| 单词 | girlfriend |
| 例句 | Since I had neither a driver’s license nor a girlfriend, I knew both those things only by hearsay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After many, many days, she finally said yes, she would allow me to visit her and we could be boyfriend and girlfriend. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have plenty of fun, R.C., you just don’t—” “Haw, you’re the boringest kid I know. Bet you don’t even have a girlfriend.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d turned bitter and cursed Percy’s girlfriend out of despair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z None of the arrogance, just pure relief he’s still alive and able to hold his girlfriend again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Some came from generations of military service, while others were teenage girlfriends who’d become brides just ahead of a deployment—their futures now having taken a sudden, complicated turn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He’d only come back to camp a few times to see his girlfriend, Juniper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Is this child asking my sister to be his girlfriend? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “His girlfriend thinks he skipped town,” I admitted, “but she promised to help us nail Dusty Muleman.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The Pad Ninth grade is five months from when you and Coby have vowed to have a girlfriend or die. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Jane from the feedstore came up and gave me a big hug and told me I did great, and introduced us to her girlfriend, Violet, who was still in her city work clothes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The clusters of girlfriend groups where I would have fallen in with Frieda, Lucy, and whoever they stood with were dotted with the Jameses. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I’ve had a girlfriend or two, and they didn’t exactly rave about me in the sexual encounter department. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Reluctant to abandon his girlfriend, Fox, Madsen selflessly volunteered to stay and look after everybody until help arrived. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Monday: Are you sure there wasn't any truth to that thing you said about a girlfriend? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He had broken up with his girlfriend, Keisha, a few weeks before. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It had been accompanied by the words Just don’t think you can spend all your time in the back seat with your girlfriend. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You’re telling me my relationship with my girlfriend isn’t going to last...in front of my girlfriend. Like she wasn’t standing right there. Which she was.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I had my first girlfriend when I was ten,” he tells me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z As if maybe I do have a girlfriend. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Basketball will be her boyfriend for the winter, just like it’ll be my girlfriend. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shy in high school, but then he started playing drums and freshman year of college joined a punk band, and boom, girlfriends. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the door, hear through it, “And I don’t have a girlfriend, CJ.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I’m just not sure I want a girlfriend right now,” Sosie said at last, feeling lame. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Finn said, “Funny coming from guys who can’t tell the difference between their cows and their girlfriends.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “My best friend. He has a girlfriend too, who I’m friends with.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But because I couldn’t change things, I said as little as possible or asked my girlfriends for information. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A week later, Wes and Tony took their girlfriends to their mother’s house to celebrate the first birthday of their baby brother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Is this like a ‘my Canadian girlfriend’ thing? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Going to see your girlfriend?" he called to Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Um, Davis had a girlfriend, but they broke up last November-ish. He has a blog, but hasn’t updated anything since his dad disappeared. I don’t know. In the blog, he seems...sweet, I guess.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that he had a girlfriend on the side, and that’s when she filed for a legal separation. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d walked past a group of would-be girlfriends who sucked their teeth at me and said my name like it was curdled milk they couldn’t wait to spit out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bunny’s girlfriend, Marion, was around surprisingly little; partially, I think, because he didn’t want her there but also, I think, because she was even less interested in us than we were in her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Evelyn tossed her head to deny that she was Michael’s girlfriend. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I thought you were talking about inviting a girlfriend over,” she says in a low voice. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She says, “Your girlfriend was just here looking for you.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I think I’m gay, and my girlfriend’s mom wrote stay away from my daughter. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Then when SJ came back in from the bathroom and I introduced her as my girlfriend, dude's entire demeanor changed for the negative. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We sat together around the fire and sang songs—songs about our girlfriends, bravery songs. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z "No . . . my girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Then Collin points to me and says, “And what about this one? She your girlfriend now?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “So what do all your friends think about you having a famous rock star for a girlfriend?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Which is how I’d been dating a girl for over a month—the girl I very much believed was my first girlfriend—without ever having had a single conversation with her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Have you got”—I chickened out of saying “a girlfriend”—“any brothers and sisters?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We hadn’t spoken about Dad in a while, but he and his stupid girlfriend boiled to the surface of my upset feelings. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The next time I saw Billy, I told him I’d be his friend—but not his girlfriend—if he promised not to make fun of anyone’s dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the past, Mrs. Bradley had notes dropped in her bag suggesting group discussions on abortion, family violence, cheating—on boyfriends, girlfriends, on tests. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was clear that Spurge did not want to discuss the wars against the goblins again, or Werfel’s dead girlfriend. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I yell when I reach her old room, but there’s an old lady sleeping in the bed where my girlfriend should be. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was being so nice to me, and the way his girlfriend looked, I knew that this meant a lot to him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “With your girlfriend. We saw you in that alley.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “A couple of tests. A date with my girlfriend.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he was the “girlfriend” of a member of the Latin Kings gang, who, I was told, regarded himself as heterosexual. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandma was in her junior year of studying nursing at Incarnate Word College, and she’d gone with a girlfriend to a party. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He wrote a farewell letter to his girlfriend, Gerda, telling her that he came back to America for her. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I know what happens to politicians' girlfriends in Washington. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He leaves the Pennsylvania House and walks across the city to nearby Georgetown, where he makes the unusual gesture of calling on Lucinda Metz, an old girlfriend. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m your girlfriend?” she says, squeezing my face. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Tee wrapped an arm around her girlfriend’s shoulder and sniffled quietly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Her girlfriend Lena hasn’t heard from her either. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She’d almost made Piper feel guilty about being Jason’s girlfriend, though that was silly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was afraid, however, that if I took the ring, Billy might start thinking that I had agreed to be his girlfriend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Last I checked, you were my awesome girlfriend Piper. Unless something has changed since I was out?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She’d teased them about needing wives and girlfriends, and sometimes helped them find good ones. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I missed you, Keiko. We need our girlfriends. Boys come and go, but friendship is forever.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I can’t. It’s my dad’s weekend. I have to hang out with him and his new girlfriend.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mayumi makes the mistake of referring to us as boyfriend and girlfriend three times. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Colin was half paying attention to the game while scribbling graphs, trying to make the Theorem account for the fact that Lindsey Lee Wells was, quite clearly, still his girlfriend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He found her wearing a summer dress, sitting on the lawn in front of the library, chatting with some girlfriends. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I should be crushed that less than a month into my junior year of high school, my latest girlfriend kicked me to the curb like a pair of too-small shoes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t make any sense. He’s eighteen; he’ll find another girlfriend once you’re dead. And he’s stupid if he doesn’t know that.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You went and got your girlfriend, you beat me out of bed, you dragged me out here. So spare me, Luke.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So either everybody knows everything but nobody's saying anything, or else nobody knows anything and girlfriends just sort of...happen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Even now, twenty years later, I can see him wrapping his girlfriend’s pantyhose around his neck before heading out on ambush. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess the girlfriend thing is a little hard to explain. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t know the first thing about having a girlfriend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She thrust her girlfriends into the circle and whispered to her little girl to plant the next kiss on her grandfather's nose. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over to dinner." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I mean, an overnight trip by myself to a girlfriend’s, a special set to my hair, and maybe a yellow dress. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s my girlfriend still, even after all the awful stuff that happened. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z That might be the neighborhood where Charles Monet’s girlfriends had lived, who knows. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your little girlfriend stole my wallet—you must have found her card in there.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I noticed a lot of pretty women, but I also had a girlfriend named Nora. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Chandra Kilers, a cute girl who loved math a little too much, and who Alaska believed was the Colonel’s future girlfriend, collected Cabbage Patch Kids. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s hardly ever cold enough in San Francisco to wear mink. But it seems to be a fad, what people are buying their wives and girlfriends these days.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother would try to console me, telling me, “Ibtihaj, when you have three sisters, you have all of the girlfriends you need. You don’t need your teammates to be your friends.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sunny heard it was because the dude had slapped some girl the day before who was the girlfriend of some dealer. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Sounds like Nick’s trying to get a girlfriend,” says my mom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, I had no ship, I had no rooming house, and I had no girlfriend. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The girlfriend was one of the best spies the British had, but fortunately for Washington, when her report reached Clinton, he did not believe it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning we set off, always the three of us: Chou, our girlfriend Pithy, and I. Pithy is Chou’s age and, like Chou, is rather meek and not much of a speaker. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was here earlier today with his girlfriend,” she explains to her assistant. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t say anything to Webb. Anyway...anyway, I have a girlfriend.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The killer, having emptied his gun, drove his girlfriend to a hotel. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Not long after they began to get to know one another, she discovered that he did not have a girlfriend after all. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “How about ‘the trip you told your girlfriend would be fun ended in bloodshed, as usual.’” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She had done this so that she wouldn’t be alone, so that she would have a girlfriend in the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Thirteenth Avenue Tomahawks fought just about every week, against this or that street’s gang, for reasons ranging from territorial disputes to harassment of each other’s girlfriends. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel laughed again, and I wondered why he wouldn’t stand up for his girlfriend. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He’d lost Kiowa and his weapon and his flashlight and his girlfriend’s picture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t be eating with Humble and hearing about what his girlfriend used to do to him every time they passed a Burger King. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And, speaking of dark, I knew he had a thing for dark-haired girls because all of his girlfriends had been brunettes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it was all out in the open, down in black and white, for them and their friends and, worse, their girlfriends to read. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Only glimpses. Murky stuff. A girlfriend... I thought she’d be at camp.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I point out that Tiny Cooper had about 11,542 girlfriends freshman year, and then Tiny punches me in the arm in a way that he thinks is playful but actually causes permanent nerve damage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z When I was a student at the school, my coeditor of the high school newspaper got his girlfriend pregnant. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “No, my manager. But I bet he just married her to have more control over me, because he’s got a girlfriend, too. It doesn’t matter. I’m going to fire him when I turn eighteen.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z We walk to the part of the hospital where Erin’s recovering and tell the woman behind the desk that we’re here to see my girlfriend. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned out the window of her best girlfriend’s house because the shouts were not part of what she was dreaming. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening I thought about it and told myself that maybe she had gotten tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Prisoners didn't like the thought of being behind bars while their mothers, wives, girlfriends, or children were preyed upon. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I bet Coach Johnson was instrumental in convincing Will to turn in his girlfriend. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “He’s mean to Donna. How can you be friends with someone who doesn’t respect his girlfriend?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I know he’s not asking me to wear it, like I’m his girlfriend or something. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He had a string of girlfriends, even though his fingernails were so long that they curled. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We’d look goofy, like I was holding hands with my little cousin instead of my girlfriend or whatever. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel like explaining my own girlfriend problems, not to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They owned leather jackets, had girlfriends, and talked about things like Malcolm X and “soul power.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I stayed with my girlfriend on West Ninth Street. We were together all night, and she’ll be happy to tell you that.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z His girlfriend later told his family that at first he just seemed a little off. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Dave benches three hundred eighty-five pounds. Would you like to be caught sneaking around with his girlfriend, even if you and I are just friends, if we are in fact.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I have learned to cook this dish from my girlfriend.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z You weren't afraid of beating up your girlfriend. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait. Let me get this straight. The girl from Cluck Bucket is your girlfriend?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was worried about what they would think about his girlfriend, Gerda, whom he left behind in Chicago, and the secret he was keeping about her. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly he remembered what El Patron had said earlier: Is she your little girlfriend? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, Herbert completed his assembly of the bomb and placed it on his former girlfriend's porch. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was always being swatted away by his girlfriends, who didn’t like having a reminder of his first marriage hanging around, but that only made her want to be with him all the more. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Johnny told me about the New York girlfriend that evening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Well, I can see why she’d say it but nowadays everybody’s gay this and gay that. There’s still such a thing as an old-fashioned mama’s boy. All Francis needs is a girlfriend.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He told me that if I’d be his girlfriend, he would always protect me and make sure nothing bad ever happened to me and buy me expensive presents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Three Times a Lady” by the Commodores cleared the floor 'cept for boyfriends and girlfriends who smooched, enjoying being looked at, and snoggers who just snogged and forgot they were being looked at. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But it really is getting exhausting getting to know all of his girlfriends, bonding with them, and losing their friendship pretty quickly after Dylan cuts ties with them. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Daphne—our uncle’s sometime girlfriend—has a big house here that was left to her by her mother. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The joke was that to my seventh grade English class, I had made my father a myth, like djinns, like Rostam, or like Mike Maguffy’s girlfriend from summer camp that nobody else knows. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Though he’s better at keeping up appearances than Vincent, he has not given up his girlfriend. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Friends are better than a boyfriend, girlfriend. So a guy gives you his varsity jacket. How many good-looking guys wear glasses? Understand not seeing distance well?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t look now, but I think your girlfriend just got busted,” I say. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “He probably got ‘war machine’ from one of his fifteen-year-old girlfriends. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The deaths of my four girlfriends left me with a pain I cannot describe. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Why would he risk all that to burn his girlfriend? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “If I manage to get into the Ministry, I’ll have a lot of proposals to make about Magical Law Enforcement!” he told the only person who would listen — his girlfriend, Penelope. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Dude, you and your girlfriend need to get your stories straight.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I wish they'd do a better job of hiding their desire for me to have tons of friends and girlfriends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you have a girlfriend?” teased Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He sends money to Belky and to his girlfriend in Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He shows us pictures on his phone—mostly of the girlfriend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My girlfriends, plus my subscription to the Ladies’ Home Journal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man, no, she’s not my girlfriend. I just met her, forreal,” I said, even though I couldn’t stop myself from cheesing so hard it hurt. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My best friend lied about me, and my girlfriend doesn’t like me anymore. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She was his last high school girlfriend before college. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “It makes me happy to pretend that I’m your older girlfriend.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What will I do if she gets a girlfriend? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z RON: He hasn’t run away—he’s having a quiet moment—he’s got himself an older girlfriend — HARRY: An older girlfriend? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I thought that if she answered it and Daddy peeked in and saw her girlfriend in our kitchen cooking, he might turn right around and leave. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Sure, he would have liked having a girlfriend, and he knew a lot of the boys at Vincent de Paul dated girls from Holy Angels or even from the public high schools. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Another time when my girlfriend left me for my supposed-to-be homey. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand my girlfriends better than my own mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “The thing suicides don’t focus on is their wake. Not just your parents and siblings, but your friends, your girlfriends, your classmates, your teachers.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wonders if Enrique sends his daughter less money because he is spending it on another girlfriend. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She also found the Washington Post story I wrote about Shin, which quoted him saying he would like to have a girlfriend, but didn’t know how to find one. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I can’t wait until we get our own place again. Ice don’t feel comfortable here. And you know he having trouble with that girlfriend of his. I don’t know what he sees in her anyway.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I seriously don’t get how a guy who has a fine girlfriend like Mei-li, or some of the girls Diego gets with, could even look at other girls, much less mess around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A Jackboot and his girlfriend were standing in the entrance. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He turns around in his chair and shouts at the table behind him, where his girlfriend, Anita, is sitting. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z If there is a girlfriend around, she won't like this one bit. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dave and his girlfriend in my room ... the coats ... the cold ... the winter . The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I have eaten girlfriend’s potato salad and it’s not all that but I saved that for later. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "But you were boyfriend and girlfriend? Did you hold hands?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His parents have expressed no curiosity about his girlfriend. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your girlfriend is here, Ishmael. Are we going to see you at all this afternoon?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Her girlfriends had sought to concoct dates for her; she was widely encouraged to make use of her beauty and to emerge from the shell of her apparent shyness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s not really in a boyfriend/girlfriend kind of way, but it’s definitely more intimate than anything we’ve done together. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Part of the writing is taking stock of everything in my life, like I’m running down a checklist: Amazing girlfriend—check. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe Jasmine still thinks I’m immature, but she hasn’t said anything about it, now that she’s my girlfriend. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z For a brief period I wondered if Salim had a girlfriend. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to find your own ride home. Maybe when your girlfriend comes to, she can give you a lift.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But then, near the end of October, his girlfriend dumped him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t have time to think about silly things like ice cream and girlfriends. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Let’s see...We got broke, illiterate, drug dealer, and now, girlfriend beater?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but I keep Dill from looking like a dingus. Come on, Dill. I suspect Travis is texting a secret girlfriend. We need to know about this.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She had stuffed a towel into the bottom of our door and insisted it was safe, but I worried— about the cigarette and the “girlfriend.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When I offered to come back later, his is girlfriend said no, she’d be happy to wake him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I remember Jody, my best and only girlfriend at college in my freshman year, making me scrambled eggs at her house one morning. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t know she was his girlfriend, but he was glad she thought she was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “So, I think I’m going to like having a drummer girlfriend,” she says. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Plus, the side wall gave a better view of Dante’s mother and girlfriend, sitting in the first pew, holding each other face-to-face, their tears mixing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Charlie, who told my would-be girlfriend that we didn’t stand a chance. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I try not to sound like the blaming girlfriend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Or ridiculous things, like people who ask about girlfriends or future occupations. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He never wants me to come in,” said his girlfriend, DeAnn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our Map Room was set on fire and you ran off to talk to your shuck girlfriend? What’s wrong with you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “He’s got this ball of string his girlfriend gave him, see. And he’s using it to find his way back out of the maze.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He seems young for his age, but in a year or two he'll grow out of his awkwardness and have willing girlfriends lining up around the corner. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She addresses a card to Sonia and the two girlfriends she lives with in San Francisco. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “So I’ve had a girlfriend since July, and I love her.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I hadn’t planned to, but I end up telling her about Phil and the tutoring sessions and how my stomach roller-coasters every time I’m around him and about how he has a girlfriend. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His girlfriend, Yinka, was like him—she, too, went to England often and lived in Ikoyi and spoke with a British accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The secret is that he has a girlfriend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was in a no-win situation, but the battle would have been much harder to wage if I hadn't had my closest girlfriends in the trenches with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The boar had a similar squeal, but what we were hearing now seemed higher pitched, shriller, almost like... like if the boar had an angry girlfriend. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z His girlfriend picks a fight with him at lunchtime, over the fact that he never spends time with her anymore. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My parents are away, and my girlfriend has come over to help cook dinner. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Good thing he had lots of practice shooting by himself on weekends, Kevin. Who needs a girlfriend when you’ve got basketball?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “I swapped routes with another driver. He didn’t mention children, but he said the She Elephant was after him. I assumed he meant an old girlfriend.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He referred to Zita as his girlfriend, and at another point he called her his fiancee. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Not like that. I think I like her as a friend, but not as a girlfriend.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It took me a minute to remember who Sara was: the Colonel’s girlfriend. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She marched in, leading her girlfriends like an invading general. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z One of those girlfriends tried to teach me once, but I think she gave up in the end. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z "No girlfriend, no," his mom said, folding her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Of course, you have to say good-bye to the girlfriend. Don’t be gone too long; you’ll need to be getting your things packed up pretty soon.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oh wait, I better not. Ernie might have a mad girlfriend on his hands, and we don’t want that, now do we?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Around him, I should behave like a daughter, not a girlfriend. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And when Stan’s closest pal boomed a big, joyful smile at his old girlfriend? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He says enough for Alex to glean that Philip is apoplectic and Her Majesty is annoyed but pleased Henry has finally found himself a girlfriend. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He lives with his girlfriend, who I actually like, even though I’d never tell Mom that. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Someone put a beautiful woman on my arm and said, “She’s your girlfriend.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They gave access to a spiritual world, where things were soft and intimate, a place where he might someday take his girlfriend to live. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There were four families in the camp, but most of the older warriors were back at the village seeing their girlfriends and getting their hair braided. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently, being yelled at by your girlfriend in front of your kids and a whole bunch of kayakers wakes up something inside you, and he drove off in the camper van and didn’t come back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I can see him trying to figure out the puzzle so he can put me back together again and turn me into the fun girlfriend he used to know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My brother, Carlton, is on the sofa with his shiny new girlfriend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I had a girlfriend, two summers ago” “I know. I knew all along.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z They never quarreled, those two, the way some girlfriends did over boys, or competed against each other for them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Every time you see it you get fooled into thinking his girlfriend might wake up and stop him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I swear, sometimes a girlfriend is worse than a mother! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy had taken his girlfriend on some romantic walks before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You run off with your girlfriend and your tall silent shadow. Go on now.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "No," he said, "she's not my girlfriend. I don't have a girlfriend," he said to his mom. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z There were some titters in the audience, so I figured it was safe for me to start out by saying to the minister, “I was his girlfriend.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z When he goes back to his girlfriend, I search for Mother’s car keys, but I can’t find them anywhere. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They refer to their girlfriends, some of whom live with them; these are called “my old lady.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m already a kicked-wide, open-souled mess; would prefer not to add hot and bothered to the mix, especially since—hello!—he still has a girlfriend. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z What did he say when they asked him if he had a girlfriend? A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Instead, he stared out the window, like Ma, for about an hour, peering into the darkness, thinking about his girlfriend, Shelly, and his best friend, Aaron. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You told that guy I was your girlfriend?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I almost said, She’s not really my girlfriend, but I didn’t. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The boys were ready, were proud to be able to help out the U.S. of A. and whatnot, although the chubby girlfriends and mothers admitted they’d be pining for their men. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “If Ares brings his girlfriend here for a date,” I said, staring up at the barbed wire, “I’d hate to see what she looks like.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to put his arm around her protectively, but he doubted she’d appreciate the gesture, and he didn’t want to give this golden guy any indication that Annabeth was his girlfriend. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was walking to school, lost in feeling sorry for myself—my dad was dead, my mom in rehab, my girlfriend missing—when I saw the Bat Lady for the first time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Then Julia said, “I bet your girlfriend would be jealous if she knew I was driving you around, that I asked you to take off your shirt for me.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He wouldn't desert his girlfriend even when it would have secured his own safety. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Washington was told that a baker had been given the letter by the woman, a former girlfriend. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did your mother react when she found out you had a girlfriend?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “He probably has a new girlfriend,” Oscar guesses. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “You’re like a celebrity now. Everyone wants to know if I’m your girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My hand is too sweaty, too hot, and I don’t want Jasmine to hold it here, in front of everyone—but we’re boyfriend and girlfriend now, and that’s what boyfriends and girlfriends do. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And the year before, when his girlfriend dumped him, he was just pure evil to live with for a while. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Marcus is in his girlfriend’s car and gone in a matter of seconds. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I wonder if my girlfriend went through all the things that the girl went through in the story. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Every longtime officer seemed to have witnessed a wife arriving when an inmate’s girlfriend was already there, or vice versa. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, she didn’t cook it, she’s not my girlfriend, and”—I grabbed the garlic powder from the counter and sprinkled it on his potatoes—“it don’t taste better than my food.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “She’s not even my girlfriend or anything. I don’t know why you bother so much.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused, then said, “Not girlfriends. I meant girl—BIG SPACE—friends. Girls that happen to be friends. I mean, friends that happen to be girls.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Woodhull had studied the Vanderbilt family, and she collected additional information about them from a friend, Josie Mansfield, who was the girlfriend of one of Vanderbilt’s competitors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Yeah, definitely not something you tell your potential next girlfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Lots of kids at Welch High wanted customized posters to hang on their bedroom walls—of their boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s name, of their car or their astrological sign or their favorite band. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had planned to run to his girlfriend's aid when the bomb exploded to reinforce his readiness to protect her and to keep her safe. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “When I started drinking coffee. When I started shaving. When I got a girlfriend.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Her dad's girlfriend—fiancee—Donna, didn't get off work until five, and after that, she had to pick her kid up from day care. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His friend’s girlfriend had given him a home perm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One day I will let her pick them up, since it seems that’s what a girlfriend would do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And yeah, we look a little like Pepé Le Pew and his bewildered cat girlfriend, but we really do seem like a couple. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The Taker recently got a job at the QFC on Mercer, and Lucy and Adrian work in the deli section with him, and Jules is Adrian’s girlfriend. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But Meng does have a girlfriend, and they are to be married when he returns from France with his degree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his girlfriend had driven to a dark spot and climbed into the backseat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z What I wanted to let him know was that I had this chance to have Acton and I wanted it and I wanted girlfriends to talk to about it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wants to be around Zach, and from freshman year forward, he’s just about always had a girlfriend. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He resolved to stay and must have informed his girlfriend of my advice, for she never thereafter spoke to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "The first one. The girlfriend one. I gotta go find Tiny." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Honestly, how well can you know your cousin’s girlfriend’s friend’s sister? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The guys at school had started calling her his girlfriend. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He moved out last year, she told me, to live with his girlfriend but we still see him all the time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In exchange, the Agency offered him a new life, even taking him to Montreal to meet with his Russian girlfriend, who had traveled there with the CIA's help. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I love Dee Roberts, and I’d really like it if you could accept her as my girlfriend and we could just put this week behind us. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z No reason my best friend’s girlfriend shouldn’t be my best friend too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Incidentally, he told me he had given me that book because he had just broken up with his girlfriend and was feeling philosophical. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The minute Sam and the rest of the team rolled into the East Side Tennis Club, Dave Bendix was sure to have gotten word I was hanging courtside with his girlfriend. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Would your girlfriend happen to be around here to verify that?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I'm coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When a mobster runs down your girlfriend with a car, basketball just doesn’t seem so important anymore. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The way Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend’s pantyhose around his neck like a comforter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even now that I had a serious boyfriend, my girlfriends were the ones who held me steady. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Every day Dad drives me to the hospital and I walk up to the desk with the first Harry Potter book in my hand, ready to take my girlfriend to Hogwarts. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he has a girlfriend, but he’s being really nice to me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was totally a war movie except for when the soon-to-be-dead marines talked about their girlfriends, but I threw in the word love because I thought she wouldn’t say what she said next. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Because, if I had a girlfriend, I’d be off with her right about now. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Olly: don’t you want to know if i have a girlfriend? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma and a couple of her girlfriends serve the food, including Sister Daniels. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Your girlfriend,” he said, “she kicked the bucket.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning, it sounds like a guy is trying to get his girlfriend to secretly meet up with him at midnight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Like some jolly old dog of an uncle, he leaned across the table even further and began to tell me about his own girlfriend, whose name was Marion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he asks why we don’t see Erin anymore, I say, “Basketball is my girlfriend now,” which makes him laugh, and I guess it does sound pretty funny. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just my two best friends. And my girlfriend,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Jenna said, standing up, “there’s nothing to tell. It’s not like we’re boyfriend and girlfriend or anything. I don’t even know if he likes me that way.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “He has a girlfriend, Rosa. A really pretty one.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Why are you and your girlfriend stealing things?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “He’s got a girlfriend? Who would go out with him?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was also a picture of Bill and his girlfriend when they were at Brown together in graduate school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a girlfriend, you just said so.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I did ask him if he had a girlfriend, though, and he said he didn’t. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Some cowboys had a girlfriend with them and some just wanted to show off to the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were dancing in her basement with a bunch of our girlfriends and somehow the CD got ruined. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She was worried that he’d have to work over Christmas—or worse, that he’d be spending it with his girlfriend instead of with us. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As my girlfriends in Pakistan and I say, he doesn’t give her any lift. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Teenagers, like my girlfriend, Ashley, sure, they could be here one day, holding your hand, looking deep into your eyes, making your heart go boom-boom-boom—and be gone the next. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, you will be. The moment you get your ring and kill that pretty little girlfriend of yours, you’ll know there’s no turning back for you, either.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "Bummer. Sounds like you need a different girlfriend." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Maybe he had a girlfriend who really believed he would come back . The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Claude, the Haitian cook, is desperate to get out of the two- room apartment he shares with his girlfriend and two other, unrelated people. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Back on the streets, we saw other soldiers and girlfriends strolling about. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I don’t know how dumb guys get girlfriends, I really don’t. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “But your girlfriend over there tracked us down through your Facebook page and convinced us to surprise you.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It would be nice to get out of town with some girlfriends, but Lauren would be there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying that it is. But you have a girlfriend, Gigi. A girlfriend.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Moss took several children to an appointment, leaving the rest of us with Melissa, who was either the wife or girlfriend of Ricky, one of Mrs. Moss’s sons. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My mind raced through all the hours we’d spent talking on the quad, on the phone, all the times I could have said, “Hey, Zaheera, I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “But isn’t that the point of labels like boyfriend and girlfriend? To make things easier for other people?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I told him I was happy for him, having a girlfriend. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Marcus goes off on a tangent about different schools that his girlfriend, Tiffanie, is looking at and how he’s going to a community college near whatever school she chooses. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was no way Gideon would publicly call me his girlfriend if I didn't pluck the ten to fifteen hairs that were ruining my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I’ve told you,” George said through gritted teeth, “she is not my girlfriend.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I mean, telling my parents was easily the weirdest, most horrible thing about having a girlfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I try to stay out of any talk about Dad, his girlfriend, and what happened with him and Mom. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even Will sometimes gave Drew a hard time about it at practice, asking why Drew could never manage to make his girlfriend smile. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Dude, I didn’t know she was your girlfriend.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know it's in your best interest to let your girlfriend win?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Thanks, man, but no. I’m waiting for a phone call. My girlfriend’s car broke down.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z From time to time his mother asks him if he has a new girlfriend. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was easy because he had a new girlfriend, Emily, and there was talk of a wedding. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “And you didn’t want your girlfriend to be, too.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She thought of his other girlfriends, the false intimacy that amounted to lies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time summer came, I think he’d had about four different girlfriends, but he kept them totally secret, and if I asked, he would deny it, as if having girlfriends wasn’t cool. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Virginia,” he says, “we’re perfect for each other! What do you say? About being my girlfriend? The Doctorita doesn’t have to find out. I’ll just come to see you in secret.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They recognized her as Jean Tatlock, a former girlfriend of Oppenheimer’s and a member of the Communist Party. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Remember the conference thing I wanted you to come to? She started hitting on me right away She’s been after me since. She won’t leave me alone. She knows I have a girlfriend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Piece of friendly advice: Never insult your girlfriend’s dancing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And then in eighth grade, I had this girlfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She was devoted to her girlfriend, and it must have seemed as though I were trying to take her away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Is that what you’re supposed to say when you find out someone has a new girlfriend?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t know who all the texts were going to, but I knew at least some of them were going to his girlfriend, Berry. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He said: “My own beloved girlfriend died in the war. She died on the elfin front. Blanchepon was her name. She died.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Kimberly giggled and for a moment it felt as though they were high school girlfriends gossiping about boys. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I think the real reason I had girlfriends was because I didn't one hundred percent believe I was gay. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “What the hell you plan to do if she gets a girlfriend, Coop?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Also, Hassan had a girlfriend and they were all preparing for a pig hunt—so, then again, things weren't entirely normal. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She was a good enough Mami, fussing and scolding and giving advice, but a terrible girlfriend parent, a real failure of a Mom. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Your girlfriend cooked this? If she did, then now I get why you buggin.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if my girlfriend had anyone there to support her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Who didn’t seem to have any girlfriends...in fact, he didn’t have any friends at all. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Mom, of course, can’t stand this, her ex-husband’s girlfriend comforting me, so she runs over and sits down on my other side. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Too classy, too proper to have a girlfriend on the side. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “You see, her girlfriend—her name is Babette—is becoming a foster parent, so this time it’s all going to work out.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t need girlfriends. I’ve got a baby sister to take care of.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Don’t think about your mama, don’t think about your girlfriends, nothing. Just look around and be alert.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he asked the manager, one of Momma’s girlfriends, to keep an eye on us, and he went to the cash advance place next door. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He had a dozen girlfriends, but nothing serious. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Writing an important email to a colleague at the office in New York, or a carefully worded break-up message to his girlfriend. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was also Frank’s girlfriend, so Leo knew he should keep his distance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The one thing I did was mail my report about Walden to him, so he could share it with his girlfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t have cared if my girlfriend was a Jaguar-driving Cyclops with a beard—I’d have been grateful just to have someone to make out with. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Joaquin knew that he did the same thing because his girlfriend Birdie used to love that about him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I decided she simply had to be my girlfriend. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Her father walked out of the house and moved in with his girlfriend. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Basil’s girlfriend must be the doily and lace type. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Now he was in Tartarus, dying from gorgon’s blood plus a dozen other agonizing curses, while he watched his girlfriend stumble around, helpless and blind and believing he’d abandoned her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And while having a girlfriend and being on a team aren’t mutually exclusive, both fill a need—maybe the same need. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This girlfriend is so secret she doesn’t even know about it herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “All your girlfriends had long flowing hair,” she said, her tone thick with accusation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He rarely spoke to his roommate, a lean, cheerful boy with sandy hair and an endless parade of girlfriends. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “School’s the worst. I mean, the only saving grace is that my girlfriend goes there.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "I don't know about any girlfriend," his mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He says girlfriend like it’s a joke, the way you would say a word like booger. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “My dad has a new girlfriend,” Isabella says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He shared a cell at some point with someone who had nearly beaten his girlfriend to death. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z His girlfriend would have to write to him at Great Meadow, now. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was just something about you that made me need to be your girlfriend. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Millions of guys had girlfriends; there was no reason I wouldn’t be able to figure it out too. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She does not associate him with his parents’ habits; she still cannot believe that she is to be the first girlfriend he’s ever brought home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The girlfriend I had stayed with was going to college in New Jersey. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The guys in the car make some more jokes about us being boyfriend and girlfriend before speeding off. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A year before Robert, Shawn’s girlfriend, Emma, had come through the back door shrieking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of Dad’s music buddies who’d moved to Seattle had gotten his girlfriend pregnant, so they were doing the shotgun thing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake was a hiker, and since I knew every nook and cranny in the surrounding mountains, he occasionally called me up and paid me to guide him and whatever girlfriend he had at the time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Boyfriends and girlfriends squeal and lean into each other. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about me. I can compete again next year. You got this, girlfriend!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She laughed and told her girlfriend at the next desk that my name was Junior. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “You still mad at me, girlfriend?” she asked. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she started dating her last girlfriend, she brought up getting married within a week. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mom never talks bad about her, but I know I am not supposed to like this woman, who knew my dad had a girlfriend, a daughter, but flirted with him anyway. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I did notice that Brad and Patrick never talked once during the whole dance because Brad was off dancing with a cheerleader named Nancy, who is his girlfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your best friend is a girl? Like a girlfriend?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The lunch was a spaghetti dish of some sort because Bill’s girlfriend doesn’t eat meat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying, Rocky’s girlfriend, Adrian, she cleaned animal cages.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not so worried about my girlfriends and myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z That word—girlfriend—kept exploding in her head like fireworks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You don't need a girlfriend, Colin. You need a robot who says nothing but 'I love you.'” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “You look stunning. But little girlfriend, you’re so pretty you can get away with any color you choose.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z After New Year’s the second big change occurred: my dream, through which I discovered my longing for...a boy; not for a girlfriend, but for a boyfriend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s Walden by Henry David Thoreau, which is my brother’s girlfriend’s favorite book, so I was very excited to read it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z How his pink-haired girlfriend was about to kiss him is a mystery to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’d told him she was my girlfriend. Was I supposed to let him disrespect me like that? Was I? I mean, he had his hands all over her.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Asking to show his new girlfriend around Reyna’s city was rubbing salt in a wound. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And at one point, this random girl comes up to me and tells me my girlfriend is waiting in front of the gym. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “That got you, didn’t it? Wait’ll I tell your girlfriend how cute you are now. You smell like a pile of dung.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And referring to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Some of the junior engineers down from Ohio were on the Club House roof with girlfriends and Jake’s telescope. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I might’ve asked Dr. Roland if I could stay in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend, but the embarrassment of that was such that death, to me, seemed preferable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Seems eighteen-year-old Cory stole from the cousin who took him in, thus ruining Christmas for the cousin’s girlfriend and her child. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t even have no girlfriend,” Carlos said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was also spoken for, the steady girlfriend of a local physician. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She drank too much, played field hockey in high school, and had had a series of boyfriends and one girlfriend, but never love. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “My girlfriend had to work,” I say, nodding. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “This is just his first girlfriend,” I point out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I hadn’t asked Myron if he had a girlfriend or anything, mostly because I didn’t much care. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I think he has a girlfriend. I don’t want to be in the way.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z One day in class, Dillon passed a note to me that said, “Be my girlfriend.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “He had a girlfriend, which means he’s probably not looking for a boyfriend. Honestly, neither am I.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It’s almost like having a girlfriend during the season—an extra worry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t have my back that much if his girlfriend has to tell me for him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Everyone wanted to know if they were boyfriend and girlfriend, if they were K-I-S-S-I-N-G. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I really don’t care what your girlfriend was wearing.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even with our standing in league, usually the only people who show up at track meets are dedicated parents, plus the occasional boyfriend or girlfriend. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Instead, he invited me over to his town house to spend Saturday afternoon with his girlfriend and him, which sounds like fun. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I did, though, have plenty of girlfriends who were looking for someone to date. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Of course she’s not my girlfriend! I don’t have a girlfriend.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Writing was what I did best, better than being a daughter or girlfriend or sister. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “This is the beautiful and utterly original Maribelle, and her girlfriend Joan, who is just as beautiful. They make me feel bad!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And here Tateh wanted to divorce her so he could marry his fat girlfriend, this woman who was bigger and taller than him and who wasn’t even Jewish. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You thought I had a girlfriend all this time?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z What did he say when they asked him about his girlfriend? A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z During those rare moments when I sat alone in my room among my stuffed animals, I daydreamed about Vince and what it would be like to be his ordinary girlfriend and have real dates. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We hid the freaking Maps in the weapons room, put dummies in their place. Because of Alby’s warning. And because of the so-called Ending your girlfriend triggered.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Minnesota hatchet murderer I wrote about earlier, imprisoned for seventeen years starting at age nineteen, still had a pretty girlfriend when he was paroled and I met him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew he’d had plenty of girlfriends in the past, but didn’t have one now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If this new job meant they would spend more time together like this, like two best friends, like two girlfriends, Aimee was all for it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I scanned the auditorium and found her with a group of her girlfriends huddling around a trio of senior football players. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “But your girlfriend is,” English said, with impeccable timing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Was she supposed to be happy that Park had called her his girlfriend? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I'm about to have an intimate dinner with the Larsens for the first time as their son's girlfriend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And many of her girlfriends were also wearing knee socks with sandals. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You know I mean girlfriend, right? Not, like, girl, period. Friend, period.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “He busted into the joint and started making demands about his girlfriend, so I straightened him out before the others could. But had I not been around, this story doesn’t end so happily.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if my best friend is gay, being all cuddled up with her while I have a girlfriend is obviously a no-go, but now that I’m free, I get to have This again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Tee put a calming hand on her girlfriend’s shoulder. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I have a feeling his girlfriend gives him chills too.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I sure do. How about we stop all this rocket stuff and get us some girlfriends?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Old friends make the best girlfriends. You eat. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Leave him alone, he’s talking with his girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He apologizes to his girlfriend for taking so long and kisses her on the forehead before sitting down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand how adult relationships worked; I’d never even had a girlfriend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Unprompted, Humble started talking with me and Monica about this old girlfriend of his, who had, in his words, “pig-tail nipples, like curly fries, I kid you not.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My girlfriend Olga and I will sometimes get together for supper at a restaurant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Annie, I didn’t say you were my girlfriend. That would be ridiculous.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “No. I don’t have a girlfriend. Never had a girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I said, do you want to become Moscow’s girlfriend?” barked the officer. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Beside him, a few steps off to the left, the young soldier was still searching for his girlfriend’s picture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Two shadow puppets: The boy on my baseball team and my girlfriend. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “You know that hallway down by the science labs? The creepy one where the football players always take their girlfriends to make out?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I smile shyly and put my arm around Dee’s shoulder, take a deep breath and say, “Guys, I want you to meet my girlfriend, Dee.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Her girlfriend,” Erin said, with all the confidence of her years in the New Crew. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She always seems pleased to see him, stepping away from her girlfriends to say hello. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The mittens made me think of Maxie Brown, the girl I might someday ask to be my girlfriend. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z What’s the difference between liking Jasmine as a friend and liking Jasmine as a girlfriend? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z This let me be all over you and hold your hand and act like your girlfriend thing she does. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z After Josh graduated from Hampshire College, he and his girlfriend, Safron, joined us in Cambridge, England, where the Courters had arranged to exchange homes with a British family the summer before I started high school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Always had a girlfriend and a crowd of people around him and could do no wrong—kind of like a modern-day prince. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even if it led to Park deciding that she was way too much like a walrus to remain his girlfriend . Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But he had disappeared, only to come back with a new girlfriend. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I had been traveling for years, had my girlfriends, and I was ready for getting married. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Daddy’s girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend, sometimes eats lunch here. She works in the dentist's office on Stocker—in the building where Daddy has his office.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I know that this is her way of being my girlfriend when I don’t allow her to be my girlfriend, which makes me feel good, but I remind myself not to think about Erin tonight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the witness stand, Jus wishes he could go back to the days when all he had to worry about was his mama not liking his girlfriend. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You don’t poach your girlfriend’s boyfriend! Never ever ever!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t sure how this birthday thing was gonna work with you having a girlfriend and all.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Often after work I’d drop him off at an intersection near the Cross County Mall, where he’d visit his girlfriend at work in the Fashion Bug store. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw my brother and sister, all the townsfolk, the mayor and the entire Chamber of Commerce and all my old teachers and girlfriends and high school buddies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z El Jefe keeps all his girlfriends out in his country house, where his wife never goes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He winks at Piper, then whispers to me, “What’s the matter? Isn’t one girlfriend good enough?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Catching sight of Harry, Pansy called, “Potter, have you split up with your girlfriend? Why was she so upset at breakfast?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He stopped coming with his girlfriend, which means either she can’t stand our family, or he broke up with her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z How many times had I seen him, with any of his girlfriends, grabbing their wrists and twisting? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I know she wasn’t your girlfriend, that you hardly ever talked to her and barely even knew her, but is that your best excuse for what happened next? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even though none of her genes had apparently been passed down to me, I felt like it gave me a certain cachet among my girlfriends to have the gorgeous mom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He had a girlfriend, lots of friends, his whole life ahead of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He shares a small apartment with his pregnant girlfriend, his sister, and her two children. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Tony was now full-time in the streets, splitting his time between his father’s and girlfriend’s apartments in the Murphy Homes Projects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z At one point, the boy remembered, he’d been showing Kiowa a picture of his girlfriend. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks straight up to me and says, “You deserve better, girlfriend. And you know it.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One day his gorgeous Asian girlfriend pointed out in Spanish class that I was the spitting image of Anne Frank, and he enthusiastically agreed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m really not in the mood for his girlfriend trying to patch things up between us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z REELTOK: And before the breakup, you had no idea that your girlfriend was painting swastikas all over the school? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But do I have to tell them that she’s my girlfriend? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I want to cut through the awkwardness, have Rhiannon treat me like her boyfriend or girlfriend again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Whoa now! Just cuz I don’t want a serious girlfriend at the moment doesn’t mean I don’t know what it takes to maintain a relationship.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mark switched to teasing Matthew, who evidently did have a girlfriend. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “How do you know I don’t have a girlfriend?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If I wouldn’t be his girlfriend, he said, I’d be sorry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At lunch, I’m asking April to be my girlfriend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “If we’re going to make a fortune on the silver screen, we got to figure what’s going to sell. What we need is young girls. You got a girlfriend?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the square, my girlfriends are waiting for me by the fountain, under an apple tree. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we put our helmets back on and drove back down the hill—and when I put my arms around Charlie’s waist, I held on tightly, like a girlfriend would. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Rochambeau’s son, a colonel, broke security by telling his girlfriend that the American-French force was heading for Chesapeake Bay, where they would meet up with more French forces. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a few girlfriends, sure, but he generally stayed away from the bar girls. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Figures. You know what else people saying too. Got folks thinking you’re my girlfriend.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z His latest girlfriend, a blond young honey, stamped a black spot on the back of our hands after we gave her our quarters. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My girlfriend Chloe and I are lying on the grass next to the school gym, watching the sails up in the sky ripple in some invisible electromagnetic tide. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And I learn that I can have a girlfriend. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never had a girlfriend; I didn’t even know what “girlfriend” meant. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Finally he said, “I had a girlfriend. Reddish-gold hair. What do they call that? Strawberry blond? Brown eyes. Freckles right here.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As an obsession I prefer the chemistry set to the girlfriend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I had a lot of girlfriends in college, Cal,” Presto said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I’ll stay home, locked away in my room, staring at all my Miss America posters crumpled in the trash can, and telling Vanessa Williams, Listen, girlfriend, I tried! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She knew that feeling; she felt it every time Mo had a new girlfriend. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Always tired, she declined invitations from her one or two college girlfriends, to have lunch or shop in Manhattan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This splendid fountain pen came in a red leather case, and I showed it to my girlfriends the first chance I got. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I hope your girlfriend’s okay,” the other mumbles. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’d ever seen me, seen the person he once thought of as his girlfriend, how could he have forgotten? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When I was five he had a black girlfriend for about three months, and I swear they broke up because she couldn’t help him with my hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Fritz’s girlfriend was talking to him about women’s rights, and he kept saying, “I know, baby.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me if I'm mistaken, but isn't that my girlfriend in the graveyard?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z One in back says, “Yeah, right. Like that dweeb would have a girlfriend. He’d be lucky to get a pet bird.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “I told you, I’m depressed. I take pills for it like your girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Through choked tears I said, “My dad’s not around, either. He’s still in California with his girlfriend.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I like the way he seems to think I have many, many people depending on me, including not just one but multiple girlfriends. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mom was the one who got obsessed with the idea that I had a girlfriend even though I had never had one before. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Harry was getting sick of telling people that Hermione wasn’t his girlfriend. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Not quite. Remember those two people who came to my party? The ones who got me during the lightning storm? Let’s just say Grandpa has a new girlfriend.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She shows me pictures of his girlfriend, Arabel, who likes the color pink and carnations and who said she was going to be his wife. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays the Jackboots came with their girlfriends to pinch their noses and take pictures and toss pieces of bread to us pigeons. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She asks him about college, and California, and whether he has a girlfriend—it's so uncomfortable—and eventually she asks how his parents are doing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z So, we went to the door, and Bill’s girlfriend hugged me goodbye, which was very nice considering I didn’t know her except for today. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I know all about Stephen Jenkins and the dimple in his chin and how he asked you to be his girlfriend. And you let him kiss you at the sixth-grade picnic.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I can see that this girlfriend is causing him some anguish, as well as excitement, but I can’t understand why. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why, Gaea, of course. Who do you think opened the Doors of Death? Your girlfriend here understands. Isn’t Gaea your patron, too?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Ran off to Mexico to avoid his pregnant girlfriend and ended up in Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He came up with an idea to win back his girlfriend. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And not a word to your girlfriend,” he said in a gruff way. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I know that she would bring Craig, and if not Craig, then Patrick since Brad’s girlfriend, Nancy, is going with Brad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I am not your girlfriend,” Annie said, turning back to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “She the one who wanted to act like she was my girlfriend and got mad ’cause I was talking to Kenya. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Matthew was getting very serious with his girlfriend, and spent every spare moment at her house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Kind of,” I say, then add with more conviction because I have no choice, “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When it ended, the superintendent ordered each worker to slap Kang and his girlfriend in the face before leaving the room. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Cinder's girlfriend—a gray-haired, lipsticked, cigarette-smoking mail woman named Miss Fran—would always come by his store to deliver letters and bills, always catching him in the middle of his jokester routines. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The two girlfriends climb the stairs, led straight to the right place more by the stride piano pouring over the door saddle than their recollection of the apartment number. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fred came over one day and asked how I got Mrs. Patterson to be my girlfriend. I laughed and I said, ‘Is this about Lucy?’ and he nodded.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z His former girlfriend, Adele Picket, passed away after a long illness. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We knew we didn’t have to pretend they were girlfriend and girlfriend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Charlie and his girlfriend, Zooey Hawthorne, barged into the kitchen, carrying grocery bags, oblivious to the tension that clung to the walls like splattered grease. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That’d feel like asking her to be my girlfriend or something. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z What sort of mother in her right mind asked her sons girlfriend to visit? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If one of the guys had a girlfriend there would be a girl around for a while. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, then, if you don’t think I tell you enough, then maybe I shouldn’t be your girlfriend anymore.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Slam, you got a girlfriend too?” she asked. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I were very sly at keeping the objects of our affections on the down low. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “But don’t think this means we’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” I said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She goes on, “I once had a girlfriend who went to India.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Doris Lyon sat with a girlfriend in a seat just in front of the rear side door in a nearly empty bus. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z His girlfriend was around, and so were his hometown buddies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z "Her big sister goes with Josh Sheridan, and Josh says you're his brother's girlfriend. Ben said you weren't, and Bobbie laughed at him." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z His girlfriend was wearing sandals and a nice flowered dress. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Cracking a joke about somebody’s girlfriend—real or imaginary—is just a great comeback. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All they had to do was crook their fingers and the girls would come running, eager to be known as the girlfriend of a member of the exalted Big Creek team. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The only other passengers were two college students, boyfriend and girlfriend, wearing matching sweatshirts, their fingers linked, slouched in the back seat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It is my girlfriends here in Joburg that have taught me how to give parties, keep a close eye on the help, and just overall make the graceful transition to wifehood and adulteration. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That means I’ll have to get a ride to school with Alex the greasy loser from across the street and his skanky girlfriend,” Sarah moaned. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His secret girlfriend, a seamstress whom Shin had heard rumors about, knelt beside him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She hears a whack, then startled by the cries of her girlfriends, she looks up and sees a glowing moon coming down into her upraised hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, it’s the girlfriend in the ICU that’s necessitating Adam’s ruse to begin with. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I never spoke to my girlfriend again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When he got his first girlfriend, she made a PowerPoint presentation. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Faith, his girlfriend of the week, throws a pencil across the room. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He also had a girlfriend, so, though he was once again part of our daily lives, we hardly ever saw him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He called out to him and told him that he would get him off the train, but Tsalig was there with his girlfriend Miriam. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Now that Jason thought about it, the coach hadn’t mentioned his cloud nymph girlfriend Mellie in a long time.... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As for me, I was pleased too, because I sensed a strong feeling of fellowship, which I only remember having had with my girlfriends. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Feliciano, as we stood next to each other in lineup one day, murmured, “You know that inmate who attacked Pitkin? Turns out he’s the cousin of my friend’s girlfriend.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I ignore it, because I’m not eager to talk about the possibility of a still-existent girlfriend whom Phil has most likely recently kissed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “We didn’t team up with the Ellisons. You invited Leen because you want her to be your girlfriend and left me dealing with Wiki getting in the way.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was obvious that he wanted a fuller life for himself, a girlfriend, more interesting work, a handful of loyal buddies to hang out with, cultural stimulation beyond snippets of movies. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Saline and I sat around the courthouse, we realized that his girlfriend lived and worked not too far from my home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t flirt shamelessly with the likes of me when they have Transylvanian girlfriends. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Our friends from Hyde Park came, along with my girlfriends and their spouses. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So I guess this is the obvious question, but I'll ask it anyway: If you knew you were gay, how did you end up having girlfriends? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When I head over to the water fountain, Antwon, the new kid with a wispy Afro, comes up to me and asks me to be his girlfriend. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was no Jazz yapping on the phone to her girlfriends, convincing them not to have crushes on her older brother—me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to get into the camp. I would not let my girlfriend within ten kilometers of this camp.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I used to paint our mouths like American starlets, ruby red and heart- shaped. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he appeared at his girlfriend's hotel room door, she rejected him, saying that she had fallen in love with a KGB colonel—not a traitor. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I lay there silent beside my brother, my best friend and his girlfriend wading in the water before me, and I knew that we were all just in the prelude to disappointment after disappointment. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “If my girlfriend was in trouble, I would have lost it.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went to church. It didn’t help. In those days that was the best place to meet a girlfriend. In church! All of us praying to be different.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Dad, seriously, it’s cool if you have a girlfriend in Marathon.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Even though you left your things in his flat so that his other girlfriends would stay away?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend’s pantyhose wrapped around his neck as a comforter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Peewee got a letter from his girlfriend, but I don’t think he liked it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarah, who is the girlfriend of Liz, Shooting Star’s drummer, has a pink Dodge Dart. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you tell her how Kasim always falls in love and wants to buy wedding rings for his girlfriends?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then he had returned to Camp Jupiter with his new girlfriend Piper and a whole bunch of Greek friends in a warship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He claims it was because Harriett liked being someone’s girlfriend on Instagram more than she actually liked him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t like that. I think that other girl might have been his girlfriend.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s no big deal. I wouldn’t hurt him. I just don’t like the way he looks at my girlfriend. No big deal. I just wanted him to know.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One night, a couple of girlfriends and I were sitting around watching TV and talking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There are stains on there, too, shimmery stains which indicate certain activities that take place between Aaron and his girlfriend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Tee rubbed soothing circles on her girlfriend’s back, but Izzy swatted her away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, this thing, this act. That voice. Looking at me like I’m this...this...donut. Standing so close. I mean, you don’t even know me. Not to mention your girlfriend, remember her?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I was in Alaska’s room—for the sake of getting me a girlfriend, she’d agreed to iron a green button-down shirt for me—when Jake showed up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z His cellmate was being held awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary for nearly beating his girlfriend to death. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He ain’t even got him a prospect. The little girlfriend he had flew the coop.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “If not, I’ll drive you all the way to Thirteenth Avenue and go to the airport later. My girlfriend will understand.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one really had dates. I mean, you know, there were people who called each other boyfriend and girlfriend, but that was it.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to look for a girlfriend for me.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He thought about the many girlfriends he’d had in high school. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Speaking of girlfriends, is Deacon Hawke still seeing your mom? Does your dad still go to therapy because of it?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The first time was when Mom told me about Dad and his girlfriend. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z According to his steady girlfriend, who accompanied him home, Farmer was sitting behind the steering wheel, holding a letter that his father wrote to him when he started medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They marched straight ahead and made crisp turns without looking over to family members, girlfriends, and even a high school football team that had come in team jackets to wave them off. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Glancing at the smiling faces of your girlfriends, you immediately forgot your swollen hands and the cold, and somehow you found new strength.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For a short time in fourth grade Will and Claire had actually been boyfriend and girlfriend. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And after that, I’m going to have to put any girlfriend through the grandma test. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He’d like to have a social life, especially a girlfriend, but that wasn’t in the cards in Caldwell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose that is your girlfriend? Your Penelope? Your Elizabeth? Your Annabeth?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “But listen: We all know you could have left your girlfriend in the Village, killed your parents, and gone back to bed before your twinkie even knew you were gone.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z "So she's just worried about you. She thinks she can help you pick out a girlfriend the same way she helps you pick out your classes and your clothes—" "She doesn't pick out my clothes." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I played along, while he stroked the shoulder of who I figured was his girlfriend. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A boy brought a knife because another kid liked his girlfriend. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Like maybe they broke up with their girlfriend or they lost all their money or they missed a train to a faraway place. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The girlfriend said, “I’m off to the store.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "I have a girlfriend now," Josh said, "can she start coming over?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’ve been here before. I...I don’t know. I think I was looking for my girlfriend.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z By the time dinner was over, and they all left, all my mom said was that Mary Elizabeth was smart, and all my dad said was my “girlfriend” was pretty. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s nice to know you have such warm feelings for my girlfriend.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z So Al Campanis offered Glenn thousands of dollars to find a girlfriend and get married. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z This, for me, began a habit that has sustained me for life, keeping a close and high-spirited council of girlfriends—a safe harbor of female wisdom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Exactly! Your girlfriend is smarter than you are.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was just happy that girlfriend was seeing where she was at. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A voice behind him said, “Talking to yourself? Where’s your girlfriend?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z His girlfriend, Heike, was stretched out across the backseat of the van, eyes shut. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z During his bachelor days, my dad regularly had girlfriends he could take out in public. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Maybe the praetor didn’t like the idea of two guys who had rejected her giving their girlfriends tours of her city. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sean’s voice was honed to a cutting edge when he said, “Going to see your girlfriend?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “He’s still a god. And his girlfriend is very temperamental.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If he wants to introduce me to his new friends, there's probably not a girlfriend around. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was proud to be Slash's girlfriend, and once prom ended, we would be inseparable through the last weeks of school and all our graduation festivities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I knew then he was definitely going to have a serious girlfriend by the end of the summer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Douglas, one of the new consultants at the firm, and his girlfriend Nora were the first to arrive. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Uncle Paul tells us about his new post and his girlfriend, who lives near D.C. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Being girlfriends isn’t so much something you do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Didn’t we have a conversation about you letting your girlfriend win?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z During the trial, the appointed defense lawyer presented no evidence about Herbert’s background, his military service, his trauma from the war, his relationship with the victim, his obsession with the girlfriend—nothing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. Go find your girlfriend.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If I could combine them, they’d make the perfect boy/girlfriend. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z "Everybody talking about Park's girlfriend," his mom said, "except for Park." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A year before at this former asylum, a drunken CO had shot and killed his girlfriend, also a CO, and a female roommate, over unrequited love. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Erin’s so charismatic and beautiful that my dad and pop never pay any attention to me when my girlfriend’s around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, I realized two things: I had been blocking his way into our apartment, and he had somebody with him, what he called his doux-doux, or new girlfriend. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Rumors around church were that Papa even had a girlfriend now. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Teach girlfriend how to use chopsticks,” she says, and walks away. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z "No. Of course you don't. You were just being nice. I'm your brother's girlfriend." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He shouted, “You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorist of Ambiguous Nationality!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z What if her girlfriends pawed through her threadbare socks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and frayed hair ribbons, casting them aside and choosing none? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Only on weekends we do things together, along with his octopus-cooking girlfriend. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Valentine’s Day, I was finally going to ask you to be my girlfriend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, after he had served only six and a half years, he was pardoned by the governor of Texas; Middleton had a girlfriend, and Lewis’s family believed that she had bribed authorities. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Yeah. We got your back, girlfriend,” Char says. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “I thought Odenigbo’s girlfriend was a human being; he didn’t say you were a water mermaid.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He saw Tyson Reed and his girlfriend, Madison Lucas, approaching. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Even if we didn’t get to talk about it, I would still love to meet my brother’s girlfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t tell anybody else about being in Geneva Eggers’s house. She has sort of a business going there. Some of the bachelor miners—she’s sort of their girlfriend.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Did I tell you my girlfriend went to art school?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Isn’t that what you do with your girlfriend? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “My feelings toward your girlfriend are mixed, yes, but for the most part I have a lot of respect for her.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend’s girlfriend since we were like thirteen.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Bill’s girlfriend made lunch while Bill made the salad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Girlfriend? Ha! Son, a man my age don’t keep pictures of his teenage girlfriend up on his walls. What that look like?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I guess he has since made up with his girlfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I saw one girlfriend who did not laugh. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She’s obviously not jealous of my girlfriends, but I sometimes wish she were less okay with me ditching her for weeks without thinking twice. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Dill! I got his phone. He’s been texting someone named Amelia. Travis has a girlfriend, dude.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I stayed with a girlfriend for a little while, too. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It’s like the only topic in the world becomes his girlfriend, and I don’t ever feel like I can get a word in about what’s happening with me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Hush up, girlfriend, and wash them veggies. You gonna do all the cooking. I’m gonna sit up here like some kinda queen and give orders.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I saw them together a great deal, and at first I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, until one day I saw them up close and realized they had to be siblings. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I know you don’t like seeing your girlfriend or whatever disparaged like that, but these guys have been doing this for years. That graffiti was probably from last year or before.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that Mundín was thinking about a girlfriend at a time like this! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I’d never had a girlfriend before and I’d never stammered and sweated like that, either, but I wasn’t going to let any of that stop me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “He directs plays and found a girlfriend at his work. A beautiful actress from one of his productions. My mom decided we needed to get away from California and my father...so here we are.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Everything we need in one place. Frank, why don’t you turn into a bird or something? Fly down and tell your girlfriend to meet us at the Great Salt Lake in Utah.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His girlfriend was going to Saddleback—our local community college—and he wanted to be where she was. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “My last girlfriend was Greek,” said the Iceman. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Fadi exchanged a questioning look with Patty, who was passing notes to her girlfriends. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I really like you and I’d really like it if you could be my girlfriend.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his girlfriend, Mia, moved to Montgomery and were intrigued by life in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was still on crutches because of her ankle, so her girlfriend Ryan carried her backpack. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The names of the guys who got letters from family, girlfriends, kid brothers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I don’t have any girlfriends to talk to, so I don’t know how other people deal with things like this, but I think it’s about time I told Dad that I’ll buy my own. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I have watched men pistol-whip their girlfriends or smash their heads through car windows. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I wished we were farther from the street and I was praying that none of my friends or girlfriends or enemies saw me. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish my girlfriend had told me all these things. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m sorry! I didn’t realize you had become my therapist instead of my girlfriend. That’s a surprise. Do you take insurance?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “So if he’s family, are you going to do what he does, hit your girlfriend, too?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "If Caveman doesn't want to read it to us, he doesn't have to. It's probably from his girlfriend." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It seems cruel of Luke, to forget his girlfriend like this. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Maybe if there are other mice and we can catch Ralph again, we could find him a girlfriend and have a mouse wedding.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I told June what I was doing at lunch, like I was confessing something really awful: “I’m pretending you’re my girlfriend today.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "Sneaking out to see your girlfriend? Bloody Mary?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z No girlfriends, because they all hook up with Kings and hang at King parties. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A Knockout King with no one to hit, since his gang disbanded after their third, Peck, got a girlfriend and tried to live his life right. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When she described sharing freshly squeezed sugarcane juice and spicy samosa plates with her girlfriends in vivid detail, I could almost taste them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I had the urge to kiss my dear girlfriends, the airwomen of our squadron, for executing their mission so well.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. I think somebody on the boat is lonely. He and his girlfriend back home are probably totally into secret codes and junk.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He asked one of the student trainers to dial the phone for him and call his girlfriend. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The girlfriend disappeared down the hallway and came back half a minute later, leading Lice Peeking by his belt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z For more than a year Henrietta had been telling her closest girlfriends something didn’t feel right. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I’ve been feeling a little strange about the girlfriend thing ever since Blue asked about it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But not having a girlfriend means you're a homo or a total loser or both. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Later I found out from one of them, my first girlfriend, that they simply thought I was religious. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can take your girlfriend out for a spin if you want,” I said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Month after month, Enrique asks the same question: “Would you be my girlfriend?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His girlfriend and Dan follow the neuroscientist’s gaze to a group of three people standing nearby in the middle of the packed room. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I don’t have to access Justin to know that this is his girlfriend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “There she is right there. Skinny Delivery Boy’s girlfriend.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He wanted to be with Courtney, but she became Wayne’s girlfriend. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She turned around and carried the dripping photo to the string, and I realized that Aileen was the closest girlfriend I had. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “My girlfriend doesn’t take any pills,” Aaron says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve stopped thinking about it. I don’t have time to have a girlfriend. I have like a full-time job Learning How to Be Blind.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He had to, especially if it meant avoiding his father’s girlfriend, Leandra. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Sarah isn't my girlfriend, by the way. Our parents are still friends, so we hang out whenever we’re in the same place.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “We have you to thank for that. If you ever need a new girlfriend... well, I think you’d look great in an iron collar and an orange jumpsuit.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The third time Enrique asks if she will be his girlfriend, she says yes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t just say that, because I love my girlfriend. Oh, wait. Right. I don't have one.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A few feet away, Seven keeps a hand on his car as he talks to his girlfriend, Layla. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Lucinda and Susie and their girlfriends sit on lounge chairs, their crinoline skirts spread around them like the petals of flowers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Then while we both waited, she asked, "Is that a present for your girlfriend?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z To tell him that I want to be his girlfriend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Frank remembered what Piper had told him about the coach’s cloud nymph girlfriend who worked for Piper’s dad. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked if he was engaged or had any special girlfriend, thinking maybe that's what was the matter, but he said no, he made a point of keeping clear of such attachments. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Come buy me a hot cappuccino and tell me about this new girlfriend.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Obviously, the best approach to landing Tina as my girlfriend would be to study the way generals plan military maneuvers. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He shared the occasional meal with roommates in his group apartment, but he did not have a girlfriend or a best friend. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “He lost his birth mother. He learned how to ride horses, use and make weapons, be a hunter and a warrior. Had his first girlfriend.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z There were little white boys with complete collections of football cards, and their only want was a popular girlfriend and their only worry was poison oak. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He was an engaging fellow, a champion stick-fighter and a glamour boy, whose many girlfriends kept us all supplied with delicacies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Evelyn, who was Michael S.’s sort-of girlfriend, made a rhinoceros sound and took Theresa over to Anthony and Ant’s group. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z My boss didn’t mind me working drunk, and Cindy Sindy, my girlfriend since junior high, didn’t mind me not buying her anything. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Jim was home from college, but he had a new girlfriend over in Berwind and had taken the Buick and sped off almost as soon as he deposited his laundry in the basement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This was my first time having a girlfriend, so at first I thought, Huh, maybe this is just how it goes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I don’t even remember hearing him talk about having a girlfriend. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, sorry, this is Tia Stardust, my girlfriend. I don’t think you two ever met. Tia, this is Thorn. I used to tutor her back in Boggs Ferry.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Even if ghoul food didn’t kill him, his vegetarian girlfriend probably wouldn’t kiss him for a month. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then we saw something that finally made me ask June the question, the “Are you my girlfriend?” question. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I had a comical opinion of them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All through the day, I thought of my girlfriend. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The poor kook had tried to make his mother think he had a girlfriend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to explain that he already had a girlfriend. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Shin had not figured out how to pay his bills, make a living, or find a girlfriend in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Clarkson held on to Mr. Wheeler’s hand like he never wanted to let go, the way the crazy girlfriend held on to Chris’s in Get Out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “When Miss Liberty appeared through the fog holding up her hand in the harbor, I felt she was an old girlfriend welcoming me. I’d seen so many pictures of her.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z |
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