| 单词 | household |
| 例句 | I chewed the cookie quickly, took a sip of milk, and recounted near everything, tho’ I neglected to mention my role as the household spy. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Money is tight, as it always is in the Van Gogh household, but education is a priority. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’d gotten my period, which I announced immediately and with huge excitement to everyone in the house, because that was just the kind of household we had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His household effects and all his belongings were sold at public auction. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "I will also give you twenty good swords from my own household guard, to serve with the Watch until the crowds have left." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In his own dwelling, there were the necessary reference volumes that each household contained: a dictionary, and the thick community volume which contained descriptions of every office, factory, building, and committee. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z That was a banner week around the Collins household. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Almost every household was a drinking parlor of some sort; those that weren’t had neighbours that were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Minced in with them and stuffed or piled high with household gear and suitcases were civilian cars, buses, farm trucks and carts pushed by men and women or pulled by horses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Pippin left him and called for the servants, and they came: six men of the household, strong and fair; yet they trembled at the summons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Their home destroyed, the Baudelaires had to recuperate from their terrible loss in the Poe household, which was not at all agreeable. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z They ate half, saving half to show the household, which would return now. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In those cases she would drink it herself, or give it to Rowan, because Scythe Faraday made it clear that nothing in his household was ever wasted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not that I don’t want to help out. I just don’t think adding a pet to our household is a good idea right now.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The economic basis of Polynesian societies consisted of more or less self-sufficient households, but some islands also supported guilds of hereditary part-time craft specialists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I woke the head of the household, a man with a gray beard and the gaze of a dreamer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But others preferred to use household knights and men-at-arms for those purposes, whilst keeping their seven as their own personal guard, never far from their sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The one building left standing contains the very library where Anatole, as a young household servant, taught himself to read and write English. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They said what I knew for certain: that she looked like she didn't belong in our neighborhood or in our household. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the average American household, the TV set is on for seven hours per day. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sanitation was practically unknown; only 10 percent of households had even a basic privy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For the native members of our household, Independence Day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had listened to his brother Tom and their cousin Eb, the two younger of the grown boys in the household, and their excitement had found its way into his blood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The Commander is the head of the household. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, of course, such things are simply part and parcel of life for any butler of a large household. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a woman, large but well contained within the gown of cobalt and peach that marked her as one of the servants of the royal household. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I remembered watching a news special that talked about how people get high with household cleaners. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Gitl had been working in the sorting shed, where mountains of clothes and shoes, mounds of books and toys and household goods from the suitcases and bags were divided up. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Booth was often lost in the confusion of the chaotic household. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet when Precious Coins was about to be born and the hospital miles away with bombs falling like hailstones, it was Mother alone who soothed the frantic household and quietly delivered the baby. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Our household had been caught unprepared, so long had the heat hung over us like a suffocating shroud. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Gone are Marco’s contributions, which helped keep the household financially afloat. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The one sure thing was there was going to be trouble in the Turner household later. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I could be of great help to you, sir, as part of your household staff,” she offered. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “He never won his staff. He left Roke that same summer, and went to the Island of O to be sorcerer in the Lord's household at O-tokne. I know no more of him than that.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Juliet had been a hardworking and loyal member of the Fowl household for the past three years. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Booth frames every action through the prism of the dramatic, a trait that comes from being born and raised in an acting household. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Nor did he see his granddaughter’s worn sweaters or his daughter’s antiquated clothing or her hands that had been ruined by household chores and clay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You see, Bellingham? I don’t have time for your war. I have enough battles in my own household.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His was a household name across America, and trainers regarded him with profound reverence. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Class informed everything from the circumstances of their heart attacks to the emergency care each received, the households they returned to, and the jobs they hoped to resume. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But look at her cousins, women with households and authority in their voices. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But the men of the king’s household they could not yet bring from the field; for seven of the king’s knights had fallen there, and Déorwine their chief was among them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Chasing boys and going to parties weren’t even options in the Muhammad household anyway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham’s selections for his boys were sometimes designed to point out some fault in a member of his household, especially in the reader. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was usually swamped by the constant demands of the household and the ceaseless uproar of. my brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I gave thirty-five years' service to Lord Darlington; one would surely not be unjustified in claiming that during those years, one was, in the truest terms, 'attached to a distinguished household'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I was always taught not to tell anyone about anything that happens our household, but tonight I guess you could say that I spilled the beans. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “There was a break-in at the Kent household. Your nephew was found in the immediate area of that crime. We want to ask him about that—as well as about tonight’s attempted break-in.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Thus he was a thorn in the household and he hung about everywhere, talking and idling and yawning, and half dressed even at noon. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The second week of March, nearly a month after Ophie began her tenure at Daffodil Manor, Deirdre, the Irish woman in charge of the household linens, was fired by Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When the midnight office was said in the church, the whole household trooped back to the Hall, where tables were spread for the feast. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Girls in foster households took turns doing all the chores—some fetching water, others cooking or cleaning or scrubbing clothes by hand. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The act granted public housing agencies the authority to use leases to evict any tenant, household member, or guest engaged in any criminal activity on or near public housing premises. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The adults in Volpe’s household—his mother, father, and maternal grandmother—spoke Italian to one another, but not to him or his younger sister, Rosemary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Goré’s brother wouldn’t pay roora for her, so she wouldn’t have any status in her new household. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As if only in the Delphine household could she finally be herself, let loose. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Saturday afternoon, Saint Valentine’s Day, the Ruiz household was in a bustle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Yes, our trusted Prieto has been reporting everything he hears in the Mirabal household down at Security for a bottle of rum and a couple of pesos. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men shared the meat among several households, and the rest was given to the women to be cooked for the feast. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The paper chain is complete, and this once-unknown town has become a household word around the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There were boggarts, mischievous creatures who slammed doors and shattered pottery or pawed through a household’s winter stores in search of sweets. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Manderly’s household guard wore cloaks of blue-green wool and carried silver tridents in place of common spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was a princess, indeed, but in those days high-born ladies were expected to be useful, and the household linen was in Nausicaä’s charge. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Although, this reporter has not quite figured out the strategy of members of the same household bidding against each other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s especially not easy to bury a body without your whole household finding out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z From the time he had begun to work, when he was fifteen, Esteban had supported the household and had promised always to do so, but for Ferula that had not been enough. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think Colin would be ideal for me. We would both be able to stay in the same household.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, on Boxing Day it was customary to give the servants the day off, and most household employees considered this the greatest gift of all. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Kumalo was surprised by this, but quickly promised that the girl would never have to do any work in his household. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z In time she created a whole miniature world of household animals and people engaged in every trade: carpenters, laundresses, cooks, each with his or her own tiny tools and furniture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She grows angry when he comes home late, knocking on her door, rousing the household. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The ghost harrumphed and moved off through the crowd, where a few of the other household ghosts had joined the group, as well as some ghosts Ophie had never seen before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He grew up in one of the few white households in a poor black neighborhood of St. Louis, where his parents had moved to start a church, which failed to take off. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There was great excitement in the Ruiz household on January 6, the Day of the Three Kings, when children received gifts as a symbol of those the Magi had brought to the Christ child. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It was comforting to see that the whole household was longing for his return, but his purpose held firm. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They were both so docile and willing to help that Úrsula took them on to help her with her household chores. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He stood in the hall with his knights and our entire household. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ophelia, Miss Carol here is the head of the household, and the cook.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z How can a wife keep her husband’s household in order if she has never dirtied her own hands, Huang Taitai used to say as she introduced me to a new task. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I half hoped someone from the household might be watching my departure, and might wish me Godspeed, and I could bid farewell in return before I left this place behind forever. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Because household help was in short supply in wartime Washington, Elizebeth did a second shift when she got home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What anguish it must cost him, Kit thought with shame, to have to sit here and pass judgment on a member of his own household. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I am no one — a servant in a poor household. What could I give you?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie finished pulling on her new dress, all black like the rest of the household staff at Daffodil Manor, along with heavy stockings and her shoes, which pinched just a bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z His household includes two older sisters, both of them with babies who sometimes keep him up at night and make studying, to the extent he wants to do that, difficult. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Though they had grown up in the same household and were shaped by the same two parents, Mary Anne had been damaged more severely in the passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion remembered him well from the years he had spent at King's Landing as the captain of the Hand's household guard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And so the room remained dark, a black hole in the center of the household. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In those societies each household made what it needed; there was little or no economic specialization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Montel was a middle-aged gentleman whose vain ambition and desire for the past twenty years had been to fill the void which Monsieur Lebrun’s taking off had left in the Lebrun household. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet lots of discussions in my household were about how to cross that line, when to cross that line, and who could cross that invisible line without getting hurt. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ONE NIGHT, when I was nine years old, I was aware of a commotion in the household. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z White families had gathered as usual, looking forward to a lazy Sunday away from work and household chores, a chance to relax, children entertaining themselves with sand castles and water play. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Goodness knows what you’re up to when we leave you here. You need to see something of society if you’re ever going to work in any other household. Just be sure to hold your tongue.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In my household, questions were considered a nuisance; adults imparted information as they considered necessary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are very interested in how other households are run; such bits of petty gossip give them an opportunity for pride or discontent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The return cm the previous day of all the hounds, except Cavall and the Dog Boy, and in the evening the failure to return of Kay and Wart, had set the household in an uproar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems in keeping with Bobby’s beliefs and personality that even though he was a guest, he had the audacity to voice his anti-Semitic views in the Jewish household of the Polgars’. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She then told me that from now on I had to help her with household chores. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Heartily do I wish thou couldst see this household—its freaks and pranks and glories. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My wife, Margot, is of course asked all the time how she put up with me working at prison, how the household endured it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no “children should be seen and not heard” rule, as was common in Victorian households. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The household staff ate together like family, everyone crowded around the big table in the kitchen where Cook kneaded bread and plucked chickens and did all the hard work of preparing food. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The mote in his brother’s eye, not the sin of his own household. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the America of the 1790s, Washington’s image was everywhere, in paintings, prints, lockets; on coins, silverware, plates, and household bric-a-brac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was so deep it could have drawn water from a well, right up from beneath the floor of our nitwit household. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to have forgotten all about motion study, her career, and the household back East. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A few blocks away, detectives question Secretary of State Seward’s household staff and add two more nameless individuals to the list: the man who attacked Seward and his accomplice, who was seen waiting outside. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Work in that household never ceased, and it called for skill and patience, qualities Kit did not seem to possess. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They were also accused of stealing the household items and tools they possessed, because supposedly such items should belong only to white people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z My parents’ footsteps pace back and forth above my head; the sounds of the household, the Mixmaster and the telephone and the distant news, filter down to me as if in illness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You,” he said, pointing at Polly, “are a liar! I will not have such a person in my household!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked on efficiency badges in sports, Nazi ideology, nursing, household training, social work, and later, air-raid training. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the computer peripherals were already in boxes, but clothes and household stuff and books were scattered through every room. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Winnie was up and about, I undertook the task of teaching the new mother of the household how to drive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An extra income would help keep the household above water and improve the odds that Dorothy’s sister might be able to follow her path to college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Moreover, Kit had soon discovered that Mercy was the pivot about whom the whole household moved. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Stanton spoke freely about her own situation, griping about the challenges of raising children and running a household. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “If she is brought up in a strict, God-fearing household, there is no reason to believe she can’t become a woman of substance.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Although his name was a household word among Permian fans, he didn’t have season tickets anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day Gandalf and the hobbits took leave of Bilbo in his room, for it was cold out of doors; and then they said farewell to Elrond and all his household. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z All manner of household goods could be had, baskets and straw sleeping mats and wooden chests. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There was nervous tension in our household, believe you me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny did not care one way or the other, since I had been making so little money in selling them that I had not been able to help much with household expenses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “When the census came around, my mama told them to put ‘colored’ for our household. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But thereupon Éomer rode up in haste, and with him came the knights of the household that still lived and had now mastered their horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He had a job he had to keep because he was the breadwinner in the household. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Father had in our household a woman of Phoinikia, a handsome one, and highly skilled. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But Sunjin’s father is dead! I thought they weren’t supposed to take the head of the household!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z We combine households, in a third, larger house. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been wondering why it was so quiet over at the Reilly household this morning. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote letters to doctors in England, spent his evenings reading casebooks at the library, gave up eating meat on Fridays in order to appease his household god. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They focused on children to raise, households to run, church, clubs, and local community events. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The pitiful sounds coming from the circus and the sight of dead fever victims did not exactly “dispel the gloom” of the households nearby. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It is two years since the Khmer Rouge rolled into Phnom Penh with their trucks; four months since the soldiers took Pa away and Kim became head of our household. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In these a small page of the King’s household excelled. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, almost any household with an Indian woman is well stocked with depilation products. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In India, she thinks to herself, women go home to their parents to give birth, away from husbands and in-laws and household cares, retreating briefly to childhood when the baby arrives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z With a “dogmatic, pushy father,” as Wilkins would later write, Franklin grew up in a household where “her brothers and father resented R.F.’s greater intelligence.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She did a whole segment on crafts that you can make with everyday throwaway household items. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z For the past month, she has been dismantling her household piece by piece. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There were also many Numina connected with the life of the household, such as Terminus, Guardian of Boundaries; Priapus, Cause of Fertility; Pales, Strengthener of Cattle; Sylvanus, Helper of Plowmen and Woodcutters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard had but recently joined the household in exchange for a child hostage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unless,” said Poirot, smiling, “we can fit them into our little collection as—shall we say?—housekeeper and cook in the Armstrong household.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At first Mary had not been sure whom to believe about the goings-on in the Moss household. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The twins thought they had been trying hard, and Jackson in particular, feeling he was still in disgrace in the Tallis household, thought he might begin to rehabilitate himself by pleasing Briony. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Early in Barack’s second term, we’d added a new puppy to the household—Sunny—a free-spirited rambler who seemed to see no point in being house-trained, given how big her new house was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That had been sort of unsettling, but it was another thing we weren’t discussing, another thing coiled up in the Hunter household, biding its time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As my friends and I ate and gossiped, she often stood by quietly, engaged in some household chore, not hiding the fact that she was taking in every word. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The evening of Wednesday, December 30, was a memorable one in the household of Agent A. A. Dewey. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She seldom started her day with a puja to the household shrine. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time it was over, the name of Gary Edwards, a seven- teen-year-old with a face that still looked boyish, would become a household word in the state of Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "My mother was a servant in the Westing household, my father worked for the railroad and was the gardener on his days off." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But the composition of the household workforce is hardly fixed and has changed with the life chances of the different ethnic groups. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z By Saturday morning, as my family rushed about the house making breakfast and doing household chores, I lay with my face down in my pillow, hoping they would be quiet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With work had come economic security, and a greater say in household affairs, which put some women on collision courses with their husbands. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The public was demanding a new kind of art that focused on familiar household objects such as flowers, food, or pottery. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was very clear that all was not harmony in the Jongwe household. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She offered, as her part of the project, her willingness to lead, with our three children, the unsatisfactory family life of a household deprived of husband and father. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Those households with residential permits qualifying them to be in Johannesburg were to be relocated in Soweto and pans of Tembisa, a black township under construction outside Johannesburg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized a few other faces in the crowd and realized that, whether they were household names or not, this was an exclusive group that held a significant amount of influence and power. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She was chinking more audibly than usual, as if a box of assorted household nails had come apart in one of her kimono pockets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “I regret I did not force the matter. You would have suited my household.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z With the assistance of two servants, Stanton devoted herself to raising her children and running the household while Henry began a career in antislavery politics. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Watching him, I realized that the subterfuge should be greater still, did I not exhibit the freedom of my hands to the household as we departed, and I lowered my arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And then there was the time that a maid, new to the Tulane household and eager to impress her employers with her diligence, came upon Edward sitting on his chair in the dining room. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Because Susanna had died when Charles was so young, it was Robert Darwin who was the main adult presence in the household—and a presence he was. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z However, Emily Tallis wanted to share only tiny frets about the household, or she lay back against the pillows, her expression unreadable in the gloom, emptying her cup in wan silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s very busy upstairs, and Mother has informed me that I’m not to do any studying or reading until all the household chores have been finished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A new level of tension crept into our own household, nearly overwhelming me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Isa played a mournful tune on her violin, and the brownstone was devoid of the bustle and laughter typical of the Vanderbeeker household. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At age fourteen, I didn’t own a lot of clothes because there were six children to clothe in our household. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He told Hamilton that his Farewell Address was aimed especially at “the Yeomanry of the country,” which meant ordinary farmers working small plots of land and living in households. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She learned household accounting—how to add and subtract bills for soap, candles, and flour. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For my broadcasts, I interviewed my mom about what she cooked for dinner, questioned my dad about work, and did investigations about the origins of various household items. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With this stake came a heavy hammer, such as in households is used in the coal-cellar for breaking the lumps. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A common insecticide for household use, including assorted uses in the kitchen, is chlordane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We worked the rest of the day, putting clothes in one pile, household goods in another. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It was funny how Big Ma had always warned Pa that Mrs. would upset the household. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Smith was an eccentric rebel who surrounded himself with people interested in the progressive issues of the day, and Elizabeth found the environment at his home a thrilling contrast to her father’s safe, conservative household. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Next, examine the net worth of American households. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Now for the boys’ names that are turning up these days in high-education households. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Besides the garrison and the household there were the yeomen from the town and those who had sought refuge when the portcullis was raised. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "Would that I could. Lady Arryn took her household back to the Eyrie." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the truth is, she doesn’t have the time anymore, with a job, the museum, a household to run. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just one of Gebu’s heavy footfalls—even at his stealthiest they were audible—and the whole household would be shouting the alarm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “You’ve done your homework and I don’t doubt you will take great care of her, but I do need to make sure your family is also willing to have her be part of your household.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She was very busy with the house, because Clara had once more turned her back on all the household chores, claiming that she had never had an aptitude for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the culmination of four weeks of shocks in the Moscote household because little Remedios had reached puberty before getting over the habits of childhood. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For example, Penelope had never before realized how difficult it was to explain the logic behind such common household paradoxes as: Standing on the floor is perfectly correct; standing upon the loveseat is not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I turned aside and looked at the clutter of household objects which the two men continued to pile on the walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was plenty of nervous tension left in our household, believe you me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The little house also had an extra bathroom, and Marian had it converted into a rehearsal studio where she could practice without disturbing the entire household. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z That left me, at thirteen, the head of the household. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ammu was incoherent with rage and disbelief at what was happening to her—at being locked away like the family lunatic in a medieval household. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I were running a big house like the CIA,” Hoagland said to me once, “I’d breed agents by raising white kids in your standard Asian household. Discipline farms.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A false rumour that the whole household was being distributed free spread like wildfire; and before long the place was packed with people who had no business there, but could not be kept out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z To Hercules’ question who was dead he answered quietly that a woman of his household, but no relative of his, was to be buried that day. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack, the household’s protector, its guarantor of tranquillity, was relied on to take the long view. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Europe was overwhelmingly Christian, and society structured itself around the belief that God’s rule over mankind was absolute, as was a king’s rule over his realm and a husband’s rule over his household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Until a few decades ago, bacteria were a genuine household threat, and although most of us survived them, we were always aware of the nearness of death. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Mike was born, though, family life had begun to fray in the Rantz household. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My household work is done, so I shall take his foreign journal, and lock myself up in my room and read it.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I still bowed to the household shrine each morning, but now I begged Krishna to find a way to let me escape. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was skilled enough at his woodworking that the ever-demanding President Washington employed him several times to make objects for his household. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In effect, however, although I was not biologically related, I was raised in the Dean household as the baby of the family, and considered the Deans to be my “real” family. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Piercy grew ill on the ride out of Camden, and the other passengers—including those from his household—put him out of the coach at Isaac Eldridge’s farm. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She’d supervise the household right up until each baby started coming. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She enjoyed drifting in and out of the various households. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Was that yours? The undertaker wouldn’t take poor Rose without having half the cost upfront, and I knew that Rose kept some petty cash here for the household.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then the household went like clockwork and the shop had earned money for butter and butcher’s meat once or twice a week. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And was it not true that Old Timothy was the most trusted servant in the household? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Nobody ever mentioned the name of Harry’s school aloud in the Dursley household. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His household was the world, and he’d finished making up his mind about things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy updated her classes with a unit called Wartime Mathematics, teaching students to apply arithmetic operations to household budgeting and wartime ration books and updating classic word problems with airplanes instead of cars. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They now wished they could all stay at the Poe household, even though it smelled. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It all started the moment I broke the cardinal rule of the Franklin household: Leave well enough alone. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z These days, everything is back to normal in the Monroe household—almost. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of his household was coming through the gate behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I am afraid not. Anne insists that you be returned to her household as soon as you are able. The law supports her position, I fear, and in these unsettled times, there is little remedy.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Why expect one woman to carry out all the functions necessary to the serene running of a household? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother spoke about the raid as if she had seen it, when she and my aunt, a daughter-in-law to a different household, should not have been living together at all. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z However, it occurs to me that perhaps what one takes objection to is, specifically, the outmoded understanding of what a 'distinguished household' is, rather than to the general principle being expressed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z For almost a century they had been mined to make household cleaning powders like Comet and Ajax. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was as withdrawn as a person can be and still live in the same household: morose, preoccupied with matters that were none of our business. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But when they went back in the house to take care of the household chores, I helped Abuelita in the herb garden. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She had brought the blade from India, where apparently there was at least one in every household. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Along with her brother, her son, and a team of household servants, Cleopatra settled in for an extended stay as Caesar’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Like the time she called 911 just for kicks—with no thought to the fact that we were a household of undocumented immigrants—and the police showed up at our front door. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Eventually I wound up running our household, or maybe our barnhold is a better word. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few days in this household Kit had ceased to be aware of Mercy’s lameness. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “What is going on here? I told you I would never allow any insubordination in my household. You explain what is going on this instant!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Jude's leaving was so complete, the full responsibility of die household was Nel’s. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Enthroned there under his hat, he observed our household through his un-glasses and swished the animal-tail fly swatter that denoted his station in life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So he takes it, since I’m supposed to be helping out with the household expenses. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Two other carts arrived later with the furniture, the baggage, and the household utensils. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The snow had stopped him from wheeling their household over to Mrs. Cobb’s, and so mostly Mrs. Buckminster spent her days sorting and looking things over. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z On Euclid Avenue, we were two households living under one not very big roof. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Woody wanted to go with him, but Papa said it was a meeting for “heads of households” only and he insisted on going alone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She got a juicer, a portable step exerciser, and some other household appliances from the schoolteachers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It sometimes felt like a throwback to some lost era, when a household revolved solely around the man's needs, and it was the opposite of what I wanted our daughters to think was normal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She had never dared to mention books in this household, where there was no book at all except the Holy Bible. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t raised in a household where people did things like that.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My position in the household was a delicate one; I was a minor, an uninvited dependent, a blood relative who professed no salvation and whose soul stood in mortal peril. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t afford to replace any of the household goods. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z All that Úrsula took along were a trunk with her bridal clothes, a few household utensils, and the small chest with the gold pieces that she had inherited from her father. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We have seventeen households represented here. How much water do you have, Alyssa?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The air of “anxious effort” that suffused the park reminded Candace Wheeler, the designer hired to decorate the Woman’s Building, “of an insufficiently equipped household preparing for visitors.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Most of my American friends had way stricter rules in their households. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But no one ever said I had to turn over every penny I made to the stoneware pickle crock in which the household money was kept. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the last person in the household to retire for the night, it would be Jefferson’s responsibility to close up the fireplace and “rake the ashes over the coals.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Resignation and despair settled over the household that evening, as though. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Many took whatever possessions and supplies they could carry including household goods, bags of rice, and bicycles. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The baby, he says, was given to him by another shepherd from the Laius household, who had been told to get rid of the child. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "What every household needs: a shower like a car wash, keys ticking like a bomb, luggage on a leash!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Jasmine assumed simple duties around the household and took over her mother’s position when Felice’s heart seized and she fell mute and paralyzed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Janine must have been transferred then, to a new household, a new posting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the two of them sat together in the kitchen to discuss meals and go over the household accounts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I forget now what kind of concealed household weapon she had in there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And convincing him to invite her to court—mostly by implying what might await him once she was out of her father’s household and without a chaperone—hadn’t been that difficult. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It will certainly be clear to what household I belong. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Despite Grandma India's grumbling, television took over our household. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she didn’t even have ten cents, for she lost a nickel every time she broke one of the household rules like forgetting to make her bed in the morning. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z For better or worse, I am part of the general’s household and under Madoc’s protection. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nine out of ten households traded to survive.1 More and more North Koreans sneaked across the border into China for food, work, trade, and flight to South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since the new letters were never posted, I told him the truth about my life in Mum Olga’s household. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After four years in the queen’s household, I had learned the art of being a lady. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We have lost the joy of our household,” he wrote, “and the solace of our old age.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Each morning someone in the household would pour a bucketful of water over his lantern, and after several years a skin of living vegetation began to show on the stone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But the way Sander used the word, it implied something more, something better—that I was not merely part of a household, but part of a family. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Fisk, Kelton Fisk, had a highly developed sense of civic duty that had led him, at ten o’clock that morning, to refuse to sell more than a gallon of kerosene to any one island household. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I helped distribute the groceries to the proper households, using the new red wagon. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t be able to intervene, to save me; the transgressions of women in the household, whether Martha or Handmaid, are supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Wives alone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Lot said unto the sinners who crowded at his door, I pray ye, brethren, do not do so wickedly! For the sinners of Sodom pressed their evil will against the entrance to his household.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The birth of a son, the death of a patriarch—these events likewise affected the state of a household’s garbage. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z From the Anfalas, the Langstrand far away, a long line of men of many sorts, hunters and herdsmen and men of little villages, scantily equipped save for the household of Golasgil their lord. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By submitting guests to a mild form of the distemper, which should last for some few weeks, he might greatly curtail the mortality of his acquaintance and their households. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After my father’s death my brother abandoned his schooling and began to work in the jute mill he would eventually manage, in order to keep the household running. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Once a year we spent two span at his manor, entertaining him and his household. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had slept fitfully on the couch until finally, nudged awake by the household noises, he yawned and opened his eyes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Cobb, I wasn’t coming to—” “You weren’t coming to what? To bring some peace to an old woman whose household you’ve thrown upside down? Is that what you weren’t coming to do?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z And every year he increased the allowance she needed to manage her own household there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Yuko and Kathy, Mary was an American, born into a Christian household, who had converted to Islam as an adult. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “He has a younger sister,” Maa said, “so you will have help with the household tasks.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The drawbridge was lowered and the portcullis raised, and just inside the whole company of the household stood to receive them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She was restless, that was clear, bored and confined by the Tallis household, and soon she would be gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Another secret to add to the collection in our household. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne m4nagdre, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was the solution to a very huge problem in the Beale household. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmer Cotton’s household and all his guests were up early next morning. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z To support the household, my grandmother worked as a maid at a country club in Kingston. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The two Wives in blue help the third Wife, the Wife of the household, dow n from the Birthing Stool and over to the bed, where they lay her down and tuck her in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Empedocles performed his experiment with a household implement people had used for centuries, the so-called clepsydra or “water thief,” which was used as a kitchen ladle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Every member of the household had a clean shirt or petticoat. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With Queen Gertrude’s words of approval my fortunes changed, and I became a member of her household. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had, first, given himself an outrageous beating and thrown some rags on—like a household slave— then slipped into that city of wide lanes among his enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I returned home with a pocketful of money that melted into the bottomless hunger of the household. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “What shame to my household is this?” she cried at the warriors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The Africans, too, had migrated to the cities, where they became clerks, teachers, or servants in wealthy households. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “How dare you remove money from this household!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z People with low household incomes or high household incomes were oversampled and then weighted to their proper proportion of the overall sample. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Women were supposed to educate young girls—to teach them all these household chores. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And as supreme ruler of the household, Dad has elected Garrett and me to take care of the toilets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When he came down, the more capable women of the household were out in the yard hanging up the wash. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to the market with him, and after they bought the household items, she bought him a comb and a shirt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Most livestock was shipped live to be butchered in branch houses located near the households where the meat would be cooked and eaten. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He knew Julie loved Bri, but he couldn’t help thinking there was a part of her that would be glad to be the only girl in the household. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She recognized the faces of the household servants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the same August day, this is all I knew: the pain in my household seemed plenty large enough to fill the whole world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My three brothers were back and our household was complete. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that right there is a meritorious feat — most of my friends stopped doing volunteer household chores in about fourth grade. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z While the rest of the household sleeps, he and Sonia fight over the Walkman, over the melting collection of tapes Gogol recorded back in his room at home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Again our household was torn apart; belongings were sold, given away, or simply left behind, and we were off for another long train ride. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hollingsworth billed it as an overall guide to helping modern young housewives create a peaceful, optimistic, and sanitary household. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The day went by like any other, filled with work, and Kit said nothing, ashamed that in this somber household she should even remember a happy English yuletide. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When her father was home, the household settled around a fixed point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They were the family’s own gods, belonging only to it, really the most important part of it, the protectors and defenders of the entire household. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This is to protect you from “household showers.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It seems to be an unspoken rule in this household: we always get here on time, he’s always late, Serena always lets us watch the news. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Another shepherd from the Laius household, he says, whom someone had told to get rid of the child, gave the baby to him. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If I could find one of the guards and make them believe that I was part of Madoc’s household, they might take me to the rest of my family. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His current household consisted of his most recent wife and his three youngest children. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “This guy probably broke into the Kent household. We have video of his face.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z However, in reality, women and girls like Maria often learned—and performed—much of the work required of their family businesses in addition to their household duties. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Every Therblig had its own symbol, and once they were painted on the wall Dad had us apply them to our household chores—bedmaking, dishwashing, sweeping, and dusting. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Within a year she was dismissing servants, ordering about his household knights, even speaking for his lordship when he was indisposed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maria soon found herself in a household filled with growing things. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I should have known she was attached to your household, sir. She greeted me in the name of the King and thanked me for rescuing the city from the rebels.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was all right — it made her feel nearer the center of the household, whatever that meant anymore. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “It takes a lot to run a household.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have no objection to Your Highness using your charms and wiles for your own private ends. I only ask that you do whatever you can to foster his continued involvement in our philosophical household.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This was a Norwegian household, and for the Norwegians the best food in the world is fish. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Every household had to decide whether or not to opt for electrical power. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The surface temperatures on Venus, as deduced from radio astronomy and confirmed by direct spacecraft measurements, are around 480°C or 900°F, hotter than the hottest household oven. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have,” he replied formally, “and I am happy that he should honour our poor household by his presence.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z A talented and competitive athlete in school, known as Elbows to those who played basketball with him, he ran the Farmer household with a strict hand. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The number has grown more than 400 percent since 1980, after adjusting for inflation, while the total number of households has grown only 27 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I know you’ve written to Wylan every week since he left your household, begging him to return. Those are not the actions of a man who doesn’t care for his only son and heir.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We can’t take Styx in. It’s a huge responsibility, and very expensive to add another child to the household.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Most households bake their own, though you can get dried- up rolls and wizened doughnuts at Daily Bread, if you run short. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z These trucks, I can promise you, will be loaded with enough delicious eatables to last you and your entire household for many years. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It had originally been a port-red color—and by lamplight, at least, still was—but it now featured a number of rather pancreas-shaped faded spots, unsentimental mementos, all, of a series of household pets. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It’s obvious that tea—chai—is a big thing in the Hameed household. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This will be playing in every household in Panem right now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Robbie was familiar with the household and would have started something off, but he too was in turmoil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s useless now, when the guards could recall it and connect a servant girl’s disappearance to the household of the person who stole her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Once she was out of glasses, Mama waved her over to where the rest of the household help stood in a line nearest to the grand front door that Ophie would never walk through. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Of course, the honorable House of Wu is above any suspicion. I was just checking to make sure the household was not bothered by these, uh, young nuisances.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The common bond of just being young together in that household was strong enough for that. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If so, does that mean she was stealing information from my household? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sunday mornings in the Lockwood household are usually my favorite time of the week. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Most people weren’t interested in doing household experiments and instead played it safe by hiding indoors. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Besides remarking that “all the little tree birds” seemed to have disappeared after the land had been treated, most of these people reported losses of livestock, poultry, and household pets. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z One of them once, seeing himself in a mirror that passed on a van of household goods, had cried out, “There is an ugly fellow!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And I realized that what I'd taken for junk was actually worn household furnishings. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So twice a year, during the coldest and hottest months of the year, she returned to Tientsin to pay her respects and suffer sight unseen in her husband’s household. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z So Cook and Mr. Henry divided the bottles among twenty champagne flutes, and poured a measure of a bottle of Coca-Cola for the household staff, since there was no champagne left. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The man was the head of the household, and his wife, along with everything she possessed, was his property. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Indeed, the more one considers it, the more obvious it seems: association with a truly distinguished household is a prerequisite of 'greatness'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Even before we visited California, we knew all about the household at Oakland and its inhabitants, because Mother used to like to tell us about her girlhood. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Now head of the household, Kim takes seriously Pa’s words for him to look after us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She also argued that fathers and husbands—male heads of households—represented the best interests of women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Osborne grew up in a wealthy household in Auburn, and, after attending prep school and Harvard, became mayor of Auburn, a newspaper publisher, and a manufacturer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did Mumtaz tell you what you are expected to do in this household?” she asked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Yet the household really was focused on the children as much as it was on Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked being up high, looking out over the table instead of staring at the tablecloth as he had at the Tulane household. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “The three of you are now the wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton, and in his capacity as master of the household, he has chosen names for you.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Soon she would be able to risk turning on the bedside lamp, and within twenty minutes she might be able to rejoin the household and pursue the various lines of her anxiety. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Every household,” she said, “needs one piece of furniture in really bad taste.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She would have gone on crying if her daughter hadn’t forced her to get dressed, forget about herself, and look for help, even if it meant she had to steal from her father’s household budget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie followed the rest of the household staff as they went to the kitchen to finalize preparations for the evening meal. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At the sound of his footsteps, household pets scattered and plants withered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of that, foragers enjoyed a lighter load of household chores. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z All these rules entered our household the minute I was allowed to leave home for the long walk to and from school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham would as always escort his household, dressed in Sunday best, to the Cockerel Church and after that back for a cold dinner. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have my eyes and ears in the household,” she said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And in our household, we just didn’t talk about what was happening all around us or why it was happening. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Others in the neighborhood go door-to-door, offering to burn household trash for change. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It reads: “Dear Wife, If the result meets your approval, I shall be content, love to all the household.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother had told me we would live in the household of Wu Tsing, who was a very rich merchant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z His only duty in the household was to issue orders and to marshal the energies of his wife and children to tasks that he would assign with a sense of exigence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment he appeared, she launched into an account of household upsets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Fischer household failing a language exam was a major infraction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With my knowledge of arithmetic, I became the household accountant. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The studies examined household food trash and found that traces of passenger pigeon were rare. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “That place is nothing but a front for the SIM. They train those poor girls to be spies in households!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Turning to Aragorn and Éomer and the men of the king’s household, he cried: ‘Keep well the Lord of the Mark, till I return. Await me at Helm’s Gate! Farewell!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was comparative calm in the Wormwood household for about a week after the Superglue episode. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She detested housework, in part because it had no end in the Simdars household and in part because it held her under the bell jar of her mother’s watchful eye. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Not the fact that Miss Debenham was companion governess in the Armstrong household at the time of the kidnapping of little Daisy Armstrong?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every form of medication in the book. Mom, too. And then me, with the pot...when you come right down to it, there isn’t anybody in the household who isn’t seriously drugged except the fish.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Or—heaven forbid!—for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It is still accepted truth within the household that Woolner’s status has given her the upper hand in the marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As for the orphan, my grandfather adopted him into his own household, and told the other servants to tutor him, but to be kind to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door to the household, woken by her screams, and a search ensued. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I mentally cataloged all the injustices in the Moss household— the vomiting episode, going hungry, the hot-sauce treatments—so I could inform her on my next visit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It allowed her to feel as if she had been accepted as part of the household, which was pleasant—but it also made her realize that her place in the household was among the servants. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z No one in the Tallis household was looking after the Quincey twins, and to conceal her guilt she said brightly, “We’ll never find anything with the room in this state.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She waited for her opportunity, praying for a moment alone with Mrs. Derby to ask for a more suitable position in her household. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody would suspect he had grown up in a household even more religious than my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It's strange to think of her this way, as a wife making domestic decisions about the way her household is run. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z My uncle was right in one respect: in a typical household in the Kenema District of southeastern Sierra Leone, West Africa, my birth would not have been cause for celebration. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not to be installed in his household, where she could observe and absorb fine living, but would be forced to live with this slave girl instead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant the regular household staff had to work twice as hard, and nearly twice as long. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Their normal life was like this: both worked, Mrs. Dewey as an office secretary, and they divided between them the household chores, taking turns at the stove and the sink. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the ugliness on the Trident, the Starks and their household had ridden well ahead of the main column, the better to separate themselves from the Lannisters and the growing tension. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Clearly, the mysterious killing force was still in Philadelphia, still working its way into households despite every precaution, still infecting at an alarming rate. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to startle you like that. I just wanted to make sure someone was up so I wouldn’t be disturbing the household by knocking.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In such a masculine household, Tessie had begun to feel like the odd woman out and saw herself in ten years’ time imprisoned in a world of hubcaps and hernias. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even if everybody in the train proved to have been in the Armstrong household I should not express surprise.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody had thronged to see the famous tournament and the entire household had followed after the mob. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin and I became more a part of the household, familiar, accepted, accepting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Farmers stored vegetables for their own household use in pits the size of a room. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He undertook other surprising tasks in our household, too, on his own incentive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The markets were crowded with ragged men selling their household goods for any price they could get . . . and conspicuously empty of farmers selling food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kings, in those days, took their household tapestries with them on campaign, which was a measure of the kind of camps they had. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were more bodies; a groom she had played with, and three of her father's household guard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That would please Uncle Matthew anyway, Kit thought, bewildered and a little dismayed to glimpse under Nat’s nonchalant surface a flash of the same passion that made life in the Wood household so uncomfortable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It troubled Leah that people thought our household deficient, not because our mother was parked at death’s door, but because we lacked a bákala mpandi-—a strong man—to oversee us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z People were loading up household belongings and fleeing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Emily, breathing quietly in the darkness, gauged the state of the household by straining to listen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They put cells in culture dishes and expose them to radiation, drugs, cosmetics, viruses, household chemicals, and biological weapons, and then study their responses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then she whirled to face the larium—the household shrine where statuettes of the hearth-protecting gods stood in a small wooden cupboard. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z To them I’m a household chore, one among many. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the musicians walked women bearing Monoma- tapa’s household needs, courtiers who carried his furniture and more soldiers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Plus, in Caribbean households, boys were often indulged like little princes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z If you didn’t include Oliver because he was a boy, that left Hyacinth taking the true middle spot, fending for herself in a household of loud, strong-willed, attention-grabbing siblings. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Many others of Elrond’s household stood in the shadows and watched them go, bidding them farewell with soft voices. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the driveway, one of the Guardians assigned to our household is washing the car. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z How did I know that households everywhere didn’t use this particular roach-ridding method? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing left of their household things. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like other sons of noble family, he would be sent away from his mother and father to live in the household of another knight, where he would learn all the ways of knighthood. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The Wood household was busy from dawn till close to midnight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Colin had left the household and gone south to find his luck in the trades, Gwen had told her before she went to sleep that night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, Cook had lived through more than one tragedy at Daffodil Manor, and she took over the management of the household as she always did, without a complaint and with an iron will. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They are repeatedly reminded that they must have some sort of structure to their nocturnal schedule, being the only children in a rather unconventional household. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Every large household was said to have a servant on double payroll. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The man named Hugh recalled hearing that she was working as a serving maid for a household in Petty France, that colony of French emigres just outside the walls of the city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Although Jack’s parents had both grown up in religious Jewish households, they did not go to weekly services. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z We can only really know of the deaths in our households, or among our friends. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finished their speeches, the experts had all the mothers line up and come to the side of the room, where each was given samples according to the number of people in their household. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His voice broke when he told of how two of his father’s household slaves had risen up the night the gate broke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With regular old household items, patience, and imagination, I could create something new. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z He managed to maintain two discrete households. disinterested/uninterested. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She could still see Colin and Gwen and the other members of the household staff dancing near the bonfire, their faces flushed with firelight and brandy. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Art was a joy but also a business that involved the entire household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z No wonder any household item we carelessly left on our porch quietly found a new home in the night. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z True or not, he was obviously unable to contribute to the support of the household on South Street where he lived with Harriet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A hand of beaten silver clutched the woolen folds of each cloak and marked their wearers as men of the Hand's household guard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A carload of household employees from the night shift on their way home to the shantytown margins of the city. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z By then the two did not speak outside of household matters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Oh, they just killed people right and left, he claimed, and then they’d put the skulls of their favorite enemies into their household decor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne ménagère, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He wished that he were walking through the streets with her just as they were doing now, but openly and without fear, talking of trivialities and buying odds and ends for the household. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "We found this on the captain of your household guard, Sansa. It is a letter to my late husband's brother Stannis, inviting him to take the crown." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “What sort of poorly run household would keep squirrels as pets?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But she had to admit, she also enjoyed sitting here relaxing, her feet and legs toasty, the whole household doing whatever she wanted! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One by one, the household tasks had been turned over to Lyddie—cooking and churning and cleaning and caring for the babies. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Ash watched Gwen and Colin and the other household servants join the crowd around the Royal Hunt, but she remained where she was, the crackling heat of the bonfire at her back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It took less than a month for our household to fall into chaos. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Disturbingly, it is even easier to gain entrance to the Palace of Elfhame in my servant’s gown than it was to enter Balekin’s household. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They had already taken over many household tasks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But he became more than a household name, more than the equivalent of a pop star. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He tends to eat household objects whenever he gets upset. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The chaos that would inevitably have delayed such a march with a hastily assembled host of household knights and local levies had been nowhere in evidence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With her he was head of a household pinned to an unsatisfactory job out of necessity. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z That day at lunch, she’d attempted to create a bit of a family moment by reading aloud from the local paper, something of a Saturday ritual in the Hunter household. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My household would pass through the great digestive tract of Kilanga and turn into sights unseen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of beliefs in Germany at the time—that women were physically and intellectually incapable of undertaking responsibilities outside the household realm—women could not formally train in a profession or manage a business. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Is the head of the household in?” he asked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had been busy all the morning about household duties and with the preparation of lunch. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Although I feel I am less comfort to them than they, in their bereavement, can recognize, they have allowed me to be of help to them in many small household matters. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “How many in your household, dear?” the black one asks Jay. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But her mother let her go, as long as she did all her household chores first. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z August acted like this was the sort of normal behavior happening in every household in South Carolina. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In their household, on the other hand, silence had teeth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, he’d filled households like ours with a new and profound level of hope and excitement, even if in our hearts we understood that he was a long shot’s long shot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Being grounded in the Keeley household meant you couldn’t do anything except, as his dad put it, “think about what you did that caused you to be grounded.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She wasn’t in the mood to go shopping day after day to replenish their household supplies. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z With a fifth child in the house, Stanton had little time for suffrage work, or anything else but changing diapers and managing the household. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The Negro took some silver spoons and a sauce boat when he ran, and left our household in circumstances the most outrageous. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She returned several minutes later with a slender young man whom Ash recognized as part of the household staff. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Against my will, I had arrived at that age when a young girl began to acquire those skills she would need to manage her own household after marriage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He stood and went to the desk where Mother used to work out our household accounts. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a little thing, but in this household little things mean a lot. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him Merry rode on Stybba with the errand riders of Gondor, and behind them again twelve more of the king’s household. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He isn’t supposed to meddle in such household discipline, that’s women’s business. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We could hear the household turning away, retiring back inside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Petra’s household was a tornado where life swirled in noisy circles. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z "That reminds me," my mother said a few weeks after New Year's when the whole household had been mobilized to look for her reading glasses on top of her head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” Ash said eagerly, and then it occurred to her that the huntress might have been making her an offer, and perhaps she — a common household servant — should have turned her down. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was running a household with four kids and holding down a job,” said Bess. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Our household was not Christian; my father insisted that we worship only the tribal gods of his ancestors. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe a woman who had grown up in such a free and liberal household as the Wedgwoods’ would be understanding about his religious doubts, if he could not manage to conceal them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother was the court of last resort on household matters; there was no appeal, but I laid out my next suggestion anyway, feeble as it was. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z For the second time that evening Emily was obliged to assert her rights over written messages passing through her household. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon the whole household was scurrying about like mice, trying to avoid him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Since you’re an epidemiologist,” I said, “did you know that seventy percent of household dust is actually composed of human epidermal matter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Surprises were never good when you were the household help. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z At the moment, the things the Vanderbeeker household were NOT seemed more pronounced than usual. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The danger was that the bandits would make raids on households thinned out during performances. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her first obligation would always be to her household: feeding, clothing, and sheltering her family. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My mother, whom I have always bought household appliances for, on her birthday. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Jean had very strange ideas about their household finances. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like household cleanser, the term had a dozen different uses in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Money came and again there were days of packing household effects. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The hard-knuckled knock on our front door sent a chill through our household early the next morning. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Again and again, the matriarch of the household wipes my sadness away with the end of her sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The rule was that all members of an apprentice’s household would receive immunity for one year, and there were nineteen people in Rowan’s sprawling household. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “This is your household now. You ought to get used to it.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There another steam-engine pump lifted the water into huge wood reservoirs, from where it was fed by gravity to households and businesses around the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He lives here, in the household, over the garage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z These two factors—childhood poverty and a singleparent household—are among the strongest predictors that a child will have a criminal future. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand what interest the King’s Huntress had in this household — or in her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Or consider the sentence from the Wikipedia entry on Oedipus: The baby, he says, was given to him by another shepherd from the Laius household, who had been told to get rid of the child. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The incident alarmed and upset the household, and as Ophie carried the trays up and down the stairs she could sense a change in the air. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z By 1922, ten million American households owned a radio receiver - up from just sixty thousand in 1919 - many of which were homemade ‘crystal’ sets. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Do you think that cities have the right to limit the number of pets per household? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Roza and I go from door to door, about five households a day, to notate the songs. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Power, praise, and luxury were hers in this household. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The Birthmobile is waiting outside, to deliver us back to our own households. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z No one knew who these people were, but it was likely that Harry Tallis thought they would lend an impression of solidity to his household. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “And some of the others in the household, so they might act as our servants?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The maid, Hildegarde Schmidt, I could guess her place in the Armstrong household. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian’s grandfather referred to himself as a Black Jew and practiced his adopted religion in a crowded household of devout Baptists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The culture of one black household was thus transmitted to another black household, and folk tradition was handed from group to group. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The name David W. Carter High School would become a household word also. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen until at last the killers, these defendants before you, entered her room, focused a flashlight in her eyes, and let the blast of a shotgun end the existence of an entire household.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Much to his unhappiness, thirteen of his children were girls, leaving my uncle and his precious son, Usman, the child of his first wife, as the only males in the household. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z So, when the small procession of returning warriors came within sight of the drawbridge, they were greeted by the whole household. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But after all, Mr. Monroe is a college professor and Mrs. Monroe is a lawyer, so we think of it as a rather special household. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Seaborg’s early life told the same quintessentially American story of immigration and assimilation as Ernest Lawrence’s, although his upbringing was rather more insular and culturally constrained than that in the Lawrences’ educated household. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their looks might even jeopardize their ability to receive a proper reception at the fine Virginia households they planned to call on across the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When yellow fever returned to Philadelphia the next summer, Washington wasted no time in removing Martha, himself, and the rest of his household—along with his official papers!—to that safe location again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It often seems that my brother and I were raised in two completely different households. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Master Wheatley looked the fool for keeping a poetical genius enslaved in his household. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z While Dad liked it that Mom was bringing home a paycheck, he saw himself as the head of the household, and he maintained that the money should be turned over to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was still a household run by a single mother with only a high school equivalency degree, no career skills, no assets, and no immediate prospects for independence. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Mandy lived with us as cook and godmother of our children—and secret performer of small magic to protect us from colds, broken crockery, and the sundry inconveniences of a royal household. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z That in itself was of interest to Tree-ear; an ordinary commission—for a set of household bowls, say—would not merit such caution. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z After my father’s desertion, my mother’s ardently religious disposition dominated the household and I was often taken to Sunday school where I met God’s representative in the guise of a tall, black preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As for the Delaware, it was a handy dumping ground for anything and everything—household and human waste, manufacturing rubbish, and debris from the hundreds of ships that visited the city every year. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The data reveal that black children who perform poorly in school do so not because they are black but because a black child is more likely to come from a low-income, low-education household. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I cannot put on that tunic tomorrow and fail, not without bringing disgrace on my household. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now she knew the household income was going to be her responsibility for quite a while. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It will be protested that internists and their households are really full-time captive patients and cannot fairly be compared to the rest of the population. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘These I will consider. Of my household I may find some that it seems good to me to send.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z First of all, because the average black child is more likely to come from a low-income, low-education household, the gap is very real: on average, black children still are scoring worse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “He knows his household pests, all right, it’s a wonderful book. “Mum fancies him,” said Fred, in a very audible whisper. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Something irreducibly human, or male, threatened the order of their household, and Briony knew that unless she helped her sister, they would all suffer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If you walked downstairs at night, you woke up the entire household. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With only Chucha left in the household, I’ve taken over lots of little jobs, including helping out when the canasta group comes over, cleaning ashtrays, refreshing glasses of lemonade. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In the 1930s, track was hugely popular, and its elite performers were household names. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Methuselah was a sly little representative of Africa itself, living openly in our household. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Domestics were suddenly not needed anymore in households for which they had toiled for decades. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Amari noticed also that the household servants obeyed her without question—maybe because she was the only white person they knew who looked at them with a smile. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s tried. I’m a slow learner. Especially when it comes to household chores. I can almost set the table. Almost.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z |
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