendors and the vegetable vendors, the faces of the various merchants, who has money and who doesn’t. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I found out later that their fruit was too small and bitter and full of worms to be eaten, but right then the trees filled the air with the sweet promising scent of blossoms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel. . . full,” Tiara said, tasting the word, which seemed as delicious as the fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even closed, the Dumpster reeked of rotting fruit and rancid dairy products. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We used to share our fruit at lunch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I go to the kitchen and fix myself a plate of cheese and fruit. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

She slices off some fruit, but before eating it, Ma tilts her head to address the woman behind her. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Late that summer we picked the fruit green and stored it in a root cellar he had dug under our new barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she passed out a glossy one-page ad with a picture of a citrus tree laden with fruit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For any ranked society, whether a chiefdom or a state, one thus has to ask: why do the commoners tolerate the transfer of the fruits of their hard labor to kleptocrats? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everything had gone bad—vegetables, fruit, meat, everything. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a small fishbowl, bright coral, with colored straws and paper parasols and bits of fruit sticking out of it at frenetic angles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I spot a cluster of berry bushes and hurry to strip the fruit, to suck the sweet juices from the skins. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She takes an armful of fruits and breads and puts them in the bag, then another armful of dried meats. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Typically, it included fruit juice, hot cereal with milk and butter on it, a roll, cheese, and perhaps smoked fish, along with a boiled egg served in a little cup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A tureen of fruit sits in ice to keep it chilled. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is best explained by example: Freddie was offered an apple and a banana, and he chose the slender yellow fruit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the fruits were secured through the bashing of children with stovewood, through hot iron peeling skin away like husk from corn. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero was put in the trunk of the car, curled up like a package, and covered with market baskets full of fruit and vegetables. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a pile of overripe fruits and vegetables on the floor. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wished for a whole basket of yellow pomelo fruits, sweeter than grapefruits, to eat by himself. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they would just appreciate some fresh fruits and vegetables in their diets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then, deciding not to bother to gather any more fruit, he turned round and made for home as quickly as he could. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Thus do the Augurs' visions bear fruit. The Emperor is dead, and a new power must rise, lest the Empire be destroyed. “ An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ripe grain went unharvested; unpicked orchard fruits were left in trees to rot as communities fled from the invaders. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"Some wanted to smoke us out, but the big one said there was riper fruit upriver, and they made for the Mummer's Ford." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Just go into people’s yards and steal fruit off trees?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found the trees and began to pick the fruit, but a little later he heard the sound of something in the bush beside him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

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

Many of these late-stage fruit trees posed a further problem in that their wild progenitors were the opposite of self-pollinating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The thought comes to me: This, then, is the fruit of it all. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They also became good at climbing into trees to look for fruit, and they could swing in the branches almost as well as any monkey. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was always magically full of fruits and flowers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wings always worked, just like his eyes always worked and his paws always worked, and he was always able to walk or crawl or peel the skin off ripe guja fruits and climb trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The fruits were beautiful inside the windows—bananas, oranges, alligator pears, bright little kumquats, and even a few pineapples. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A touch of fruit, but not enough to lighten the flavor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Men and women are selling fruit and corn from carts. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And if one were just too pathetic, forlorn, and unremembered, one could always scrounge up some decade-old, generic canned fruit cocktail from the depths of the basement pantry. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Racks of fruits and vegetables had been set out in front of small grocery stores, further blocking the already crowded sidewalks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Biddy nod, all happy, and set her spoon to flashing in the fruit. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As a result I only gathered fruits I absolutely knew, like blueberries. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ralph passed a message forward to Jack and when they next came to fruit the whole party stopped and ate. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In this first illustration from her new book, Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Maria shows a pineapple plant that has just flowered and is developing fruit. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then she wandered over to the fruit and vegetable counter and discovered potatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then all the clouds rolled away, and the white sun shone, and at his command the vale of Gorgoroth became a garden of flowers and trees and brought forth fruit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hickock continued writing letters protesting his conviction, and one of these at last bore fruit. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grocers had gunny sacks of dates and almonds next to stacks of fruit leather, not Orich bars or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And the family had often gone together into the hills to pick raspberries, and they would come home with big jars stuffed full of the red fruit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How she was going to mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter with the fruit we’d bought, and then she just stopped talking. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

High winds whipped through the trees, shaking free leaves and fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Celestine places the bag of fruit on the counter in front of the guard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But no, first the fruit had to be washed; these strange, so-called blood oranges were gathered wild from the forest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Grandma leans over to place a fruit plate on the table, Grandpa is staring at her with so much love in his eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The mute looked at the fruit with surprise and then undid the cellophane wrappings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Belet slapped the fruit out of his hand, and it spun into the undergrowth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Whereas else­where the forest canopy was uniformly green, these fruit stood out black against green. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here comes dessert. Fresh fruit delivered by air.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was Madame Ngemba, someone to commiserate with in the market over the price of fruit, the mother of children who sought mischief with theirs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nameless fruit became my only source of food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Their grandparents’ store had the best fruit on the West Side of San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guava bushes grow close to the ground, their branches laden with green then yellow fruit that seem to ripen overnight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The bottom one, voluptuous as dew-bright fruit, parted from its fellow—for him—and it was the most enticing thing he’d ever seen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bep has offered to get us some fruit, at so-called bargain prices: grapes 2.50 guilders a pound, gooseberries 70 cents a pound, one peach 50 cents, melons 75 cents a pound. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had never even seen cake, let alone tasted it, and he’d been whipped for eating windfall apples that were more worm than fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I began to cry with frustration until Mama handed me a red box and popped a tiny, wrinkled brown fruit into my mouth. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way it smelled of car exhaust and sweet fruit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I want to plant it beside my papaya tree, where vines can climb and shade ripening fruit. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could stop and bargain with fruit sellers. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that there would be mansions and orchards everywhere and that nuts and fruit would fall down and roll through the streets whenever the wind blew the trees. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knife with a smooth wooden handle, and she used it to peel the skin of a round, red fruit; inside was juicy orange flesh that tasted both sweet and tart. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia wove among vendors hawking mangoes and passion fruit, sacks of coffee and catches of silver fish. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The aunt began to pick fruit from the tree and stuff it into her mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I combed through the branches, hoping to find something to nourish us, but my heart sank; it was the wrong season and the tree wasn’t in fruit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun was high in the sky and the bags of fruit had all been laid out, Jinny stood up and called, “Time to go, guys!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Like an architectural historian obsessed with only one building, Lewis had been studying the construction of fruit flies for nearly two decades. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Piggy broke into noisy laughter and took more fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We celebrate it here on the “dark” continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A torrent of fresh fruit, baked goods, and smoked hams completely buried Hercules. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Add water to cover and cook on a very hotfire till fruit is soft. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds are so tame we pluck them out of the bushes with our hands, the sea is teeming with fish, and the trees are full of fruit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was a real girl, with two parents and one house and no blades flashing, breakfast was granola topped with fresh strawberries, always eaten while reading a book propped up on the fruit bowl. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I looked around the living room at Gus’s old easy chair, the dusty table covered with magazines and coffee cups, the TV with a bowl of plastic fruit on top. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She flung the mirror aside, where it stuck in the air like a piece of fruit suspended in Jell-O. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Another time he tried a new variety—Rainiers—that wouldn’t take because he used too much nitrogen: lots of green, plants high and fluffy, but small hard fruit, a piddling harvest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Forty-five pounds of fruit and leaves and seeds and stems and bark and vines and rotten wood. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe Beto would save her a bit of flaky crust with a smear of fruit filling like he sometimes did. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We picked up fruits and vegetables that had been thrown away because they were partly spoiled. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some mutant individuals developed fruit without even having to be pollinated, resulting in our seedless bananas, grapes, oranges, and pineapples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Within the first year, many common fruits simply vanish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘And peachy fruits as well. Now tell me what you were doing in our village.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sings of the swinging bodies, how they hang among the branches like unnatural, disturbing fruit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike most trees, it finds nutrients by killing those that feed on its fruit and by using the bodies of its victims to fertilize the soil around it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She heard a cheer when one fell, and then the raised voices as they quarreled over whose throw had brought the fruit down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are glowing neon signs, fresh-cut wildflowers, fruits and vegetables stacked in bright, shiny rows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“May I give you any refreshments? Would you like some fruit?” he offered. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They worked twelve-hour days six days a week for $200 cash and meals and all the fruit and vegetables we couldn’t or wouldn’t sell; it was the typical arrangement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s where all the fruit we export to Europe comes from. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Flowers by themselves, plates of fruit and cuts of meat, with or without lobsters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat briefly floated in a sea of fruit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day at noon he walked calmly out of the fruit store of his cousin and urinated in public against the wall of the First National Bank Building across the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One theory is that our brains evolved because our primate ancestors began to engage in more sophisticated food gathering: instead of just eating grasses and leaves they began eating fruit, which takes more thinking power. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even better was the meal of fried eggs, toasted bread, and a fruit compote of pears and apples topped with strawberries and cream. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all dressed in gorgeous costumes, with Victorian-era thick, brocade dresses and fancy, elaborate hats with fake fruits and birds on them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I added a bar of soap, a comb, and the pink plastic jar of tooth powder to your bag; from the kitchen, I grabbed a bunch of bananas—your favorite fruit—to add to mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Loo, oblivious to the conversation, went back to shoving his face into the fruit, smacking his lips and dripping. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I chew down on a piece of dried fruit and I wonder what it must be like to have no Noise, to come from a place with no Noise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As we were passing by a gnarled, knotty tree, Hamlet plucked an apple and showed me the fruit streaked with red and gold like a sunset. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Brown marks appeared as if I were rotting fruit. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Right there in the main case, next to the trays of gingerbread men and fruit tarts and odd-looking foreign cookies, sat a platter piled four stories high. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It did not look strong enough to bear fruit, did not look useful at all, like most of the plants here. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were fountains, and once upon a time there had been gardens full of fruit and flowers, but those had all withered in the accursed shade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was art all over the walls, and books and books of sketches of googly-eyed dragons and hearts with knives stabbed in them and dripping fruit and all kinds of other stuff. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I am not surprised to find that liver is rich in vitamin C. So are citrus fruits and green vegetables, the foods I lacked. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lightness was so sweet I tasted it on my tongue, the sweetness of an overripe bright yellow cashew fruit. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seasonal changes of day length, temperature, and rainfall constitute signals that stimulate seeds to germinate, seedlings to grow, and mature plants to develop flowers, seeds, and fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We walk down the bright cobblestoned street, past other apartments and children playing soccer, and stores selling ripe fruit and raw meat and shiny cookware and colorful cans of food. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A horse- drawn fruit wagon went by, its driver singing: “Fresh from the vine, sweet as sugar, red as wine.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an icebox in the closet where he kept bottles of cold beer and fruit drinks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our friendship seems like rotting fruit trying to hold on for one more day, begging for anyone—anything—to save it from complete spoil. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I'd known her for a while now; she came around the deli on Wednesdays—at eight thirty exactly—and Mama would always give her a meal and bag of fruit. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rhonda appeared with a tray of wheat toast, eggs, and fruit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A month later, when another palm tree in camp bore ripe fruit, David again visited us. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

A typical forager 30,000 years ago had access to only one type of sweet food—ripe fruit. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

These fruit must surely be heavy and juicy, I thought. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The invention of grafting was hardly just a matter of some nomad relieving herself at a latrine and returning later to be pleasantly surprised by the resulting crop of fine fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hear more about the thousand sucres and the fruit and the TV, but no one says another word to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are surrounded from babyhood by familiar farm and domestic animals, fruits and trees and vegetables. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what she saw, the bargains never bore fruit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Some fruit rots while still containing perfectly good seeds, and gets thrown out uneaten into the garbage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mom set two fruit and cheese plates on our coffee table for guests who were on the couch folding letters and licking envelopes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

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

But the land is dry, having been neglected during the Khmer Rouge rule, and produces hardly any fruit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stench of fermenting fruit made him dizzy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trees begin producing fruit after three to five years and can continue for another seventy years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She noticed that every time someone plucked a peach from the tree, a peach from the fruit stand disappeared. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A waitress brought over a Coke for Felix and a tall multicolored drink with three pieces of fruit around the rim for his mom. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below them, boys were still laboring, though some of the small ones had lost interest and were searching this new forest for fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fruit stands behind her now, Yolanda approaches a compound very like her family's in the capital. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The poem printed in the book resting inside a fruit bowl on top of her coffee table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined Mother and Father lying in their big mahogany bed with its heavy carvings of cherubs and fruit. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Khouy occasionally works as a laborer, helping people carry and load heavy bags of cloth, fruit, and rice from their wagon to the new market for a small fee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Poet tells us that impatience belongs to small things—fleas, tadpoles, and fruit flies. You, my love, are ever so much more than a fruit fly.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If Ivy was going to draw Robin, she’d use a lot of fruit colors. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The nurses brought me delicious meals three times a day, with fruit cocktail or Jell-O for dessert, and changed the sheets even if they still looked clean. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was always looking forward to Thursdays and the seed cakes and the half-hour sitting out under the fruit trees with Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, bluster. I keep forgetting my symbol is a basket of unripe fruit. Why doesn’t the spring wind get more credit? Summer has all the fun.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Plants whose fruits are tasty get their seeds dispersed by animals, but the seed itself within the fruit has to be bad-tasting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sweetness of the fruit, the sunlight, the singing are intense and heady, and the exhilaration sweeps us in. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I rush through the backyard we all hated because of relentless mosquitoes and fruit flies, then hop the fence. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It demands first of all the ability to think of sticks or stones as “fruit knockers” or “bone crackers,” not only when they are needed for such purposes but at other times as well. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shoot, by the time I do all that, I could've just ate the doggone fruit!" a woman wearing a blue hat was saying as we came farther into the room. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He passed a fruit stand which displayed avocados. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was one fruit boat they would not smell. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Amari didn’t try to find any more berries or fruit, worried that she would make them all sick again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cherries are the fruit. Pop 'em in, slide out the stone, masticate, swallow, finito. None of this...spatter and gore.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His family, who all liked these fruits, used to wait to meet him in the evening and enjoy the food which he brought back from that special place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Jordan had bought doughnuts and milk, along with fresh fruit and a dozen eggs. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basket of fruit had been stolen, but the other boxes were intact. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Banana and coconut trees laden with fake fruit and hibiscus plants with fake flowers are everywhere. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the fruit was so inviting, and Tiara seemed fine. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

One afternoon he had come to meet Antonapoulos at the fruit store when Charles Parker handed him a letter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In her sticky hands dripped a greeny-red fruit the shape of a strange egg. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump out of the truck and run, run down the hills dipping into sandy valleys in front of familiar houses bordered with passion fruit and morning glory. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was everything from beans and meat to fruit cocktail—-just like those canned goods we Navajos had gotten together on our food drive to help the poor earthquake victims. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a solemn meal of crackers and dried fruit. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I stammered something about the old ladies at the fruit stand, and Mrs. Dodds, and my mom stared at me, her face deathly pale in the flashes of lightning. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He scooped spoonfuls of ambrosia, Mama’s fruit salad, into his mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a white linen cloth laid on the grass, with bowls piled high with food—she could see salads and sandwiches, nuts and fruit, jugs of lemonade and water and thick chocolate milk. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When Nathan saw it he was full of admiration, and made much of this one fruit—he who was used to harvesting a field at a time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled it to the brim with clothing, nuts, and dried fruits. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This work, they thought, would provide them with more fruit, grain and meat. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As children, we didn’t always wait for the fruit to ripen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fruit, but Ivy thought Robin would like it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After flagging down the durian boatman, the guards would carry the enormous spiky-skinned fruit to the wooden table under their shaded pavilion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Inside, it’s mostly cans but we find a dry loaf of bread, some bruised fruit and a few strips of dried meat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She watched the outline of the mango trees in the next yard; some of them had fruit drooping down like heavy earrings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a holiday to feast on the fruits of the harvest and those of the flesh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She gave them fruit and then they all went out to the back yard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they knew—all they knew—was the island itself, years of running on the beach, singing by the fire, plucking fruit from the trees and fish from the nets. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After only eating old roti and dal and not much water, it was like eating a fruit custard made out of honey and butter. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Koffi gave him an impish grin as she shook one of the boughs and sent more of the tree’s fruit to the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Plenty of fresh fruit, a mild exercise program, and of course ... this.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She comes out and gives us a plate full of cut-up fruit. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We grew our own fruits and vegetables at Garland, but everything else had to be brought in from outside. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There was bread and cheese and fruits that looked so ripe they might be bursting with juice, and what looked like dark sweet cakes laced with cobwebs of sugar. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Tuesday night in every Muslim temple is Unity Night, where the brothers and sisters enjoy each other’s conversational company and refreshments, such as cookies and sweet and sour fruit punches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We has your extra food!” squeaked an elf at Harry’s elbow, and he shoved a large ham, a dozen cakes, and some fruit into Harry’s arms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Clancy looked up at the kids gathered around us and asked, “What would you like them to do in return for taking the fruit?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Together they went to the fruit trees, carrying their spears, saying little, cramming in haste. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Words that make my dad slam his fist on the table and call my teacher to shout about setting up a parent-teacher conference, and my mom to go out and buy fruit. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning I made my puja at the kitchen shrine, careful to present an offering of fruit or a few scattered flower petals. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she lifted the fruit gently to his mouth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Meereen’s storehouses held ample supplies of grain, oil, olives, dried fruit, and salted meat, but the stores were dwindling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I did not come here to eat fruit." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He shook the fruit bowl and noticed how few fruit flies took to the air. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

"Purple fruited makes more sense. How about grapes or plums?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course it matters. It's wrong. No one has the right to the fruits of another's labor." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Blessed be the fruit, Janine, Aunt Lydia would have said, without looking up from her desk, where she was writing something. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that, it’s just..She looked down at several slices of fruit. “There are papayas in this.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were also—in the store—seeds of all kinds: corn, wheat, oats, barley, and most kinds of truck vegetables and fruit—almost everything that will grow here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other searchers returned with tales of other fruit trees, hidden behind closed doors in secret gardens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Outside, Ikejide was plucking oranges; his uniform bunched up at the back as he nudged fruit down with a stick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The plain was rich with crops; there were many orchards of fruit trees and beyond the plain the mountains were brown and bare. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

So many of us bearing fruit, so many of us just planted. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How do you know which trees have fruit that is good for you and which fruit will pioson poison you? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That kindness saved me, and also saved my courage, for whenever on the road I ate of that fruit and bread I thought, “There’s one man thinks me no traitor; for he gave me this.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They could not climb the tree or pluck the fruit because it was taboo; udala belonged to the spirits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin- enriched pastries, dried fruit leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The fruit jars were passed from mouth to mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The rest of the tangerine is sour, I shouldn’t eat it,” he said, and I stared at him, the words going slowly to my head, then looked down at the fruit on my plate. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She still did lip service to the old ways, while herself nibbling away at forbidden fruit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A year later, he was breeding maggots by the thousands, in milk bottles filled with rotting fruit in a third-floor laboratory at Columbia University.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He made up conspiracy theories by the dozens: a banana vendor who sold fruit outside our house was secretly recording Jagu’s behavior. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Green beans, snapped always the right length, collards, cabbage, juicy red tomato preserves that came into their own on steaming buttered biscuits, and sausage, beets, berries and every fruit grown in Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Look around you. This is a nursery. The purpose of a nursery is not to grow fruit, it is to grow trees. We then sell these trees to fruit growers.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bean shaped and smaller than a speck of sand, the fruit fly embryo begins its life in a whir of activity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In return, we employ our staff from their villages, buy fruit and vegetables, and pay for wild fruits to be collected from the trees. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And again there was unbelievable color, and gossamer wings and fruit and creatures out of fairy tales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The fruit of our investigation must agree with our observations; otherwise we cannot be sure that we are right. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe stealing, too, if we have to. And there’s wild fruit and I know some roots we can eat if you boil ’em first.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Go!” she told Jason, who’d forgotten his part of the plan and was staring in amazement at the fruit pile. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had spent the better part of ten years on ships, carrying everything from fruit to oil. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She also spoke about education, crime, the environment, war, taxes, insurance, health and medicine, the justice system...and fruit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"These, ah, fruits of the late King Aerys, can they still be used?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By lunchtime, the whole place was a seething mass of men, women, and children all pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of this miraculous fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Caucasian servers were thinking that the fruit poured over rice would make a good dessert. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had visions of art supplies, posters and rotting fruit everywhere. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lilacs bloomed in April and fruit ripened on the vine. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The fruit was a little past its prime, but the potatoes, carrots, and turnips were in good shape. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Margaret had laid in a good supply of cheese and fruit and containers of rice pudding. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body is wiry and agile, allowing him to easily climb palm trees for their fruit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the Dursleys knew they weren’t going to wake up as fruit bats, he had lost his only weapon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

Cultivation stopped halfway, the fruit rotted on the trees and the hundred-twenty-car trains remained on the sidings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And Cuckoo said, “Follow close behind me, for it will happen, I know, that he will seize the fruit nearest to him.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The mothers gather their children and herd them along the branches, and the troop moves out, leaping through trees, searching for fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us two days: chopping candied fruit, mixing the cake by hand, and lining cake tins with cut-up brown paper bags. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“How long ago did she consume the fruit?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He also ate a lot of fruit and mealworms. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Last time she’d stolen fruit from me, that was exactly what I did, and I got a beating from Mamita as a result. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, now,” Mary said when they’d eaten some bread and fruit and drunk a scalding infusion of something like mint. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She allowed herself three small pieces of fruit, marveling at their sweetness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In one, a young boy is cutting down a cluster of palm fruits with a silver cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed a better weapon to fight with—something more than her voice, a stupid fortune-telling dagger, and a cornucopia that shot ham and fresh fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The land around the town of Nzara held rich plantations of teak and fruit trees and cotton. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there they stood with the moonlight streaming down all over them, absolutely motionless, like a group of tall white hairy statues, staring and staring at the gigantic fruit as it went sailing by. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He went into a fruit and candy store to buy a paper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But rather than flying back at her, bouncing against the wall of wind, the fruits fell, plummeted over the edge to the waves below. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We picked fruit off a peach tree nearby and listened to our parents talk about business. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah. And we have all enjoyed the fruits of your labor.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The cookies she had served for dessert were crisp and studded with dried fruits and nuts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When strawberry seeds are still young and not yet ready to be planted, the surrounding fruit is green, sour, and hard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One spring a touch of night cold ruined the fruit, another you couldn’t get the fields to dry out and the low-hanging berries rotted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I give you the woods, the fruits, the rivers. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

We come to a lookout point where we rest and take out some bread and fruit. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The thickness of the fruit clung to my lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The unsprayed cotton suffered less damage to fruits and later to mature bolls than the sprayed, and in twice-sprayed fields the yield of seed cotton dropped significantly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“How charming. And I presume you have paperwork for all these”—he scrunched up his face like he’d just swallowed a slightly turned piece of fruit—“children.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She had to go to another store for the crackers and then find a fruit stand that had navel oranges. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think they can build with them. I don’t think those trees have any use other than for fruit.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the morning, Doha’s mother packed a small wooden container full of food, including fruit, and tied it with a brightly colored wrapping cloth for easy carrying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Walt and Billie had both known poverty when they were young and after struggling to rise above it saw nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of their labor. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy and his father often give Met Bong some palm fruit to eat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“True. The simple fruits of the earth. No. You needn’t bring any, William.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She gave the girl a look of annoyance, then turned and rifled through the sack of fruit that Nailer had gathered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robin was a little younger than Ivy’s mom, and she always wore stuff that had fruit patterns on it, but not in a weird way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her arms, face, and legs have colorful tattoos of patterns, flowers, fruits, and snakes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Stalls under blue tarp sell fruit and summer dresses and ice-cold rum, and trucks and buses and chickens busily stream by in the granite streets. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a little round fruit inside the flower. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

An older female whom she called Donkeyberry, because of the creature’s fondness for the fruit, sat surrounded by a respectful gathering of younger females and babies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went across the street to this cluster of stores, bought more hot dogs and fruits and donuts, and this time Mong had us buy a bundle of wood instead of charcoal. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The birds clearly fed on the tree, but that didn’t mean the fruit was safe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pervading everything was the odor of pine and fermenting fruit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carefully observed the foliage of trees in order to discover fruits, beehives and bird nests. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garden had fruit trees, too, and berries, herbs, and pea vines in one corner. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And the fruits—mango, guava, avocado—these we had barely glimpsed before, in the big Kroger store in Atlanta, yet now the trees reach right down and deliver such exotic prizes straight into our hands! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great deal of fruit that had ripened that day, but he found that he could think only of the bird and of how he would like to take the bird home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In Iran the number one snack is fruit leather made by humans. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There had been another candy that was like a soft but chewy fruit snack that was covered in sugar. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It is because of treachery such as yours that we have lost the fruits of victory.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When you went through the line, after you got the hot meal, there would be a pile of fruit, and you could take one apple or one banana. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She gets out bread and some orange fruit I ain’t never seen before and then some red-colored drink that tastes of berries and sugar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hawkins came up and poured himself some tea from the enamel pitcher Mama had placed on a fruit crate, then joined Papa and Spoon Man. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Old wine, smooth and pale? Honey mead? Dark ale? Sweet fruit liquor! Plum? Cherry? Green apple? Blackberry?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gave them the fruits I bought at Ninth Mile and apologized because the heat in the boot had blackened the bananas. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other plant foods included berries, fruits, seeds, leaves, shoots, bulbs, and roots. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted of woman and man, of sun and forest, of animal and flower, of every fruit, of every pleasure. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look out the window at the colored hospital go by, the fruit stand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Since moving to Berkeley I’ve located a handful of excellent fruit trees—plum, apple, apricot, and fig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hemophilia—like white eyes in fruit flies—is a sex-linked genetic illness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lola had been complaining about his mother’s fruit buying for the past three days, so he knew his mom was trying to prove a point by putting every mango and clementine to good use. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A boy, all but naked, squatted upon the ground, sooting fruit trees to protect them from some scourge. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The surface was swimming with dead bugs: fruit flies, worms, and a soggy brown caterpillar. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Over there on Lincoln there used to be a fruit stand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The chimp sits on his haunches, eating fistfuls of cereal mixed with fruit and watching us with shiny black eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In spring, ripened fruit littered the ground to make walking a hazardous, slippery adventure. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could simply have ripped the “fruit” apart—I still call it that for lack of a better word—but I chose to satisfy my curiosity in a measured way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Egyptian farmers raised a wide variety of fruits and vegetables—harvesting rich vineyards, tending extensive orchards, and producing record amounts of grain for domestic use and for export. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“That looks feasible. What do you want for lunch? Cake, sandwiches, fruit, and coffee will be all that is necessary, I suppose?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ferula was waiting for them in their new house, which still smelled of paint and fresh cement and was filled with flowers and platters heaped with fruit, just as Esteban had ordered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people have dried husks but there's fruit and even a nice kernel in there. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Silence is the fruit of the occupation; it hangs in branches, seeps from gutters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were no fruit trees, no planters of jasmine, only long rows of hyacinths and a collection of huge pots filled with different herbs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tristran ate fruit and nuts from bushes and trees and he drank from clear streams. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Morgan’s fruit fly genes did not always behave independently. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Dragon fruit,” he says, shoving it into my face. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The singer is hard to miss, sitting, as he does on a fruit crate in the center of the sidewalk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had vivid desert sunsets, stampeding horses, sleeping cats, snow- covered mountains, bowls of fruit, blooming flowers, and portraits of us kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

To his left, a marble altar was heaped with fruit and gold offerings, no doubt for the gods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I noticed the tree because it seemed to have fruit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit is dark pink and freckled with little white seeds. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had cheese and milk from the goats that shared the caves with the singers, even some oats and barleycorn and dried fruit laid by during the long summer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They’d all feasted on the fruit since the start of school, but the last of the apples had fallen in the past week. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This very sort of contamination has created endless problems for at least one leading manufacturer of baby foods who has been unwilling to buy any fruits or vegetables on which toxic insecticides have been used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The children listened in the tree, silent as fruit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birds sang from the branches of the fruit trees growing near the curb. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

All sorts of crops grew here: corn, but also fruits and other vegetables, as well as oats, hay, and alfalfa to feed the pigs, cattle, chickens, and horses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The wind pulls at her hair again, and I catch her scent—like fruit and sugar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A man who had two clever children—a boy and a girl—used to go to a place where he knew were succulent wild fruits to be picked. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Apples were his wife’s favorite fruit, the pink of the azaleas her favorite color, and the roses her namesake. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is a bad thing to bite into hard fruit with little teeth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She even cut up the best fruits: strawberries, honeydew, and pineapple. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We were still standing right next to the fruit vendor, which was getting more crowded by the second, so Mom and I moved out of the way. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And just as the Witch Jadis had looked different when you saw her in our world instead of in her own, so the fruit of that mountain garden looked different too. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

John Eye came out with four fruit jars of clear liquid. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny would take Ess up the dunes and into the lush green center of the island, full of fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and the stream. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jessie peeked over from where she was working on her fruit battery experiment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She had full cheeks and a sharp little chin and her mouth was damson-lush, lower lip like ripe fruit with a crease in the middle, and soft as apricot down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Humans also had a far easier time chewing and digesting old favourites such as fruits, nuts, insects and carrion if they were cooked. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A show, as you have said. Let them have their mummery. When they are gone, we will make a fruit market of what they leave behind.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tell Ms. Blinny, “Anytime you want more apples, just tell me. Good ones keep coming. We have varieties. Trees keep making fruit. No matter what.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Other bonobos started bringing their fruits to me and dropping them at my feet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing in front of a fruit shop in Nablus.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the work, there were great quantities of food—chicken, pork, vegetables, corn bread, fruit—better food than the herring and corn meal field hands usually saw so much of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sadness falls off my mother a little bit each day, like peeling the ugly brown fuzz off a kiwi fruit and finding the sweet green goodness inside. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Two pieces of groosling, a small mishmash of roots, and a handful of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We crouched by the fruit jars, our cheeks bulging, peach juice streaming from our chins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“So we pray. I want to plant my olive trees and see them fruit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of the ripe fruit was so strong that I could almost taste it before I got my lips around it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Polly asked as she nibbled on the fruit of a mayapple, which looked a little like a lime. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Rita returned, the Mellower’s mother sent her out to collect fruit. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch doesn’t like fruit, but she stays close by, just in case somebody drops a piece of bacon. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This was how America had embraced Communism; this was America’s first green fruit of materialistic rebellion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spoon sat in his syrupy fruit cup. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Children gathered around and stared longingly at the luscious fruit while the adults gulped with their mouths watering. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Let him have the fruit and walk away. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a fat-free, home baked cracker with real fruit and yogurt inside. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When you went through the line, after you got the hot meal, there would be a pile of fruit, and you could take one apple or one banana. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Young children climbed the tree and passed down the fruit, while the taller adults simply stretched and grabbed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her wiry young body, nourished by Barbados fruits and sunshine, had an elastic vitality, and she was back on her feet while Judith was still barely sitting up to sip her gruel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked through the straw and my mouth filled with the sweet, blended fruit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wander down the path into the garden and through the fruit trees, recognizing landmarks from stories Baba told. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We left the fruit on the floor in a shady corner of the room, near a girl with cropped blond hair and a midriff-baring black shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then she skinned the lemon for me, whether to spare my wound its acid or to stop me from bleeding on any more fruit, I wasn’t sure. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped by a dried fruit stand, described Hassan to an old merchant loading his mule with crates of pine seeds and raisins. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit, when peeled, was unappetizing—quite like soggy cardboard in color, texture, and flavor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The kitchen sink area, where they kept their fruit bowl, was dotted with tiny, feathery fruit-fly corpses. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I said, tossing the fruit up and down. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Would it be something we could eat, a fruit of some kind? It looked like the pictures of peaches on cans, except for the color.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We make it look like more than just fruits and vegetables, breads and cheeses—we make it look special. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Moments later wheeled carts arrive, chock-full of pastries, eggs cooked in every way, grilled meat, petit-pancakes with sugar dust, and bowls of colorful fruit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"You scared the sand will swallow your feet, boy?" a man calls out from a fruit stall he's setting up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

This shirt was thick and smelled sweet, like ripe fruit. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “though I wonder if they might not have preferred to have the fruits of men.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was sprayed onto fruit as a pesticide in the form of lead arsenate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Francia sighs and says, “Viola’s in the orchards, gathering dropped fruits.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remember how he pulled Valerian off me when I was choking on faerie fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo joined the merchant marines at sixteen and on his first trip went to Dakar, where the markets were filled with monstrous fruits grown in soils of uncommon minerals. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo had told her how, as children, he and the others, sent to sweep the village square in the mornings, would instead spend most of their time fighting over the fallen udala fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if I turn into a fruit tree in five years, she thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the best part of half a century, the author of the Arte was held to be a senior courtier and the work’s contents the fruit of deep privileged knowledge. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He has opened the boot, and I am about to bring out the plastic bag of fruits and the cloth bag with the food and plates. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A splendid stalk is raised, with a fruiting body on top, and out of this comes the next generation of amebocytes, ready to swim across the same moist ground, solitary and ambitious. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was little to eat: a few fruits here and there, always either unripe or worm-rotten. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This day Mother prepares an altar to chant for his return, offering fruit, incense, tuberoses, and glutinous rice. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a deli with baskets of fresh fruit for sale outside, a chocolate shop, a coffee shop, and a ton of fancy restaurants. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

While the animals munched on grass, we went to a capulf tree to see if any little fruits were ripe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the mounds of fruits and spices at the fairs were piles of a medicine that the Italians also bought from the Muslims: sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘And who’s going to eat these fruits or drink them, if I do give you some?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s her fault she ate that fruit, not mine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At once there was ah enormous mulberry growing in the middle, of the courtyard, with its luscious blue fruits ready to patter down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between her and Papa and Grandpa I was too busy with home chores and store work to go hunting wild fruit. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tables sagged under the weight of venison, roast pig, smoked fish, and every kind of vegetable and desirable fruit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Leaves of deepest green clung to its branches, which were weighed down by large red fruits Ekon had never seen before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His mother began making the traditional fruit brandy, sealing it in jars to ferment until the celebration. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As though she’d forgotten about all the times I’d hit her and refused to share fruit and yelled at her in a jealous rage over who would get the biggest potato. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he approaches, she jerks back a little like she can’t help it and drops the fruit on the ground instead. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Huh? I'm not talking about fruit, dummy. I'm talking about kids!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A jar of pickled beets and a can of fruit salad. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to do a report on germ line cell mutations in fruit flies instead. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Pearl glanced at the shelves above the stove and pushed a box under them; she took down bread, cheeses, dried fruits, meats, and a bag of oats and sugar. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Persian children—even Fractional ones—learn their fruit bearing trees at an early age. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was no need to cook; Muff had filled their refrigerator with casseroles and fried chicken and potato salad and molded fruit gelatin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Darwin had advanced the boldest new theory in biology, Owen wrote, without adequate experimental proof to support it; rather than fruit, he had provided “intellectual husks.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The red fruit mingled with his skin and scented it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw mosses and fruit trees and crop fields filled with peanuts, chili peppers, and koka leaves. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At his feet sat a wicker picnic basket full of fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now other laboratories of the Department are taking up the problem, testing chemicals against stable flies, mosquitoes, boll weevils, and an assortment of fruit flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I do not think he would recognize these fruits wholly concealed in their own skins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fruit and cheese plate had been left for him on a coffee table in his sitting area, compliments of the hotel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was stuffed with chopped nuts and fruit and cheese, the crust flaky and still warm from the oven. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She points to two long tables that have been pushed together to hold fruit and cheese trays, chips and dip, cookies, and drinks. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There were only the plum trees Sparrow kept in perpetual fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We headed into the old grove of trees, now bare of fruit, the grove of the Cleopatra tangerines. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounds like a six-year-old reciting lines from a school play about the food groups: You mean you’re supposed to eat jive servings of fruit and vegetables a day? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His little cups of fruit, of pudding, of bits of meat, both cooked and raw, continued in the icebox. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the algae was delicious, what would its fruit be like? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of fruits filled my nose when Adamu opened our compound gates. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Spoony ate the fruit cocktail and said it reminded him of elementary school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That was one thing I hated about Juanita, the way she clung to things and wouldn’t let them go, like a dim-witted gnat stuck on a piece of rotting fruit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was packed into fruit barrels and shipped to the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to vegetables and fruits, they eat insects, grass, roots, and small pieces of clay, which they chew and swallow, perhaps to get salt and minerals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister had already tried to swap her chickpeas for my fruit leather, which was a scam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two huge mango trees laden with fruit, shading a bench on a wide, grassy space in front of the house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cook fruit juice till it turns scarlet and about half the quantity evapourates. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even they, however, are already so accomplished that they must be the fruit of an artistic tradition many thousands of years old. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, Loo was talked into eating a bowl of leftover stewed plomms, though most of the fruit seemed to end up on his face. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He peels the fruit and hands me a slice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humble home she lived in sounds so different from Thaya Jaan’s three-story house with its green gates, carport, manicured lawn filled with fruit trees and flowers, and my favorite veranda. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Servants push in breakfast carts overflowing with hard-boiled eggs, grilled-meat and fruit tarts, pastries, fried bacon, and sweet toast, but Ivy shoos them out, then races to Elisabeth's office door. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We got to work cutting up the fruit in the kitchen. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamb was always fresh and the milk cold, the fruit plentiful and the water clear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If that fruit had a seed, it was the seed of my departure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In haste I covered the hole with dirt and put the root, leaves, and fruit of the plant all in my basket. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At that time it was believed that insecticides — then inorganic chemicals — would solve the problems of insect control, that the only task was to induce fruit growers to follow the recommended methods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And Lord knows, she might even like one of these fancy ones with the kiwi and passion fruit and all that mixed up in there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One part of the government puts out food pyramids telling you to eat more fruits and vegetables and fewer sweets. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Even the stingy vendor left his fruit stand to stare at it in awe. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The apple tree my dad planted took forever to have fruit. I’d walk past it every day for three years, just waiting.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I know how to slice an apple with only four cuts, so there’s no core, only fruit. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She tasted honey and fruit and berries, all sweet beyond comparison. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But his good luck caused a third development, so that he did not reap the fruits of his ill-advised decision. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler lost all of his needles but one, both extra pairs of socks, a bundle of dried fruit, a loaf of sugar, half a bottle of alcohol, and a pair of ivory dice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I vow to rise first every morning to stare at the dew on the green fruit shaped like a lightbulb. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He said they either came to work late or never and when they did often passed off fruit and candy and six- packs of beer to their friends. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit was delicious; not exactly like toffee—softer for one thing, and juicy—but like fruit which reminded one of toffee. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The blood gathered darkly, like fruit, and rolled down my ankle into the cup of my black patent leather shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Something to do with the microwaves trapped in the watery fruit and getting really hot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She plucks a strawberry and flower from one of the fruit baskets and saunters over to Amber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry I been such a time. Them fruit-" He wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button nose. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Chewing on the sour juicy fruit made Salva feel a little better. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon noted that the fruit had stained her lips dark red; he was still staring at them when her words really hit him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The droughts have dried the hill and the tree hasn’t borne fruit in years, but Sohrab and I still sit under its shade and I read to him from the Shahnamah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving, he took the knife from the fruit and cheese plate. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“A whole lot cleaner than shaking dirt off fruit.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Soon after that, Shasta noticed a delicious smell of flowers and fruit. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Piled in one corner were some broken ceramic vases, spilling out shriveled brown clumps that might once have been fruit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Apple trees and pear trees, peach and cherry: Mr. Clutter’s orchard, the treasured assembly of fruit trees he had planted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she’s backing away from me, dropping her own empty packet of fruit things, her eyes getting wider. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was as easy as plucking ripe fruit from a tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mama Oji hissed loudly and then continued to pound palm fruit in her mortar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we’d need in the Days of Abomination. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening? I don’t understand — Tiara was fine after she ate that fruit. You didn’t see or hear anything strange, right?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Granola bars and fruit snacks and juice boxes overflowed from a little basket near the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If you listened hard, you might even have heard the call of the fruit seller passing through Wazir Akbar Khan with his donkey: Cherries! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had the biggest smile, and held up a plate with three fruit tarts on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the fruit in my cargo shorts. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Tonight it’s pizza, a fruit cup, soggy green beans, and milk. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother brought her slices of fruit and toast and soup. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot stop remembering the sickly sweet taste of faerie fruit on my tongue, but instead of getting me deeper into character, I just want to throw up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Trashman was driven away from the fruit trees, he ripped open the Doberman cage to get at the steaks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The theme is weird-looking fruit no one has ever heard of, I guess. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I settled into the sofa, nibbling on a plate of leftover fruit, anticipating a long evening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Singer went to see his friend’s cousin who owned the fruit store, and also he arranged for leave from his own work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he ate an apple, he consumed skin, core and seeds, which he alleged were the most healthful and most delectable portions of the fruit. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amil and I would fight over the pit, loving to gnaw every bit of fruit off it, the filmy stickiness coating our hands and face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Church mothers packed a bunch of food for us to eat—sandwiches, chicken, fruit, and cold drinks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Roll your eyes at this, Billy! Meat pies, looks like, and fruit tarts— and a brace of roast pheasant! We'll eat like kings!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the fire died down so did the excitement The littluns stopped singing and dancing and drifted away toward the sea or the fruit trees or the shelters. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He could even pray out loud in church, and was apt at stealing pickles from the barrel that sat under the fruit counter and Uncle Willie’s nose. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’ll take lessons,” Virgil said, his voice garbled from the fruit. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I think of crawling across the grass, my knees dirty, the savor of the fruit in my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the aunt insisted on sending the boy to pick fruit there, and so he went, his heart a cold stone of fear inside him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His job was to make candies and sweets, uncrate the fruits, and to keep the place clean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He thought it might have been some kind of fruit at some time, perhaps peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The cat falls Like a paper sack Of fruit. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This fifth-floor apartment is indeed nicer than the second-floor one—the ceilings high and decorated with punched tin and stucco flourishes: fruits, flowers, banana leaves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We have omelets for brunch and a bowl of fresh fruit. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She thought of the godspawn girl who could bring things out of dreams, and wished she could return with her arms full of fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“A good Gamett-Fleischaker syndrome isn’t easy to come by, and I don’t want to ruin mine. That’s why I never eat any fruit.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Pork and beans the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot,” says Mr. Smeath, grinning round the table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Older kids—fourth and fifth graders—are in line as women with hairnets pile their trays with spaghetti, a fruit cup, and a cookie. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I packed it for my break. I’m on a diet. Do you like fruit, Mr. Jankowski?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One of them was wearing a green beret and the other had a white mole on his chin like a fruit seed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I enter the garden and find a corner behind a tree, away from the spot where community gardeners have been planting fruit trees and flowers and making the world glow a little more. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On Eighth Avenue, the market carts were parked hub to hub along the curb, improvised canopies shading the withering fruits and vegetables. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little collection of fruit- bearers growing by the river was his attempt to contrive, rain or no, a patch of the paradise, the green, apple-scented Eden, he envisioned. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so before she ate an apple, she scrubbed it at the sink, even though Blaine only bought organic fruit. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I met a tinker on the road this morning, and he tried to sell me a bottle of fruit wine,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Humans drugged out of their minds on faerie fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My neighbors filled the aisles, sifting through the vegetables and fruit. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We wash and chop fruit together and grunt occasionally. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

One of the gardeners passed me with a barrow full of bits of paper, and litter, and the skins of fruit left on the lawns by the people last night. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We stop at a depot for sandwich fixings and fresh fruit and milk, but only Mr. Curran gets off. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Fleecy led them through the produce aisle, between rows of eggplants, kiwis, lotus fruit, and pomegranates. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Three drops in a glass of fruit juice would knock you out for eight hours. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

David has three boys and a girl and still lives in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, famous for its orchards and its exports of fruit concentrates and tropical fish. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Its fetid dark green leaves spread like a canopy over the ground and its fruit, like a small apple newly ripened, lurked beneath. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The fruit was shaped like a lemon, with an outer layer of mixed colors of yellow and red. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Gabe’s smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady’s shears snipping the yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him peel that orange for me; he cut one long, efficient line in the fruit’s peel, then removed it all in one piece. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once inside, I flip through magazines, slowly choose a piece of fruit, a candy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a better-than-average meal of spaghetti and fruit salad, I changed into my pajamas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s surrounded by bowls of coarse white sugar and lumps of natural brown sugar, and various cookies, fruits, and sweets arranged on plates. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Zeus gave them a home in a fortunate country where the vineyards and cornlands, unplowed and unsown, bore fruits plenteously. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you see why anything we plant will not bear fruit?” said a woman whose child had died the week before. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Vasudeva led him into the hut, offered him bread and water, which Siddhartha ate with enjoyment, as well as the mango fruit which Vasudeva offered him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a banana. A fruit, from the tropics. I believe you peel off the outer covering,” said Silas, “like so.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My mom takes the fruit and expertly chews and spits out the seed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The apartment was strewn with books, magazines, and piles of clothing and had the smell of fresh oranges: Bobby would buy them and other fruits and vegetables by the bagful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the young man answered smartly, “Yes, but they do not stay there. They branch forth and bear flowers and fruits.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, I threw all my frustration into building those perfect, truncated pyramids of fruit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I may be a young girl, but I am not so foolish as to wed a man who finds a fruit platter more enticing than my breast. I saw which dancers you were watching.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the corner of his room catalogues piled up—catalogues for machinery, furnishings, seeds, fruit trees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Lyra took one of those little red fruits. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked at the fruit in the bowl on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are some fruits and leaves that they can eat out in the forest, but we have to provide most of their food—three times a day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jam watched as Whisper caught the fruits one by one, dropping their torso into a deep and dramatic bow when the performance was complete and the air was empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was nothing like a fruit fly and wanted nothing to do with fruit flies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Bogotá, they discovered that once they could enjoy the forbidden fruit, they lost their appetite. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Wheat and com and barley grew high in its fields, and even in High- garden the pumpkins were no larger nor the fruit any sweeter than here. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were laden with fruit "I thought perhaps," said Piggy, "we ought to have a feast, kind of." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

American universities, already beginning to enjoy the fruits of collaboration with big business, duly put this relationship to work. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the late 1930s, Beadle and Tatum reasoned that isolating the actual eye pigment of a fruit fly might solve the riddle of gene action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The fire must be almost at the fruit trees-what would they eat tomorrow? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as now, the Northwest Coast, thick with fruit and fruits de mer, was a gatherer’s paradise: wild strawberries, wild blueberries, soapberries, huckleberries, thimbleberries, salmonberries; clams, cockles, mussels, oysters; flounder, hake, salmon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Myself, I’m just happy to be living among fruit trees and cooking with wood again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he squeezed in beside her and felt her whole left side pressed against his right, he had to take a clandestine deep breath—she smelled like fruit and flowers—and force himself to focus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Scattered boulders dot the floor of the grove like ripe fruit fallen to the ground. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cheese and fruit were set on platters and a large copper pot was hung to simmer in the kitchen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

First of all, tomatoes are fruit, but anyway, ketchup is a condiment with, like, zero nutritional value. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stared for a moment at the piles of fruit, bread, and dried meats the yumboes had packed for him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I drop the fruit into it to keep it fresh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She brought back a haunch of goat and a basket of fruits and vegetables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a lovely story, especially the part about the fig tree in winter under the snow and then the fig tree in spring with all the green fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I want take the fruits to Harrison in case you want, sah. I no take them for myself.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The patés and fruit were brought to the dining-room; the bonbons were passed around. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They overturned the great waist-high earthenware jugs; duck eggs, pickled fruits, vegetables burst out and mixed in acrid torrents. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hana would be the last one out of her room and the first to complain about cold hotcakes and picked-over fruit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Singer came back to the fruit store and waited until Antonapoulos was ready to go home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the northeast corner, where the fields and fruit trees were located. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He told me that a big male chimp had spent an hour feeding on the fruit of one of the oil-nut palms growing in the camp clearing. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Holding me steady, he hurls the half-eaten fruit as far as he can. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boy told his father the next day of the real reason why he had been unable to bring back fruit from the tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Give her plenty of sunshine, fresh fruits, and lots of vegetables.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They crossed the street and entered a small market filled with specialty goods, delicatessen items and huge, fancy pieces of fruit. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jay and I got outside, Doc was stacking heavy boxes of empty jam jars as well as the crates he and Mama would fill with fresh-picked vegetables and fruit in the morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Faerie fruit, which muddles the mind, which makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste, which makes us pliant and suggestible and ridiculous. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I asked the cook if he had any cake or anything and he came up with some pound cake and some fruit cocktail. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit in the bowl on the desk is practically pulsating with life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He started pulling fruit from a sack, digging through the rest of the food. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had sent a big basket of fruit when Laurie was born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring and summer, the green ears of corn sit out in plain view with all the other fruits and vegetables. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘Tricks? Does she do tricks? Lieutenant Stranger has taught her a rigmarole about poor Nell Gwyn selling fruit at a theater. I don’t need to tell you how she carries on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The zigzagging path leading to the front door was overgrown with a variety of odd plants, including a bush covered in the orange radishlike fruit Luna sometimes wore as earrings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The kids at the back of the truck were tossing down the entirety of the truck’s load: boxes and crates of brightly colored fruit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They watched the fruit arc out into air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The restored golden eagle stood proudly behind the praetor’s table, and the walls were decorated with cornucopias—magical horns of plenty that spilled out recycling waterfalls of fruit, chocolate, and fresh-baked cookies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The leaves were whitish and rather papery, like the herb called honesty, and it was loaded with little brown fruits that looked rather like dates. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I found bats roosting in the holes among the crystals—insect-eating bats, smaller than the fruit bats that clustered near the cave’s mouth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are six of them. Six blossoms that will never be fruit. You have robbed us of six mangoes. I will remember that when we share out the fruit.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A third tumbler containing pieces of soft fruit stood poised at the end of the diving board. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The baskets of fruit were broken, so that the coco-nuts poured down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy to share the juice box, even though I usually can’t stand fruit punch. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Never would she let the earth bear fruit until she had seen her daughter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She used to be able to understand. We'd sit for hours----" He broke off and began to walk up and down a desolate path of fruit rinds and discarded favors and crushed flowers. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He frightened her, telling her about the chemicals that were sprayed on crops, the chemicals fed to chickens to make them grow quickly, and the chemicals used to give fruits perfect skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

White curtains divided the cave into different rooms with comfy pillows and woven rugs and platters of fresh fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To the left there are a few fruit trees and then, farther left, another small field of about an acre and a half. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Groceries and fruit stands and butcher shops and bakeries. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he produced from another fold of his voluminous sash one of the cone-shaped fruits of the nelumbo plant. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He once picked fruit from one of his father’s trees and hid it in the bushes. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never see the famous minarets up close, and she would never pick fruit from Herat’s orchards or stroll in its fields of wheat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hameed pulls off her hijab and brings out some fresh tea and fruit. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I sat on our usual bench, prying the juicy red seeds out of the fruit and slowly sucking on them one by one, staring at the fleecy white clouds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I worried a great deal at the time, but people are like plants. Some shoot up like weeds, and some are slow like fruit trees. In the end, the fruit trees are worth more.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He catches the attention of the woman behind the bar again, who returns a few minutes later with a platter of cheese and fruit and slices of baguette. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“For example, that bowl of fruit. What do you see?” he asks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

There were extra rations of fresh meat, and during the hot part of the afternoon he and the others were served chilled fruit juice or chilled chocolate milk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The bidders sat on wooden benches sipping fruit drinks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The child took the fruit from the servant girl and ate it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

After cooling off with a glass of wine with fruit in it, he opened his suitcase on the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother, you are standing on my tablets. Will you please move a little? Isn’t it enough that you have destroyed my digestion without destroying the fruits of my brain also?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the children fed me fruit. And then all those humans led me back to my family. It took the whole day to find them.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

"The newly decorated restaurant, Hoo's On First, the eatery of athletes, will hold its grand reopening on Sunday. Specialty of the day: fruited sea bass on purple waves." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made the fields once more rich with abundant fruit and the whole world bright with flowers and green leaves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked to make sure it was legal to pick fruit from someone else’s tree that is hanging over your yard. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The green leaves at the top of the rich-colored fruit were like tiny bouquets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We’re also having mashed potatoes, fruit salad, coleslaw, and carrot and celery sticks. I am sure you’ll find something to eat,” Gay replied. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Once the stove was roaring, she set the eggs and wedges of fruit on top, and sat to wait. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Clouds, a sun, a moon. And he told the God of the Ground to make delicious fruit in her honor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tops of countless fruit trees in a grove behind the house. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn't make it now without money, however, as there is very little fruiting agriculture down here at this time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a bite, but the fruit had lost its savor now that Daario was gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Government scientists have developed an attractant called methyl-eugenol, which males of the oriental fruit fly and the melon fly find irresistible. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He smelled vaguely of some tropical fruit I couldn’t quite recognize. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The final fruits of evil have spilled their deadly seeds. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Kids in dories chase after them, trying to sell sacks of incredibly good fruit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As he handled the fruits there was something very peculiar in the fellow’s face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I look over at Viola, eating outta one of her packets of fruit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

So the fungus fruits, sending up morels to release trillions of spores. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The problem was woven into every aspect of family life, from the high price of fresh fruits to widespread cuts in funding for sports and rec programs in public schools. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They never seemed to run out of talk about seeds and weeds and bugs and sprays and fruit, as Mother and Chrissie seemed never to run out of talk about flowers and jelly and jam. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas joined him on the ground and they attacked their modest lunch of sandwiches and sliced fruit. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered the punishment of Tantalus, who’d been permanently stuck in a pool of water under a fruit tree but couldn’t reach either food or drink. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The bazaar is the best place we've gone so far—a narrow street with fruits and vegetables and all sorts of other food stalls on either side. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Flames and rods and tubes and circles, not to say ordinary bulbous bulbs of every size and wattage and color, dangled like fruit from an ecstatic entanglement of wire vines. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got you some oatmeal, and some orange juice, and a little bit of fruit cocktail.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t get anywhere near as much fruit as I used to,” said Mr. Nancy, his eyes shining. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

One day the cupboard is almost bare and the same afternoon, someone might bring some fruit or a cabbage or even a jar of honey. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A basket of fresh fruit and green tea-flavored snacks sits on the glass coffee table. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ran through breads, breads/fancy, pies/fruit, and pies/otherwise, and then he began on the handiworks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She wore only a bronze sheet around her legs, and she was holding a basket of metal fruit. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I squeeze a little orange juice over the fruit. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In hospitals, juice comes in the same kind of cups as fruit cocktails and applesauce, the ones where you have to peel back the foil. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I’m tired of traveling to different communities to sell sambo sandwiches and candy and fruit every weekend. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What brings you here? I have not seen you for a long time, nor had any of your succulent fruit. Would that be what you bear with you?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found that the chimps eat mostly fruits but also a good many kinds of leaves, blossoms, seeds, and stems. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You came home practically naked yesterday, smeared with faerie fruit. Isn’t that bad enough? Don’t you care?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Crouched on a branch of a mukuyu tree, a girl tore open a speckled fruit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of the fruit rolls was successful, except for the time we had a retired postman for General Science 1H5. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Manny, the farmer we bought our fruits and vegetables from, held my mom for, like, ten minutes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then on a day so like summer that the apple trees were tricked into fruit, there came another visitor. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government will give payments to farmers for all the corn they can produce, but not for growing vegetables or fruit. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Pancakes, toast, eggs, fruit: we watch the kids eat happily, sing songs about how proud they are to be Black. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Both depict indigenous people as passively accepting whatever is meted out to them, whether it is the fruits of undisturbed ecosystems or the punishment for altering them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But some plants need a male and a female before they can give fruit. Plantains, for instance.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Meat alone does not make a meal, though, so there were fruits and grains and vegetables as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inside, it smelled like floor wax and old fruit salad and something else, a smell that Raymie did not want to think about too much. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She could live a long time on the edible berries and fruit that she had long ago learned to recognize. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother Alex taught me how to climb the tree to get more fruit, and, of course, I fell out of the tree. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In the fruit and candy store where he had bought the newspaper that afternoon he selected a basket of fruit wrapped in cellophane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I don’t know how people can work out in the sun all day. I wouldn’t make it as a fruit picker. I’d be dead.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open the orangutan’s door and set a pan of fruits, vegetables, and nuts on the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Word of it crept in among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruits of the luck. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also a waste of effort to grow them from seed, since the offspring even of an outstanding individual tree of those species are highly variable and mostly yield worthless fruit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the father believed the boy and said that the next day they would all go to the fruit place with him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I would put it in a fruit jar and take it to Indianapolis with me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would often have me help her make desserts: fruit rolled in pastry, wrapped in cloth, tied and boiled, then taken out of the cloth, topped with icing, and baked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Others leave the traffic to scavenge for fruits and berries a few meters from the road, all the time keeping themselves close to the traffic. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and I got fruit smoothies and we sat at a table right under the stuffed moose. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Not like these,” he said, indicating a fruit vendor’s display of withered melons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So are most of the fruits and vegetables. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But the only sound was the wind in the fruit trees, and the only creatures in the gardens were a few pale moths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Not to be confused with Kung Fu Panda or the panda you had pictured in your mind. They only eat the most tender bamboo shoots, along with some insects and fruits." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Between 1910 and 1912, Morgan and his students crossed thousands of fruit fly mutants with each other to create tens of thousands of flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I gripped the red fruit in my palm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Furnished in elaborate velvets, silks, and brocades, it’s a riot of scarlet and deep blues and greens, everything rich and dark, like overripe fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pray that I lose to one of them, one of the rule-breakers, not one of the sunny fruit piles, ho-hum plums, flat pdfs painted to order. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I might need it if the fruit I had eaten was poisonous. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The fruit grew from only one small part of the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Luckily for you, there are fruit trees in this garden," she says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Boxes filled with fruit and vegetables had torn, and their contents had spilled and broken into slippery messes on the floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had brought some food — fruit, meat, sugar, salt, and a chicken — and my mother lit the stove to make tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have a stack of roti, dal, nuts, dried fruit, and a few bags of dried peas, lentils, and rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Oranges are Christmas fruit, not day-to-day, giving fruit. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Over the pool fruit trees hung heavy laden with pears, pomegranates, rosy apples, sweet figs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About the fruit free for the taking. But later I thought it had to be a fantasy dreamed up for hungry children.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When we get home, he gives me a bowl of dried fruit and granola and a glass of milk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The apple trees were coming into bloom but no bees droned among the blossoms, so there was no pollination and there would be no fruit. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Usually, I told you more about our horses or the wonderful fruits that grew in the orchard, but that evening I changed the story and added a new part. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What is this?” she asked, picking up an oblong fruit, its bright pink skin shading into orange. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A lot of shoots, and the occasional hard purple-green fruit plucked from the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of three football fields and filled with vendors selling all kinds of things, like fruit, vegetables, and peanuts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pear trees with fruit that looked like hammered gold. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The vacation was over and the Truebas returned to the city laden with jars of candy, preserves, boxes of fruit, cheese, pickled chicken and rabbit, and baskets full of eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, the Milagro fruit trees were related to the town’s horses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we began rummaging the bushes for whatever fruit looked edible. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Well, here's something else to keep you going—some fruit for you, and sweets for my friend Malli." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Over the years a variety of fruits and vegetables, grown in various states, have had to be rejected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“He has a letter from Doc Daneeka entitling him to all the fruit and fruit juices he wants.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Although the jars of fruits and vegetables were too big to carry, who was to say I could not help myself to them right there in the food cellar? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Shanti examined Tiara’s face and looked more closely at the small fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You know what Mama says: Trees drop their fruit straight down.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was too early for them to have fruit, so Nhamo paid them little attention until she noticed a stealthy noise in the dry, brittle leaves that littered the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a week, after payday, they would wait on the boat dock and wave down the fruit boats heading to the floating markets in the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Ruby was fire—fire and wishes, like torch ginger—and she was...fruit? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even the word 'music' comes from the Greek povaiy - mousike, referring to the fruits of the nine muses in literature, science and the arts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He found a sack of some kind of small dried red fruits and tasted one. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sticking into his stomach was the knife from Armpit’s fruit and cheese plate. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Our fridge is stocked with all sorts of goodies: fresh fruits, meats, and vegetables. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jobs as plentiful as the fruit on the trees. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Into the restaurant they’ll run screaming, the poor fox running for his life but the monkeys all too easily diverted by the sight of some fresh fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the smallest boys, unless fruit claimed them, brought little pieces of wood and threw them in. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My costume would be her horrible wig-hair and a purse full of fruits and matches, and honey packets, and a general demeanor of bloodthirsty competition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I help myself to a plate of fruit salad and a turkey sandwich. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the middle of each fruit was a nut that, broken open, produced three edible seeds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gooseberries are so tart that more sugar than fruit goes into the pie. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were also bundles of colorful feathers, spotted furs, exotic fruits, dead butterflies of unusual color and size, and pouches of what I guessed to be jungle herbs. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Smugglers hung like sad fruits from lampposts with signs around their necks. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A Martha arrives, with a tray: a jug of fruit juice, the kind you make from powder, grape it looks like, and a stack of paper cups. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child in her body hung from her lean loins like a knotty fruit and from her face every particle of flesh was gone, so that the jagged bones stood forth rock-like under her skin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Sara pulls more fruit off the plant, making a little basket with the bottom of her tunic to hold them. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Feels real great to see the fruits of my labors. Awful glad you came, son. Awful glad...” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were members of the town’s trash-collecting corps, and as they huffed and bent to lay the box over the hole, they smelled vaguely of pine and rotten fruit. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Native Americans of the eastern United States domesticated no locally available wild pulse, no fiber crop, no fruit or nut tree. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, spare a piece of fruit for an old man,” a voice creaked. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We broke into the college storehouse and lugged out cans of fruit preserves and sold them to restaurants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should they show the plant at a moment in time, or show both flower and fruit in a single illustration? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He shook his head now, admiring with genuine avidity the spread of fruit before him; strawberries arranged in turned-up cedar flats, heavy and pungent, deeply crimson and firm, a regal abundance of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only English colonies are allowed to taste the forbidden fruit of liberty—we who grew up under England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Irri, go to the bazaar and buy fruit and meat. Anything but horseflesh." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now I am ten, learning to embroider circular stitches, to calculate fractions into percentages, to nurse my papaya tree to bear many fruits. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandmother came with fruit and my uncles clumped around and around my bed, snorting like wild horses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit cup was invented in the Valley of the Heart’s Delight, by Del Monte. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, around the time the bonobos would have been eating their fruit lunch back in the sanctuary, when I first heard a high-pitched call. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The guards rewarded him for his help by letting him scrape up any remaining fruit. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were dried fruits that you could buy—sweet, semi-sweet, or salty. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crouched as close to the fire as they could, eating a supper of dried fruit and hard, round crackers that tasted, ingeniously, of cheese. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every time Ba told the story, she couldn’t help thinking how wonderful it would be to have the mountain blooming with fruit and flowers, bringing richness to their needy village. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the kitchen and the exploded jars of fruits and vegetables I’d found there. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The white fruit, an eye without an iris, ran juices like spring rivers inside my mother’s mouth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

About 90 percent of their diet was seafood—fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and seaweed—the Chinchorro ate almost no fruit, vegetables, or land animals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The first article accuses Abnegation of withholding luxuries like cars and fresh fruit from the other factions in order to force their belief in self-denial on everyone else. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Take this stuff out of the window. And bring me that red pottery bowl and some fruit.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wildflowers and fruit trees began sprouting throughout the clearing and on the hill, coming to full bloom in a matter of seconds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Countless other plants have fruits adapted to being eaten and dispersed by particular species of animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she wanted to sit with her father on the steps of the wagon eating fruit from the trees. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“They might think I’m a fruit or something,” he says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

United States scientists have had some encouraging early results with the melon fly and the oriental and Mediterranean fruit flies in laboratory tests in Hawaii and field tests on the remote island of Rota. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dark fruit hangs among the leaves, ready to drop. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Cookies and fruit. Is that it? No magical weapons?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, on the sea-coast, within a foreign vessel’s reach, not an animal, not a fruit tree, had been left. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

While one hand holds on to a few sturdy leaves, the other wields the cleaver, separating the fruit from the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music plays them out, and then there’s a woman reading a list of expected shortages in the Capitol—fresh fruit, solar batteries, soap. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t understand why, if the state was willing to give us packages of meat, sacks of potatoes and fruit, and cans of all kinds of things, our mother obviously hated to accept. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Can you smell the fruit, ser? The perfume of the Arbor. Taste it, my lord, and tell me it isn't the finest, richest wine that's ever touched your tongue." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And he saw the adversary stealing the fruits of his master’s fields and paddocks, carrying off chickens and leading goats by ropes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ten years ago he had lost his grip climbing a tall rennel tree to pick fruit for a girl he fancied. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On July 30, he sent the fruits of his labors to Washington, who found the Hamilton draft “exceedingly just, & just such as ought to be inculcated.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I savor the sweet fruit and then ask, “Mango?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The woman, half-distracted by her children, opened the flap of her bag to show what was clearly a sack full of fruits and produce. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

From the bacteria in the sink to the fruit fly circling the bowl of bananas. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Till I find the perfect one, leaves green green, fruits red like fire. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, the natives come back and forth to our ships in their canoes, bringing sweet-smelling fruits and other food from their island, which sits, green and lush, nearby. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When she peeled the skin of the fruit she held in her hand, the flesh that emerged was soft, juicy, and golden. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rani still has her slingshot and shoots some fruit down for us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There was everywhere a bewildering mass of fruit blossom—apple, plum, pear, cherry; and as we drove by I could see the green grass under the trees spangled with the fallen petals. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They ate most of the day, picking fruit where they could reach it and not particular about ripeness and quality. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

For a heavenly smell, warm and golden, as if from all the most delicious fruits and flowers of the world, was coming up to them from somewhere ahead. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Otto and I’d stopped to eat a fruit lunch, swatting at heavy flies and bolting down globs of mango before I filled my water bottle from a nearby stream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I eat my cheese crackers and chocolate milk and fruit leather strip. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were willing to accept the fruits of my life, they should at least spare me the burden of their guilt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as if under a spell, the whole crowd stood and watched him swallow the fruit until he held a peach pit in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

That’s one more thing to remember when I’m grown, to tell about the Congo: how the mango fruits hung way down on long, long stems like extension cords. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are told that for the first seven years of his life he lived almost entirely on milk and milk products, plus fruit, with ‘no Flesh in the least agreeing with his weak Constitution’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“So they have a bunch of fruit teas that you’ll like. And the crepes are delicious.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Hence, of course, that fruit of delayed development, the human intelligence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, twist the fruit just a little, push it up toward that stem, and there you be!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Look it up. Six-three-four-point-three-three-four. Lemons as an orchard crop. That means it’s a fruit!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Now there is water enough to bring a crop to fruit,” he said suddenly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the white, pulpy fruit she also devoured, and some she boiled to make a drink for later. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband was a true lover of the fruit, but Etta couldn’t feel anything for it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fledge also made an excellent breakfast; he tried one of the toffee fruits and liked it but said he felt more like grass at that hour in the morning. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Next, we take the cow farther down the dirt road, to the groves of fruit trees on Don Arturo’s property. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel orders us patbingsoo, which turns out to be shaved ice with fruit, small, soft rice cakes, and sweet red beans. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The wide aisles were lined with bins of nuts and dried fruit, baskets of apples, and clothing racks with tie-dyed shirts and gauzy Tinker Bell-type dresses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to love the grapes, but there was never enough of them,” he said, holding the cup up to his face and slurping the fruit out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Along its dirt-swept streets, grocers stood posted beside stalls of fresh fruit, haggling down their final sales as shops prepared to close. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If Hafsa could have it her way, she'd be permanently stationed by the crates of fruit at her family’s market, soaking up every bit of gossip. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The boy from District 1 has several knives, two spare spearheads, a flashlight, a small leather pouch, a first-aid kit, a full bottle of water, and a pack of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“This kind is more sweet. But the store was finished with—your kind. Do you like yogurt with fruit?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine our mother picking him out, the way she’d pick fruit from the grocer’s stall, choosing the overripe fruit he was happy to give her for free. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He strove to make the ranch, called Ridgewood, a model of rustic self-sufficiency, complete with massive herds of cattle and sheep, several hundred horses, a dairy, a slaughterhouse, and fruit orchards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them—even Hushpuppy—filled up on the sweet fruit as they crouched as far from the road as they could. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember the last time I’d eaten the evil fruit. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I flinch biting into the banana, the scab on my upper lip painful even against the soft fruit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the graves had offerings of food as well: tortillas, bowls of chili, bottles of soda, fruit, and whole herds of tiny donkeys, horses, and pigs made out of pastry or sugar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the smell of warm Nutella, fruit, and sugar. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to try the fruit, but the tree was too high. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the sawdust—and he knew exactly where—were caches of nutshells, seeds, bones, fruit, and gristle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us bore its taint—not because our distant ancestor had been tempted in that distant garden, but because each of us, lodged in Adam’s body, had actually tasted the fruit. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Orange umbrellas advertising fruit smoothies shaded dozens of families. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But during the seventeenth century, musicians intrigued by the forbidden fruit opened up by chord sequences increasingly sought to be able to move from one mode to another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Doña Charito's collected works hung on the walls: mostly pitchers and bowls of fruit, and violins or guitars, I couldn't tell the difference, for we hadn't had music lessons yet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe all she packed was books and fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You can have two,” she sputtered, “then have some salad or fruit. If you are hungry after that, you can have more.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Around her, the theater crowd guffawed and cackled as three microraptors that had been adorned with flowers and fruits cavorted in ridiculous circles across the stage. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He also arranged flowers in a vase on one of the tables, and the fruit bowl. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He remembered when Xan was young, how she would make ripe fruit explode in a shower of stars just by standing too closely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A soufflé was handed, and a bowl of fruit salad. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He saw peddlers and fruit sellers and sidewalks crammed with pushcarts. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was the perfect place for fruit to dry. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"We could go by the shore. There's fruit." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was always plenty of fruit that clung stubbornly to the seed. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would show him a banana and playfully yank it back, and they would get into these banana fights, pushing and pulling the fruit back and forth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I lifted them away and inspected the view: a small back yard, with a few fruit trees and an empty clothesline. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

All morning they picked, filling jars with lush red fruit and loading the jars into saddlebags. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times each day the nurses injected me, and about an hour after each injection they gave me a cup of sugary fruit juice and stood by, watching me drink it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He visited Antonapoulos so much at the fruit store that Charles Parker was unpleasant to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Answer me this. I have seven apples, seven oranges and seven bananas. How many pieces of fruit do I have altogether? Hurry up! Get on with it! Give me the answer!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It has pictures of fruits on it—bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, pineapples, strawberries, and snozzberries....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

An iron drab and a silver talent, a stone and a piece of fruit, two bricks, a clod of earth and one of the donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One would hold back the overgrowth, and the rest would reach in for tomatoes, wresting the fruit from the stems. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think picking fruit was hard, but that wasn’t nothing compared to doing landscaping, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The answer comes to me as I’m chopping fruit for the orangutan. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Imagining even turned the cold pancakes, mushy apple, and handful of dried fruit into a tasty meal. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, right now you can buy fruit and all kinds of vegetables for two bits a lug. And in the winter you know what we pay for canned peaches and canned string beans.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a splendid, uproarious, spontaneous celebration, with hugs and handshakes and kisses all around, and eventually Milligan produced the remains of last night’s birthday cake and Rhonda whipped up a frothy fruit punch. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the while she’d been chopping fruit, and she made a broad gesture with her knife. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I look at the page, where the life cycle of the mushroom from spore to fruiting body is taking shape, and I know this with absolute certainty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Rabiya and I climb back down the three flights of stairs, I try not to notice the stains on the steps or the musty odor that smells faintly of overripe fruit. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Even today, the contrast is startling between the desert and the irrigated land, with its lush patchwork of maize, sugar, and fruit trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This man knew a great deal about fruits, and he was always able to distinguish between those which were good to eat and those which were bitter in the mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The road continued to rise beyond the village, winding between hedgerows of hawthorn now starred with rosy fruit. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He’d always claimed these brambles had the sweetest fruit, but now she realized he’d been training her, showing her the way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a conference with some soldiers along the road, he became convinced that fruit was now bringing a higher price than white women in the city. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been looking at the apple tree by the woodshed, trying to see the tiny green fruits that would grow all summer until they became apples. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jostling among mango and avocado vendors, he sells cups of diced fruit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And it is so easy to look away, to live with the fruits of our history and to ignore the great evil done in all of our names. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Tally noted a bag of flour, and a few pieces of dried fruit somehow made her empty stomach growl. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When said lord reached inside the helm and drew out a large purple melon dribbling pulp, he wheezed until his face turned the same color as the fruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since the 1980s almost all sodas and most of the fruit drinks sold in the supermarket are sweet ened with something called high-fructose corn syrup. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Residues on fruits and vegetables tend to be somewhat less. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A whole week went by before we found a very big tree full of tiny round red fruits that Adolf told me were called msulula. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She cared for fruits and orchards and that was all she cared for. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For dessert we dip chunks of fruit in a pot of melted chocolate, and Cinna has to order a second pot because I start just eating the stuff with a spoon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think of her intoxicating smell, like fruit and sugar and warmth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Today in the average supermarket there’s a selection of organic fruits and vegetables flown in from all over the world. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Burr reasoned that, since he was being treated as a new Benedict Arnold, he might as well enjoy the fruits of a similar treason. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Trays of colorful fruit tarts and sweet puddings dusted with a fairy-frost of sugar had also appeared, along with steaming pots of fragrant tea. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Hanging out with my basket of fruit. I always carry a basket of fruit. Would you like a pear?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Halley had planted a seed that would bear fruit before too long. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I am sick, my body fighting the effects of the fruit and the poisons I am forcing down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It was your family’s turn for Oneg Shabbat. It may not seem like a ‘big deal,’ bringing fruit and cookies for Friday-night services, but it’s important to our school, to our community.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She was trying to make a fruit battery out of lemons, nails, wires, and pennies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

On top of having a weird smell and the attention span of a fruit fly, that day Markie rushed me at the front door with a buttload of disgusting questions. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on the other hand: ‘Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, in time I learned his soft spots, like bruises on a piece of fruit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Clearly the detective’s search had borne little fruit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He reached out to pluck a fruit from one of the vines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You big crazy fruit,” George snarled more loudly and slouched away, the taps on his heels scraping the sidewalk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they live toward the coast. There’s a lot of fruit there, mangoes and pineapples and bananas.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every flower that had bloomed bore some kind of seed or fruit, and it was a surprise to see how the different ones turned out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You oughta he locked up, you big fruit. You know that?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew beautiful weather, old architecture, a gorgeous countryside, and exotic fruits and vegetables could do that to a person? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It would always find a way inside of the fencing, filling itself up on the fruits of our labor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They know that I like to eat a lot of fruit so they might bring me something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pickup has a covering on the bed that I guess they use to transport the vegetables and fruits. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In summer’s late sunshine I often sat under the chinaberry tree in his yard, surrounded by the bitter aroma of its fruit and lulled by the drone of flies that fed on the berries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are thirty-seven varieties of hydrangea, not lilac—and I plan to use the jars for canning fruits and vegetables.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There is also fruit,” Mr. Lemoncello had announced, “for those who do not wish to be bouncing off the walls all night, as I will be.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Here were the ruins of long-abandoned villages and fortresses, and the fruit and vegetable fields that supplied the city. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pregnant woman’s belly is like a huge fruit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed so hard, his elbow bumped the fruit bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He also stole fruit to eat and to give away to some poor people who lived nearby. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed down from his chair and waddled to the sideboard, where a wheel of veined white cheese sat surrounded by fruit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Tía Mari just brings some extra waterbreads and marmalade and cheese and a pot of coffee and one of milk, and fresh fruits. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Are we waiting for Gisa?” he asks, taking a bite of the fruit. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ma sits on the mat calmly peeling the golden fruit. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had acquired the concessions for other mines, was exporting fruit to foreign countries, had founded a construction firm, and Tres Marias, which had greatly expanded, was now the best hacienda in the area. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s features in the picture were rounder and softer than in real life, and his curiously feminine mouth lay like a strange fruit below the nose, which was a little too short and broad. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mary took some flat bread and cheese and some sweet, thirst-quenching red fruits, wrapped them in a cloth, and tied a cord around it for one of them to carry over a shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I think it was made up, but we had it for breakfast a lot. It was this fruit salad thing. This is my version of it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The husk, the fruit, and the kernel align. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And I do want another taste of the fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Seeds planted in the 1960s, forgotten by so many, sprung up from the ground and bore fruit. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We left the fruit and the bodies behind. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To crunch into that succulent fruit that smelled like roses and let the aromatic juice run down my chin and stain my pretty city dress with its bows, buttons, and ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d be eating poisonous fruit and bark by nightfall if I didn’t get some of that bread. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She spits our names like fruit gone bad. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He grabs an apple from the fruit bowl and tears a chunk out of it with his teeth. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They were small, withered things, yet her people grabbed for them greedily, jostling and pushing at each other, stuffing the fruit into their cheeks and chewing blissfully. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the singing finally ceased, a cheery hill covered by a fragrant array of brilliant blossoms and mature fruit trees had replaced the Forgotten Chapel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One telegraph boy made his way through the dark to an unlit alley that smelled of rotted fruit and was silent save for the receding hiss of gaslights on the street he had left behind. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She set the dining-room table with the good linen and silverware, collected fruit from the tamarind tree, and squeezed and strained a pitcherful of juice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up an orange fruit and began to peel it, revealing a light pink interior. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead they plucked wild fruits from the forest, painted handprints on the walls, and ate the Amazon’s 1,500 species of fish, especially the 500-pound pirarucju, the world’s biggest freshwater fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some even sent him jars of poisoned fruit! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No more of these for you! Eat fruit instead,” she says, as she puts a fork with a piece of cantaloupe in his hand. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

On a regular farm there may be cows, pigs, and chickens; fields of grain; orchards filled with fruit—many different kinds of foods to eat or sell. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Probably someone from the church or somebody to trade their catch for some fruit or something.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Familiar women were back to their stalls selling fruits and vegetables; I even recognized the families of goats crossing our path. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Greek was very fretful, and kept finding fault with the fruit drinks and food that Singer prepared for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Smyth was also unhappy with Lawrence’s habit of proposing increasingly ambitious projects before his previous ones had borne fruit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She found seaweed and small dried anchovies and a basket of fruits and vegetables. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She began to look more and more like a fruit bat, with her pinched face and cloudy complexion and print dresses that billowed around her body like wings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Birds came to eat this strange fruit every morning. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When you walked through the orchards, the air was thick with the sickly-sweet smell of fruit rotting on the ground. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jungle had that smell of overripe fruit that had fallen and gone uneaten. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe we are stupid in the exact same way as every other idiot mortal who’s pined away for another bite of goblin fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Another corner of the compound held gardens—from where he was standing Thomas recognized corn, tomato plants, fruit trees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we passed the fruits around, biting into the juicy meat and letting the sweet syrup run down our fingers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He counted seven large, number 10, cans of food: two of chili, two of beef stew, two of vegetable soup, and one of fruit cocktail. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing we needed to do was gather fruit. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize the answer to who I am lies in that handful of poisonous fruit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gun in the neighbor’s house came to my mind, and the cans of fruit preserves in the storehouse of the college. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting among productive locations, individual families, living on their own, ate seeds and fruit during the spring and fall and hunted during the winter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There are beds of squash, root vegetables Sergio calls yucca, and a tree with big green fruit that looks like spiky footballs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Liam was busy testing out whether he could use Betty’s car key to pry open the lids of the fruit and soup cans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No fresh fruit or vegetables, no chicken or cheese, and, oddly, no tuna to help out with. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruits were apples and early pears and plums which Brother Michael had picked from the trees and vines kept trained flat along the garden wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Old wicker lawn furniture, tattered fruit baskets, a large, cracked headboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They had inherited the furniture from Coraline’s grandmother, along with a wooden coffee table, a side table, a heavy glass ashtray, and the oil painting of a bowl of fruit. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

So indeed was the entire mantelpiece around the fireplace in the living-room, a splendid design of fruit and foliage and intertwining branches carved in oak. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” I said, as she picked through the bottles of Mexican fruit pop in the beverage cooler. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He opened the side-by-side refrigerator and was accosted by the smell of rotting fruits and vegetables. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam drank a little water and ate some bread and dried fruit, but Gollum at once curled up and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Light as the brush of a moth wing across the sweet ripe fruit with its crease in the middle, as soft as apricot down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She set a tray with a pitcher of OJ, glass cups, and bowls filled with various fruit and crackers on the patio table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He and his father share the job of collecting palm sap and fruit for the village’s chief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ventured to go back to the tree of the tryst, the mulberry with the shining white fruit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“English? Anyone?” he shouted, standing among hundreds of people, all picking over fruits and vegetables and swatting away flies as they walked slowly along the narrow, cart-filled street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There is no evidence that people traded staple goods like fruits and meat, or that the existence of one band depended on the importing of goods from another. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put fresh flowers in the vases and platters of fruit on all the tables, as Clara had in the days of the spirits, and the air filled with their fragrance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melanie’s mother was in the kitchen putting hot dog sandwiches and fruit salad on the table. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also instructed the kitchen to bake plum cakes, and the scent of fruit and cinnamon was already wafting through the house. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Daddy Bailey visited occasionally, bringing shopping bags of fruit. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit was never sweet enough, the water never clean enough, and where were all the trees and open fields? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In church when she knelt, in the yard when she beat rugs, beneath the peach tree when she picked fruit, Desdemona’s feminine elaborations escaped the constraints of her drab, confining clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Like I said, it’d been thirteen years and I hadn’t borne fruit. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she held it, upside down and wide open, over the fruit bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bailey and I received one slice each, and I carried mine around for hours, shredding off the fruit until nothing was left except the perfume on my fingers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell-shaped yellow fruits hung lazily, drawing buzzing bees that bumped against my window’s netting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lettuce was selected for luxuriant leaves at the expense of seeds or fruit; wheat and sunflowers, for seeds at the expense of leaves; and squash, for fruit at the expense of leaves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is an array of sliced fruit laid out like a sunrise. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They made their way to the devastated fruit trees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sisters are double stones of a single fruit, darker than their mother, with rounder features and their father’s inky eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a step away from him, but not fast enough to avoid being assailed with the smell of overripe fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A fruit vendor dressed up in a big apple suit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single one of them even looked her way as they passed, but she still ducked behind a fruit cart until they were farther down the street. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She fell to her knees by a banana tree and began cramming the ripe fruit into her mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then reflect that the vast majority of wild plants are unsuitable for obvious reasons: they are woody, they produce no edible fruit, and their leaves and roots are also inedible. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the can and slid the fruit wedges, syrup and all, into two bowls. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Or, as Mr. Ram would say, devoid of fruit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was trying to bring to the table wild pig, wild mushrooms, fresh local fruit, and garden-picked vegetables all at the same time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But we felt sorry for him and took to leaving him pieces of fruit in there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sets down her fruit pack and goes into her bag again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It reminded him a little of prison hooch, brewed in a garbage bag from rotten fruit and bread and sugar and water, but it was smoother, sweeter, infinitely stranger. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I would have to carry food—johnnycake, smoked meat, dried fruit, a bottle of water. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A fruit vender was crying his wares in the street Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other day we stopped to shower and eat a meal that wasn’t dried fruit and granola. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stole the corn, he upset the milk-pails, he broke the eggs, he trampled the seedbeds, he gnawed the bark off the fruit trees. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

High up, the podo tree flares into a vase-shaped crown, like an elm tree, and the downhanging limbs are draped with bundles of evergreen leafy needles and are spangled with ball-shaped fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon light, the fruit weighing down its boughs seemed to glisten. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen the old ladies in years, since Id witnessed them snip a life thread at a roadside fruit stand when I was twelve. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He busted out laughing again before we dipped inside my crib for some fruit pops and video games. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The pale green buds were sticky with resin and redolent of rotting fruit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ben goes to the pantry and starts throwing dried foods and fruit into a cloth sack, then he goes to the toilet and takes out a small medipak and throws that in, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

After that he brought me candy and fruit from the store, but he gave it to my mother to deliver to me, he never came into the room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Eye had lost a foot in the mine, and the company looked the other way when he supplemented his tiny pension dealing out fruit jars filled with the clear, fiery liquid. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bunches of gray herbs hung like diseased fruit from the ceiling. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My skin feels prickly, like the spikes from a dragon fruit are rolling up and down my arm. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Upon returning from the store, he would put the meat into the freezer, hide his favorite fruits in the bathroom cabinet, and stuff everything else into the crisper. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The street the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bowl of fruit in the window was a genteel, artistic display. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They sat opposite each other in the tiny cafe at the back and ordered fruit juice. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was very beautiful, with trees full of fruit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But does not evil, like an invisible worm, work inside the fruit, even while the fruit seems fair?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That fine spiritual fruit of honest toil, well expressed in the adage, “Live and let live,” has characterized the attitude of the leading white men toward the colored race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They found fruit in a haunt of bright little birds that hovered like insects. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My ears missed the snap of apple pancakes in the pan and my eyes missed the rainbow of fruits and vegetables sealed in jars on the shelves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A vendor with a basket of fruit and another selling leather bottles of beer wove through the crowd. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

No surfing at the beach or shaking peaches or plums from fruit trees in the backyard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before us stood a giant cactus patch, each pad covered with budding prickly fruit that sparkled in the light, like tanzanites. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mist hung just above the trees, burning off in patches where bright sun dulled the intensity of red hibiscus blossoms, yellow morning glories, the purple centers of passion fruit flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Samuel was well pleased with the fruit of his loins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I have left are Rue's roots and nuts, the boy's dried fruit, and one strip of beef. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look like Smyrna at all, but at least it was sunny, and there were fruit stands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It produced a fruit I loved—like a mango, rough and green on the outside, with reddish-yellow flesh on the inside, tart and sweet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But a few minutes later the road turned a corner and began to run along an old pasture dotted with gnarled fruit trees in ragged bloom. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The boy tilted one ear up at a low-hanging fruit, almost as if he were listening to it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had to get to work plumping pillows and stocking the fruit bowl. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

No one was there, but the table was already laden with fresh fruit and warm bread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“With more water you can grow fruit like crazy from your fruit trees,” the thugs’ mellifluous voices crooned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomson proposed a structural model for the atom in which his negatively charged electrons were suspended within an undifferentiated positively charged mass, like bits of fruit within a soft custard. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Warm mango juice dripped down the back of Pong's neck as Somkit tore into the fruit with his teeth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The grownups were wary but willing to sell some bread and cheese and fruit for one of Lyra’s gold coins. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the broad fields gave way to softly rolling hills covered with orchards, and through the carriage windows Ash watched the fruit being plucked from the trees, red and round. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, just as one mouse or one fruit fly isn’t terribly useful for research, most individual cell lines and tissue samples aren’t worth anything on their own. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her lap is a cloth napkin, and in her hands Ma holds a knife and a large fruit that looks like the sun that’s missing from the sky. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Explosives would be arranged around the plutonium, like a very thick skin around a fruit. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tore open the food stores, snarling and growling and tossing their great cruel beaks high as they swallowed the dried meat and all the preserved fruit and grain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beneath the tunic, hanging diagonally across my chest, is a soft leather satchel filled with flatbread, nuts, and fruit sealed in oilskin, along with a canteen of water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Affianced,” he explained, still busy with the fruit. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, natural selection acts oppositely on seeds and on fruits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The beggar is using the vendor’s peaches for his tree I Minli laughed to herself as she glanced at him through the fruit- eating crowd. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"I love New York on summer afternoons when every one's away. There's something very sensuous about it--overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We eat only canned fruit in thick syrup, and everyone wants extras but we get only a cup. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She is slicing peaches with a special fruit knife. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Standing beside the dead stump, I look up and see a golden piece of fruit dangling from an overhanging branch. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And you had to eat every single dot, energizer, fruit, and ghost possible along the way, without ever losing a single life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can see men pulling handcarts up to the main door and another man unloading the baskets of orchard fruit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she learned that he had not eaten that day nor the previous day, she ordered bread and fruit to be brought to him and attended him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went inside, and Mrs. Matsika sent the maid robot off for fruit juice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s just not enough wild game and fruit to feed everyone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Is the fruit alive or dead?” he probes. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Tucked down in the bottom, wrapped in a leftover piece of paper, is a single worm-eaten faerie fruit I picked up on the way home. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It felt more like the Three Fates I’d seen knitting the yarn outside the highway fruit stand: ancient, powerful, and definitely not human. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And there was always a large carton of milk and bottles of fruit juice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimarion took a fig from the glistening tray of fruit and popped it into his mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Along the spring there were several trees with a ripe fruit that I had never seen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

In addition to the food on the table, there is a to-go fried chicken dinner, a fish and chips plate, a fresh fruit plate, and six large pickles. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now employed by King Hamlet, they flaunted their rich clothes and gay manners, the fruits of their treason. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They had opened a tin of tongue and two tins of fruit. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They worked on, moving together—together—producing the fruit of this earth—speechless in their movement together. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve had some good times together, walking in the fields, picking fruit, strolling in the park. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best fruit that had ever been brought into the house, and the child hoped that there would be more chances to eat this fruit in the future. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was a silly thing, to care about what someone thought of a bunch of roughly chopped fruit, but for some reason, he did. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The sun slices through the thick ceiling of trees and the breeze tastes like fruit. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I mean, when was the last time my trees bore fruit? I, for one, can’t remember.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butterflies, tilting and sailing over glossy fruit trees, were like nothing she had ever seen. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fruit or whatever are like little shriveled dots but sweet and chewy and I’ve finished the whole pack in half a minute before I notice Manchee begging. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was still alive, despite eating the nameless fruit, so I ate some more for dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Paths of white stones meandered among flower beds, hedgerows, vegetable gardens, fruit trees, and flowering plants. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In the same way, the early unconscious stages of crop evolution from wild plants consisted of plants evolving in ways that attracted humans to eat and disperse their fruit without yet intentionally growing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each street was devoted to a different product: fruit, vegetables, clothes, crockery and soap. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two aged crab apple trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The son of Hades sat at the other end of the circle, eating nothing but half a pomegranate, the fruit of the Underworld. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Its activities had saved the fruit growers several millions of dollars a year, but in a moment of heedlessness the benefit was canceled out. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jay scraped the bottom of his bowl of fruit and I squinched my face up at the sound. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Old crates filled with fruits and vegetables were piled everywhere, and the place teemed with people, even at this hour. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They have more cause to know it Whatever the explanation of Guenever’s attitude, the fruits of it were pain for her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A next stage of crop development included the first fruit and nut trees, domesticated around 4000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Huge platters of fowl stuffed with savory fruits and nuts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The soufflé and the fruit salad did not take long to finish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The pantry contained canned fruits and vegetables, unbroken jars of preserves, bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, crackers, tuna, and lots of other stuff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She would try the new fruit on Rumpy before she ate any more. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We only used it once, but it was awesome. We used real fruit and berries.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a fruit similar in taste to lychee.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The next day, I see him again at the same place, peeling palm fruits. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d want to be called a vegetable...or is a tomato a fruit? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But her surprise was mixed with a pleasure so like the joy that flooded through her when she had put the fruit to his lips that she couldn’t protest, because she was breathless. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the fruit bowl on the sideboard his father had filled his pockets, and now, without for the moment taking accurate aim, was throwing apple after apple. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off shreds of pith until the fruit was transparent in the sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There were scones too, on the table, and toast, and various pots of jam, marmalade, and honey, while dessert dishes, piled high with fruit, stood at either end. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If they are there when I am around, the boy usually throws a palm fruit in my direction, smiling and waving to me with his hand still clutching the cleaver. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked back to the meadow where he had left them, munching on a piece of the fruit, which was juicy, and chewy and quite sweet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s food in yer rucksack to last you for a bit but you should make it stretch as far as you can, eating what fruit you find and anything you can hunt.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’ll try it later,” I tell him, returning the fruit. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu stirred the batter and peeled the fruit; her own mother did not bake, their oven housed cockroaches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could freeze vegetables and fruit for the winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Which isn’t fruit and doesn’t feel like leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She threw a fruit so hard, it shot off the bottom step and landed with a soft plop on the grass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Iliad a vineyard is described with youths and maidens singing, as they gather the fruit, “a sweet Linus song.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked with an accustomed tread through the acres of fruit trees, where the least energetic could find an easy if unsatisfying meal. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Max is pointing to a small grocery store with fruit displays out front. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins, the forest was teeming, and the first crops of the hillsides were coming into fruit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morning,” I grumbled, taking the basket and shuffling outside to fill it with the ripest vegetables and fruit I could find. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

An entire pig, trussed and cooked, its mouth open and stuffed with some kind of fruit. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were none of the usual shoots, nor could I find any figgy fruits. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

While they talked, they drank the chai that Mustafa and I made and mindlessly chewed on tea biscuits and dried fruit and nuts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then, to Jane and Michael’s disappointment—they would dearly have liked some tropical fruit—she shook her head decisively and said, “East!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Still others hollow out mangoes, drop their pesos inside, then pretend to be eating the fruit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The plants were stunted anyhow, with few flowers and less fruit. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brave tin soldier in his little paper boat—she imagined him suddenly appearing beside the fruit basket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One night a fruit bat flew through our window, and we hid, giggling, under the covers until it was gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Zohra’s probably getting dried fruit from the kitchen like she would when she craved something sweet after lunch. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Momma would be mad as flies in a fruit jar if they woke her up this time of day. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

You eat gooey fruit cocktail and just before you power up your tablet, The Mac strolls in with his bowling bag, and duffel, sporting a blue and white hoodie that reads putyourFACEinaBOOK. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing you can do,” the fruit vendor said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou wiped fruit juice from her mouth with the back of her hand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

For a few breathless moments Dustfinger ducked behind a stack of empty fruit crates, looking out for guards. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t give me any, oh no! They’d make me eat rotten porridge and wormy fruit.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air all over the Bottom got heavy with peeled fruit and boiling vegetables. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And there is plenty of red chile for making ristras, and fruit, ay! The apples of the Lunas are known throughout the state!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to be in control — it was her safety net — and she could feel that net being ripped away from her by the star-shaped fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

One by one, my elder siblings broke with her rules, coming home bearing fruits of their own confusion, which we jokingly called their “revolution.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push aside my plate of internment slop and tear open the fruit cup. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wind god settled on a nearby wall with his basket of fruit and spread his russet wings in the sun. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was, instead, the fruit of the combined energies of a handful of powerful individuals. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They’d just studied that unit in English class, so Aru could snap her fingers in rhythm and start shouting about neon fruit supermarkets, but she didn’t think that would be helpful here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tasted fruits I never knew existed, like mango and papaya. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

An almost ecstatic moan led them to a large bush adorned with a haphazard assortment of red, star-shaped fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There's fruits and crackers and cheeses and cakes and noodles and weird-looking salads and chicken and pie and potatoes and macaroni. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tennessee’s disasters were the fruit of indifferent nature, without connection to the crimes of the homesteaders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

You travel much farther to find fruit than leaves, so you need to be able to create mental maps. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He limped away through the fruit trees, drawn by the thought of the poor food yet bitter when he remembered the feast. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I will spend the next half hour sticking the pieces of fruit with toothpicks, dipping them and laying them on waxed paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Each mission closed the distance, brought the fruit closer to their grasp. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The only thing his friend loved more than fruit was motors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly a rare fruit in these latitudes.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a night’s work, Joe silently delivered the fruit jars full of the good stuff to the fence posts of his own discreetly cultivated clients. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But naturally arising mutants—the bread and butter of fruit fly geneticists—were far too rare. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My plan was to forage fruit, for a tart, from one of the many fruit trees lining the streets in Berkeley. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Sweetness cloys. Tart fruit and tart women give life its savor.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They set out bowls of honey wine to tempt the fairies away from milking cows, and left out baskets of fruit to distract them from their orchards. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at the bowl of fruit on the counter. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The man took out his fruit bag and slipped the bird into it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

At last she opened one of her bags, pulled out a handful of fruit, and tossed the sweets gently over the edge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He put down the piece of fruit he’d been about to eat, frowning. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She moved around the house, onto the porch, down the streets, to the fruit stalls and the butchershop, like a restless ghost, finding peace nowhere and in nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of those places that custom-creates the ice cream, mixing the base with candy or nuts or fruit. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, fruit is good for my liver. That’s why I never eat any.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The dining room is nice and bright and has wallpaper with fruit designs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“This is baneberry, the small fruits are safe to eat when red but never when shading from green to yellow to orange. “This is how you set your feet when you want to walk silently.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There's a reason it's me and not Gale who ventures up to pluck the highest fruit, or rob the most remote bird nests. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her supper was a simple meal of fruit and cheese and fry bread, with a jug of honeyed wine to wash it down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Familiar later Chinese crops include soybeans, hemp, citrus fruit, tea, apricots, peaches, and pears. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the diet failed, she considered another consisting largely of fruit and vegetables sprinkled with an herbal powder. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her thin arm reached out from the open window and grabbed the fruit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seized his arm again, pulled him in front of the picture of the giant fruit bowl, stretched out her forefinger, and tickled the huge green pear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sun hadn’t quite set when we drove into Jalalabad, capital of the state of Nangarhar, a city once renowned for its fruit and warm climate. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Such girls have bought watermelon and snapbeans from the fruit man’s wagon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Better to go by the trees that sheltered the large colonies of fruit bats; the only assault there at that early hour was the bats’ discordant concerts of squeaking and chattering. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she resumed her tasks with the magnetic dusts and the new fruits to be plucked from the crystal walls. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the prison guards, like most people in Chattana, lived for their fruit. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Heavy with glossy pink and white fruits, the coral tree branches swayed softly above her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could smell cashews roasting and ripe star fruit and the scent seemed to dance with the notes in the air. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Against the other wall were shelves neatly stacked with jars of fruit preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Trays of bright red fruit pudding wait at the end of the line. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Peeta rises from the floor and scoops up a handful of ice from under the fruit tureen. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When they finished the fruit punch, they willingly accepted Aureliano’s decision. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were loaves fresh from the oven, a great slab of bacon, cheese, some dried herring, fruits from the garden, and, last of all, a pasty was set in the top. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He watched while she held her hair back with one hand, the other moving in search of the sweetest fruit, grazing among the canes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soldiers had observed him, hanging in the air like a plump gray fruit, were beginning to point and grin. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What it wanted was the fruit flies’ molasses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her which grains had protein, which vegetables had carotene, which fruits were too sugary He knew about everything; she was intimidated by this and proud of this and slightly repelled by this. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I crave it like I craved the taste of faerie fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A pot belly swelled under the tight white nylon shirt and his cheeks were round and ruddy as marzipan fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When his father finished his workday, the fruit of his labor lay before him: a musket, a rake, a wagon spring. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I can see orchards in the distance, and I wonder if that’s where Rue would have worked, collecting the fruit from the slimmest branches at the tops of the trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She kept at her work, laying out fruit hand over hand, only taking a moment to shoot Jinny a quick sidelong glance. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I splashed over and started to pick the fruit. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have a lot of fruit in Greece?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soft, salty bread and white cheese, slices of spiced meat, and quarters of some big, globed fruit that tasted of sugared rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That conclusion is clearest for the eastern United States, where less than a dozen crops were domesticated, including small-seeded grains but no large-seeded grains, pulses, fiber crops, or cultivated fruit or nut trees. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was bread in all shapes and sausages of all lengths and colors and fruits and candies. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The flowers would open and close, then the green fruits behind them would shrivel and turn brown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was while the man was gathering fruits that he saw a most unusual bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“When I was young, I mistook the sun for a fruit. Got in a lot of trouble for that,” he said, sounding more pleased with himself than guilt-ridden. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had just set out a tray of fruits and rice cakes to go along with the liquor on the low table in the living room and went down to help him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muralug Island itself, the island nearest Australia, was dry, marginal for agriculture, and supported only a small human population, which subsisted mainly on seafood, wild yams, and mangrove fruits. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lina cut the stones out and gave chunks of the fruit to Poppy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The paved road in front of us, lined with glittering ivory bricks on one side and edged with golden stones on the other, curved around ripe orchards stuffed with fruit trees I never knew existed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, I know it’s better to eat fruits and veggies, but I sure do miss the ice cream cups we used to get. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We were planting seeds of change, the fruit of which we might never see. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“So how long do you think you can keep your biological daughter—who, by the way, you have nicknamed after a fruit—a secret from your biological siblings? Asking for a friend.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Stale and wilted flowers, rejected downtown, blazed feverishly on a cart, like glamorous rags festering beneath a futile spray from a punctured fruit juice can. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new law added more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy to roughly forty-three million meals served daily. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Recall that apples were historically among the most difficult fruit trees to cultivate and among the last major ones to be domesticated in Eurasia, because their propagation requires the difficult technique of grafting. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I UNDERSTAND, more or less, how flowers reproduce—with fruit and seeds and pollen—but the sexual parts of the human body baffle me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singer brought out from the closet the tin box in which he kept crackers and fruit and cheese. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jo’s one strong point was the fruit, for she had sugared it well, and had a pitcher of rich cream to eat with it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if all the pent-up desires of my childless days were now bearing fruit. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I plucked the book from the fruit bowl and flipped to the end. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They found a spot on the jungle floor and spread out their assortment of fruits from the yumboes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t trust this weird god with the hoop and the wings and the basket of fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All around him, suspended from the tree like misshapen fruit, were other new items: stolen shirts, socks, a length of rope, a tin cup, an extra blanket, sacks of food. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was peacock pie, jellied eds, Devonshire cream, curried porpoise, iced fruit salad, and two thousand side dishes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we met him at one of his stores he always had a sundry basket of treats for her, trifles from his shelves, bars of dark chocolate, exotic tropical fruits, tissue-wrapped biscotti. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their spread was soon followed by that of other innovations originating in or near the Fertile Crescent, including the wheel, writing, metalworking techniques, milking, fruit trees, and beer and wine production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six species of cotton insects, along with an assortment of thrips, fruit moths, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, mites, aphids, wireworms, and many others now are able to ignore the farmer’s assault with chemical sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The gifts he would carry were wrapped in colored tissue paper—and in addition there was a deluxe basket of fruits done up in cellophane and a crate of late-shipped strawberries. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They also crave specific foods, such as protein-rich foods, fat, salt, sweet fruits, and foods that simply taste good. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Panting heavily, his jaw bruised and his leg bleeding, the agent crawled toward the beauty queen and smeared her mouth with the Mind’s Flower fruit, torn from a neighboring plant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I made him take broth and soup and fruit and vegetable juices. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan had said in his letter that the pomegranate tree hadn’t borne fruit in years. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every kind of fruit and vegetable I knew seemed to grow in the garden, and there was even more abundance here than on my uncles’ farms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vendors selling fruit and shoes called out their wares while people rushed past — some pushing wheelbarrows or balancing baskets on their shoulders. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit vendor put her arm around Yuni and squeezed her for comfort. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Yes, there it lay, the fruit of all their struggles, levelled to its foundations, the stones they had broken and carried so laboriously scattered all around. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Children are a heritage from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is a gift,” says Angelina. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It had green fields and tropical fruit trees and white beaches. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

At noon she would rush home and fix Chester some delicacy for lunch, like a midget fruit salad or an entire vegetable dinner so small you could serve it on a silver dollar. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mangoes were the only fruit the prisoners were allowed to have, and only then because they dropped straight into their arms. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A bleak season came upon the island—a rotting monsoon or a parched summer—and fruit supplies dwindled drastically. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Virtually every proper application of this humble mark utterly stumps the people who write to us officially, who paint signs, or who sell us fruit and veg. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The worst crime you could commit as a Persian human is to not have hot tea, pastries, cucumbers, nuts, and a basket of fruit at the ready when someone enters your house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A cloud of fruit flies rose up in the air and settled again. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A tall, thick-lipped boy who had trailed Red in pursuit of Ben caught the history book full in the face, his nose splitting like an overripe piece of fruit, blood spouting down his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were stored various bits of food he had collected—a piece of fruit, samples of candy, or the butt-end of a liverwurst. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a cut-crystal pitcher full of water, a basket of fruit, and a big loaf of pumpernickel for them to eat. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The two older married women I’m teamed up with eat best—sandwiches and fruit. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She works her mouth around the peppermint and onto the passion fruit now, nice and slow. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gone were the forklifts and crates of fruit and men in white aprons. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After breakfast we’d go to the butcher and then the fruit and vegetable shop next door. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There were the little kids playing hide-and-seek between the pushcarts piled high with fruits and vegetables. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu showed her the bar, organic, one hundred percent whole grain with real fruit. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had a grape arbor, beds of asparagus, lettuce, tomatoes, and potatoes, as well as fruit trees and a field with corn and soybeans. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the hotel he was careful not to crush the fruit he had brought with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fruit had not one stem, but dozens. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blood Of the fruit runs Down to their elbows, Like a vein. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed the piece of fruit and jammed it in his mouth before anyone had a chance at it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some mutant hermaphrodites lost their self-incompatibility and became able to fertilize themselves—a process exemplified by many fruit trees such as plums, peaches, apples, apricots, and cherries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If it’s a fruit, then why is it always in regular salads with other vegetables, but never in fruit salad? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The lazy thing was probably stuffing herself with wild fruit.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The one . who stands in the lake with the fruit tree hanging over you, but you can’t eat or drink.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this the bitter fruit of my disobedience?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He scurried over with three glasses of fruit juice before busding off to wrench a broken beer bottle out of someone’s hand. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was littered with rotten fruit and corn silk, their fermented scent lacing the more pleasant aromas of sizzling sausages and beer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A half-moon silvered the leaves of the fruit trees and shone on the surface of the stone bathing pond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine a drunk man planting and reaping such fruits! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, now that the subsequent fruits of those visits have become well documented, there seems little reason not to reveal that I am talking of Lord Halifax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I do not give them the satisfaction of my withdrawing, but since the incident with the faerie fruit, there are no more skirmishes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Since the beginning of time, the Oxford English Dictionary has defined ‘still life’ as a painting of some stuff, fruit or what have you. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sprayed the entire basement thoroughly, under the stairs, in the fruit cupboards and in all the protected areas around ceiling and rafters. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Bring me bread, fruit, and whatever meat you have ready in the back,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I took a plate and looked at the wide array of pastries, fruit, and yogurt cups. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We’d get a plate every Sunday after church, and I always looked forward to the passion fruit juice, so sweet bees would fly all around me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are large wooden bowls of steaming beans, peas and squash, platters of roasted fish and venison, baskets of bread and fruit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Unable to control his temper, Doha grabbed a tangerine from the fruit stand and threw it at the woman’s back, screaming “Don’t you hit my sister!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He meant to refuse meat but his past diet of fruit and nuts, with an odd crab or fish, gave him too little resistance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fruit stand on the corner is overflowing with avocados and papayas, most of them sliced straight through the middle to show their freshness. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Simon had passed through the area of fruit trees but today the littluns had been too busy with the fire on the beach and they had not pursued him there. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly, hauling their heavy load of fruit, picking their way carefully over the boulders and then along the faint sandy path in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Most of the fruits the bonobos ate, though, contained water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely suggested that the mortals had seen something different on that day—a furnace explosion that was not your fruit.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They cut down forests, dug canals, cleared fields, built houses, ploughed furrows, and planted fruit trees in tidy rows. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit was plentiful, but I knew that sooner or later there would be no more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tested on the fruit fly, the same organism Muller had used in his original work with X-rays, mustard gas also produced mutations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The poisoned fruit of betrayal, a thing of shame hidden away; I don’t understand any of that at eight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Please tell me you have something other than fruit or nonfat yogurt. That’s all we have at home.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rutledge said he believed he would, and I, pretending to be unaware of the plot, obliged by hanging around the fruit stalls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool in the shade of the trees, and some of the trees had leaves and fruits we could pick to eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished Tartarus had better beverage options, or maybe a tree that dispensed antacid fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bill was eating fruit when we came in and finishing a bottle of wine. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I never saw fruit all mix up together like this.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The filling is guava fruit. I hope you’ll like it,” I tell him. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I got two slices of pepperoni pizza and an apple—dairy, meat, fruit, bread, and if you counted tomato sauce, a vegetable. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In another commercial neighborhood, gangs ransacked every grocery store, littering the streets with squashed fruit, flour, eggs, and sugar and turning the neighborhood into what resembled one giant dump. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

All the other times they had raided newsstands, fruit stands, and apartments. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running through the fields with Pedro Tercero, was she smiling and happy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there are definitely no books full of fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But instead of gently handing it down, he laughed and threw the peaches like weapons, smashing the soft fruit against their heads. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve only ever seen her out in the mornings picking fruit.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They looked like dried up pieces of fruit, desiccated human faces—witches with metallic beaks for lips. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nova Scotia orchard- ists who are following Dr. Pickett’s modified spray program are producing as high a proportion of first-grade fruit as are those who are using intensive chemical applications. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was also fresh lemonade, gingersnaps, and fresh fruit, and nuts which we cracked between rocks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were those old ladies at the fruit stand a myth, Percy? Was Mrs. Dodds a myth?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s possible for a camera to capture every color on these fruits. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Women harvested fruit from the gardens of the dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt pretty stupid talking to a bowl of fruit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Flocks of brilliant butterflies moved through like schools of fish, and the upper levels of the amphitheater were espaliered with jeweled fruit trees. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And I saw the fig tree at the side of our house, alone in the field with one early ripe fruit hanging on a hidden branch. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“So you’re saying I just have to climb the trees and shake the fruit so it falls down, and then bring it to you?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made her bring him extra portions of rice, or cans of the syrupy fruit they served. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put a basket of fruit on the table for them, and a plate of small, sweet cakes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The walls were decorated with shelves of cookbooks but several tables were loaded down with trays of cookies, cakes, ice cream, and fruit! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Unlike Sally’s strong cough syrup, Nora was a weak fruit punch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty feet above them dangles the red fruit of tall kapok trees, each scarlet bulb reflected perfectly in the still water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had horse meat salted and pork smoked, and set the women to making fruit preserves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The menu was all fish and tropical fruits. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In exchange, Nelson would chop our firewood, boil up steaming pots of lumpy manioc, and bring us fruit, greens, and bark potions collected from the forest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s silence on the phone, and I munch on the dried fruit Dad gave me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had time to pick at the other fruit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took a lot more greenery than fruit to feel full, so foraging went from a few-hours- a-day activity to a major occupation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I'm Eve in the Garden after she ate the fruit—it’s like I realize I'm naked. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

On termite mounds Nhamo discovered jabvane bushes with purplish black fruit, and in dense thickets near the water grew brambles with dark, sweet berries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chill shivered up his spine when he saw the flesh of the fruits was black, shriveled, almost like... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Seth paused at the white steps leading up to the gazebo to pluck a piece of fruit from an espalier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She found a can of fruit cocktail and spooned it into three dishes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the massive round fruit towered over them so high that they looked like midgets from another world beside it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We have forgotten that meats used to be as seasonal as fruits and vegetables. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They had the rough bark of fruit trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine eating rice and meat and fruit and cakes and pies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me guess, you like some weird, suspicious fruit like...honeydew?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The fruit flies were more out of control than ever, thanks to the lemonade the boys had dribbled on the countertop. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Or I’d cut up fruit for Methuselah, still hanging around begging, and catch grasshoppers for Leon, the chameleon we keep in a wooden crate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, frantically looking behind the sheaves and the piles of fruit baskets. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Emily gestured vaguely toward a display of fruit by the larder door where there may or may not have been a lemon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The efforts of the Joneses and their abolitionist friends had borne fruit. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I relaxed and ate jícama dusted with chili powder from a tall fruit cup and told myself we could move here if Papá never came back and we lost the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There’s another one about starting your own business and another about fruits and vegetables. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was a purpose to the way he moved, a sense that this was all second nature to him, and Moss admired how quickly he was able to carve those pieces of fruit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So that evening the people of three worlds sat down together and shared bread and meat and fruit and wine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nor were the fruits of the voice of conscience without controversy and complication, particularly where questions of race came into play. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Yet in nature we would never find a fruit with anywhere near the amount of fructose in a soda. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She bent a sapling over, as if to pluck a choice fruit from the top. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even through the bag Tendai picked up the reek of overripe fruit. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit looked like jewels, and Aru had wanted to pluck one. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The crab-eating monkeys at the Reston monkey house were placed each in its own cage, under artificial lights, and were fed monkey biscuits and fruit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The amber whisky moved high on the side and the pungent fruit odor of its warming filled the air. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guava joins its sisters under the harsh fluorescent lights of the exotic fruit display. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before there were computers in Silicon Valley, before the land gave way to industrial design, there was fruit. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Tío’s house always smells of old fruit and wet dog, which I don’t understand because Chómpiras has been dead for three years. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then there were those who strove for an education, and when they got it, enjoyed the financial fruits of it in the style of their bourgeois oppressors. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This Linus was, like Adonis and Hyacinthus, a type of all lovely young life that dies or is withered before it has borne fruit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas didn’t have as much land as my great-grandmother, but he had a few fruit trees and pecan trees on his property. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The first meal in Spain was always a shock with the hors d'oeuvres, an egg course, two meat courses, vegetables, salad, and dessert and fruit. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were still a secret: the fruits of slaughter, slipped through bloody fingers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They liked fruits the most, but once those dwindled they began selecting certain leaves and munching on those, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the last year or so of the war they started giving us something new called K-rations that had a lot more in them, sometimes even fruit drinks, toilet paper, peanuts, and chewing gum. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan swatted a couple, but most of them drifted out of his reach and settled on the fruit bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“But, señor,” said Doña Lola from the back of the room, “none of the fruits or vegetables on your chart grow in Puerto Rico.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes many groups joined together, especially when there was delicious ripe fruit on one big tree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the immediate threat was over and seemingly forgotten, Anastasia stopped moving and began to forage, taking advantage of the plentiful fruit in an area that had never seen bonobos. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pelts stones at a tree with small, dark leaves, and bunches of a long brown fruit fall to the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Inside its jar, shrunken into a fetal position, wrapped in tatters, and accompanied by its wretched necklaces of teeth and a handful of rag dolls, the mummy looked like the pit of some exotic fruit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finish the fruit and crumple up the packet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Miss Janna. Because when we just do things without a why, we become husks. Easily crumpled, no fruit inside.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My first words to a real live American were “What fruit's that?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Fezzik was a Turkish boy, and people claim the fruit bat from Indonesia is the biggest in the world; try telling that to a Turk sometime. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She reported that her neighbor’s bing cherry tree was so heavy with ripe fruit that several of its branches were at that very moment bending low over her backyard. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Twice that day they rested and took a little of the food provided by Faramir: dried fruits and salted meat, enough for many days; and bread enough to last while it was still fresh. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up a piece of the fruit and popped it into her mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The servants return to clear the plates and set down the next course, a fruit compote with cheese melted on top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I make my way along the south wall of the house, past a clump of banana trees, still green with miniature fruit. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the front stands a tall mango tree heavy with fruit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

California searches vehicles for vegetables and fruits which might carry pernicious insects and diseases, and regulations of these are enforced with almost religious intensity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morgan approached these questions by studying yet another model organism—fruit flies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I think of how I felt yesterday, and the echo of faerie fruit comes unbidden into my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I am going to the market first. Yesterday I heard a man say that overripe fruit and vegetables are given away in the market here. Perhaps I can get something for us.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When they get fruit chews, other kids usually say, “Don’t be stingy. I’ll get you one back tomorrow.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Epsteins always let him take soda or milk and a piece of fruit. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to try telling my mom it was a vegetable, but she kept saying tomatoes are a fruit, so it would be more like a jelly.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The soul was the body that fed the tobacco, and the spirit was the blood that watered the cotton, and these created the first fruits of the American garden. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We used to share our fruit at lunch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished that I could see the backyards so I could occupy myself with imagining the lives behind the hanging clothes and fruit trees and swings. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I strip off the fruit and mash it up in the broth pot with cold water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You have no right to the fruits of work. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Peppermint choc chip and passion fruit, in a waffle cone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But there’s a five-dollar bill and a pouch of fruit snacks taped to the bottom. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Almost as if they were small balloons being blown with air, they grew into round fruit, blushing pink and red as they developed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit trees and bushes in the orchard show much promise. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I would pour it into a bright yellow bowl and add a scoop of fruit, either strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran in “breathless haste” and “spread the news” that he had discovered a hoard of stolen fruit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others, maybe Beast Riders like me, are already scrounging there for bones, moldy fruit, anything. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finch helps himself to more fruit and another waffle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He did not arrive until after midsummer, when hard young fruits hung on the boughs that had shed their blossoms at the king's death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z