| 单词 | grocery |
| 例句 | About noon I went to the store to get him a load of groceries. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She padded the grocery bills, added to the prices of clothes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt ducked his head into the tiny grocery store. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She has a closet full of wicker baskets of all sizes that she fills up with groceries for people in need. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sarah sat back in the driver’s seat and took a deep breath, staring out the window at Mrs. Ebeling unloading groceries from her car two driveways over. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I still hated going to the grocery store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bright red grocery carts were lined up next to bales of hay. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Are those groceries up in your car going to freeze? Maybe we should go for them.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She crouched down beside the litter pan, the scoop in one hand, a plastic grocery store bag in the other. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Growing up, she’d worked at a grocery store in West Baltimore owned by an older black couple, Herb and Puddin Johnson. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There’s barely enough room in the refrigerator for the groceries we’ve bought. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z James came up from the marsh, carrying two more bags of groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Zimbabwe was in a full-fledged economic crisis: There were riots in Harare and Bulawayo—the government called in the army after people started smashing windows at grocery stores. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He gave her a bag of groceries and a little book in which he jotted down her indebtedness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled gently at the top of the smaller grocery bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks down Garden Avenue to a small grocery store which sells penny candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw Gloria and her baby in the grocery last night. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched him jaywalk across Fremont Boulevard and enter Fast & Easy, a little grocery store run by an elderly Vietnamese couple, Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Hazel sat in the front seat while her mom spent a lifetime in the grocery store, barely resisting the urge to punch through the window. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Following my fourth birthday, I began to venture beyond just the grocery store, and go on more adventures into the outside world. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z That afternoon he had come into the grocery and his sensitive tired face had flinched at the shadow of sternness that crossed Lee’s face. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the fence I could see the back of the large grocery store Mom and I had already visited. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Auntie was standing with a bag full of groceries in her arms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We bought some tamales that a woman was selling by the subway from a huge pot in a grocery cart. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong considered it as a storehouse for groceries, as a kind of warehouse, but he gave that up on second thought. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z That world of grocery stores, walk-up flats, cheap restaurants, poolrooms, bars, storefront churches, and pawnshops seemed to hold a natural lure for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day Fadi stood with his father in a grocery shop in Little Kabul, watching long, flat sheets of freshly baked bread, nearly as tall as he was, emerge from the oven. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I’m just saying. It was a total thing. I was at the grocery store almost every day, getting fresh dill pickles for you.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was the last of the flour. Pooh’s talking about bringing some groceries over later this week. I almost said no, but...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was supposed to pay for Andrew’s school fees and groceries, but he started falling behind even on that, and soon my mom was paying for everything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I set the grocery bag full of dye bottles on the sidewalk. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The shops and groceries were dark now, and children were running and yelling along the walks, dodging in and out among the adults. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We follow Joy to the first aisle of groceries, and she starts explaining how things work. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z They go to school, hand you change at the store, take your order at the drive-through, and sack your groceries. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They gathered all their garbage into the brown grocery bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Winterbottom baked and cleaned and did laundry and grocery shopping. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He was pulling bag after bag of groceries out of the trunk and stacking them on the hood of the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beto watched them walk in, and he was going to ask Cari what she thought they meant, but then Naomi came out with the grocery sacks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sun glinted off the abandoned grocery carts and made them magical, beautiful. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “He got me to do the whole living room before he left for the grocery store.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He and Pancha acted out running into each other in the grocery store sometime in the distant future. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Cars were honking, a passerby with a ruined bag of groceries was cursing at the sky. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “This one time, we took a jar of lightning bugs into the grocery store...” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was coughing again and the boy was shivering, the two of them side by side under the sheet of plastic, pushing the grocery cart through the snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She just kept raising her kids, working various jobs as a barber, notary public, chemical mixer at a cement plant, grocery store clerk, limousine driver. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The local saloons and other businesses formed a Stockyards Aid Society, and relief stations distributed groceries to those families nearing starvation. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Maybe another time. I need to help you carry the groceries now. And maybe I can help you cook?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z When the girl pushes it open, I feel the cold hit my face like I’ve walked into the frozen food aisle at a grocery store. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’d have sworn he rattled the paper sacks in our grocery boxes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have told you, do not ever take anything in the grocery! Do you hear me? Or do you want me to slap you before you hear?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s a grocery store that only sells imported foods with labels I can’t read. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z First thing Sunday morning I ride my bike to the grocery store. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It looked as if someone had taken an ancient marketplace and squashed it together with a modern grocery store. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Jule bought hair color in a grocery store and streaked it on carefully with a toothbrush. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She could check out books from the library or she could buy puzzle books from the grocery store if that was all she was interested in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Would Fort have seen an interesting pattern or a secret of the universe in grocery lists? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “But don’t come crying to me when you don’t have money to buy groceries, and there’s no food on the table.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z With the exception of a few stacked newspapers and tied-off plastic grocery bags tucked under the rear seat, the inside of the minivan was pretty well kept. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It got to the point where I'd see a baby in the bakery or grocery store and instinctively ball up my fists, jealous over how easy he had it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Well, not only did the food improve, but the grocery bills came down one-third the first month Kate took over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z These are the epic daydreams I would normally call forth while walking around town or waiting in line at the grocery store. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mom wanted to go to a restaurant, but Dad found out it was cheaper to order a precooked turkey, gravy, stuffing, and sides from the grocery store. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She says it’s because I need to learn how to grocery shop on my own, but I really think it’s because she likes having a child slave to command. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But there’s Bram, carrying a grocery basket, and his curls are damp and his eyes are luminous. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Horace had two wives and six children and over a period of years he had managed through pleading and persuasion to build a grocery debt second to none in Monterey. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bep and Miep went grocery shopping with our ration coupons, Father worked on our blackout screens, we scrubbed the kitchen floor, and were once again busy from sunup to sundown. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She drove to the grocery store and picked up some sweet rolls, then headed over to the boy’s apartment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One day it be the white manager a the Jitney Jungle grocery, next day it be her husband, and ever day it’s gone be the white lady she waiting on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We walk from door to door, our brown paper grocery bags filling with candy apples, popcorn balls, peanut brittle, chanting at each door: Shell out! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I took a grocery bag and went to my room, where I closed the door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He pushed the wallet back and filled his garbage bag with the groceries. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z How am I supposed to protect Henrietta when I go to the library or the grocery store? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z On Saturday, he stayed most of the afternoon, going to the grocery store for Monique and even sweeping the living room. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re coming home from work or picking up their kids or getting out of a taxi or going grocery shopping. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Mom wants to do some grocery shopping at the Fairway, and I’m happy to sit on the bench outside and watch the water. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I took the little list of ingredients he had printed out for me, and went to a grocery store, where I got a can of Red Devil lye, two eggs, and two medium-sized white potatoes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had a lot of groceries, so it took awhile for the Bullens boys to unload their items. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In third grade I began to sum up our grocery bill in my head, silently write it down and hand it over, faster than Delma Royce could total it on her cash register. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we finish grocery shopping and get to Burger Palace, it’s almost two in the afternoon. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Miss Fulton takes her sweet time getting her key out her purse, like I ain’t standing there with heavy groceries. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Nick dialed M in his credit box and informed Joe that as soon as he paid up the ninety-six dollars he owed for groceries, he could have the ammo on credit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what happened: I walked into the produce section of the Winn-Dixie grocery store to pick out my two tomatoes and I almost bumped right into the store manager. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Nobody asks her why groceries took more than two hours. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z You have to feed the girls—that’s groceries and a cook. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They went to the grocery store, I believe. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their plastic grocery sacks were bursting at the seams. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I spin around, suddenly frantic, like the time I lost him for ten minutes at the grocery store. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We are on a corner near a grocery, but its doors and windows are shuttered with graffiti-covered steel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I remember one particular weekend morning when my dad forced me to walk to the grocery store to buy my sister ginger ale, since she had a stomach virus. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I had a bag of groceries with me — more milk, more cornflakes, and more bananas, for my inspection of the kitchen earlier in the day had revealed no spare pots, pans, or cooking utensils. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z By working part-time delivering groceries, when he wasn’t taking care of the newsstand, Mario thought he could earn enough in a couple of weeks to get Chester out of jail. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I pay my bills first and all the money I have left is for groceries. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That way I could help pay for groceries or Malia’s and my school supplies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A grocery store down the block is opening its roll-up doors for business as the moon hangs high above this bank up ahead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sean bought the groceries and made sure his brother had clean clothes and notebooks for school. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I’m too afraid of wiping out on my bike with the groceries. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She had two grocery stores, one hardware store, one shoe store, one pawn shop and one dress store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee had already underwritten the funeral and sent a wash basket of groceries to the stricken families. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell him, “My favorite afterschool snack for my brothers is shredded cheese and red pepper flakes on packaged naan from the grocery store. I heat them in the toaster oven and voila—naan pizza!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Poisons were abundantly available in products found on the shelves of apothecaries and grocery stores, and unlike a gunshot they could be administered without a sound. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Lee Chong did not give it these things, with the result that the truck stood in the tall grass back of the grocery most of the time with the mallows growing between its spokes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The manager said, “Don’t you know not to bring a dog into a grocery store?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They no longer routinely go out to dinner on Saturday night or grocery shopping on Sunday. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z People are parking, walking over, and crossing the street with big Tupperware bowls and fat brown grocery bags. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Since he’d moved in, he’d been to the grocery store, cleaned, cooked every meal, and even planted some sunflowers in front of the house. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “We’re going to hand these out at grocery stores that are still refusing to hire us.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I remember the time the clerk at the grocery store snarled, “Stupid Arabs!” at Baba as he struggled to find change in his wallet. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And I guess it worked, because I used to sing it around the house and in the grocery store. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She’d only been able to bury Hercules in groceries when she had concentrated on all her positive experiences with Jason. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We took my check down to the grocery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had arranged with a railroad employee to provide her with a pass in exchange for groceries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z One afternoon, when Mami needs to go out grocery shopping, Baba comes over to keep me company. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They were not headless body parts on Styrofoam plates wrapped neatly in anonymous plastic in a refrigerated grocery compartment. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “But someone’s got to be around to help out, get the groceries, drive Jubi to register for school, make dinners. Maybe provide a little stability in the wake of all this?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Then I put all the groceries away, starting with the lemon ice cream into the freezer. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They’re with us in the grocery store, as we turn a corner, chat with a friend. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Returning, unpacking the groceries, piling the dollars and change beside the toaster, washing the apples before putting them in the refrigerator, Dicey heard herself humming the song about Peggy-o. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The day I arrived at my uncle's house, he gave me a hundred dollars to buy my own groceries. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Why would Mirjam announce her presence to the boy who came to deliver groceries? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I wheel Sarah up the walk, unbuckle her, set her at the foot of the porch steps, unhook and lift out the grocery bags, fold up the stroller. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When Mama returned, I helped her with the groceries. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Now he went to a new, cheaper grocery, even though the first grocer was friendlier than the second, and had been so nice as to count his change out slowly, one coin at a time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta and Fern pouted as the groceries went into the basket. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All the grocery bags scattered around looked ridiculous now, a crazy extravagance during a crazy day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Many times she had seen him in the grocery store waiting his turn in line behind Negroes and God knows what. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There was a small grocery store nearby where my father, before his arrest, had maintained a simple charge account. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The wonky wheel on the grocery cart stuttered and stuck as they started going uphill. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes she couldn’t make their house payments or buy groceries because George had drained their account yet again buying lab equipment they couldn’t afford. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We thought that it should be in the country, but not too far from a town, so that we would have access to grocery stores as well as barns and gardens. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Abbey gave her the grocery bag containing the bottles of coloring gel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I go straight home now, except for maybe stopping at the grocery. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was only one middle school, one high school, one biggish grocery store, and one run-down city pool, but about one million beauty parlors and churches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The parking lot at the grocery store is full. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I listened to all the talk of Penikese—outside the grocery, in the post office yard—and counted the hours until all those strangers tired of the hunt and went away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When I carried the groceries back and left them on the porch, there was smoke coming from the chimney, and the milk, eggs, and vegetables were gone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was worse than that time she had forgotten the groceries in the backseat of her mom’s Honda. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My parents kept a notebook next to the fridge to write down whatever groceries we needed for the week. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I get my paycheck at Rite Aid tomorrow, and I’ll stop by the grocery store and pick up some food after work.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "I bring the money into the house. I buy the groceries, run all the errands. Mama, I'm the one who takes care of you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The sign sneezed and the grocery carts scattered off in a huff. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the grocery store, Nathan was able to grab his favorite snacks and cereals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Petra’s mom had sent her to get milk and bread at the grocery store around the corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have one. There’s one at the grocery on the comer.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the block then were just one grocery, two small restaurants, a custom tailor, and a bar. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They strolled back to the main street and entered the grocery store Dicey had gone into days earlier. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z After that she put a cake with pink and purple flowers in a cardboard box from the grocery store on the kitchen table and told us to have some. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I thought about my brother giving that money to Mrs. Jenkins next door and him buying groceries and I wished I had a job to help out around the house. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I ask after we have gotten the bags of groceries unpacked in the kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A little after noon on that Saturday in May, the shoppers pushing their grocery carts in Heinen’s heard the fire engines wail to life and careen away, toward the duck pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In my living room, I have grocery sacks full of letters and birthday cards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined her walking along the sidewalk, carrying grocery bags from the supermarket that was on the next corner, in love with another man. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I pull a pad out of my pocketbook where I keep a list of what needs to be tended to, not for Miss Celia, but my own groceries, Christmas presents, things for my kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When we reach Classon Avenue she goes straight to the Italian grocery shop. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And Nan went with it, taking me to the grocery store and daycare with my handbag hat, smiling the whole time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The money bought the family groceries; the infant, diapers, medicine and formula food until my mother could come out of seclusion and resume work as a “washing girl.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cady shifted the groceries to her hip and twirled the small bunch of yellow wildflowers in her left hand, watching the petals spin in dizzy circles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If I was good at the grocery store, I got a Yoo-hoo. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Go now! If you come back into this house without those groceries, I’ll whip you!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, there are empty brown paper bags on the counter top, which means there are groceries. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s ’cause the food was stolen from that grocery store. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It’s like when we were little, and we would go to the grocery store. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We were on our way home from buying groceries at the market. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I often saw them at the grocery, packing picnic baskets with bottles of cold soda pop and thick sandwiches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He brings in our groceries and lets me shut the door, change, and get into bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As I follow my brother into the main room, I’m puzzling over how Mr. Washburn could have gotten here all the way from Washington to deport us when the grocery store incident just happened? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I drove to the only grocery store in town, called Stokes, and applied for a job bagging groceries. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One wall is a grocery store, where coffee, canned soups, bread, and pancake mixes are stacked on shelves. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her maiden name was Ford, and her father had owned a small grocery store. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was still waiting for Mom to pick up our argument from where we left off, while Charlie and Zooey unpacked groceries like we were some kind of happy family. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The closest grocery store was twenty miles away. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead Mia held her close for a moment, kissed her on the side of the head, then handed her the grocery sack. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, remember that stuff? People use it to pay for groceries, clothes. It takes money to run a business, Elizabeth. My mother can’t afford to lose this teaching job.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Helping him carry in groceries for his grandmother. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She traded the object to Cady for the bag of groceries. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “David, when you’re finished, get your shoes on. We need to go to the grocery store and buy something for lunch.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked for a grocery but couldn’t find one. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve gone for ice cream, gone to the movies, bought groceries, and gone bowling. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mother gathers two bags of groceries we stopped for on the way home. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She hugged Uncle Jet, who almost toppled over with all the grocery bags. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I know ’cause she gives me this real awful look, like the cashiers in the grocery store. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The brown grocery bag was on the ground between them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He sometimes helped my mother carry her groceries in from the garage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She picked up the grocery bag and lugged it inside the house. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Before Mom walks away, she says, “I’m going to pick up some groceries after I get off work tomorrow. Anything you need me to get?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Instead, she cashed the check at the grocery store, where the man knew her, and put the money into the box Maybeth’s church shoes had come in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back with three bushel baskets full of groceries, fresh apples and oranges, garden vegetables, and two chickens. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z T. Arnold Hill led the Urban League’s efforts to help, conducting a food survey and setting up a food station to distribute donated groceries. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My mother was in the kitchen, unpacking groceries. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He bought her groceries and textbooks, sent her gift certificates for department stores, took her shopping himself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But she winces every time Christopher and Zach have to fold themselves into the size of a bag of groceries to fit into the rear storage compartment. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then we’ll I lit town and deliver to the grocery store, the bakery, and then last stop, Aunt Naomi.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I saw the grocery bags in the trunk and I ditched my bike under the pine tree. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I got us some groceries too: bread, soda, lots of canned stuff. Lolly wanted pancakes.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Mom started rummaging through a grocery bag full of snack food. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The girls' dolls lay scattered by the sofa; the groceries Parvin picked up this afternoon rested in burlap sacks in the kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She’d spent too much at Christmas, she knew, especially now that he did not let her buy the groceries. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She packed the groceries into four large bags. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained that he wasn’t their main milk supplier, but the bakery used only family-farmed milk and the grocery store still had a few customers like Ma Charles, who didn’t trust big dairy farms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She tucked the grocery bag she had packed for me under my arm. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z While Mama filled out the money order and figured out how to pay some of the other bills, Ty'ree made grocery lists and school supply lists and added and re-added the cost of everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Mattie’s was a combination bar and grocery, the grocery aspect limited to a sparse selection of goods, soft drinks, bread, and canned foods for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I scan the street for a scruffy homeless man pushing an overflowing grocery cart. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Lily offering to do the grocery shopping was our ace today for using the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I fall asleep counting them: My hands that make it possible to carry a basket of groceries to a family in need. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie heard about it at the grocery and came straightaway to tell us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It closed corner groceries and gas stations and undermined schools and educators trying to instill self-worth in neighborhood kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She just said, “Children, we don’t have money to spend on French fries! I can buy a week’s worth of groceries for what we’d pay for those fries!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sarah was still studying Mrs. Ebeling as if the secrets of the universe, or at least of our family, could be found by determining the most effective manner of bringing groceries into the house. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the groceries and went out to wait in the hot sunshine. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bag of groceries spilled to the ground. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny stayed with the children while Katie went to the grocery store to establish credit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We head next door to the Asian grocery store for a bag of shrimp chips to share—delicious, crispy, salty, French fry-looking crackers that make my mouth pucker. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z At the first grocery store that they passed, she bought a box of crackers and a can of refried beans, which the shopkeeper opened for her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The men worked together in grocery stores and blacksmith shops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Grandpop reached out and palmed Genie’s cheeks like Ma did tomatoes in the grocery store. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I brought groceries from the store; twice he came to the back door as I was leaving the eggs and asked for specific things—he had run out of salt; he needed cooking oil. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s a Georgia thing or only an Arthur thing, but if there’s an elderly man in a grocery store, I’m there price-checking prune juices for him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Until that time I had never heard a foreign language spoken and I used to linger at the door of the corner grocery to hear the odd sounds that Jews made when they talked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Any given day a police car could stop my sisters and me on our way from the Safeway market and search our bag of groceries. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely the grocery store workers had seen my sisters and me skipping through the aisles with our basket. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We all knew that Bull couldn’t catch a pop fly if it landed in his lap, so we weren’t exactly surprised to see him bagging groceries that spring at the Winn-Dixie. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I felt so good that I walked inio a cafe instead of looking for a grocery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go to the store and buy those groceries. If those boys bother you, then fight.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The grocery store that shared a wall with the coffee shop was too packed for any shopper to enter. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z By the time we put the groceries away, Bubbe is here. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z When they got home from the grocery store, Gerald sat on the floor and watched Mama stack the boxes and cans on the shelf. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the first line was a deposit of $5.00, a week’s grocery money. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yesterday, I bought eggs at a human grocery store. The cashier asked me if I wanted them in a separate bag. I told her, ‘No! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She remembers to talk honestly about hot cars and aisles at the grocery store and not going beyond where the big red barn can see Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He knew I’d rather be bagging groceries at Stokes than driving the loader in Blackfoot, the dusty town an hour north where Dad was building a milking barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He pulled into a grocery store parking lot and killed the engine. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Once I asked him if he ever killed somebody, and all he said was, "Ain't grits groceries?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z You could pretty much see everything from there: a school, a bunch of tourist stores and cafes, some ski cabins, and a grocery store. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Everything looks fuzzy—the cars whizzing by, the sun in the sky, the budding trees, the woman pulling a shopping cart filled with groceries. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z When someone came near them, tiny spikes of metal rolled up and down the grocery cart like bristling fur. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Only now it sold pizza instead of groceries. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He decided to put these groceries away in the meantime. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She would speak sharply to the man at the grocery store for padding the bill, telling him that she wasn’t ignorant, and he didn’t like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to a large grocery bag on the counter. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I paid for the groceries and put the change in my pocket. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to hide until after I’d signed for the groceries, I was going to be the one who got embarrassed. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was exciting, but from month to month we worried about how we would pay for the rent, the groceries, and anything else we needed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked about whose daughter had run off with whose son, who’d had babies, who had died, the price of groceries, the hot weather, the rickety buses between San Juan and Santurce. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Ah sells groceries right here in dis store, Tea Cake, if you don’t happen tuh know.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Put notices around the neighborhood, as well as in grocery stores, community centers, veterinary offices, and pet supply stores. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Mom still had more than a month in Charleston; we were about to run out of grocery money; and my babysitting income wasn’t making up the difference. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not the kind that would come later, the cutting kind he remembered so well and that still made his mouth water when he walked past a grocery store or fast-food place. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I carried my bags of groceries on into the kitchen and set them down. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he had the credit card his mother gave him “for groceries only,” he zipped through the aisles of the cramped market and grabbed everything he knew he needed to create Spanish tapas! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z "I come once a week to bring Mother groceries. Has she sent you packing yet?" Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Cabot made his way down the gravel road slowly, and after passing two houses on the right, realized that he’d forgotten to ask the grocery store kid which house belonged to Cullen Witter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z At home in St. Louis even the man at the grocery store remembered the day a very young Liyana poked a ripe peach too hard and her finger went inside it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She opens the cabinets, pulling all of the new groceries out, throwing them into the trash. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I ran downstairs to help him carry up the grocery bags and put the food away, and then I went back to Jane Eyre and he disappeared into his study. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We had reached the edge of town, by the little gas station/grocery store where the lumberjacks had dropped us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At two thirty-five that afternoon, Ishmael Chambers put his can of kerosene, the heater wick, and two bags of groceries into the trunk of his DeSoto. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It moved behind a pack of empty grocery carts. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “And a can of syrup from a grocery store in Pittsburgh!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The grocery store part makes me think about Mama, and I stop reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I take the brown wrapping from my Piggly Wiggly grocery bag and wrap up a little something, like a piece a candy, inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He opened his car door, put in his shovel, and came out with a bag of groceries and a gallon of kerosene. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mom likes to take me grocery shopping with her. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Not really, but we had PE together last year and I saw him a couple of weeks ago when I was grocery shopping with my mom. He’s cute! In a nerdy way.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “We will actually deliver right into your hands twenty-five frogs for every buck of groceries you let us have and you can come to the party too.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that evening Dad and I went to the grocery store and stocked up on several bags of lemons and my secret sour ingredient, Lemonhead candy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Milk in refrig, I may get back after 3 to drop off groceries, and will then go back to study. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In her other hand she carried the grocery bag that held their clothes and food. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There were paper sacks of groceries and clothing, all marked with a red Christmas card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Me and Rondell loaded all our groceries in our bags and zipped ’em back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They dumped the three grocery bags in the first trash can they saw. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was so excited when I saw this at the grocery store,” she confides. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z His mom wouldn't be going to the grocery store again until the end of the month, so they were out of chips and granola bars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the grocery store, her mom bought them each a day-old cream horn and a cup of twenty-five-cent coffee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Once I was on my own again, I found a place in the cellar under a corner grocery store. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Uncle Sigmund married, fathered two daughters, and eventually owned a small grocery store until his retirement. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Her forehead was wrinkled up like it was at Dad sometimes when they talked about who was supposed to do the grocery shopping, but I still didn’t get why. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “This afternoon the Salvation Army brought us a huge box full of groceries. God is truly watching over us.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She saw the Tag and Bag grocery cart. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I helped distribute the groceries to the proper households, using the new red wagon. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “Will we ever go home?” she asked Poppy after an evening walk up to the small grocery to smell the air and buy new wooden clothespins and a box of loose tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He dug in his pocket and pulled out a plastic grocery bag. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Maybe she could find work here, dusting the shelves and washing the windows and making the place look brighter, cleaner, more like someplace where you wanted to buy groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives her a docket for groceries at McGrath’s shop and another one for the butcher. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My bittersweet memory: Jason and I are six or seven, grocery shopping with my mom. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When I was just a few months old, he was shot dead while looting a grocery store during a power blackout. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then, when the cricket was finished, Mario said, “Goodbye,” and told him not to worry, and went off to the grocery store to see about his job. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare out the window at the fancy grocery store and car dealerships that we’re driving past. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Once I took two weenies from our groceries. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By this time, it seemed to me the white folks had everything—the transportation, the housing, the grocery stores, the downtown department stores, and even all the policemen and firemen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, but I’m fixing to scoot off to the grocery store. Oh, maybe I should sit and wait.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z My hands was shaking, but I picked up her groceries, putting ’em in the sack, then went back into the alley. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was weird, seeing real-life Iranians walking down the sidewalks, popping in and out of the stores, carrying plastic bags of groceries or whatever. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z As soon as we got home from grocery shopping, she began to put the cans and vegetables away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day the groceries were to be purchased, the citizens of Century Village formed their version of the Home Shopping Network. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It belongs to a Jewish family from Romania who had a small grocery store in the Old Country and then came to New York and opened another, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Did you forget where the grocery store is or something? I’ll draw you a map.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Shemma yiszF’—What meaning?—she asked me when a man at a grocery store yelled at her for opening up jars to smell the insides. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In the story I’m reading now, Isaiah Dunn races against the clock to find a clue hidden in a box of cereal at the grocery store. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It coughs and rumbles and spits out two old women in front of the grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Their house was filled with those protective saint candles you get at the grocery store for a few bucks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When he turned his head to the left, he saw a woman next to him making a grocery list on the back of a folder, and was startled to find that she was beautiful. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to live under the safe protection of somebody who wore decent clothes, bought meat from the grocery store like the Good Lord intended, and cared about others. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My apartment, groceries, and utilities would all be free. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Eddy Strap’s dad talked about how he thought the grocery store would be in a perfect location. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the center, a grocery store sold vegetables and takeaway meals wrapped in banana leaves. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “The only person we’ve ever seen go up there is the bird lady who drops off groceries once a week.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Dicey put him on her back, giving James the grocery bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the grocery store, surrounded in one aisle by more kinds of food than will ever be known in a Congolese lifetime, there was nothing on the air but a vague, disinfected emptiness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were already eating, the smell of microwaved sausage and fried eggs coating the apartment, when Doreen walked in, carrying three bags of groceries. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her father was sitting in the chair beside her bed, swaying a little, holding a plastic grocery bag and whispering, “Hey there, Molly Molasses, you awake?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Hideo talks to her in a low, affectionate voice, his hands on her shoulders, reassuring her that he will send for groceries right away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was in the midst of writing a novel and he was calling me from it to tabulate the price of groceries. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate, shopped, then headed home with the groceries. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And we children sat huddled shoulder to shoulder on the blanket, reaching into the grocery sack full of bologna sandwiches, which we hungrily ate salted with sand from our fingers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t wait to start experimenting, so after I got Marcus’s letter, I asked Grandma to take me to the grocery store again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Somehow, the heroine had to seek work in a grocery store. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door into the kitchen, and we put the groceries away, and I asked how the play was going, and she said it was going fabulous. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z On the way home, all Suesetta can talk about is the boycott we will be having next month at one of the local grocery stores that still refuses to hire coloreds. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After that, we’d go to the grocery store at the bottom of the hill and stock up on staples such as beans and rice, powdered milk, and canned goods. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Kathy decided to go to the grocery store before picking up the girls from school. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Since it’s the beginning of the month and TJ went grocery shopping, we’ll live the good life for the next two weeks. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Maybe when Dad’s at home, he’s not buying groceries just for him,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On Saturdays, she did all of the grocery shopping for the week. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The fancy maternity dresses from the Ryans she folded neatly and placed in a paper grocery bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She pulled out the biggest box, from Mom’s last grocery order, and walked past me down the hall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t figure out why my mother hadn’t gotten groceries yet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z From the laboratory Mack crossed the street and went through the swinging screen doors into Lee Chong’s grocery. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw a grocery sack on the table next to Terry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The grocery store made me feel like we didn't count, like we were nobody or nothing, like I wasn't Melba. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She say she has her groceries delivered and she would do the ordering. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She disappeared, coming back and pressing a plastic grocery bag of food into Luke’s hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We drove here, so we can drive the groceries home like normal. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She started picking around in the groceries, asking about salt, pepper, and matches. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat at a table in front of the clubhouse room and called out items from the master grocery list. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Johnson, the boy's mother, is a loud, big woman; Ranee saw her once by chance in a grocery store before they moved out of Ridgeford. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their faces are familiar, but you don’t get names and life stories when you’re bagging folks’ groceries. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He comes in holding a grocery sack in his hand. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “We can tell her about the groceries and that we heard from Papi.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Doc strolls from the Western Biological Laboratory and crosses the street to Lee Chong’s grocery for two quarts of beer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At the door she directs Imaculada to unload the groceries and be sure to take the man down at the gate a Presidente, the common beer they all like. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z May could go through five or more every morning looking for the ideal, flawless banana, the one that hadn’t gotten banged up by the grocery world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like someone had written over the grocery store door, over each package of food, you are not welcome here. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could picture Diego sitting where Jesse once had, and that stirred up emotions—both pleasant and painful—I wasn’t equipped to deal with in the cereal aisle of the grocery store. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Joe and Joyce took the four children out for ice cream and then stopped by a grocery store and bought some basic provisions before dropping them off back at the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My mother got out and called for help bringing in the groceries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Müssner picks up the first leaflet, waves it carelessly as if it were a simple grocery list. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Like a grocery cart with a squished grape stuck to one of its tires. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z As for Mr and Mrs Taylor themselves, I have ascertained that they ran the village green grocery here from the twenties until their retirement three years ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He had picked up a Lily Press from the grocery store on his way out, so he sat at the room’s small desk, flipped on the lamp, and began to read through it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I bet she heard the grocery bags crackling. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I offered Mom some of the money I earned, to help with the bills or at least the groceries, but she wasn’t having any of that. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was pretending to help him with his homework so that no one would ask us why we weren’t eating when Dad appeared in the doorway, carrying a big grocery bag. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the Walmart on the east side of Garden Heights, our grocery is tiny. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Maybe the grocery store man had planned an ambush beforehand with the State Department? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “My goodness, is it that time already? Moose, I need you to watch Natalie while I take the boat to the city. I have to get groceries and arrange an ice delivery,” my mother says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got home, I unloaded all the groceries, stuffing them in wherever I could find an open space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He would take her shopping once a week, first to the grocery and then maybe to the drugstore, if she needed something for herself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I also told him about the preacher and how he was a good man, even if he was too distracted with sermons and prayers and suffering people to go grocery shopping. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Encountering a second black man, who was making his way home with a bag of groceries, they beat him also, fracturing his skull with a brick. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t you come into this house until you’ve gotten those groceries,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutched a grocery bag in each hand and then, as the brown paper grew sodden, under each arm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, on his way to school, Jake noticed a long line snaking out of the corner bodega, a small grocery and convenience store where people bought their coffee, bagels, and egg sandwiches. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Farther on, she passed a woman with bits of rope and string for sale and a man pulling a cart full of carrots and beets to the grocery stores. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For at least one night a week since Gabriel’s disappearance, Mena had shown up at our house with a sack full of groceries and cooked an entire meal, dessert and all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z That’s the first thing lie gets at the grocery when he goes to the store, that and coffee. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked back over my shoulder, being careful to keep my free hand on the grocery boxes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of her father’s government position, and the grocery store that her mother ran in the downstairs of their home, Grandma Nellie always had what she needed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I was thinking about her one day, walking home from the grocery store on Gibb Street. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to imagine a life where every dollar wasn’t set aside for groceries or rent or emergencies. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, once we had our groceries and my mom was heading to the front to pay, I succeeded in wearing her down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s a store where we can get groceries,” says Mama. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z We would have gotten away with everything if we hadn't gone in empty-handed—if we'd at least had a bag of groceries. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Like he used to be. Bagging groceries in that ugly apron.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I also didn’t write that the last time I got one of these looks was just the day before, while I was grocery shopping with Mom. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The signs of his mental decline had been subtle at first, like forgetting to buy groceries or calling my mother by my aunt’s name. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She asked Park to bring in the groceries; then she spent the rest of the af ternoon in her room with the door closed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z All the same, I didn’t want Yonetta and Fern to see me standing there like a scared dummy holding a bag of groceries. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d bribe her with whatever I could scrounge up from returning soda bottles to the grocery. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For months I imagined whoever had attacked the Islamic Center living among us and was afraid of passing them on the street or at the grocery store. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Then I would pick up what letters had arrived and do some grocery shopping. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I had looked closely at the elaborate motifs of her tablecloths and doilies and had tried to draw them on lined notebook paper or on flattened grocery bags. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It gave him something else to think about besides what kinds of food would be in the bag of groceries he and Julie would each be given on Friday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Folks in Clarkston sent their kids to Clarkston High School, went to services at one of the churches on Church Street, and bought their groceries at a local independent grocery store called Thriftown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One minute, they were pushing, and the next minute, the Tag and Bag grocery cart was out of their hands, rolling down the hill. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She is putting clothes into a plastic grocery bag. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We were unloading her station wagon, carrying bags of groceries from the garage into the kitchen, when Erik and Arthur pulled up in the Land Cruiser. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It's full of people wearing Jodensters, carrying suitcases or cloth grocery bags. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The woman has already bagged up four plastic bags of groceries. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z As if I am in a familiar grocery store, I look along the meadow edge until I see what I’ve come for—the delicious leaves of the lamb’s- quarters. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Below that there was the usual eye, and underneath the note was a small sum of money for the groceries. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t just stand there being lazy. Bag the groceries.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Swinging their grocery bags full of clean watery green onions and odorous liver-wurst and red catsup and white bread, they would dare each other on past the limits set by their stern mothers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the weekend when Jam finally decided to go and look at it, while her parents were out getting groceries. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her mother’s Lexus SUV groaned under the weight of all their groceries. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He paced back and forth, guarding the door with wide swishes of a brush tail; he jumped up on Helen and Theresa as they tried to dodge by with grocery bags. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk in and buy a good fortnight’s worth of groceries and come out struggling with my bags. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s an actual grocery store instead of a deli. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He's never watched our mother barter over fish and spices in Indian grocery stores. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He remembers his stomach growling at night as a child, the humiliation of welfare, hauling groceries home through the snow on a little cart because the family had no car. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly, people were standing in grocery store lines and talking about the cities of my childhood, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I unload the groceries, marinate the steaks, cook the rice, and set the table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed a lady unloading grocery bags from the trunk of a car parked on the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now Mack counted fifty frogs into a can and walked back to the grocery with Lee and got two dollars’ worth of bacon and eggs and bread. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Taped over whatever she might be wearing is a knee-length dress made out of a paper grocery bag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That evening I told my mother what had happened, but she made no comment; she sat down at once, wrote another note, gave me more money, and sent me out to the grocery again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every carnival since 1893 has included a Midway and a Ferris Wheel, and every grocery store contains products born at the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Gillam Park had nothing civilized around it and was far from a grocery store or doctor’s office. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We'd have to eat lunch first, and then do the grocery shopping. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We watch a game show where people run around a grocery store. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In addition to King Walker, who wasn’t going, there was Omar and another man who had also been on the porch and who introduced himself as Luther Solomon—no relation to the grocery store Solomon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came, about the first of the month, one always was already owed in full, if not more, to the man at the grocery store. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When she opens the car trunk, it is full of groceries. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Past my house, sad and red and crumbly in places, past Mr. Benny’s grocery on the corner, and down the avenue which is dangerous. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the friends who’d held me together, dropping off groceries when I was too busy to shop, picking up the girls for ballet when I was behind on work or just needing a break. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Mother didn’t want to plead for any more credit at the grocery store, so the cupboards held a sparse supply of staples. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The men worked hard, saved their money, and then headed home once a month with groceries and money for their families. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The woman sits in the backseat, with shopping bags of groceries around her. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Our sponsors will also show us how to buy food from grocery stores, visit doctors and dentists, buy clothes, go to the bank, learn to drive, and find a job. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom steers our old two-door Toyota hatchback into a parking space in front of Kroger, I mumble, “I hate grocery shopping.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The car door opens and slams shut, and a woman comes, holding a bag of groceries. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I hold the grocery list out for her to see. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Dicey saw their grandmother walking through the vegetable fields carrying two large grocery bags. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, the man moved to a group of three grocery bags. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On the next corner, there was a small grocery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my voice as flat as I could and said, “Down to meet the ferry, Grandma. Remember? You said I should go and help Momma bring back the groceries.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can buy our own groceries, Mother. We have money.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Her greatgrandmother ran a grocery store, and so they were able to put aside some money and marry one of their daughters to the first Indian lawyer in the colony. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z This was to distinguish her from our mother’s mother, who we called Grandma-over-in-town because she lived fifteen miles south, in the only town in the county, which had a single stoplight and a grocery store. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wimpy’s is the fancy grocery store where mostly Americans and other foreigners shop. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Well, if you had gone to the grocery store like I asked, I could have given her something different! And that shirt is blue, not pink, and too small for Melody!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He took the groceries and rang them up on the cash register. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at a grocery store, where, per Augustus’s instruction, I bought a dozen eggs while he and Isaac waited in the car. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The grocery boy reported that the kitchen looked like a pigsty, and the general opinion in the village was that the new people weren't servants at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The cans baffled us at first, as they had in the grocery stores. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, a few minutes later, as they were loading the grocery bags into a publicar, the scythe looked across the parking lot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I sit in the back seat of the car that smells of gasoline and cheese, waiting for my parents, who are buying groceries. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I set it up in advance for Hamilton not to be there and to just leave a note saying he was grocery shopping. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The tidy green-painted Newsome Park shopping center included a grocery store, a drugstore, a barbershop, a beauty shop, a beer joint, a cleaners, and a TV repair shop. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Anyway, we go in this grocery store, and Jimmy was upset because I told him he couldn’t have a candy or something. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “It’s the rationing. The groceries are all closed,” Mother said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He drew a map to his school on the back of a grocery list written in Hebrew from his pocket. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mama puts away groceries with quick, economical movements. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z "Why you being so mean, man? Lady was just doing her job," I asked Noodles while squeezing different yarns like they were cantaloupes in the grocery store. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z At the end of the tunnel, a herd of wild grocery carts ambled past. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Anxiety plays in your background like bad grocery store music. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When Uhmma caught me throwing a penny, along with old papers, in the trash, she yelled, Do you think the clerk would let me leave with the groceries when I am one penny short? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I headed to the kitchen, where Mom leaned against the counter, writing out a grocery list. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “He offered to take me home or to my father’s grocery store. Before we could decide, One-Fifteen pulled us over.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tía Mari was out doing grocery shopping at Wimpy’s, and she must have thought she locked up her bedroom door as usual, but she hadn’t. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z That money could pay bills, help with the groceries. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z When a man makes his fortune in oil or government contracts, in chemicals or wholesale groceries, his first act is to buy a ranch, the largest he can afford, and to run some cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Otis Amber delivered groceries from the shopping center to Sunset Towers, back and forth, to and fro. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She was handcuffed and charged with stealing $63.50 worth of groceries. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We can’t find any bakeries, so we settle for a nearby grocery store, one of those fancy ones where a bag of organic apples costs more than our rent. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She felt a need, without ever exactly announcing it to herself, to conceal her solution to the grocery problem. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He envisioned families of the future gathered around their mammoth terminals, ordering groceries and paying their taxes from the comfort of their own homes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Hurd helped paint until he began to clerk at Mr. Newton’s grocery. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At the grocery he planned to buy what. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She forces us to memorize our grocery lists and then quizzes us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s a little indie bookstore with tall, arched windows, a grocery co-op on the corner, and two guys walking down the sidewalk, holding hands. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They made out, both drunk, and then ran into each other one week later at the grocery store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 My mother said she doesn’t think her mind is capable of further improvement, so she’s going grocery shopping instead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She paid him, took our groceries, and walked out of the shop. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z You see her in the Jitney 14 grocery, you never think she go and leave her baby crying in her crib like that. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then she makes sure we only go grocery shopping on Tuesdays. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z At first, he had worked at that jacked-up grocery store on Frederick Douglass Boulevard and 127th, but he soon left that and started working at this barbershop that used to be on St. Nick Av’. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The jumbo aluminum tray of veggie samosas Mama bought from the gray-haired man who owns our local Indian grocery store is almost empty. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I would even allow you a peek at my grocery lists. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The Italian grocery shop is across the street and I see bananas, apples, oranges. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I remember getting lost at the grocery store when I was four. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We look around the grocery store, spending a lot of time in the candy aisle observing how different the flavors are—green tea Kit Kat bars, wasabi drops, squid-flavored gummies, and melon soda. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Interest and discounts, addition, subtraction he worked out on the abacus with his little restless sausage fingers, and his brown friendly eyes roved over the grocery and his teeth flashed at the customers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want to go to the grocery store with me?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Racks of fruits and vegetables had been set out in front of small grocery stores, further blocking the already crowded sidewalks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was a half teaspoon of beachsand tilted from somewhere in the understructure of the grocery cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I didn't tell him that I didn't know how to cook and that I'd never bought my own groceries. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I tried to give him the grocery money back, but in typical Persian-uncle form, he refused it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She neatly lines up little bags of beans, sugar, and laundry soap—items a local grocery store donates because the packages are damaged and cannot be sold. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She once conducted another experiment in which she set up a tasting booth with a variety of exotic gourmet jams at the upscale grocery store Draeger’s in Menlo Park, California. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I walked into my apartment to find my mom putting away some groceries in the kitchen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Unlike walking with Nazario, when everyone came up and greeted you, saw you in a different light because of the company, with Bodega it was as casual as if you were walking with groceries. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Even though there are only a few things we need, we get a shopping cart and go down every aisle of the grocery store. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “You should have told me about Turner’s place. I would have talked to him, worked something out. Who’s been getting groceries for you?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They stood in a grocery store in a small town where a mounted deerhead hung from the wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He had gone into the grocery store where he usually trades and heard the sudden silence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had guided me through practice sessions in the parking lot next to the grocery store often enough. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got my window open, I came back for my groceries, but before I could say thanks and good-bye, she started out onto the fire escape after me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Crow,” said Mr. Benson, the pilot who spent much of his time at the grocery between jobs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z No one stared at Grans and me when we went to town to buy groceries. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Loeffler said my new flight jacket reminded him of something, and he went up into his attic so he could find it while I brought the groceries in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We agreed to meet back in front of the grocery store in fifteen minutes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You will get them soon, child. I bought groceries with what I would have used for your books, because your father didn’t give me grocery money this week. Have patience.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She then headed to the grocery section and started buying food! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Besides his trips to the grocery store and his clockwork poker games, Gramps's comings and goings were mysteries to me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I turned up at the busiest hour in the afternoon, when I knew they’d be understaffed, and sure enough, the manager was bagging groceries when I found him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Before either of us can say anything, he hurries out of the room with the rest of his groceries. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The hamlet store, whether grocery, general, hardware, clothing, cannot compete with the supermarket and the chain organization. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to see his ginseng buyer, with two grocery bags full of the root. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And if there was a sudden and increased leakage among the groceries in New Monterey that was none of Lee Chong’s affair. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Accompanying him to the grocery store, my sisters and I were encouraged to think of the produce aisle as an all-you-can-eat buffet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On one side of the bendy part was a woman with a crate on wheels packed tightly with plastic grocery bags, and on the other was a man painted head-to-toe in silver, reading a newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Later he would wonder: if Naomi wasn’t shopping at Turner’s, then where was she getting the groceries? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Our parents owned a small Oriental foods grocery store. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I asked, putting the grocery bag down on the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The day of the funeral she asked me to drive into Centreville with her to help with the grocery shopping and errands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z An elderly white couple sat inside, surrounded by shelves of groceries and auto supplies, by soft drink machines and cigarette dispensers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Both Miss Trotter and Ma Charles called any meat roasting in an outdoor fire “barbecue,” when barbecue to us was sauce from the grocery store or sweet and spicy red dust on potato chips. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We’re in the freezer aisle at the grocery store and she’s reaching for the steak fries instead of the curly fries and, seriously? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was like living in a cornucopia; for weeks at a time Ann didn't see the inside of a grocery store. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Set the groceries on the counter and sit at the table. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of grimy dudes with plastic grocery bags for hats checked me out as I came close. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Burdow didn’t look at the man; he gathered up some bags of groceries and walked out of the store stiffly, almost as if he expected a blow in the back. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother gripped Sal’s steering wheel and leaned forward the way she always did, like she was so excited to get where they were going, whether it was the grocery store or California. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Ken and Toby mowed a few lawns, and the girls and Marshall scouted the neighborhood for empty bottles to return to the grocery store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom stood there staring at the bags of groceries. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The most risky and unpleasant adventure outside my home when I was very young was to go grocery shopping where a white man, Mr. Waylans, owned the store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To help make ends meet, Johnny began hitching the horse to his toboggan and using them to make deliveries for the local grocery. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You could probably have seen it in the eyes of Mrs. Windermere, except she never stopped typing while I put her groceries away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their income was always unpredictable, and any time off or a lull in their business would impact how much money we had for bills and groceries each month. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At Mrs. Mason’s house, she handed me an envelope with the money for the groceries and another twenty dollars. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She owes the grocery store up the block so much money, it cuts off her line of credit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I knew I would have to go slowly, for if I hit a bump, there were likely to be groceries all over the narrow street. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We could shop for groceries and fold laundry in front of the TV. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It’s like how when I go with my grandma to one of the nice grocery stores out in the suburbs and she tells me to “talk like you got some sense.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When we go to Mr. Benny’s grocery she gives us money to buy her some. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re not going to school today,” he said, handing her the groceries. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z We would hike eight miles, get a room, have a shower, phone home, do laundry, eat dinner, buy groceries, watch TV, sleep in a bed, eat breakfast, return to the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong got the truck in payment of a grocery bill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ones in our refrigerator came from the grocery store,” she said. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Also, he’d bought a lamp for his room, from the secondhand store next to the grocery he used to go to. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And then just as she said, they head to the grocery store. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z When I got something to eat at one of the street-corner groceries, I noticed that it cost more money than it would have in Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Appliance store, hardware store, parking lot, grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She parked the car in front of the grocery store and went in. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It owned the shanties they lived in, the stores where they bought groceries, and even the schools and churches. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I've seen more elaborate pyrotechnics at the grand openings of grocery stores, but the audience was kind and everyone made an effort to pretend that the display was magnificent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Only then did the grocery woman wake up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “It isn’t fair,” she said as her mother put the last of their things in a paper grocery bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he opens the refrigerator door to see that there aren’t any groceries in the fridge to make a snack with, either. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They owed to the grocery and they owed the last payment on some furniture. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She gives me the grocery cash and when I get home I push the receipt in her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lizabeth start talking ’bout I can put coffee on her grocery list. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One day I walk all the way to Friendly and ask at the grocery, where the county paper is dropped, if they’ll put in my name as a carrier. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed them how to chop carrots and blanch greens, shifting our family away from the fluorescent sameness of the grocery store and toward the rhythm of the seasons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Slowly, I stuff pencils, a notebook into a plastic grocery bag. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “Come on in,” I said, putting the groceries on the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They bought groceries up the hill at the Thrift Market because they could not stand the reproving eyes of Lee Chong. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every summer when the mango trees started giving fruit, the couple who lived in the building next to ours would give her a grocery bag full of ripe, delicious mangos. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We are not to be doing things for people, going to the shop for groceries or any other kind of message. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The privileges affected by these classifications included visits and letters, studies, and the opportunity to buy groceries and incidentals — all of which are the lifeblood of any prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Big Rose is a whole nother bag of groceries,” Ali told me, raising his eyebrows. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Courtney Speed still runs her grocery store, where she continues to teach local children to do math, and hopes to open a Henrietta Lacks Museum. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t hurt you to think a little. Your mother’s likely to have heavy groceries.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Jennifer's mother hauled two grocery bags out of the car and went into the house, ignoring them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They passed a lady unloading grocery bags from the trunk of a car parked on the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was a smart guy and I knew him only because we had worked together at the grocery store. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In another commercial neighborhood, gangs ransacked every grocery store, littering the streets with squashed fruit, flour, eggs, and sugar and turning the neighborhood into what resembled one giant dump. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I rushed over to help him with the groceries and he held a finger to his lips and whispered, “Help me set some things up. I’m going to trick Nan into a cooking lesson.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She had brought fresh bread, too, and a spice cake from the grocery. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There were lots of common little shops like grocery stores or poultry markets and wooden tenement houses, some four stories high, into which the poor demons crowded. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sammy went behind the boulder and came out holding a big grocery bag, which he set down before the fireplace. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just my tips from helping people to their cars with their groceries.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Could some groceries be brought in, and fresh flowers? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When you leave the grocery, if you walk catty-cornered across the grass-grown lot, threading your way among the great rusty pipes thrown out of the canneries, you will see a path worn in the weeds. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We’re pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It’s like the wheels aren’t even wheels. It’s like they’re squares or something.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Often, on the way home from school, I’ll stop at the grocery store for a visit. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z At the end of every two weeks, Roberto got a check from the Santa Maria school district, which he cashed to buy groceries and other necessities. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Dicey held the grocery bag in one hand, and the other hand she held up in farewell, until she could no longer see the square back of the car. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked out my bedroom window and waited until Ali and Hassan went grocery shopping to the bazaar, pushing the empty wheelbarrows in front of them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The illness or injury that must be “worked through,” with gritted teeth, because there’s no sick pay or health insurance and the loss of one day’s pay will mean no groceries for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a strange thing to say about a grocery store, but it felt like home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mrs. Peterson was stumbling by, pushing her folded grocery cart in front of her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I put them on my Christmas list, but my father said no way was he going to spend more on a pair of sneakers than on a week’s worth of groceries. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I use our money for the weekly groceries. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Grandma Sands’s voice popped like one of those big brown grocery bags being snapped open. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One night when she was checking the items on a grocery bill a thought shot into her mind, shining and winking like a meteor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he did come home, he usually brought a bag of groceries in each arm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was in the grocery store with him once and in the cereal aisle he pointed to the tile floor and said, “Don’t step there. That’s where I earned my name.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Retired, they spent a lot of time with the Vanderbeekers, and Mama and Papa helped them with grocery shopping and keeping track of their doctors’ appointments and medicines. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Our stock boys shovel driveways and deliver groceries and packages. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, I walk to the market with Patti, and after I help her carry our groceries upstairs, Lakshman knocks on our apartment door and we run downstairs to play cricket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He’d need to get a job to pay his share of the rent and groceries, I said, but jobs were going begging in the city. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She thought about buying some for Laxmi, then hesitated, wondering how to explain what she’d been doing in an Indian grocery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Since more Japanese people lived in California than in Iowa, when he and my mother eventually opened a grocery store, it would have stayed in business. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not just a way to get the groceries but also relief, warmth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we had to check the grocery list against the menu and who was cooking what. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He crawl under that grocery bag a clothes Miss Hilly give me, been setting there for months. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Upstairs, I said, “Maybe we should have helped her put away the groceries.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I saw the lights of an all-night grocery store. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s one of those fancy ones that sits in the wooden stand at the grocery store checkout. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Later that day, everyone returned to the clubhouse with the groceries and the store receipts. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Benny at the corner grocery puts down his important cigar: Your mother know you got shoes like that? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He motioned to Angel, left the paper sack of groceries on the bottom step, and quietly tiptoed up the steps. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s more trash on the streets, more roaming dogs, more liquor stores, fewer grocery stores. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z You could walk into a grocery store and bump into someone and fall in love and that someone would not be the race you tick online. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Weekends consisted of sleep, Web surfing, shopping for random groceries and fast food, perhaps catching a part of a movie. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People struggled past them with bags of groceries balanced on their heads. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Not everyone paid him, but most of his customers did, like the grocery store owner and the bakery. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Lee Chong’s grocery, while not a model of neatness, was a miracle of supply. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Attendants linger at the doors of grocery stores and coffee shops, trying to win customers over. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They could only buy essentials at the grocery store, like milk, bread, and canned soup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z This is what we do on Saturday mornings, while our father attends to things in his office and our mother goes grocery shopping. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On one side of the bendy part was a woman with a crate on wheels packed tightly with plastic grocery bags, and on the other was a man painted head-to-toe in silver, reading a newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We had to walk six whole blocks in the snow to the fancy grocery store to get them all, which you’d think wouldn’t be worth it, but Dad said it would be. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z There were groceries and herbal shops, clothing shops and laundries, halls that housed the brotherhoods or the district associations or the offices of family clans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and began putting the groceries away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to translate for my mother when we did the grocery shopping. Now I can’t anymore.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Could even say he never wrote that on the grocery sack, that I’d wrote it myself. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to baseball games, to the grocery store, to a movie theater, even to the circus. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Signs, signs—keeping us out of the movie theater, all of the restaurants and hotels, some grocery stores, all of the toy stores, most car lots, and all downtown entertainment. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want a piece of cake before you go? I bought a pound cake from the grocery store. Isn’t that your favorite?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Lacey prepares a grocery list for each of us, written in small letters on the backs of receipts she found in her purse. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When I go with them to the grocery, they are boggled and frightened and secretly scornful, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand in one place in a grocery and look at maggoty cabbages for fifteen minutes while he tries to decide what to do. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I did not stop to tell the translator or the interviewers that I did not know what apartment, groceries, and utilities were. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ll be the messenger boys on bicycles who deliver their groceries or we’ll go to England to work on the building sites. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z On Sunday, she buys $300 in groceries, enough to last the clan a week. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Relieved, I set off to a neighborhood grocery store. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But you need money, Italians are not known for giving away bananas especially to the McCourts who owe them money already for groceries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If I had money, I wouldn’t have to fight with my mom in a grocery store about school supplies. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He stood leaning on the handle of the grocery cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There were still a few bags of groceries in the truck that Nathan wasn’t eager to get. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, if you take that line, how about the grocery in Santa Ana? How about Checkers, my beauty?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Fresh varieties of PowerBars and snacks, like the fun day when your parent goes to the grocery store and you snoop in the bag with excitement. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Weeks before, an older white woman standing in line behind them at the grocery store had said, “Your hair is so beautiful, can I touch it?” and Ifemelu said yes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Did you go to the grocery store today?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “She’s off to work after she puts away her groceries,” the scythe told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z For years after his rescue he would find himself stopping in grocery stores to just stare at die aisles of food, marveling at the quantity and the variety. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother picks up the bag of groceries, and the man opens the screen and stands to the side. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They floated in barrels of brine in grocery stores. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z After waiting a long time, Myers drove down the street to a grocery store to buy cigarettes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We’ll have to stop at the grocery store on the way back.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She socked away a dollar, sometimes two, from each week’s grocery money. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He brought a bagful of groceries each night when he returned home and watched that no food was sneaked out and set aside for the girl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At other times she forgot to buy groceries. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I would ride with him as he drove on his daily rounds between the few grocery stores that the Muslims then owned in Chicago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chumsky parents say, “Well, at least accept the groceries. It’s just a few snacks. Please.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Lacey produces a copy of the grocery list she wrote for me and reads from it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I could use the grocery money to pay my bus fare, or sneak out on the days the Doc- torita forgets to lock me in the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So he woulda been stupid to have a gun on him, just walking to the grocery store. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Charlie had avoided the living room since we’d returned, and my mother—thank God—had been at the grocery when Miles had called my house. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I took it out of the grocery bag and showed her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If there had been a grocery store within one hundred miles, believe me, I would have walked there on my own reconnaisance for some cuisine that didn’t still have feet attached to it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Police found me two days later, wandering the dirt roads west of Calypso, wearing a grocery bag for underwear and covered in hickies I couldn’t explain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Not only did she drive it, she drove it well enough to pull a trailer behind it full of wholesale supplies for her family’s grocery store. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, he refused to go out for breakfast, so I went to the supermarket for groceries and brought us both a bag of food from Hardees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lee Chong’s station in the grocery was behind the cigar counter. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed buttons and all thoughts of Colton out of my head—at least I tried to—and dialed every auto supply, hair salon, pharmacy, antique store, grocery, and diner in town. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I figured that after school on Tuesday, I would take Richard with me to the grocery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He claimed they were better than red roses from the grocery store, because those greenhouse-born flowers couldn’t survive in the winter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I tell Jamie I want to go back to the grocery store before we leave. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But she didn’t have no money right then to pay for the food, so we were walking to Manny’s far-off bodega that would let her have groceries now, but pay for them later. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The next afternoon Mom insisted on driving all the way to Homestead for groceries because nobody there knew who she was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z At the grocery store with my parents, sliding down long, too-bright aisles, and Emma is there, cooling her hands in the ice at the fish counter, meltwater running everywhere. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Either way, it is as impressive as my grocery sums in the Piggly Wiggly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We took another left, past a furniture store and down the street, until Sohrab pointed to the green awning above his uncle’s grocery store. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Stepping stones of polished black marble led around either side of a five-story-tall apple tree, every bough glittering with golden apples, and I don’t mean yellow golden apples like in the grocery store. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Why, the other day he even saw Grandpop write a list of things he needed from the grocery store in a notebook. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He would bring groceries from the A&P and a surprise for the kids—a cupcake from his lunch or chewing gum. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She told the grocer she had just moved into the neighborhood and would he trust her with a few groceries until Saturday payday? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He jogged through the parking lot of a grocery store and headed toward Paseo Padre Parkway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He’s carrying a couple of binders and a saggy bag of groceries and looks tired, but he gets all excited when he sees the stove in their kitchen, which is apparently some kind of antique. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Not that she thought about it much, but any trip to the grocery store or the mall presented the possibility that she would encounter some kind of ugliness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In grocery stores, he carefully pocketed canned ravioli, which they split five ways, Zalmai getting the lion’s share. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The hand-tinted photographs in the hallway, the needlepoint pillows on the sofa, the ever-changing grocery list stuck to the refrigerator under a magnet in the shape of a Boston terrier. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That would be enough corn to fill a paper grocery bag. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It figured—he would be too cheap to pay Rocky five cents for a grocery sack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t know where he’d been but certainly he hadn’t been grocery shopping for four hours. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She brought us a few groceries and introduced us to the camp foreman, who spoke Spanish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He jogged off down the sidewalk, then slowed to wave at three guys coming out of the mini grocery across the street carrying bottles of soda. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As they walked back to the laundry, Brave Orchid showed her sister where to buy the various groceries and how to avoid Skid Row. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact that it takes us three hours to grocery shop isn’t the point either. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Toby flinched when Doreen picked up the bags of groceries in a huff and started slamming cabinet doors until everything was put away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “So round four o’clock Ah had done cleaned ’em out com-plete—all except two men dat got up and left while dey had money for groceries, and one man dat wuz lucky. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He comes back to the car with a brown paper bag of groceries and packs it in behind my feet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We filled them with water first, and we had plastic grocery bags full of them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Each floor is one apartment with windows overlooking the street or the grocery store parking lot behind us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It’s awesome when she claims the dog in the grocery store,” Jax says, and turns to walk home. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I was sweeping floors at our grocery store, saving up for my first pair of J’s, when Natasha ran in. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I walk super-slow and think about all the cool things I could be doing instead of grocery shopping, like studying the bird’s nest outside my parents’ bedroom window. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Later, her mom came in to say they were going to the store to buy groceries for Christmas dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z If a drunk caused trouble in the grocery, if the kids swarmed down from New Monterey intent on plunder, Lee Chong had only to call and his tenants rushed to his aid. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked back along the docks to the sidewalk and entered a grocery store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z So what if he buys the discounted cans of dented tomatoes at the grocery store? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But inside my body I felt like a big bottle of warm Coke when you drop it in the grocery store and it begins to fizz out the top like a bomb about to blow. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “How’s it going, sweetheart?” she asks me, as if we just bumped into each other in the grocery store. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Also this way I can hang the grocery bags from the stroller handle, or tuck them in around her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It would throw out the worthless stuff and deposit the gold nuggets in a pile, so whenever we needed groceries, we could go out back and grab ourselves a nugget. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She was still thinking about Caillebotte’s Paris street on her way to the grocery store. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “My baby. In there,” she informed strangers in the grocery store, pointing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, think over here and help me get these groceries put away,” Daddy says. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z There are no cash registers, but a mile away, in the neighboring village, there's a butcher, a baker, a post office, a hardware store, and a small grocery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A lady in the grocery store fanned herself as a little dog yapped through the screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A couple of hours after the mysterious jelly bean appearance during cerealball, my mom gave Robin and me each a grocery bag. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She hugged a grocery bag to her chest and whispered, “But did that man jump across that counter at me?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mom still liked to tell the story of my first real trip to the grocery store. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I drive down the dark, empty road behind the grocery store to where Batavia’s mythic Lincoln Tree once stood. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z His mood was so much better that he even took the bag of groceries from me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z What grocery store wouldn't have costumes for sale just four days before Halloween? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They were the same ones, he was sure, but he couldn’t fathom what she’d be doing coming through the front door of a white grocery store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Once, she took Jeremiah to the grocery store when she agreed to babysit him for a night for Beatrice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We were far away from credit cards in those days, and the equivalent was an account at the corner grocery. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Knowing I had no oils, I got some butter from our grocery box. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told her we were almost out of food and that I’d do the grocery shopping.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And Muff pressed them to take half of the eggs each day, which helped stretch the groceries. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The next time she signed for the Andersons’ groceries, she would write Bessie in careful print. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The checkout clerk at the grocery store: Thanks for shopping with us today. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Yet it is always the thin gray grocery sums that make an impression. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in the evenings, we went into town in our Carcachita to look for food in the trash behind grocery stores. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “We gotta run, baby girl. Uncle Jack is being moved back to his apartment at the assisted-living facility and put in hospice. We need to make sure there are groceries and things of that nature.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Finally we bring all our groceries to the checkout lane. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Wynn turned and said, “There are casseroles in the freezer, not much else. But no worries, Nan. I’ll head to the grocery store first thing.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And inside the grocery store there were so many colors and sounds and lights that Gerald just grinned. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Along Main Street was a grocery store, a drugstore, a Ford dealership, a Greyhound bus station, and two big casinos, the Owl Club and the Nevada Hotel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They weren't no slaves, and they didn't have to bust into anybody's grocery store. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddaddy gave my mom enough to pay the light bill and to get us some groceries. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As Dovid rolled back under the covers, I poked through my grocery box’s contents. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Roberto got paid twice a month, and every other week Mamá had to cut back on groceries. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He grabbed as many bags of groceries as he could from the back of the truck and hurried inside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z One month she had paid in full and then hadn’t had enough money for groceries and electricity: what a thing, to choose between hunger and darkness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I retrieved the tincture, and my mother packed it in a plastic grocery bag with the dried herbs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I did as he asked, and found a plastic grocery bag. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Boo glared at them from the top of a grocery cart. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But I could sense her watching me as I added the macaroni and cheese ingredients to the grocery list and put the notepad back in its spot. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I knew she was stressed because Miss Lisa was in charge, and Grandma needed to work for her to make money to help pay our grocery bill. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The vicinity of the Hill View contains no diners, no fast-food joints or grocery stores, no commercial establishments at all except for a couple of agricultural-equipment warehouses. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She could check out books from the library or she could buy puzzle books from the grocery store if that was all she was interested in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z How he had traded lobsters for milk at the Cuttyhunk grocery, poured it in a little flask, and fashioned a nipple from a clam neck made to squirt seawater. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z If not, she will take her savings and return to Honduras to build a little house and corner grocery store. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The trunk popped and they all grabbed bags of groceries. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She would send me out to buy groceries, and I wouldn’t come right home because I’d be using the change from the milk and bread to play arcade games at thè supermarket. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The grocery opened at dawn and did not close until the last wandering vagrant dime had been spent or retired for the night. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarah is hungry, so I stop unpacking the groceries to get her a glass of milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The stove was cold, so I twisted a length of grocery paper into a wick and coiled it in the firebox. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A few days later Miranda went to an Indian grocery in Central Square which also rented videos. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z No. “You want me to go to the grocery store?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She talked about it in capital letters as if it were a feature at the grocery store. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z After about five minutes the grocery lady tipped her head back and started snoring. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Grandpa had loaded the tent and several boxes of groceries. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Howard E. Butt. Seriously. That was the man’s name. That’s why they just call it H-E-B. Would you want to buy your groceries at a place called Butt’s?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the dry cleaner and the grocery store. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Whenever we shopped at the grocery store, they behaved as though they were worried about something. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, a woman of the same age as the man, about fifty Dicey guessed, struggled up the steps to the next-door house, carrying two huge bags of groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I took her down to the grocery store yesterday and paid for a cartful of charity food to make up for the corn she was going to trade for groceries.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Not for the groceries though, that came later. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All through my shift at the grocery store I was absent- minded. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There were a few islanders on the porch of the grocery, trading gossip in the shade, when I came up the path the next morning, a dime in my pocket. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I lowered the music and grabbed the cereal box from the grocery bag. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Well, why would you do that when I went grocery shopping this morning? I’ll make salami sandwiches. Or there’s some leftover chicken spaghetti casserole, too.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If I could only send her to buy groceries or something, because I intended to say as little as possible to avoid digging myself a hole. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Mom comes out and sits beside me, her bag full of groceries. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I spent the night in my car, parked next to the Dumpster behind the grocery store. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She found herself in front of a small grocery from which came the odors of garlic and sauerkraut. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She strolled along over the occasional sidewalks with the preacher’s stovepipe hat in a grocery bag. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, nursing-home residents resemble oddly dressed graduate students, and beautiful women in adult diapers are driving very slowly and blocking the grocery store aisles with their carts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A few days later, as he stepped out of a grocery store, he was picked up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The man in the middle says he’s giving Mam a docket to get a week’s groceries at McGrath’s shop on Parnell Street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was by chance that Alma ran into an old friend from church at the grocery store one day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Sitting at the control board was my dad the engineer, years younger, examining a printout no larger than a grocery receipt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Delamino told Quincy she got her a job in the bakery part of the Brown Cow grocery store. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Once, when I was a kid—I think I was about nine—I was with my mom at a grocery store,” I tell him when we pass the cleaning supplies. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I threw out a few suggestions, like the hardware store, or the grocery store, but none of them were really making any sense. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He’s a former marine who came to the country with an occupation force years back, but once the troops left, he stayed on, marrying a rich Dominican lady and opening his successful grocery store. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “She said she’d drop me off here in the morning. Then she has to go and get groceries for our dinner. She’s cooking a roast chicken.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Despite prejudice, the immigrants exhibited a pioneering spirit, building ethnic churches, grocery stores, and fraternal halls. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I drove directly to the grocery store and cashed a check for three hundred dollars, which was half of my savings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The people around went off on their own ways, carrying their own heavy bags of groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He put the groceries in a brown paper bag and handed them to me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Been sleeping really good. I should have cleaned out the hogan much earlier,” Uncle Jet said, pulling several bags of groceries from the back of the truck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Holding bags of groceries in his arms, he pushed open the door with his elbow. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There's a grocery store around the corner. You know how to drive.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But then we never did see, although Joon and I asked every day and even packed our clothes in brown paper grocery bags in case we had to move fast. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “When you get a job and start paying for the groceries yourself, you can buy whatever you want.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z You drive to the grocery store and then get out and drive around the store in a cart? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table stood a shopping-bag filled with groceries, and he knew that his Aunt Florence had arrived. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She slid her hand into her pocket and pulled out the money she’d gotten from Henry for groceries. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew how to exude glamour even when buying groceries, and I am ready to be pretty again, myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I told him that in America you could step into a grocery store and buy any of fifteen or twenty different types of cereal. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the grocery bag in Cletus’s left hand and the famous suitcase in his right. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence, he spent most of his time reading in his dismal room, wishing he could play his guitar, walking the three hundred yards to town for groceries—and somehow he just couldn’t begin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The checkout lady at the grocery store would be rude to me and her simple unkindness would unnerve me for the rest of the day because I never knew—I had no way of knowing— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Across from him sat an old lady with a grocery cart folded and leaning against her legs. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z It was only by bartering gasoline for groceries that he managed to keep his family alive. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Kobe hugs her and then reaches for the plastic grocery bag in my hand. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They reminded me of when we were living in Corcoran and would go into town in the evenings looking for food in the trash behind grocery stores. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Throw it in the trunk for now. But we’d better not forget about it, or we’ll be sorry next time we load up the groceries.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Every block has at least one combination deli/grocery store, windows almost entirely covered in beer and cigarette posters. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, Miss Celia and I make a list of what to cook that week, and the next morning I do the grocery shopping. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She drove straight to the store and bought groceries for Jeremiah’s family, but his words stayed with her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The grocery store was where women gathered to socialize, and children came along hoping for a few pennies for a treat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Max is pointing to a small grocery store with fruit displays out front. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, “I found a Less Fortunate at the grocery store.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She’s carrying a grocery bag with coconut flakes and pistachios to garnish our ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z So after browsing, I cancelled my membership, thankfully still on trial, got a refund, and will be walking around blindly in the grocery store instead. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I saw this at the grocery store and thought you’d like to try it,” Mom said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “He even drove us to the grocery store.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Carl and Antonapoulos carried the sacks of groceries, and Singer held to their arms tightly and smiled all the way home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Blood brother,” said a message written in pink paint on the side of a shattered grocery store. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Izzie can go play. But I need you to do the grocery shopping with me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z DeVante’s talking to Kenya as she holds a basket full of groceries. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z One by one he pulled out groceries and set them on the small cement table. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “This job is so much better than cashiering in the grocery store.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The synagogue where my father and I prayed had once been a large grocery store. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A few, the most successful, worked for themselves, running a grocery or a barbershop. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She looked across the square and was sure she saw Henry Clinton come out of the Jitney Jungle carrying an armload of groceries. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A café burned, and so did a furniture store, an A&P grocery store, several abandoned houses, a dry cleaners. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lily decided to borrow the car on the pretext of helping her out by doing the grocery shopping. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Helen shook her head and picked up one of the grocery bags. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Many families in underserved sections of big cities didn’t have grocery stores in their neighborhoods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My father stopped giving my mother grocery money. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When I delivered Mrs. Mason’s groceries, she saw that I had Jane Eyre stuck under my arm. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The teams shook hands and the Fugees quickly ran to the bench for water and oranges, which awaited them in two white plastic grocery bags. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “You know full well that little child ain’t got the strength to carry heavy groceries.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The grocery store, the movies, as a threesome all the time? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I have a little saved. I used to skim from what Henry gave me for groceries, but then there was Christmas. There’s maybe eight dollars left.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You have three reasons for going to the grocery now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When their mother was still around, she would buy them ice cream bars from the freezer at the grocery—an almond bar forSean, a Bomb Pop for Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They brought the two bags of groceries down, as well as Ishmael’s camera. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Even if you’re a kid who speaks Italian and looks like the other kids in town and could carry groceries or dig a trench or something, make mug rugs, I dunno—they won’t let you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They had owned small groceries or jewelry stores. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She helps care for the four children in the house while Gloria tends to customers in her little grocery store. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mitch stands in the doorway with a brown grocery bag clenched in his fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I called my favorite cousin in Pasadena—my father’s sister’s daughter—and had her buy groceries for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “All the more reason not to worry about writing one. If it’s lost among a gazillion pages, you can write your grocery list and what you ate for breakfast. No one will care.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Morgan, who once shouted down a stranger in a grocery store for wearing a Trump hat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Ma said as soon as she walked in from her shift, carrying a few bags of groceries. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before I can think of a sensible witch question to ask, a homeless man pushing an overflowing grocery cart comes our way. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z We went directly to the market and bought enough groceries for two weeks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Ain’t no fever,” he says, and sets down the groceries on the table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Fine. How about you two go get us some food. Percy, Bianca, and I will check in the grocery store. Maybe they can give us directions.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A few of them are holding grocery bags. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Trevor’s eyes widened as he watched me take the boxes out of the grocery bag and line them up on his kitchen counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Anywhere. I’d wear this to school, the grocery store, to a bar mitzvah, I don't care.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I remember another stoopful of women alongside the door of a small grocery store where I had gone for something, leaving Malcolm X talking across the street. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lucys owned a grocery store and opened their spacious home, which was located on the periphery of the Newsome Park development, to boarders. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I finally found my grocery list and the money and went to the store. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I hit again and again, dropping the money and the grocery list. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I found the answer sheet under a grocery list. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “You went through there,” remembers one client, “like you were going through a grocery store.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Bertha told us about some woman in the grocery store who fainted in the cereal aisle but I wasn’t really listening because I was thinking about Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We found some old plastic grocery bags behind the snack counter and double-wrapped Medusa’s head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Pension, I think. He was in the Spanish—to tell you the truth he was in some war but I can’t remember what it was. Here’s your groceries.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The teenage girl then found a paper grocery bag in a drawer in the kitchen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You figure on a better way to get your groceries?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z No job means no money, which means no groceries or electricity. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z There was a hamburger stand just like Henry had predicted, and Mr. Turner from the grocery store brought a truck with candy, pickles, and sausages on sticks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But they always said it when they weren’t over a block and a half from a grocery store, usually in a room with lights and cushions on a couch and running water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He grabs a grocery bag from the back of Emmett’s car. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Bull drove through the dark streets of Paradise past the peeling warped shacks and dog-ruled groceries with their glowing Coca-Cola signs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a market at the end of the street and in one of the aisles piled with empty boxes there were three metal grocery carts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He offered to pay for the scythe’s groceries—which was pointless, because scythes got their groceries for free anyway. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z On Saturday morning, my mom announces that she’s going grocery shopping. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mary stood suddenly from the sofa and said, “Classes start tomorrow. Time to stock up on groceries.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Richard had not been born in Maryland, but he was working there, the summer that she met him, as a grocery clerk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z This was Dad’s new thing since Mom left—creatively visualizing everything from making dinner to the weekly grocery shopping. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The first place Dicey asked for work was the grocery store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “At the conclusion of the meeting,” the Americano said, “you will all receive a sack full of groceries with samples from the major food groups.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They tasted so good we forgot we were eating a week’s worth of groceries. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Paige was on a high dose, and during her shift working at a gourmet grocery store, she started bleeding from her eyes and nose. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Her “no” was already forming when she considered the fact that Henry hadn’t left behind any money for groceries. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Walmart, which was then the nation’s largest grocery retailer, had joined our effort by pledging to cut the amount of sugar, salt, and fat in its food products and to reduce prices on produce. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He seemed odd in the grocery store—cheerful enough, but distracted and restless. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “When I saw this thing in the grocery store, it scared me half to death,” Deborah told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Nearby streets were lined with black-owned grocery stores, barbershops, beauty salons, and restaurants. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Things must be all right if there’s so much food,” Bri said, putting the groceries away in the cabinets, making them look full and normal again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He works and pays the rent and buys groceries and stuff. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Dicey picked up the grocery bag and followed her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Won’t matter. Like I said, every single department store and grocery store—even the dollar store—has security personnel.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A few cars are parked in front of the grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She worked at a grocery store, restocking the Lay’s. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even a freedom fighter benefits from the ability to buy groceries and books. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother gripped Sal’s steering wheel and leaned forward the way she always did, like she was so excited to get where they were going, whether it was the grocery store or California. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Scraps of paper, driver’s licenses, receipts, grocery lists, drawings in crayon and colored pencil, school pictures. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Evelyn Mason on Gardiner was waiting for me at the back door, which she held open as I carried her bags of groceries in and put them on the kitchen counter. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Unlike Ma Charles, Miss Trotter sent JimmyTrotter into town to buy groceries from the store. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When the bags were gathered on the kitchen floor, I started pulling groceries onto the kitchen table—half a watermelon, a coffee cake, milk, and ground beef. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She waved a little piece of paper at us that had the grocery list written on it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Grainy scenes, but no less terrifying: grocery stores ablaze, smoke billowing from their rooftops, walls gnawed to studs by flame. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She looked at the packages of groceries I was putting away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t even steal no more. Not from grocery stores or nothin’.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z At the age of ten Amy was caught taking a fistful of twenties from an unguarded till at the grocery store. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A simple trip to the grocery store could be overwhelming. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Our older customers who can’t walk much usually sit there as Daddy, Seven, or I get their groceries for them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Where?” sorts of things they did you don’t win medals for—but they were sure?” a grocery list.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z |
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