| 单词 | jar |
| 例句 | My mother had packed a small jar of hot beans and some good, green chile wrapped in tortillas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I give them new food and water every single morning, even though I need to use a lot of your jars to make sure all the chickens have plenty. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I set his jar on my dresser between the hummingbird’s nest and a bowl of tadpoles I was studying. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z From a jar of fleas before him, the celebrated experimenter Van Dumholtz carefully removes a single flea, gently pulls off its back legs, and in a loud voice commands it to jump. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she was gone I pushed a chair over to the stack of shelves, hopped up, and opened the jar. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boys are always hungry,” she mutters before taking a jar of peanut butter off the shelf. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The mess was still there—baby toys and clothes, towels, Layla’s lacrosse stuff, a bag of bread, and a jar of peanut butter on top of the minifridge—but her family was nowhere in sight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She held out the jar, and I took it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then he reached down and sank one of the jars till it was full and raised it up dripping. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Thorn measured out more tea from the jar into the pot, added hot water. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “You have a little boy and he shows you his butterfly collection, including his killing jar.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Golden bracelets flew and jars of jam and tiny painted animals and fountain pens. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “It’s the most important invention in the kitchen since jarred mayonnaise.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Pinmei felt the stinging feeling of the rice jar return, its numbness spreading over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he handed the broken jar to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z ‘Me!’ shouted the Giant, his mighty voice making the glass jars rattle on their shelves. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out of it the glass jar containing the terrible nightmarish trogglehumper. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Look in the jar carefully and I think you will be seeing this dream.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma says, “That hasn’t been used since the 1960s. I was a girl. They used to pack it with jars of peaches and pickles. Pumpkins and squashes. Bags of carrots and turnips.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He had a long sausage, a jar of something and two bottles of wine under his arm. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The text explained that the jar held something called an Irukandji jellyfish, whose venom is among the most dangerous in the world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad shakes his head, sips his tea from a jam jar, stares out the window and whistles “The Boys of Wexford.” Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She sat an empty dill pickle jar on the table next to her savings chart. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Changing the jars for the soldier in white was no trouble at all, since the same clear fluid was dripped back inside him over and over again with no apparent loss. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I looked down at the bee jar still clutched in my hand and saw a teaspoon of teardrops floating in the bottom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Liars and fools,” she said, rearranging the Mason jars full of peaches on the shelf, pushing them hard against each other until he thought the glass might break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, bash my eyebones!’ he cried, waving the jar in the air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Opened the jar of glowpaint and smeared a bit on his forehead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My bangs weren’t the same shade of green as the Neon Iguana hair dye in the jar, but they were green. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z And now we were jamming clothes and jars of preserves wrapped in blankets into our duffel bags to move again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He strode across to his fire, seized a fistful of glittering powder from a jar on the fireplace, and threw it into the flames. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I step over the jars of maple syrup that Alice and I made last February and pick up a squash. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I remove the leeches from my wrist and Amber's, and pluck out the others in the jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “We’ve got all these jars of honey to paste labels on, and it’s just me and you.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The little shed was lined to the ceiling with shelves full of nuts and bolts, wires, tools, jars filled with shards of glass and broken bits of sheet metal. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I filled my lunch thermos with water and reached into our jar of dried lima beans. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Loeffler was waiting for me with a glass jar full of yellow tulips. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When I’m alone, I let the dishes accumulate in the sink, I allow colored fur to grow in jars of leftovers, I use up all my underpants before washing any of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A fine mist rose out of the jar, higher, higher, straight into the air vent above. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z An almost perfect fight, but the memory of that is a jar, is wrong. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I filled up another jar with tap water; then together we walked to the back corner of the room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I pulled down the cardamom jar, pulled out five pods, and stuck them beneath the jar. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z On each table was a jade jar sealed airtight with a jade lid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A white snake in a jar of preservative stared blindly down at them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They could refill their jars and canteen at the camp. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I had a jar of tropical coconut scent sitting on my night- stand at home. Why didn’t I bring it?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He also picked out three jars of bean soup, bamboo shoots, fish killies with their heads still on, and a lot of other delicious items. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Someone has put jars of dried branches on the tables, arranged with stems of seedheads from the field where I kissed Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her mouth watered instantly; it had been so long since she had tasted something sweet that she wanted to upend the entire jar into her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Doc took a jar full of cloudy water out of his bag and placed it high up on a shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The jars are sitting on top of a glass case displaying small pastries. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After breakfast she packed a basket: chicken, peach pickles, fresh tomatoes, butterbeans in a jar, the leftover biscuits, and half a pecan pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The fairy in the jar beat against the glass even harder, but to no avail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She washes the four jam jars we use for mugs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside the jar Sophie could see the faint scarlet outline of something that looked like a mixture between a blob of gas and a bubble of jelly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We grabbed all manner of jars, boxes, and bags until finally, Jay found the paper can with the little white girl’s picture on it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t take much with me: a dozen jars of home-canned peaches, bedding, and a garbage bag full of clothes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Doc slammed his fist down on his worktable, making the roots and herbs inside the jars rattle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Roach has knocked a line of jars off the bookshelf and cracked the wood of a cabinet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Two graham crackers, one square of chocolate, a marshmallow, a jar of honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z All morning they picked, filling jars with lush red fruit and loading the jars into saddlebags. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The basement is the storeroom with shelves, shelves clear to the ceiling loaded with jars of preserved animals. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We lay on our stomachs, facing each other with the jar between our faces, and watched the little fish swim rapidly up and down and around. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Zero, who was now carrying the sack, set it down and took out two jars, giving one to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She set a big glass jar of the murky tea on my kitchen table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I’ve collected a few, and I found some more in one of Great-Uncle Jim’s blue jars in the back of the cupboard under the sink. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And when she needed some anger she could just go into the basement and open a jar and get worked up all over again. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Before Will could lift his hand and open it, one of those high, harsh cries sounded very close by, jarring their ears and frightening them horribly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But all I could find was a jar of fish chunks. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He continued to find cans of meats and vegetables, jars of fruit and peanuts. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Hugo said, “That's never real crystallized ginger you have in that jar, right up at the top?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The angry soldiers tore through the library but found nothing, save for the shards of the snuff jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I think,” I answered, swishing suds in and out of the umpteenth mason jar that would probably collect another year’s worth of dust before there’d be any fruit fit for canning. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was empty, so he pulled a longish butt from the Planter’s peanut butter jar top that was Guitar’s ashtray for the day. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a mummy jar instead of a savings jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The BFG laid down his pencil and placed one massive ear close to the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells me he’s done these things but he doesn’t say why, or where the jars are buried. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The voices of Edna’s disbanding guests jarred like a discordant note upon the quiet harmony of the night. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Otis looked down at his big jar of pickles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She put up what we don’t eat, give me jars for the winter season. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She placed a small jar of cream at his plate and took up the letter again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Julie nodded and began stuffing bags with jars and canned goods. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Her joints are always sore; and I’m glad she remembered to rub on the menthol from the green jar. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They knew they were close when the beauty of their surroundings was jarred by the loud weeping and wailing of distraught family members. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then from his front pocket he pulled out a small jar of Vaseline. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z It was still alive, in a big empty pickle jar. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z He removed a large glass jar full of papers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And when the U.S. government asserts that terrorists raise money by selling black-market cigarettes, that acts as a rather jarring moral incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z My father unwrapped the package and took out a very large ginger jar. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. She liked the bees. And we would talk. I made her s’mores with extra chocolate. She liked chocolate. But she liked honey more. She would drink it right out of the jar.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Milligan returned with the milk, a pot of tea, and a jar of honey. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They saved their money in canning jars, then wrote home to their parents in Japan requesting wives be sent. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But none of the jars were broken, except the one which had broken earlier. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He’d had a button and a pennant collection, a thousand pennies in a large mason jar, a fishbowl, and a model tin lizzie hung from a strand of wire in one corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That night I looked at the jar of bees on my dresser. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we walked into the examination room I spotted the glass jar of Band-Aids. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Annabeth must face the guardian of the shrine by herself. It is the only way. And Percy Jackson, you have less time than you realized to rescue your friend in the jar. You must hurry.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "Oh, your poor hands. Have you burned yourself, sweet lady? The fingers are so delicate . . . Our good Maester Pycelle makes a marvelous salve, shall I send for a jar?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As I wash the dirt from the jar, I think about how, like a seed in the ground, burying made things grow. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There were mounds of cans, heaps of clothes, rows of jars and bottles, stacks of light-bulb packages. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind the bear, the door of the bar opened a little way and a man put down a large earthenware jar before looking up to peer at them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z For some time I had been staring at the jar of cherries without realizing fully what they were. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How I hated Colby and all those hillbilly kids and this nasty old house hanging off the side of the mountain and those canning jars in my room and especially those Cinderella pillowcases. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Out, along the corridor to the stairs, turn, nock, loose, and another man fell; and already a loud jarring bell was filling the ship with its clangor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Some of the expressions she heard every day astonished her, jarred her, and she wondered what Obinze’s mother would make of them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On it was a jam jar of blue flowers, harebells perhaps, and a full ashtray, and a pile of books. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Why can’t they hook the two jars up to each other and eliminate the middleman?” the artillery captain with whom Yossarian had stopped playing chess inquired. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He crossed to the icebox and pulled out a jar of milk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Once when I filched a cookie from the jar, Mom called me the Blushing Bandit, on account of my red face. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I jiggled my brush in the water jar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She reached over and picked a toothpick out of a jar and put it between her front teeth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I envisioned Mrs. Baylor taking a long swig from that jar in the middle of the night. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In his office he constantly altered the position of his coffee mug, his stapler, a jar of pens, he shuffled papers into neater piles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a few comic books, some lollipops, gum, jars filled with hard candy, and a Pac-Man machine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z They clinked the jars together and, each watching the other, poured the water into their stubborn mouths. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She’s got a flat round rock in one and a little jar of glitter dots in the other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Everything is so perfect I wish I could keep it in a jar. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day’s travel. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z If an earthen jar leaked she did not, as other women did, cast it aside and talk of a new one. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She frowned a lot as she talked, and I couldn’t decide if she was plain old coffee or something worse, like the vinegar pooled at the bottom of a jar of pickles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The next evening, I sat in the kitchen, admiring the jars of peach preserves, which were neatly lined up on the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She brought home a large jar of holy water from the cathedral. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They passed the jar back and forth until it was empty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Occasionally, she reached for her smoldering cigarette resting in a Mason jar lid on the counter behind her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As the man dug for his wallet, the Owner, quietly and stealthily, slipped his right hand into his own pocket to find the small glass jar he always kept ready for a ripe opportunity. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I ravage the pantry and fridge, but we don’t even have tortillas—nothing except condiments, eggs, and one sad pickle floating in a jar. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The jam jar breaks and cuts his hand and a blob of blood falls on the Pope’s head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She held up the jar to light her way, and it lit her smile, too, fierce with triumph. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Bando is still reading, so I look at the jelly jars. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The huge pot steamed and rattled as the glass jars boiled, to be sterile for the day’s canning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pleased that Cersei had not been idle, but wildfire was treacherous stuff, and ten thousand jars were enough to turn all of King's Landing into cinders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the inner wall of the jar, it looked as though Nico had scratched three hash marks with his sword—maybe it had been three days that he’d been imprisoned? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stephen’s jar of light is buried down there somewhere. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She threw her paintbrush into the jar that held her turpentine and sat there looking at the drowning woman. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He does not interrupt to say that Gina owes him money for the swearing jar. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, I forgot,” Dad said, putting a spice jar back on the rack. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He picks up a frosted-glass mason jar and unscrews the silver metal lid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m hungry, but there’s nothing good in the house. Even the pretzel jar is empty. Mom has her headphones on and she said not to bother her unless I’m bleeding.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The next day in the mill, the noise was just as jarring and her feet in Triphena’s old boots swelled just as large, but now and again she caught herself humming. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z In order to help you, I am sending you this jar of mud from the Missouri River. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Looking around at the wreck I’d made, I wondered if someone in the pink house might have heard the honey jars hit the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the jarring bumps and potholes in the road, Ammu’s body jiggled and slid off the stretcher. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Agents in black shirts stood guard while scientists in lab coats busied themselves over a stainless steel table filled with jars. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then he squatted in the foyer floor and hooked his foot over the outside edge of the door and pulled it against the lid and twisted the jar in his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We glued labels till we ran out of jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And the family had often gone together into the hills to pick raspberries, and they would come home with big jars stuffed full of the red fruit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He dug around in the jar but he couldn’t find any cinnamon ones. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey—or Belle, or whatever it was—fluttered in its jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He had me go to the bathroom in a little jar and he put it in his black leather bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z My ears missed the snap of apple pancakes in the pan and my eyes missed the rainbow of fruits and vegetables sealed in jars on the shelves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were jars everywhere, scattered across the road. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Once my brothers and I stole a jar and poured the cigarettes out onto the streets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, barely a week later, she limped into the kitchen as Finn was scratching around in the cabinet for boxes and jars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I put the jar back by the henhouse. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The redheaded fairy approached the jar, shaking a scolding finger at Seth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She jams the brakes on so hard the whole chair jars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Some of those babies in the jars that Buddy Willard showed me had gills, he said. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The fifty thousand dreams were carried carefully, jar by jar, on to the helicopters. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain and the pounding inside his head were gone, but when he sat up he had to move slowly to avoid jarring the soreness inside his skull. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Once I saw Jenkins suspiciously tap one of the jars with his size sixteen wing tip, checking for signs of life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Staring at the glass pieces, I think about Esme and the Strong Shoulder jars. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z But the bony hands were sure and quick as the old man stuffed small jars and rolls of tape into the valise. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I shined my flashlight all around, and the glass jam jar of water caught the light and startled me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z By the time I got back with a big dripping jar of orange juice and flopped down in a chair to rest, I’d already missed everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoved his papers aside, took up a pipe, and filled the bowl of it with tobacco from an earthenware jar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On top of it, right next to my desk, was a caterpillar in a large jar. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My feelings bang around in the bell jar of this imprisonment, this camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He shook out five green pods from a smaller frosted glass jar. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “If I hurry,” I said, jumping up and grabbing the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I buried it all in a jar in the backyard.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He fetched his suitcase and put the small jar into it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was separating screws from nails into jars on your workbench when they came up the path. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z ‘Why don’t we’, I said, ‘slip it into one of Mrs Pratchett’s jars of sweets? Then when she puts her dirty hand in to grab a handful, she’ll grab a stinky dead mouse instead.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his guitar on his back and Gertrude on his shoulder, and in his hands, he was holding the biggest jar of pickles I had ever seen in my life. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, when I went to check and make sure Henrietta and Chameleon hadn’t dumped their water jars over yet, I saw that black streak chicken again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I never could figure why Papa and Mama let him keep his quart jars of moonshine in the closet in our company room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Most of the boys in my homeroom are bunched together like bees swarming an open jar of grape jelly. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The house became a clutter of trunks, of animals in jars of formaldehyde, of Indian lances and sailor’s bundles. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cool air in my mouth and the jarring of my molars dislodged what little remained of my reason. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Walter sat in a common room with older, heavily medicated people watching TV It was jarring to see him sitting in a hospital gown among people so compromised and infirm. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Glass jars of green oil— Greek fire—lined one shelf. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Doctors. Scholars. Professors. They come to him looking for skeletons and jarred organs. Why? I don’t know. You’ll have to ask him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He reached into a jar and gave me a handful of lollipops. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was filled with unusual pieces of sculpture and pretty collections in glass jars: buttons, marbles, and rhinestones displayed on shelves so they caught the light. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "We do lots of things," Leo interjects, opening the jar of pickles I set down and fishing one out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I was traveling light this night, so I just took a couple of spears from the jar and put them in my pocket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I stared at a jar of cotton balls on the metal table. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She makes blueberry puddings, blueberry sauce, canned blueberries, boiling the jars in a large canning kettle over the outdoor fire. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But even then we could not mix those chemicals together and have a human being emerge from the jar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were seven of them living here, crammed together like tomatoes in a jar. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z One of the jars of pickled tongue is spoiled. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I reached over and took the jar in my hands, and out came the tears I’d been holding on to, it seemed like for years. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She squatted down in front of a glass case full of small objects: vases and jars, some partly cracked or broken, crudely made jewelry and tiny statues. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood and went to the cabinet over the sink, took a vanilla cookie from a jar, and gave it to her. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I got closer to her she lifted both bags and so I picked up the box; it was very heavy, full of glass jars and tins of pickled vegetables and meats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it on a tray—also a jar of raspberry jam—and carried it out to the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I had a small jar of lotion, and I squeezed some into my hands and began to massage his ankles. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the BFG as he bent down and filled his suitcase with empty glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z So, since Emma was out of the room, and since nobody had labeled the jar as theirs, Jake popped open the top and gobbled down the jelly beans, one fistful at a time. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo leaned in so closely, his lips almost touched the edge of the jar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A jar of oil exploded against the second floor and John and Gloria’s bedroom caught. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As he recites a short surah, I’m jarred by the power of his voice. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My only trouble in the first grade came when I accidentally dumped a jar of the paste onto my lap. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Then she borrowed a nicely sharpened pencil from the blue mason jar on the librarian’s desk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Parker takes a candy out of her jar and pops it into her mouth. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Thinking it might be hidden, I put my hand in the jar and lightly stirred the leaves. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta added up our deposits on her savings chart and signaled for Fern to stop shaking the jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The command came from my mouth as abrupt and jarring as shattered glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “All right, and skip the sarcasm. We’ll save it for Earth, and preserve it in jars for future long, cold winters. Meanwhile, what emergency can we create?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When he returned home that evening, instead of giving the stone to his mother as he had planned, he slipped it into the half-empty rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He put the jug back in the refrigerator and set the jar in front of Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Dell Duke had a large jar of jelly beans on his desk. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A few shelves lined with jars of food hung next to it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Leave all spice jars, shampoos, etc., with their labels facing outward. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One contains dozens of blank notebooks and unopened jars of ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Liyana dug under the sink for a glass jar to put the roses in. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We had to keep several jars of barbecue sauce in the cabinet. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Several lamps made out of mason jars filled with light bulbs dangle from the ceiling. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A family that cared about me and called me Butterbean and was going to take the canning jars out of my room first thing tomorrow. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The giants lumbered off into the gloom, and Percy turned toward the jar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I turned my nightmares into fireflies and caught them in a jar.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Loaves of bread, jars of peanut butter and grape jelly. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I picked some flowers and put them in a jar for my desk and some in another jar for Mom’s desk too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z And why did the ancestors hide their jars inside a well, anyway? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z My mom was chatting calmly with one of the secretaries, while the other was giving Jeffrey chocolates from a big jar on her desk. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the jar and slid his hands in between the cool, smooth kernels. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A short time later Moniek took his bucket out—with a jar of marmalade in it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s one of Mother’s silly ideas. They’re keeping some prisoner in a large bronze jar.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tears for Mom’s swollen ankles after a long day of work, for her jar of pennies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘Oh my, oh my!’ he said, holding the jar in front of him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I was thinking, but when Henrietta looked up and glared at me, I grabbed the jam jar and ran for the hose. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I’d stood on the outside, looking in, on my way home from school, It had a soda fountain and jars of lemon drops, licorice whips, and candy buttons. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe the prophecy all came down to my keeping this jar closed or opening it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I said, dropping Petey and his twig into the biggest Mason jar we had, quart-size, with holes punched in the lid. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Nali stepped out of the mobile home with her big jar of multicolored corn kernels and a cup that was steaming in her other hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Zero held the shovel, and Stanley carried the sack, which was crammed with onions and the three jars of water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She took the jar in her hands and it began to glow. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I stick a finger into the red jar. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He took his buckets and jars and his crowbar and put his sandwiches in one pocket and his thermos bottle in another pocket and he went down the cliff to the tidal flat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than jar his fragile stomach with solid foods, the doctor decided he should be put on a liquid diet until he got better. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Her labeled mason jars lined the shelves of the kitchen, in sealed pyramids, enough, they’d agreed, to last for their grandchildren to taste. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z His stomach was as big around as a jelly jar. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z On dragging feet he padded into the storeroom, felt his way to the big water jar and drank thirstily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His words jarred me out of my shock. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He agreed to fix the leaky roof in ex-change for six jars of spiced peaches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Otis asked, holding up his big jar of pickles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The jar had a neat, handwritten label on it: MO'S PROMISE. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Bailey closes the jar and the scent and the feeling fade, trapped back inside the glass with its handful of sand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Bridge loved Tab’s living room: the plants on the windowsills, the black-and-white photographs on the walls, the jars of nail polish scattered across the coffee table like pretty rocks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In the corner of her closet, there was a large green-tinted glass jar of loose change shaped like a teakettle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finding the earthen mug in his hand, he dipped it into the water jar and drank. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But one of many unopened jars from an overstuffed pantry? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He had a new barrel of rice and jars of pasta. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z From inside her Davos saw green gushing from a thousand broken jars, poison from the entrails of a dying beast, glistening, shining, spreading across the surface of the river . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I probably would’ve sat there for the rest of the day, staring at the lava and trying to remember what my name was, but the sea demons jarred me back to reality. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He poured the dirty liquid into a jar and closed it up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Without grain in the silo, jars of olive oil in the cellar, cheese in the pantry and sausages hanging from the rafters, they would starve in bad years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When she picked up the jar again, I said, “Did you grow up in this house?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Eyes, eyes! New eyes for old!" shouted a tiny woman in front of a table covered with bottles and jars filled with eyes of every kind and color. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We walk to Mrs. Parker’s office, and when she sees us, she smiles and opens her jar. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then I opened the door of the medicine cabinet and found little jars and tubes of face cream lined up inside. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Moody picked up the somersaulting spider and threw it back into the jar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He looked up from the bait jar and his eyes, returning her gaze, were soft. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay down on it, my eyes closed, listening to the sounds around me: matches lighting, glass jars tinkling together, liquid falling into glasses. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had finished grading Rhonda’s paper and was concentrating on the nearly empty jar of pickles, trying to fish out the last one. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I remember my brother burying his jar full of puries, of waterbabies and cat’s eyes, a long time ago, down there somewhere under the bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the jar and looked at it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “So when you get allowance money and birthday money, you have to put it in the Madison Square Garden savings jar.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I got a Mason jar and filled it with water from the faucet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt around until her fingers touched Mother’s jar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a jam jar and maybe a little chicken house float. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She took the jar and sipped, then handed it to Priscilla. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I picked up the jar and looked at the label. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Do what you want with them, boys. Put them in those old Mason jars over there, poke a few holes in the top. Mind now that they don’t get loose again.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He shone his light on ancient clay jars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Now those jams are cool enough. You both get to filling up those jars.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The aisles are narrow, and the shelves are full of so many cans, boxes, tins, and jars. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Selecting a jar from the back, one which had not yet been filled, the Owner—switt-tsk-schwap!—unscrewed the lid. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then we stopped by a shack where brightly colored sweets were packed tight in glass jars, and you chose your favorite color—green. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Beside him lay a water bottle, a green plastic thing, knocked over and spilled; beside that lay a jar of pills, large white ones, with the top off, also knocked over and partly spilled out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z On the second floor there are corridors leading into other corridors, lined with shelves that contain jars full of dead lizards or pickled ox eyeballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was about to put my hand in the jar to touch the caterpillar when the bell rang. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out from a dusty corner my personal jar of peaches in syrup. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Silence from the bear; and then he dropped the ragged bone and lifted the jar to his muzzle again, drinking the powerful spirits like water. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z How those canning jars don’t bother me one little bit. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They removed the brain, eyes, and spinal cord and dropped them into a jar of preservative. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The more people drink, the more requests they make, and the fuller Dutchy’s tip jar grows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Stanley still managed to hold the sack of jars in his left hand as he slowly moved up, from ledge to ledge, crisscrossing the rut. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I think there are a few raisins left in the jar,” Mama called out, pointing to a high shelf. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He also noticed that the mirror in the jar was broken. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z August grew still, holding a jar in her hand and looking into the distance like she’d gone in search of the answer and that finding it had been the bonus of the day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a handle and several little drawers stuffed with powders and pigments in tiny jars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On the way out of the café, Grampa stuffed a few dollar bills into a fruit jar labeled “Bryant and Milam Defense Fund: Contributions Welcome” on a table by the door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Stepping into the gloom, he felt his way from shelf to shelf, encountering the curve of bowls, the rough edge of a basket, the cool, sweating sides of the big water jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z "Three hundred jars, you say? That still does not account for these totals. You are several thousand jars ahead of the best estimate you gave me when last we met." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The rest of it was strange to her; she could see no principle behind the coils, the jars, the banks of insulators, the lattice of tubing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Would you say that this jar is half empty or half full?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The jar was almost as big around as myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Do you think a person can break like a jar does? Can a person be hit so hard by something that they...that they break?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z John Eye had lost a foot in the mine, and the company looked the other way when he supplemented his tiny pension dealing out fruit jars filled with the clear, fiery liquid. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They dropped the jar of quarters they’d been counting and rushed around the corner to where Calder’s parents were watching TV in the next room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Today she brought a sweet-smelling cedar cigar box, several sheets of tissue paper, some red and some white, and a jar of paste. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How did I know that someday—at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere—the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They reverberated around the walls of the cave like thunder and the glass jars rattled on their shelves. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, she came downstairs and saw Dallas sitting on the living room floor, with the jar of quarters in front of him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Seeing him yet undecided, Jonathan walked to the edge of the field to get a drink of water from the clay jar by the gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gibbs poured iced tea into a mason jar. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her tiny hands were splayed against the wall of the jar, and she looked up at him desperately. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As the Owner reached for the lid to the jar, the Talent began to dissipate, just as the Talents always did if you left them to their own devices. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She ignored the boxes and the jars and cooked her favorite foods, she baked tray after tray of cookies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His shop was a flurry of good smells—jars, barrels, small mountains of spicy scent. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Red poppies in the center of the table would give a friendly wave from their glass jar. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I tried not to lean against him, to grit my teeth against the jarring motion, but I could barely keep my head from rolling back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Even her shelf in the bathroom was a wondrous sight—a skyline of bottles, tubes, and jars of all shapes and hues. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Mr. van Daan hadn’t gotten the jars hot enough when he was sterilizing them, so Father ended up making jam every evening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then she backed away to hand me the jars and I knew that was all it took. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z John Eye came out with four fruit jars of clear liquid. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head sadly when he described Nico’s imprisonment in the bronze jar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nestled in a scrap of purple velvet was a tiny jar of Mariam’s baby teeth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I nodded wearily and gave her Pandora’s jar. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I go straight to Mrs. Parker’s office, where she offers me candy from the jar on her desk. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There were jars of artichokes and hearts of palm. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I held out the jar with green mint leaves. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He'd bought a half gallon of milk, a big pour jar of salsa, two rolls of toilet paper, and a Snickers bar. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When completely cool, place the treats in a jar, wrap twine around the lid, and label the gift tag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She reached behind the pantry curtains and began to rearrange the jars of peaches and apricots on the shelves, and he knew she was finished talking to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I hang up and sit for a while in the pantry, staring at the jars of fig preserves Constantine put up before the fig tree died. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The jar of the sudden stop, even moving slowly, rocked the raft and Derek rolled against the lashings and almost fell in. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The boys could hear and feel the jar of his body through the house as he hopped to and from Alice’s bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Bud reached into the satchel and pulled out a small jar of yellowish paste. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Taylor opened the jar of Lady ’Stache Off cream and put it in position. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Piper tried to imagine what Nico di Angelo was feeling, stuck in a jar with only two pomegranate seeds left to sustain him, and no idea whether he would be rescued. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When we run out of polish, I hopefully suggest that I could go borrow some from a neighbor, but Mama triumphantly produces another jar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Out of the darkness emerged a wall of shelves lined with glass jars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then he crawled over the lip of the jar and emerged from his glass cocoon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He looked at the jar of pills, still on the floor where I had put it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I placed an extra newspaper by the jar and started to leave, but Jake stirred. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Grandma took a quart Mason jar of her beets, and we three got in on that. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I could watch him eat a whole jar of cherries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was jarring, seeing him again after seeing his corpse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The greedy canned as many as forty-two a day even though some of them, like Mrs. Jackson, who ate ice, Had jars from 1920. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But then one day he saw her standing before the bathroom mirror, solemnly applying, with the head of a thumbtack, a fresh stroke of scarlet powder, which she stored in a small jam jar. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Panicked monsters surged backward If the bag really had been full of Greek fire jars, we would’ve all blown up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Piper felt his defenses going up, like he was curling into a psychological ball, the way he’d gone into a death trance in that bronze jar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "Here . . His dad walked over to the cookie jar and pulled out a bunch of twenties. "If this doesn't work, with her uncle, don't take Eleanor home. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In about half an hour the BFG had found all the dreams he wanted and had tipped them into the one huge jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What stopped her was an image — naughty Mona, nosy Callie, padding sleepily to the doorway, only to be jarred wide awake. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes took in every shelf, all the glittering bottles and big jars of candy. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the cloth away and handed the jar to the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But the most amazing part of the whole operation—V remembered the stories distinctly—was that the factory’s owner, the maker of every jar of peanut butter the place produced, had been Fair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They were keeping something the demigods needed—something in that bronze jar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They’re all buzzing—mostly about the Patriots’ game yesterday—and it’s like the jar of jelly is moving because soon the swarm is in the back corner right next to my desk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I turned the jar around, trying to see the cocoon. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Hannah ignored them and kept on bringing mason jars out of the cellar and washing them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I maneuvered my way through the maze of velvet and fringe into her pantry and retrieved the nearly empty jar of salve. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sylvester kept an extremely large jar of candy corn on her desk at all times and in all seasons because she believed in feeding people. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Despite being jogged and jounced, jolted and jarred with every one of his captor's steps, Bod managed to grasp the screw in his right hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her handmaids filled the tub with tepid water that stank of sulfur, sweetening it with jars of bitter oil and handfuls of cmshed mint leaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For two days there was nothing but strawberries, strawberries, strawberries, and then our supply was either exhausted or in jars, safely under lock and key. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Momma was carrying a piece of paper towel, a jar of Vaseline and a Band-Aid in one hand and a fresh, dry book of matches in the other. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She dipped her fingers into the jar of cream, turned back to the mirror, and then paused. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "The day before Mirjam disappeared, I asked her if she would help me by wiping down the dusty jars in the pantry," Mrs. Janssen explains. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And Otis stood there and shuffled his big jar of pickles back and forth, trying to free up a hand to offer back to the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad puts down his jam jar of tea and pats the back of my hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the jar the little octopi were huddled up, each keeping as far as possible from the others. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He got out an enormous empty glass jar that was the size of a washing machine. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the warm tug of the past and the melancholy of absence—all of it a little jarring, accustomed as I was to the hermetic and youthful world of college. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He smiled, showing all his crooked yellow teeth, and shouted for another jar of Myrish fire wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sophie picked up a jar and held it up to him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Many sniffers openly carry their glue in baby food jars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “You keep the Holy Nail in a jar?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My brother wants an ox eyeball out of one of the jars: it’s the sort of thing other boys find impressive. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Drinking deep from the water jar, he yanked his sash tight around his hollow middle and let himself out the gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Changing the jars was no trouble to anyone but the men who watched them changed every hour or so and were baffled by the procedure. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Flies buzzed over a big, sticky jar of loose candy on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "A black brother down from the Wall. The steward says he brought some rotted hand in a jar." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m drying the jar when the doorbell rings. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z They could use the jars as drinking glasses. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He found nothing there but a kohl pot half full of the black eye paint, a copper mirror, a razor and a little jar of the ointment Gebu had been perfuming himself with lately. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Mason jars filled with roots and herbs on the counter. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Mike was surprised to see that Kyle had beaten him to the coin jar. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z James cut them up and Maybeth ladled them awkwardly into jars with her left hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He paid with a ten and left the change in the tip jar. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Next she rummaged through her paint jars until she found a little red and a little white that were still fresh. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They give him lemonade in a Mason jar. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I played with the soldiers, throwing arrows into a bronze jar. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than one ration stamp each for cheese, meat and bread, all she received from us was a jar of jam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Werner holds the field light in his mouth and gathers what he can: a small hammer, three jars of screws, eighteen- gauge line cord from a shattered desk lamp. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She gave him two more jars of peaches and Sam fixed the windows. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She left her room only at night when everyone was asleep, and then she drifted ghostlike through the house to empty her slop jar out the back door and floated back silently to her room. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z His earliest recollection was of great branches of lilac, standing in white jars, and they filled the house with a wistful, poignant smell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Each held his or her own jar or jug of either Velma T.’s elixir or Shady’s whiskey. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s jarring to see him surrounded by the ordinary objects in the room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was something terrible about the way it was throwing itself against the sides of the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I scraped up most of it with my fingers into a little scoop Doc had given me and poured about a teaspoonful into each jar of oil in front of me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z After a night’s work, Joe silently delivered the fruit jars full of the good stuff to the fence posts of his own discreetly cultivated clients. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Magnificent ceramic jars, green with the patina of time, began to arrive at his house disguised in Indians’ bundles and llama saddlebags, quickly filling the secret places that had been set aside for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The impact must’ve jarred something loose in my brain, because suddenly the directions came rushing back to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He willed his dream forward, right to the surface of the jar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Our uncle returned his attention to his table, brushing aside stubborn gnats as he scraped bark from a twisted, blackened branch and put it in a jar. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I could imagine the splash and jar of angry steel, the leap and struggle until the torn heart failed, and then, not too long later, the shadow of a buzzard, and another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can start a little jar? Like, throw the day’s pocket change in.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Joe and Marly carried the crate of chickens between them, trying not to jar them too much from one side to another. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Holding the jar over the sink, he poured some of the hot chocolate onto the lid. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Three baby-food jars of potpourri don’t make a dent in the stink. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z And then, in a jarring, disorienting lurch, Taisin felt Mona’s hand on her, shaking her, calling her name, and she awoke on the floor of the cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z More clutter on the third floor: boxes of jars, metal disks, and rusty jigsaws; buckets of what might be electrical components; engineering manuals in piles around a toilet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stared at a side wall that was covered with shelves of mason jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the still-warm jar in my hands and bit my lips. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My younger brother had once caught four fireflies in a jar for me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She placed the jar on the ground and we all circled around her. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Make sure you put it into a jar which is used often,’ somebody said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph made a nutritious meal of split peas, rice, and lentils before moving on to another room where he found an open jar of library paste—delicious! Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z John Eye held on to the other quart jars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z One lone spider remained atop the jar, its delicate legs blending in to the thin geometric designs that crisscrossed their way down the painted sides. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But now he was here in their flat, and the scene jarred her, the landlord shouting at their door, and her father turning a steely, silent face to him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Against the far wall sat a single bookshelf, stuffed to the gills with empty jars. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Under the label, the jar had a small radioactive symbol. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Closer investigation revealed that the jars were lined up three deep. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She took the lid off the jar and held the jar out toward Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z A big jar, like maybe she bought something at Costco and saved the container. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Davos almost bit his tongue off when his teeth jarred together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was the familiar sound of a mug clinking against the water jar, then a tinkling crash of broken pottery. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Pax hurried to where he’d buried the peanut butter jar and unearthed it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Once inside the temple, he was surprised to discover that his weaponized jars of Lady ’Stache Off were no longer there. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I heard a voice say, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At that I would sweat and swear, and the dothe-strength would seem to run out of me like water out of a broken jar. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He knew she listened to him cry; he knew she listened to the clang of the enamel lid of the slop jar as he removed it and leaned over to vomit. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He was beginning to feel his paws numbed by the jarring blows of the hefty iron railing against the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Jacquel opened the Kelvinator’s door, put the plastic jars with their slivers of spleen, of kidney, of liver, of heart, inside. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There was a jar, a series of hard vibrations, and then a jarring thump that threw Powell heavily against Donovan. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z When she arrived at the statues, he took out a jar of red paint and began to splash it upon the eyes of the lions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When Dad got home, he saw the jars and recognized them for what they were. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It is my greatest hope that the pages in this jar stir your deepest well of human compassion. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The Warden held up a small jar of dark-red nail polish. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Lying on my stomach across the bed, I watched how they orbited the space in the jar, around and around like they’d missed the exit. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for a mason jar that appeared out of thin air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he picked up one of his smaller jars and very quickly tipped the struggling thrashing trogglehumper out of the large jar into the small one. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If he did, he would have let Mrs. replace the money Uncle Darnell stole from the savings jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The jar is cold and wet and slippery, so it falls away from me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Some jars are simple glass mason jars, others are glazed ceramic jars or ornate frosted glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The bear hooked a claw through the handle of the jar and lifted it to his mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Meeks dropped a square of canvas in front of her, and Theo placed a brush and a small jar of black paint on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I think about Ida, back up in the bedroom, and I refasten the lid, saving the other half of the jar for her. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She never washes the jam jars or mugs and there are flies in the sugar and wherever there is sweetness. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Eventually, she curled up with Mother’s jar at her side, but now and then she lifted her head to check that Zimbabwe was still there. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Setting the jar on a stone bench, he settled in the grass nearby, lid in hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And there were jars of earthenware in rows holding an old wine, mellow, unmixed, and rare; cool stood the jars against the wall, kept for whatever day Odysseus, worn by hardships, might come home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon slides a jar of peaches across the table at me, and I pick up the Ball jar and twist off the two-piece lid. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They put four of the unbroken jars in the burlap sack, in case they might be able to use them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He was worried more about the jars of water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The jar was a little dusty, but I think it’s okay—after all, she pecks around in the dirt all day, and that book said she even eats small rocks. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z During times of famine or drought, he never gave one spoonful of rice to a starving child, even though his jars were overflowing with grains. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He told me he had broken into a neighbor’s house and stolen a gallon jar of pickles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Another company would pay highly for his weaponized jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear rustling and the sounds of jars clanking, and when she returns, she's carrying several jars of food. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I look down at my Strong Shoulder jar, and I don’t feel strong at all. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He felt the impact of the blow throughout the length of his arm, jarring his flesh slightly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No, indeed! An urn perhaps, a jam jar, but no coffin.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But Gladys protested that the best one of all was the Mary bank, and she used up all the pennies in her mayonnaise jar to work the miracle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The tubes are not in me anymore and the glass jars are gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When the water was good and hot I stuck the jelly jar underneath until it was filled to the brim. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He took the jar from me and put it in the basket. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She had never experienced anything that was quite so jarring and soothing at the same time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The shelves were lined with bottles and jars, maybe hundreds of them in all different sizes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I take a couple pushpins out of the jar on Hannah's desk and approach my empty bulletin board. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I remember one time I wanted a lollipop from the cookie jar on the counter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was like a cauldron of steaming iron, trains everywhere—jarring, but also a reminder that life had opened to her at last. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She pulls out three plastic jars—one yellow, one blue, one red. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A bell started clanging from a distance, jarring me out of my thoughts. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Now we were left with nothing—a half gallon of milk, a pitcher of Tang, some onions, and a door full of stuff in jars. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I stared at the jar and got a very bad feeling. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As for pickles, I was hoping for the fat, juicy kind that Uri used to eat, but the best I could do was a jar of pickle spears in someone’s pantry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He said, “You need a messenger. Listen, I’ll tell you what to do”: Bring a beautiful pottery jar painted with parrots and big flowers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Spencer twisted the lids off the pickle jars, while Mr. O’Brian passed out the colas. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “But weren’t you watching all the time? You must have had a shock when you saw the tiger going near my precious wine jar. You must have seen how it got broken.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Other group members stored their bodily fluids in baby-food jars or wrote cryptic messages on packaged skirt steaks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was that similarity that had jarred loose Chess’s memory. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Highboy bowed elaborately to Jake and placed on the table two fruit jars of wine. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hand Ronan a Strong Shoulder jar half filled with lemonade. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He looks around at the jars and bottles, intrigued but hesitant to open another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Before I even got there, Darren unscrewed the lid on the pickle jar, and the bug hopped right out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Lazlo’s voice was music—the most beautiful smoky music—when he caught Sarai up in his arms, and said, “I want to catch it in a jar and put it away with the fireflies.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She bought a bunch of mason jars at the craft store and wrapped them with colored paper, then arranged flowers in each jar. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The next quarter of the sweater money I turn into something good, like chicken or cheese or, one memorable day, five jars of pickles. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Master Jervis?” said a sudden, jarring voice from the classroom door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z From each organ he took a small slice and put it into a jar of formaldehyde. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He stood still beside the water jar, feeling the tears come into his eyes and sting the lids. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z All I see is Caleb and Susan on the ground in the corner, passing a jar of peanut butter back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Quit readin’ that trash and bring me that quart jar of water for the urn.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One day the cupboard is almost bare and the same afternoon, someone might bring some fruit or a cabbage or even a jar of honey. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred dead things in jars are all looking at me, not to mention the skeleton. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z We put the lid on the paint, dumped our brushes into a jar of paint thinner Doc had set out, then marched up to the porch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Aru thought of the hair products and jars in the salon. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he took the cardboard tray of jars filled with little red and brown and purple slices of the organs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Just as she would never align a pine needle with the leaf of a cottonwood tree, she would never put the jars of tomatoes next to the green beans. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift, like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't jar windows or disturb leaf-shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Trucks carry off skeletons and meteorites and octopi in jars and herbarium sheets and Egyptian gold and South African ivory and Permian fossils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At M’Dear’s request, the women pulled the slop jar from under the bed to show the stools. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass jar shatters, a sea of black truffles scattering across the floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Hugo looked at the rows and rows of jars, filled with pieces from all the toys he had stolen from the toy booth over the past few months. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Maybe the fan letters were only a prank, but they upset him; each one jarred his day a little when it came, and he found it difficult to recover afterward. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I tapped the glass, even laid the jar on its side, but those crazy bees stayed put. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He keeps his winnings in screw-top Crown preserving jars, donated by my mother, which he fines up on his desk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Helda, on May’s orders, kept the Korean foodstuffs down here, the earthenware jars of pickled vegetables and meats, the fermented seasoning pastes and sauces, strips of dried seafood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey curled into a fuzzy comma when I put the leaves in his jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Dubonnet and Hickam are in it together,” he declared, passing out his moonshine in fruit jars to the other men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As he took the jar of water that Lucky Girl had carried up, he gasped. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad surveyed our work, counting the jars and muttering to himself, then he turned to Mother and said, “It’s not enough.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” Jay asked, mashing his fingers into the soft beeswax Mama used to seal her jars. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Heads lifted at the jarring of the doors, but unlike the irritation mirrored on all faces when Master Hyrrokkin had laughed, this time they registered surprise before shifting into adulation or envy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I leaned against the two big boxes on the counter, sticking my finger in the diamond-shaped spaces between the rows and rows of empty jars inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She opens the porcelain jar, flashing its slimy contents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Diego laughed, and I wanted to preserve the sound in a jar for the days when laughter was scarce. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She stopped pushing the Mason jars around and began dusting off the table where the old shopping bags were folded and stacked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He opened a jar, leaned over, and drew so close that a drop of cream flecked his nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Lately, whenever Sumac approached the jar, he would squawk, “No. No. No! NO!” in his funny bird voice, warning Mama of his intentions even before she had noticed and could tell him to stop. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A jar of Pond’s cold cream, his father’s lifelong answer to after-shave, sits at the side of the sink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen table was still laden with breakfast: a basket of toasted bread, bowls of nuts, jars of jam, a platter of cheese, and a few slices of some sort of melon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a big sideboard with some dishes and jars and jugs of food piled neat ’crost the shelves it had. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Snape had acquired a few more slimy horrible things in jars since last time, all standing on shelves behind his desk, glinting in the firelight and adding to the threatening atmosphere. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Reyna and the coach experienced his journey through Tartarus, his capture by the giants, his days wasting away inside that bronze jar. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ma’s putting up beans in jars, and all the while she hums to Shiloh like he’s a baby in a cradle, not a dog in a box. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “A pair of these jars was given us as a wedding gift,” he said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked again at the honey jars, at the amber lights swimming inside them, and made myself breathe slowly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the cellar we ate sugar cookies and jars of plums in syrup. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They had used store soap, not the slimy, soft, dark brown soap that Grandma made and kept in a big jar to use for common every day. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Yew's mother was partial to it, so I'd order it in for her. She passed away with a new jar barely touched.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I took a number-two pencil from the mayonnaise jar and opened my notebooks. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I scuffled through the jars and envelopes and came up with it, an unprepossessing dried brown scrap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Can I take it out of the jar? It’s hard to see, what with it being all squashed in there.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The glass jar containing the one and only good dream they had caught that day stood between them. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I tried to make my room look like a real bedroom and not like a place to store canning jars. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He leans the picture against the wall and drives the nail with the bottom of a jam jar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t remember how many days passed or how many jars we’d added to our stores before Dad told us more of the story. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The table held books, a jar of hand cream, Forrest’s eyeglass case, and an empty charger. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sophie stared down at the fearful nightmare dream that was still thrashing away in the huge glass jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing next to the glass jar is a little girl, the auctioneer, wearing a top hat nearly as tall as herself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Theo was kneeling outside the classroom door, mixing condiments inside a Mason jar, while Miles stood next to her with his arms crossed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The onggi seller’s stall displayed every size of vessel— from tiny sauce dishes to kimchee jars big enough for a man to stand hidden within. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Hugh called out from where he was jabbing holes into a Mason jar lid. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then he makes an elaborate treasure map of where it’s buried, puts it in another jar, and buries that one too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she rolled onto her back and pried the jar off her face with her hind legs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She promised me that we won't sell anything that was in the Strong Shoulder jar, and she gave me my mother’s whale ring to keep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Images of the scythes she saw at conclave filled even the hint of dreams, jarring her back to unwanted wakefulness. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He dumped them out and kneaded them in his hand and looked at them and then scooped them back into the jar along with the hardware and put the jar back on the shelf. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He put his hand in the can and carefully grabbed the tiny goldfish and put it in the jar. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “You can’t just drop money into the Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden savings jar.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I’m in one of the wide aisles when a woman’s voice makes me jump and drop a jar of hair moisturizer on the floor. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He turned the jar slowly in his hands, then took it from the jamb and turned off the ring of the lid and set it in the floor. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z If the priest tries to take away their glue jars, they cry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The impact jarred me all the way through to my toes and punched the air from my lungs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Remember that jar of marbles you buried, under the bridge?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The same girl who had never so much as drawn her own bath was now sprouting mung beans in jars with holes punched in their screw lids. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever he got close to finding the jar, his dad would put on this Mexican mask a neighbor bought him and he would throw Mateo onto the couch for an epic fight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z My father tells people I’ve grown so much, he’s going to put my supper into pickle jars and sell it under the name Incredible Growth Formula. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the banks were reliable, people used to stuff their belongings in jars and then bury them in the yard. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The mere sight of her grimy right hand with its black fingernails digging an ounce of Chocolate Fudge out of a jar would have caused a starving tramp to go running from the shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Dried chili peppers hang along the eaves, lavender sachets are laced with ribbons, jars filled with homemade jams line the shelves. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the net and swiftly clapped one hand over the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She collected frogs from the streams in the forest and put their blood in jars, to give to people when they were sick. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I needed a voice speaking to me like I’d heard yesterday in my room saying, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone came around with a stack of small jars and fastened one to my cage; a little pipe led through the bars like a sipping straw—drinking water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She fills jars, pails, trays; the room assumes the smell of the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But it waren’t working, all his bumping and jarring couldn’t make me quit thinking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She held out a large jar of Hippie Queen Honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z One Saturday afternoon he puts all his best marbles—his puries, his waterbabies and cat’s eyes, his gems and wonders— into a single jar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Bright marigolds looked like little suns sprouting from glass jars. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Among her collection of wooden ye’iis were eight large glass jars filled with seeds of different colors and shapes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They would need nightgowns, toothbrushes, towels, but I put in crazy things in my terrified rush, Mate’s favorite earrings, the Vicks jar, a brassiere for each one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, from the big Vaseline jar, he took a handful and massaged it hard all through my hair and into the scalp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I could just see funeral homes selling big jars of honey for dead people, instead of coffins. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried a pair of the jars to the window and held them up and turned them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The Titan slid the jar across the table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Very carefully he tipped something absolutely invisible from the net into the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when he had wanted to send his friend a jar of his favorite tupelo honey he had ordered it from Charles Parker by mail so as not to be obliged to meet him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead I find myself jarred from sleep a few hours later by what seems to be the tolling of a bell. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The sound that jarred the volunteer from his reveries was a terrified bleating squeal such as movie vampire victims are wont to make as the fangs of cackling necrophiliacs puncture their breasts or jugular veins. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she ran to her room, brought out the jar all taped up, and shook it for all of us to hear. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The shadowy walls were lined with shelves of large glass jars, in which floated all manner of revolting things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The women ran to obey her—twenty girls off to the spring with jars for dusky water, the rest at work inside. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Janssen rotates two of the jars, so I can see them right side up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Shemma yiszF’—What meaning?—she asked me when a man at a grocery store yelled at her for opening up jars to smell the insides. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your collection. In the jars. I was sorry to see them all escape like that.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "Wisdom Malliard believes we shall be able to provide a full ten thousand jars, as was promised the queen. I concur." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I mean colored cooks know white people don’t want them using their dishes and things. That’s why they all drink out of jars and eat out of old plates or pie pans.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Francis sat in the windowsill with his back to me; he was wearing his clothes from the night before and he was eating maraschino cherries from a jar balanced on his knee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes we broke off pieces of comb and pushed them down into the jars before we filled them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So many jars, steamed and dried, filled and sealed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She pushed him into the bed and brought the slop jar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you know how Mom complains about the way Daddy looks for stuff? Like in the kitchen cabinet—he never moves anything, never looks behind the cans and jars and boxes of pasta.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Meticulously lining ceramic jars and glass bottles into a box. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was too dark to see, so I pulled back the curtain and set his jar in the windowsill. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They were back hours later, with three-liter jars of the white chemical and a pair of long faces. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z From a jar a soldier took a sweetsmelling paste and smeared it on my back along the shoulder blades. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He licked the back of the label and stuck it on the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A pile of cans and jars lay beneath the shelves, all of them dented and squashed and broken, scattered across the floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Most ran down the side of the jar, but a little dripped through the holes in the top. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I saw a honey jar back at the store, and the man said ...” “Oh, you’ve come for honey. Well, why didn’t you say so? Come on in the front parlor. I’ll get August.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy cast a curious glance over the ballot jar at her husband. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People up there bought so many of her candles and jars of honey she couldn’t keep up with it, and there were tins of Black Madonna All-Purpose Beeswax for her special customers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The dozens and dozens of shells in glass jars. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In a glass jar on a shelf my mother kept a big brown hand with pointed claws stewing in alcohol and herbs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a very comforting thing to think about—a jar filled with light. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The serenity of the real world feels jarring after my jaunt in the Dark World. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My grandmother gets up suddenly and puts the lid back on the jar of peanut butter before returning it to the cupboard. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Faster and faster he went until he came to rest with a jarring crash on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t even get a bunch of junky old jars to a pawn shop without ruining them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Near the end of the cave you will find a jar filled with treasure. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A snake with unseeing milky eyes uncoiled in its alcohol-filled jar. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Each evening we wait for the first light of the last fireflies, catch them in jars then let them go again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The pine shelves smelled sweet and clean, like they were fresh cut, and were filled with bottles and jars of roots and dried flowers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “They’re, like, coiled up in bottles and nobody loves them. God, wouldn’t it be depressing if after you died your relatives, like, preserved you in formaldehyde and kept you in a giant jar?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He has a jar on the kitchen table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The only used drawer in the bureau contained a jar of Vick’s Vaporub, Kleenex, an electric heating pad, a number of white nightgowns, and white cotton socks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z This work of destruction jarred with what was in our hearts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the stew was warm, she poured it into a Thermos jar. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Had I tightened the lid on the jar after opening it the last time? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The bowls on the counter, the canisters and stoneware jars loom round and heavy through the shadowy light. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He tipped the dreams into the enormous jar he was clutching and as each one went in, Sophie caught a glimpse of a small sea-green blob tumbling from one jar into the other. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the front counter there are two oversized jars full of gumballs, jawbreakers, and malted milk balls. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was a mat and a pillow in one corner and a shelf along one wall covered in coils of wire, tin snips, pliers, and little glass jars filled with sorted pieces of metal. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He tells me stories about how his dad would hide treasure around the apartment—how the treasure was always a jar of quarters they used for laundry. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He put up a pot of water to boil and rummaged in the cabinet for a box of spaghetti and a jar of sauce. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hands and then looked to my left at the jar. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z An array of bottles and jars of cleaning fluids sat under the sink. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Piper set down her amphora, the tall ceramic wine jar in which her sword was hidden. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I think of his jars of marbles in the spring, the way he dropped the marbles into the jar, one by one, counting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She opened a jar of Lady ’Stache Off and emptied the contents inside, adding the bleach from the girls’ teeth-bleaching trays. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He passes me the jar of peanut butter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Ladling water into his bowl of sweepings from the big water jar, he wondered how he could prove it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I picked up the jar at arm’s length and carried it downstairs with him pulsating all the way. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Lithe young maidens danced on marble plinths, draped only in flowers, or poured air from shattered jars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was as if she could preserve her anger and store it in a glass jar next to the hot horseradish and yellow beans and corn chowchow she kept in the dank basement pantry. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She was still young enough to roam woods and fields in stolen moments, and to keep caterpillars in boxes and jars. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We sat amid the piles of silks, picking up pearls and putting them in a jar. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The door to Mrs. Janssen’s is already ajar, and the secret latch is open, revealing the hiding place from behind the jars of pickles and radishes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Soon they’d take the catchers and jars up to the roof and lay them out on tar paper to soak up the sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mom hurried out to the yard and started digging holes by the light of the moon, looking for our jar of cash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Momma would be mad as flies in a fruit jar if they woke her up this time of day. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Finally, he ended up bending over and setting the jar down on the ground. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z With a sinking feeling, I remembered what an expert shot he was, how he’d broken the rows of mason jars one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I would put it in a fruit jar and take it to Indianapolis with me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I took the lid off the jar and stood back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “These are for you,” she says, handing Ashima a cellophane-wrapped basket full of tinned pates and jars of cornichons and chutneys that Gogol knows his parents will never open or enjoy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We use a heavy, mud-colored paste in a jar, a few small, stiff brushes, water, and lots of rags. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A few drifted over, lazily orbiting the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Used paper she could draw on, empty ink jars, worn-down pen nubs she turned into jewelry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She found a loaf of bread on sale for fifteen cents and a jar of peanut butter for seventy-one cents. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z For Ruby, a whole jar of honey to eat without sharing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One long table was stacked with glass jars filled with pickled things—severed hairy claws, huge yellow eyes, various other parts of monsters. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Third day, though, he puts out a quart jar of water for me when I go to pick his beans. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no street vendors here, nor prosperous merchants, only sullen wives emptying their slop jars into the street, sometimes missing the scrawny, shoeless children playing there, sometimes not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The slamming of the sea had already jarred open the drawers beneath the sink—and he hadn’t really started. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was full of my Notebook, collecting jars, a cheese sandwich, a corked bottle of lemonade, and a waxed paper twist of pecans. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Put that empty buttermilk jar into the truck!” commanded Mr. Arable. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I thank the auctioneer, then go to look at the rest of the jars. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The girl was there, stone-still, ten feet away, holding her own water jar. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the mantelpiece, was a small jar, and Miss Spink took off the top of the jar and began to pull things out of it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She takes food, a cake or pie or loaf of bread baked by Rita, or a jar of jelly, made from the mint leaves that grow in her garden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She made a face at the cat hair on the couch and raised her eyebrows at those canning jars in my room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Tayo reached down for the slop jar and pulled it closer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He left that alone for now, as well as the whole silver talent he had hidden in a jar of ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He grabbed the jars and unscrewed the tops. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Around me, jagged pieces of jars and puddles of honey. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands, small and fine, sift through jars of spices as she prepares lunch. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “But those jars, they weren’t yours to sell. You stole them.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Ignatius was feeling around in the cookie jar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This made the baking in the cookie jar a lot more interesting! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I got to the porch and stood there with the Mason jar of water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, my sister pointed out one very important detail that helped me emerge from the bell jar: senior prom was the only prom that really mattered. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He’s from Philadelphia or Boston or one of those places where people are always yelling, and he always looks a little jarred by everything. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One open eye looked at him as if to say, “Mind how you take holt of that jar, boy.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She came into the kitchen and opened a jar of instant coffee. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Finn saw cartons of Campbell’s soup and ramen noodles, and bundles of water bottles and peanut butter jars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After swallowing several times, the bear put the jar down and turned back to gnaw his haunch of meat, heedless of Farder Coram and Lyra, it seemed; but then he spoke again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z LotiOned by her with cream from a jar of something from his sample case. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognize it from that time she literally got caught with her hand in the cookie jar. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z That very same evening we canned the first six jars and made eight jars of jam. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Theo capped the Mason jar, shook it, and handed it to Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z We sort through the old magazines, the stash of differentsized cardboard boxes, the shelves of clean jars. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she snapped her fingers, and the jar shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “He turned out to be not so much a butterfly as a moth, you see,” I said, holding the jar out to show her. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Jay held up jar after jar to his flashlight, dropping them all back into the baskets he plucked them from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There it hunkered in the jar, the same as I’d left it, too big to even turn around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z With a deft twist, she opened the jar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Above the refrigerator were shelves holding more pots and jars, more spoons and knives, a wind-up clock that Granny always forgot to wind, and a long row of cans. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I smile at the glass jar with yellow and blue wildflowers sitting on the windowsill. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A tap on his shoulder jarred him from his thoughts; he looked up to see Alby standing behind him, arms folded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Madam picked the blue china snuff jar off the desk and flung it against the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A row of glass jars Brother Khoi used to raise fighting fish. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “How about fifteen dollars, with that old jar?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Soon he seemed to be striking a wet wad of cotton, of some damp substance whose only life was the jarring of the brick’s impact. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Within the span of an instant, the jar appeared just as empty as before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was the same dear glass jar on a pole dripping fluid into him through the crook of his elbow. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She thought about touching the Hoppers’ money and how mad Mr. Hopper had been, and how mad she got when Mr. Hopper pulled the jar of quarters away from Dallas and yelled at him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The old lady ate a piece, and the next morning when Cholly went to empty the slop jar, she was dead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came out front, Ma tipped the cookie jar at me again and I dug my hand right in. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Moody got heavily to his mismatched feet, opened his desk drawer, and took out a glass jar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When he had eaten the rest, however, and drunk deep from the water jar, he felt almost as empty as before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But it was terrible enough that first time, and wild and jarring and dizzying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When at last the corn was done, Ma put all the soft, white kernels in a big jar in the pantry. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he felt the jarring dagger of pain as the boy’s mouth found a home, bit deeply into Thomas’s shoulder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z No noise came out, but it was obvious to Sophie that whatever had been in the jar had now been blown through the trumpet into the Goochey children’s bedroom. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the satchel, and in it I saw some glass jars and A Field Guide to the Insects, his lunch packet, and a miniature silver flask. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But when I think back on that house, and it is not often, I think of that jade jar, the muddied treasure I did not know I was holding in my hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to the dresser and pushed her jars and combs and brushes aside and took the package from his pocket and laid it in the cleared space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He got a cloth from the cart and a plastic jar and came back and wrapped the cloth over the mouth of the jar and sank it in the water and watched it fill. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And, as Will watched, the ice cube that had appeared from nothing only moments before evaporated to mist inside the jar, and then thinned into a haze, and then disappeared completely. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The jam jar floated off the ground, sailed over, and landed at my feet. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I want a little bit of everything but I know that’s impossible, so I rush past the jars and go to the aisles that have small boxes of candy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nya's mother took the plastic container from her and emptied the water into three large jars. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z When the fat moon rose the next night, I planted the mystery seeds I had taken from Momma’s jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he held up the jar of pickles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “And when you look at that jar, Miss Jean,” he said, “you can think: ‘I was born in China. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There are little boxes of cereal and jars of granola. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Huge “giant’s” bones resided next to jars of pickled “dragon” embryos. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Every table got a jar of fresh mint juice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The men are drinking stout from bottles again and the women are sipping sherry from jam jars. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was no syrup or butter, but quart jars of strawberry jam were set out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On the bottom shelf behind a row of salves in squat clay jars he found a vial of indigo glass, no larger than his little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hidden in a stack of props is the jar of Lady ’Stache Off and the flare gun, their twin hopes for making it out alive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He reached into a crate and pulled out a white jar. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He poured them out two full bowls from a stone jar; but from a different jar. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And if we weren’t doing all that, we were filling candle molds with beeswax and washing mason jars till my hands turned stiff as corn husk from detergent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern ran over and hugged herself around Vonetta and the jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I could see dust-covered jars pushed toward the back of the top shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They did not go far, for on the floor lay many old bones, and nothing else was to be seen near the entrance except some great empty jars and broken pots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I produced a dusty jar of pickled beets I’d found in Shady’s pantry. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her brow furrows, and she knocks her fist on her forehead like she’s trying to jar something loose. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There were clay jars and bowls aplenty, filled with I knew not what. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she put her mummy jar back in the room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She was used to hauling buckets and hives and boxes filled with honey jars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was my favorite class because it was the only one held in a regular classroom—no jars of cow hearts, no smell of formaldehyde, no cages full of screaming monkeys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A grisly pale thing with black fingers, it was, that twitched and stirred in its jar as if it were still alive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Luna was arranging sea lavender in a jam jar beside the headstone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She made it up after she caught me standing guard while Jenna stole quarters from the cow-shaped cookie jar in their kitchen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Inside were moldy packing peanuts stuffed around several jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Jack was there, climbing onto the counter and taking the jar off the top shelf where his mother thought it could not be reached. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Elisabeth slips from her office and approaches the wardrobe jars with widened eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Seat-belted behind my mother was a black-and-white Greek jar about three feet tall. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Sophie could almost see the excitement bubbling inside him as he scurried back and forth among his beloved jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This ballot jar Joe then set on the kitchen table, and, snapping open a beer, he ordered Nancy, who was in the living room reading a book, to fix him some lunch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Reaching into the cupboard, she pulls out the Strong Shoulder mason jars. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Then, after a hesitation, he suddenly lifted the jar and emptied all the water into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Hopper bolted into the room and grabbed the jar, wrenching Dallas’s hand out of it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z We crouched by the fruit jars, our cheeks bulging, peach juice streaming from our chins. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z ‘By goggles,’ he said, taking the jar out of the suitcase, ‘your head is not quite so full of grimesludge after all! I can see you is not born last week.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Pandora’s jar, and for the first time I had an urge to open it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Duh,” Victoria said, picking up my change jar and looking at it interestedly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He remembered the first time Pax had found an empty jar in the trash. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Everyone leaned in as Suya opened the jar and the uncooked rice began to fall from it like beads from a broken necklace. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was one problem with the blue camel hotel food cellar: much of the food was in cans and jars too big and heavy to carry a long way. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The potato slices go into a big Mason jar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I find the stripes jarring—in my day, only the concession stands were striped. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I refer to the “double possessive”, which is evidently a perfecdy respectable grammatical construction, but simply jars with me, and perhaps always will. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “The jar has a spindle through the middle. It’s resting gently on the front wheel. So—” He motions to Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Around them both, voices jangled and jarred—speculation, debate, alarm—but they heard them only as noise. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Filled the hog trough and walked through the pickers’ cabins to see that they hadn’t relieved themselves in pilfered canning jars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “When the neighbor arrived back home,” I continue, “she snuck to the house of los Viejos at night and dumped the jar of atrocious bugs into their kitchen window.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Nhamo rolled rocks around it for a windbreak and tucked her jars, a half box of matches, and supplies into a crevice between two boulders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “After the crash, I was so scared. I found this place. It was really weird. There were all these jars of Lady ’Stache Off.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Servants wheel in carts of porcelain jars with perforated lids. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And then she glared at the jam jar—which, I suddenly realized, had tipped over so there was no more water for her to drink—and... Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z "I'll get it," said Henry, limping up with the Vaseline jar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad poured water and salt into a jam jar and dabbed at our bites.The salt burned but he said we’d feel better soon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They had made it about halfway to the bronze jar when the ceiling opened over them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The jarring sound of a call coming in startled me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z When the jar was full, I moved to leave the room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared up at the stars as she thought of a story to tell Mother, whose jar rested at the base of the cliff with the rest of Nhamo’s belongings. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The jars of hard candy sticks lined up on a shelf hold dazzling combinations of colors and flavors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Florida emptied the jar of chocolate syrup into the bowl. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z French jams, English marmalades, an unclean butter dish, bottles of ketchup and Lea & Perrins circled past, before what the Object wanted: an economy-size jar of Rolaids. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here in the parsonage, sitting in a cane-bottomed chair near an upright piano and drinking homemade whiskey poured from a mayonnaise jar, it was real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out a jar a Ida Peek’s cabbage and tomato, eat my last slice a leftover cornbread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That was Fern’s cue to give the mummy jar another drumroll. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘Indeed we will,’ they said, and he took them aside into the shade of one of the trees, and there they saw that a great stone jar had been set. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The slap was just as jarring as the electric shock—even more so because Rowan wasn’t expecting it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It’s sweet and juicy, and I’ve eaten half the jar before I remember my manners enough to offer Mr. Gideon some. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But Doc had taken all of her rootwork possessions: her potions, her perfumes, and all of her jars and baskets. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Not a little old jar full. Lots of water. To scrub the steps with, dumbbell!” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The impact jars me hard; for an instant, all I can see is a blur of water outside my glass view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “We’ll chase them away, or else turn them into fireflies and catch them in jars.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He dropped the two jars of honey on the cement and waited for Toomer to respond. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He inserted the bottom end of this contraption into the big jar where the dreams were lying. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His gait was smooth, even for a Khershaen, but a trot is jarring no matter what, and it pulled at the new stitches in my side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mules don’t jar nothing when they walk, they like slow and easy travel. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Hearing wild barks in the middle of a city had been jarring, unexpected, but now they were soothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As he drinks, their eyes float up to him through the bottom of the jar, through the slick sweet water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to stick my fingers in several jars before I discovered the honey. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy recited with a thrilling clarity, and a jarring touch of what my generation would call Cockney, though I have no idea these days what the significance is of a glottal t. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z One about August driving a honeymobile around, similar to the bookmobile, only she had jars of honey to dispense instead of books. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I like the smell of it: ginger, scallions, and a red chili sauce that tickles my nose the minute I open the jar. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The dinner bell rings, jarring me out of my reverie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I put more money in that jar than the two of you. If you want me to put my birthday money in there, you better shake out some of that money right now.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I picked up the Mason jar lid, which was also on the nightstand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “When the weather turns hot and the flowers dry up, the bees start sucking elderberry. It makes a purple honey. People will pay two dollars a jar for purple honey.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” I hear the bartender say, “they put Einstein’s brain in a jar of formaldehyde. If it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She took cotton balls out of the jar next to the sink and grabbed the bottle of peroxide. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Ollie peers through the window on the door, and I show him my jar of pickles when he opens it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In another display there’s a jar of twins, real dead identical human twins with their placenta attached, gray-skinned, floating in something that looks like dishwater. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She nudged the jar and jumped back at its surprising roll. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That was when the dead things in the jars began to move. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z ‘You could put the jar in your pocket.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped out the pan and dipped it full of water and used it to clean the jars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z This jar is not empty but contains a small amount of white sand which shifts on the bottom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I thought peanut butter was an especially odd concept: You were supposed to cook with peanuts, not pound them into a cream to put in a jar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “He broke my jar and stole my money.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Seconds later, the window slams shut, nearly jarring me from my perch, and the lamps go out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He would have stamped the dirt down on top of the jar, and scattered leaves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The smelly jars and collecting bottles that once were everywhere have diminished in number. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The weakness probably came from a bad weld that got jarred loose by the chain drive, or maybe too much compression from the Bimba cylinder.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Sir,” I say to the stranger, emboldened by the comforting shelves of canning jars and bins of nails and feed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s go in and see if it’s still in the jar,’ somebody said as we approached the sweet-shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed the newspaper away and went for the jar, then threw it aside when he saw it was empty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I carried a basket filled with two Mason jars of Uncle Chester’s canned wild plums to share at the after-service dinner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then she pulled out a jar, unscrewed the lid, and poured out water onto the ground. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After I filled it up, I stared at it for a while, in case it was a magic jam jar. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Looking at the jar, I felt a strange sense of fear, but I had no idea why. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z May sang the song in the kitchen when she rolled dough or sliced tomatoes, and August hummed it when she pasted labels on the honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because you have three full jars of water," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Bloom dug into a clay jar, latched onto a chocolate chip cookie, ate it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A gentle slap on the side of my head, a secret pinch, girls circling around me singing, Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar and pointing, as though the song is true, at me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I got there just in time to see her standing in the doorway, reaching for the box of jars and accidentally touching Nathan’s hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Every day there are newspaper pages and television newscasts to be filled, and an expert who can deliver a jarring piece of wisdom is always welcome. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, the creature made pleading motions and pantomimed drinking from a cup. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The ship’s doctor, who I’ve never seen before, and never see again, looks and sounds suspiciously like Albert Einstein, whose brain, I’ve heard, is in a jar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z To discover that abortion was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American history is, needless to say, jarring. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z His scarred elbow was throbbing, jarred every time the horse set down a hoof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Those jars were something you might expect to find in the basement of a fly-by-night medical school, not a house full of children. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I added a bar of soap, a comb, and the pink plastic jar of tooth powder to your bag; from the kitchen, I grabbed a bunch of bananas—your favorite fruit—to add to mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And I was sure they didn’t have a single canning jar in their room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the summer the tea is iced and served in vintage Strong Shoulder mason jars. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z So we simply stood and watched in sullen silence while this disgusting old woman stirred around inside the jars with her foul fingers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a glass jar, one of those square ones with a screw top. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly brought the jar to his mouth and licked the sploosh off the jagged edges before it spilled. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He waved at the bronze jar in disgust. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I picked up one of the honey jars and hurled it as hard as I could. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the river’s edge they filled forever jars riddled with holes, so that the water poured away and they must return to fill them again, and again see them drained dry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d added a change of clothes, his toothbrush, and twenty-five dollars borrowed from Zalmay, all his cousin had had in the coffee jar hidden under his bed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z There was a whole box of dusty mason jars in the shed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And after Finn had eaten more honey clusters than was lawful in the state of Illinois, Mel packed an extra tin for Sean, along with a large jar of honey, in a brown shopping bag. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His voice was strained as he worked on the jar. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I order a venti black coffee and leave twenty dollars in the tip jar. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z One shelf featured nothing but large jars of homemade preserves. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Shady’s hand showed only a slight tremor of need as he held the jar to the light to check the color, and smelled the liquid’s aroma. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I give her the camera and my ball of ones, and she comes back with a little bag holding the jar wrapped in newspaper and the camera. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Arturo claimed at one point that he had found salsa, but when I picked up the jar and looked through the glass bottom, I laughed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes I want to talk to her, but she’s as quiet as a sealed jar of air. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A box of raisins, a sleeve of crackers, and a half-empty jar of peanut butter—Pax would come out of any hiding spot for peanut butter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Calamity Jane, also spread out on the kitchen table in a nest of papers, watched as Finn poured nearly half a jar of Hippie Queen Honey into the cup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As I squeezed back through the hole, the jar fell and broke. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z There are few things fouler than watching huge white maggots writhe inside jars of apricot syrup. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She grabbed a shard of the plastic Lady ’Stache Off jar. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z My brother, Conrad’s, bedroom was filled with strange trucks, glass jars of crawly bugs, and a wooden train Daddy made for him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us in the car, laughing, the radio on, the sudden jar of the crash, the snap of the head, the blood, the sirens. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Hermione took the glass jar back from Ron and smiled at the beetle, which buzzed angrily against the glass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Erom the size of the jar you can tell how old it was w hen it foundered, inside her, flowed to its death. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the packet of grape flavor from his pocket and opened it and poured it into the jar and stirred it and gave it to the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It went right round the jar, and as she read it, she had to keep turning the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Invisible birds, the odd flower in a jam jar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He dragged his ladder over, climbed up, and groped for the far jar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I could have wrestled that jar from them in nothing flat. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He gathers herbs from various jars, then reaches for a white votive candle and a bottle of holy water. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I gathered up his paintbrushes scattered on the dining table and dropped them back into the brush jar with a clatter then wiped the table clean with a damp cloth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Ptolemy’s time comets were elaborately classified as “beams,” “trumpets,” “jars” and so on, according to their shapes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He clutched it to his chest and hurried towards the shelves on which stood the thousands and thousands of smaller jars containing the captured dreams. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He recalls what the tag said about opening things, wondering what could possibly be inside of all of these jars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cane chairs had been arranged in rows, drawing boards on each seat, a crate between every two chairs with a big jar of clear water and several ripped-up pieces of old toweling on top. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z If there was a road accident or a street fight or a baby pickled in a laboratory jar for me to look at, I'd stop and look so hard I never forgot it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Jay was in front, running up to the tidal pool, with Doc close behind holding a big jar close to his chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Eva rushed to him and kicked over the earthen slop jar, washing a small area of the floor with the child’s urine. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Gingerly I climb the tree, trying not to jar the little bird too much. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing a tack from a small jar, I hang his cartoon on the wall below it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Even the shed and the porch and the lawn chairs and the canning jars lined up on that shelf in my room made me sad. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether Anna rearranged the cupboards, put the spaghetti in a different jar, moved the weighing scales from bottom left to bottom right. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There were bunches of carrots and celery and loaves of bread and jars of jam and molasses and bags of sugar and links of sausage. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The sensation of a cat brushing past his legs is so genuine that he looks down expecting to see it, but there is nothing on the floor of the tent but more jars and bottles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She went on, “So he accepted the item, but not without a certain jar. Even with death temporary and its importance depressed, it was enough to unbalance him very gently.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “There are thirty-seven varieties of hydrangea, not lilac—and I plan to use the jars for canning fruits and vegetables.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Annabeth tried to speed up, but she couldn’t go much faster without losing her balance or jarring her broken ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z You can collect a caterpillar and keep it in a jar until it turns into a chrysalis. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The walls were lined with shelves of bottles, jars, pots, pestles and mortars, and chemists’ balances. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama also did not appreciate that Sumac was forever trying to sneak dried corn from our large storage jar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z From her pack, Sefia took out a brush and the small jar of paint Horse had given her as a parting gift. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I found it. It’s Pandora’s jar, isn't it?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And here we were now opening the lid of a sealed jar, and all the anticipation of a tomorrow planned a thousand yesterdays ago came skittering to our feet like slick-shelled beetles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He was pulling wooden boxes out of a bag, as well as a whole bunch of glass jars, the kind that Genie drank sweet tea out of. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He never seemed to notice that Granny was still drawing well water and emptying slop jars after other women were turning faucets and pulling tank chains. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I hold up my jar and look at the sun through lemonade. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z "These clay jars . . . do you have an ample supply?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maybe the jars were filled with precious oils back then. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The idea of any of them dying made him feel empty - like he was back in the giants’ bronze jar, alone in the dark, subsisting only on sour pomegranate seeds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My hands were deep in a tub of soapy water, cleaning out one dusty mason jar after another, while Miss Sadie rocked steadily in her porch rocker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Long, flat anchovies in oval tins, and curled-up anchovies pressed against their glass jars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I sit on the bench next to him, shaking my jar a bit to hear the clinking of the ice cubes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Later at home, I pretended to find the jars in the back of a cupboard. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The queen lifts a golden spyglass and stares at me and Holly like we're bugs trapped in bell jars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I could hear my dad banging jars around in the refrigerator. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He jarred me with his elbow so I swerved and almost ran full into four slaves carrying a woman of distinction on a sedan-chair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Nurse Duckett showed up then and chased them all back to their own beds while Nurse Cramer changed the stoppered jars for the soldier in white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One Sunday during the weekly family dinner, my mother caught her preparing my grandfather's whiskey-and-water with holy water from the jar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The air of the bell jar wadded round me and I couldn't stir. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The BFG opened the suitcase and took out several empty glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why bother to take a great big suitcase when you’ve only got one jar?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In her lap she had a jar of Rolaids, which she was eating like candy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My loneliness feels like a dark cloud that could be trapped and put in a jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Hearing wild barks in the middle of a city had been jarring, unexpected, but now they were soothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He raised the jar to his mouth and carefully took a sip. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Maggots had somehow even found their way into airtight jars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He finished his tea, then rattled the ice in the jar. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After a couple of minutes, a small one with wings like a bee landed on the edge of the jar, staring into it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I grabbed a jar of spaghetti sauce and tossed it in the cart, which was filling up rapidly because Nana couldn’t decide what she wanted for dinner. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Hie Dothraki cooled the water in jars and pots and drank it tepid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’d have to let it out of that jar, I could see that, but I didn’t want to think about it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On the sill were empty jars in which Tariq’s mother pickled eggplant and made carrot marmalade. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z On May 20, Father lost his bet and had to give five jars of yogurt to Mrs. van Daan: the invasion still hasn’t begun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be lovely to have another loaf of bread and a jar of strawberry jam or any kind of jam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He went to the back of the bay, and then they saw that several tall stone jars stood there, with heavy lids. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was a food that beat hunger, and she thought again how she would take as many jars as she could whenever Henry allowed them to visit San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Genie was back in staring mode as Grandpop lifted the jug higher and higher, a waterfall of tea all landing in the quickly filling jar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He knew from experience that this was how to grip the jar so it didn’t cover his nose. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I mean, you'd open a closet door, and there, in the corner behind your shoes, would sit a jar of something wicked that you weren't supposed to touch. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “But wouldn’t you know Love Simpson got to him first with a quart jar a-coffee!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The cog went up and down, bucking more wildly than any horse he’d ever ridden, lifting with each wave before sliding down into the troughs between, jarring him to the bones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Inside its jar, shrunken into a fetal position, wrapped in tatters, and accompanied by its wretched necklaces of teeth and a handful of rag dolls, the mummy looked like the pit of some exotic fruit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Next door was Huxsol Drugs, where I bought a jar of Pond’s Cold Cream. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I tucked the jar under my arm and went through the kitchen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The jarring trip down the mountain has reopened her wound. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The bottles and jars inside the door rattled. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Special carts follow the wardrobe, carrying vivant dresses inside large glass bell jars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Lockton took a key ring out of the blue china snuff jar on the corner of the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Charley, always a dog for water, panted asthmatically, jarring his whole body with the effort, and a good eight inches of his tongue hung out flat as a leaf and dripping. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom comes back to the kitchen, she is carrying a jar of coins. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Push them out of the way. And take that stupid jar to Olympus.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Wait...these giants trapped my dad in a bronze jar?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My hands were shaking so much that I had to put down the jar I was holding. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The jarring percussion of drawers being opened and closed, dressers being shifted around, and beds being flipped over rattled through the quiet night and shook Mary’s nerves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then how could a yellow ginger jar turn everything inside me upside down? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a present wrapped in funny papers in one hand and a juice jar filled with lemonade in the other. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, don't bother copying that one. Twenty-three barrels of pickled cod, eighteen jars of fish oil, a cask of salt ..." "An inventory," Sam said, "or perhaps a bill of sale." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Turning back to the class at large, he reached into the jar for the next spider and placed it upon the desktop, where it remained motionless, apparently too scared to move. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His twisted foot stumbled against Mother’s jar, and he fell with a shriek over the edge of the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We shared supper together and then she left, headed for Perilee’s to deliver a jar of tea there. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The man wiped the dust from the caps of the jars and pushed on the lids with his thumb. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “How many jars are down there?” they asked him. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There are glass jars of paintbrushes in all sizes along the edge of the table. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The Owner set it back on the shelf with the others, then pulled a new jar from his pocket. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z On the fourth day something buzzed around inside the jar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And that year Bones had a wild fit and busted Willie’s head open with a big jar of paste. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Pots and pans, spice jars, an espresso pot, a large table, a few chairs... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked back toward the table where the honey jars had been and braced my hands against it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, the Team Freeze power-up vanishes from the glass jar on the pedestal, and the other avatars start to wander off, muttering. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her voice jarred me so that I gasped. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed him the jar and turned around to head back into the mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he lifted his right hand above the empty jar and squeezed it into a fist. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Once I saw him trying to make an ant colony, filling a mason jar with dirt. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Around us the playground was one jarring, humming noise, but inside the circle it was quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Belle-apartment doors reopen, and his dandies push in massive bell jars that hold three dress stands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She makes me stick my finger in the gigantic jar of Vaseline she keeps near her mirror, and I rub a little on my lips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She baked vinegar pies and dried-apple pies, and filled a big jar with cookies, and she let Laura and Mary lick the cake spoon. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The first city person I saw was an old woman carrying a jar full of leeches. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She placed the brush in a jar of water and turned around again. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he opened the second jar and rose and carried them back into the kitchen, holding the glass in his other hand with the candle rolling about and sputtering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We pushed them together and then put a sheet over them for a tablecloth, and Jackie set out mason jars filled with wildflowers. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z There is Justin’s bike, also known as Blue Thunder, with a plastic pretzel jar attached to the handlebars. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There had never been anything like a jar of Darlington peanut butter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z One of the glass jars had broken in the sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The ringing phone cut through the house, jarring him awake. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On the day of our arrival, Father and I improvised a chamber pot, sacrificing a canning jar for this purpose. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Now’s when it gets hot,” Shorty reminds me, reaching for the steaming jar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They dropped and broke the glass jar and had grape jelly and glass everywhere, when I should have been watching them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “How can you show off your prisoner if he’s in a bronze jar? No entertainment value. Not like my lovely specimens!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I put the lettuce and the apple down with the jar of water, near the little house. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Plain things—jars, petates, cactus, old fountains, old walls, old faces. Whatever I like I will snap. Maybe even sell,” she adds. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The BFG stood up and walked over to one of the many shelves and placed the latest jar among the thousands of others. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a white candle in a glass jar. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z "As you say, rider," the woman answered him, gathering up her jars and bottles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She tells Dad the pig’s head can wait a while so that we can have a jam jar of hot tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And she had noticed two jars on the shelves, which she knew were filled with miso that her father had gotten. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Both young nurses polished the glass jars unceasingly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It is at the back of the drawer in a space that has been saved for it, but it has been jarred. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The contrast between the laughter and the stone stillness within me is jarring. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They are storing part of me in a space jar—like a test tube. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It contained a blanket, a sleeping bag, several old throw pillows, and one unmarked Mason jar filled with some sort of liquid. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He tipped out the plastic jar of hardware and sorted out a bolt to thread into the fitting of the junction and then tightened it down. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The first one I opened had the jelly jar they’d given me to drink out of at suppertime. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z He grabbed the change jar from the counter and dumped it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I doubted she would’ve approved of keeping bees in a jar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The idea that you could capture the second soul in a jar? Gives me the quivers.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It likes to make a day feel as bright and lazy as sun-warmed honey dripping down a jar as it waits until your guard is down…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The innkeeper laid down three pens, a jar of ink, and my receipt from the bookstore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They are often referred to by the poets and they are among the most prominent sufferers in the hell of mythology, where they must forever try to carry water in leaking jars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I swiped the back of the label and watched August fix it on the jar, then fasten the second label beneath it, as if she’d done this ten thousand times. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I would always take along a quart jar and a white handkerchief and sit for an hour next to the stream, watching it strain through the cloth, trickling under the glass. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Sophie, who was also staring into the glass jar, cried out, ‘I can see it! There’s something in there!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The phone rang then, loud and jarring, unlike the muted purr of ours back home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Canning jars, stacked three deep, gleamed like a rainbow of liquid jewels along the length of the shelf. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Out in those fields, he used to talk about finding the mother lode, though: a mason jar of old money. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “So, when the wheel spins, the jar spins!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She pours the jelly into hot jars, capping them with paraffin wax. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finding that Grammer was away, Bill asked one of the workers for several jars of whiskey. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then I tacked a towel over the shelves to hide those jars. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She dried a jar with a towel and set it on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then, all of a sudden, she does not have that jar anymore. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z And the baby food jars filled with nuts and bolts in her father’s garage. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sure Achren hasn’t any idea all this is here,” she whispered, pointing to heaps of otter-skin robes and great earthen jars overflowing with jewels. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I thought of the kitchen and the exploded jars of fruits and vegetables I’d found there. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Running his hand along the mouth of the jar, he started pouring the tea in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He caught glimpses of Min’s work—a fine teapot on a shelf, an inscribed jar that held cooking tools. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The bee jar sat on the bedside table, empty now. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out the large jar of Hippie Queen Honey, the cookie tin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Then August picked up a jar of Black Madonna Honey from behind June’s chair, and what she did with it brought everybody back to earth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Will he leave before the rice jar is completely empty? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Beto and Cari squatted at the counter, eyeing the big glass jars of candy and figuring on what they could get for the dime Naomi had given them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Twenty cauldrons stood steaming between the wooden desks, on which stood brass scales and jars of ingredients. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Hello, Granddaddy, look what I have,” I said, holding out the jar to him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There, lying in some tall weeds, he found the shovel and the sack of jars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z On the seat of the hatrack beside her were a jar of candy and two handkerchiefs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He checked every tin and jar of food, then emptied ’em on the pile of broke-up dishes; he used his boots to stomp every chair into kindling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z From each lung he sliced a small piece of tissue, which he placed into a jar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Doña Charito dipped her brush into a jar of water and made all manner of finicky, tidying up, tapping noises on the brim, like a nursemaid spooning mouthfuls for a difficult baby. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Estimate how many pieces of candy corn are in this jar and win it all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His mother began making the traditional fruit brandy, sealing it in jars to ferment until the celebration. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z She surprises me with a jar of ghee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “They’ll die if you keep ’em in a jar,” I tell her. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to it stood a bed table with a pitcher and a water glass and the silver twig of a thermometer poking up from a jar of pink disinfectant. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He opened the jar and began to read. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “The moon on a bracelet and the sun in a jar,” said Sarai. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I actually figured it out just before you showed up,” said Somkit, carefully putting away the Catcher and jar. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Master Lockton crossed the room to pick up the keys that had been hidden in the jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Scalapino took the jar and placed it on top of a desk in the middle of the classroom so everyone could see it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z So I put some seeds in a jar, one of those blue ones with an old metal lid, and I put the lid on tight so no squirrels would eat them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “How are you going to keep him alive? You can’t keep him in that jar.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to produce the black Mary picture and say, This belonged to my mother, this exact same, identical picture you put on your honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s finished, I hold the jar one last time. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “It’s a bike with a pretzel jar stuck on the front.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Dallas spotted a jar of peanuts, opened it, and dumped them in the bowl. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He discovered a small blue-and-white ceramic box hidden in the corner behind some jars of sugar and salt. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And the voice I’d heard the day before, saying, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open, speaking as plain and clear as the woman in navy speaking to her daughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up a jar of seeds, and a cloud of birds fluttered down from the trees to surround her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then I got a jar of red cherries and some Cool Whip and chocolate syrup. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I slipped two jars of chicken and rice into my pockets. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The pantry contained canned fruits and vegetables, unbroken jars of preserves, bread, oatmeal, cream of wheat, crackers, tuna, and lots of other stuff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She hurriedly drops the net into an open jar labeled Secrets Among Friends. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I taped the lid to the jar so no one can steal the money.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z And Miss Love wouldn’t have to bring a quart Mason jar full of hot coffee down to the store for him every morning like she’d been doing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After a few moments, he replaces the lid and puts the jar carefully back on the table. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A hideous little creature glared up from inside the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Around her, bottles of medicine, jars of ointment, and half-mended sails lined the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This cauldron he filled partly full of water, dipping it with a half gourd from an earthen jar that stood near, but he dipped cautiously, for water was precious. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was stuck in that jar because of me; I couldn’t pretend it didn’t exist. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Finally he heard her step close to his bed and lift the lid on the slop jar to see if it needed to be emptied. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He reaches into a brown paper lunch bag and pulls out a jar of clear liquid. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z If that were so, the iron stand as well as the jar would have gone over, but the stand had been found upright. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “What case are you working on?” asked Zach, stuffing the envelope of honey money into his pocket and setting the box of jars on the side table by the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, he took the Vaseline jar from Henry's outstretched hand and placed it in the satchel. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The jar of mayonnaise and the sliced ham are room temperature, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I had a hard time seeing over the other kids so, Miss Scalapino called me, and motioned for me to open the jar. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A jar of pickled beets and a can of fruit salad. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A thunderous sound arose and I saw four men running toward me pushing something that jarred the walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl in the video has thick hair like mine, and she pats it down with white cream from a jar that she displays on the screen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Instead they filled the jars and poured the water over their dirty socks. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “For someone of your tender years, I suppose it is,” he mused, while inspecting the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When asked about the incident they said it had happened, both of them giving embarrassed smiles as if they had been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Quite slowly, the topmost bubble rose up through the neck of the jar and floated away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Wonder how they could see to find their pickle jars and pumpkins. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She reached up and put the blue jar on the top shelf. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Sitting on the counter is a huge cookie jar in the shape of a brown owl. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Lindsey Lee Wells, you put a quarter in the swear jar right this minute!” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Rosaleen was in the honey house washing a new shipment of mason jars, a job that belonged to me, but she’d volunteered for it, seeing how badly I needed to write everything out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Additional blank canvases leaned against the wall nearby, beside shelves stocked with jars of paint. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now I brought out the stores I had put by month after month—rice and dhal and ghee, jars of oil, betel leaf, areca nuts, chewing tobacco and copra. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She aimed at the jar of Lady ’Stache Off, but the flare gun jammed in the island humidity. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Only I forgot to tuck his business card under the jar like I was supposed to. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I edged up to the jar and tried to read the small paper tag hanging from a string around the neck of the bottle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Spencer dropped the last of the pickle jars. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But I get a good feeling after arriving at the third one and spotting a Strong Shoulder mason jar like we drink iced tea from in the neighborhood. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “We put the tea in like this,” he said, scooping loose tea from the huge frosted glass jar on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The snake bit down on the large jar between its teeth and exploded. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was the same zinc pipe rising from the hard stone mass over his groin and leading to the dear glass jar on the floor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The pantry is shelved floor to ceiling with pickles and soup jars, molasses, put-up vegetables, and preserves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Dill’s father stands at the front of the congregation and raises a mason jar half-filled with strychnine before taking a long swig, his eyes rolling back. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “And it’s nothing compared to the feel. Touch the jar.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A shiny jar of some sort of medicinal cream lay on its side, the lid on the floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Just a few minutes earlier he had thought, nonchalant, that he could catch Sarai’s terrors like fireflies in a jar. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I held up the jar again, shook it a little. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He unscrewed the top of the jar and poured what was in it into the end of the long trumpet thing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s been through a lot. Getting captured in Tartarus, being held prisoner in that bronze jar, watching Percy and Annabeth fall...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Abrupt changes of key can seem unpleasant and jarring. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Last summer he left a lone bee in a jar on the kitchen counter for my mother. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As her weight crushes me to the dais, the dagger Marcus has flung into her side is jarred loose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The Paqo was studying the inside of a large clay jar. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I threw every last jar on the table, until honey was spattered everywhere, flung like cake batter from electric beaters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The jars sat on shelves made from scavenged planks he had found inside the walls of the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Rooms are being constructed in the cellar, gradually and with a lot of hammering and sawing, in my father’s spare time: a darkroom, a storeroom for jars and jellies and jams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The incensed fairy pounded her tiny fists noiselessly against the wall of the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Even the glass jars in the pantry are shaking. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z ‘The Gobstopper jar’s gone! It’s not on the shelf! There’s a gap where it used to be!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My face was always a deadpan or a mask of general friendliness; no word or event could jar me into a gesture of enthusiasm or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Phil fetched the cooler, which they had filled with sodas, juices, various kinds of cheese, several boxes of crackers, and jars of peanut butter and jelly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Chiron saw the jar and his eyes widened. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Amid the heckling and the jarring noise of passing trains, I tried to listen to what Arthur Ashe was saying through a megaphone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The largest jar had “Corn” written on a strip of masking tape. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He took the final swig of the tea jar—it still felt weird to drink from a jar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Before Highboy passed a jar to Willie he borrowed Portia’s lipstick and drew a red line to set the boundary of the drink. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Before he left he kissed her bare feet with his pale blue lips and pressed on her a gift, a jar of ointment that he swore would let her see the spirits of the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A moment later our intercom buzzed, a jarring blat-blat that punched right through my flesh and bones. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It was moving violently, thrashing against the sides of the jar and forever changing shape. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He found a good spot not far from a fountain, then took the small mirror from his cereal box and placed it in the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I stepped off the plane into a jarring note. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Carroll smelled the jars and shrugged it off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was jarred—a little spooked, as well—at so blatant a reference to something referred to, by mutual agreement, almost exclusively with codes, catchwords, a hundred different euphemisms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She flipped completely over his head and landed on the floor on her elbows with a jarring thud. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At first I thought he meant me, but then I saw the spiders were leaving the jar, crawling over the thick edge and down toward the earth to safety. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It shines on spilled toolboxes and broken pegboards and a dozen unbroken jars full of screws and nails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They met head on, with a loud crash of horns and a jar so solid that it seemed like I could feel it clear up there on the fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The Shift hasn’t happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes—just enough times to give me hope—my brain jars back into where it’s supposed to be. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Gay grimaced but allowed me to dump the sauce directly on the pasta from the jar. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Wishing Rekh the goldsmith would suddenly send him on an errand to the other side of Thebes, Ranofer turned his back on the man and reached for the oil jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She had poured the preserves into the jars hours earlier. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He indicated a grave-rubbing on the little table, held flat by a jam jar in each corner. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She was carrying a leash and three small jars of lightly tinted water. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Next the beast knocked over a jar of apple butter, but the skin lid was tied on tightly, and, flail away at it as he might with his awkward paw, he could not dislodge it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Some even sent him jars of poisoned fruit! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If he meant to jar my mother or make her smile, he failed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He looked back at the jar, empty now except for a few wilting flower petals. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One boy was as big around as a water jar. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She gave Mam money for food, loaned us a kettle, a pot, a frying pan, knives and spoons, jam jars to be used for mugs, a blanket and a pillow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Cook shuts one spice jar and opens another. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He was standing there by his jar of pickles, looking down at his feet. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I dig my fingers in the damp jar, retrieving two—one for me and one for Amber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They both looked up to see Madame Bee coming toward them, carrying a small tray that held two miniature jars. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I brought the jar level with my nose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If Dad were here, he would be fussing about in his fashion professor mode, mixing paints and washing brushes in jars. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sideways, spinning, the sled hit a bump in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind the margarine, I see a jar of applesauce. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z We took jars for water, potatoes to roast, and army blankets and hiked up Bair’s Creek one Friday afternoon to a nice little knoll at the base of the mountains. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He crossed the street and began to help Toomer load the back of the wagon with the potted herbs, plants, and jars of honey he had not sold. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She put the sugar bowl and the—ugh—cream jar away, despite her misgivings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The bookshelf along the far wall of the Owner’s bedroom was lined with jars, top to bottom. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z People say peaches taste better when they come in a glass jar. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He held the jar close to one ear and listened intently. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “This one time, we took a jar of lightning bugs into the grocery store...” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When she reached into the jar, her fingers touched the bottom of the container. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Seth moved slowly closer until he was within reach of the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I thought ’bout how my conscience and Ma’s cookie jar snake were pretty much alike. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Her next words jarred his stomach loose from his backbone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "I found sixteen jars. Here, hand me the shovel." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z His palm grew icier and icier, until—plunkl— an almost imperceptible whisper of a noise escaped from the jar, and the Owners feet dropped—clonk!—to the ground. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Bury the slop jar and everything in it,” she said to the women. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached for the jar of dried pepper flakes and sprinkled some into his bowl, then Pong's. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She opened an imaginary doughnut jar and helped herself to another, which she rammed into her mouth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss’s hands slammed into the floor, and his Clipper card jarred out of his hand and flew across the concrete. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Brian prepared fresh mint juice and poured it into these amazing ceramic jars that said Agua in cursive on them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then she opened a jar and said, “I need to put some gel on your skin to help the electrical contact. It washes off easily. Hold still, now.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted the spigot at the base of the oak barrel and captured a few ounces of amber liquid in a glass jelly jar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He reached down and picked up one of the wild plums he’d jarred from my basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She handed the jar back to Kaede, who sniffed it: honey. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She tried again and again, waiting for her boxes and jars to yield the miracle of transformation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lazlo had given her the moon on her wrist, the stars that bedecked it, the sun in its jar on the shelf with the fireflies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You know, you might want to tell Mrs. Malloy to put some honey, lemon, and eucalyptus oil in a jar. That will help your achy throat.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Against the other wall were shelves neatly stacked with jars of fruit preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In the chickenyard she caught a little pullet, took it to the block and chopped its head off, and held the writhing neck over the jelly jar until it was half full of blood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Freed from her studio work, Maria gathered glass jars and wooden boxes covered with gauze and set up a work space in an unused corner. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 There was a knee to the ribs and then another blow, I don’t even know from where, struck me in the back of the head, jarring my brain. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They were made of small hard things—aunts and uncles, smoke breaks after sex, girls on stoops drinking from mason jars. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There was a small, neat paper label pasted on the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “If you finish, I believe there is a jar of plum jam left. Wouldn’t that be nice on a piece of bread?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He left the shovel and sack of jars behind as he continued up the mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The thought of him in the midmorning light, with the huntress standing before her, was jarring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman put the jar of leeches under her arm to keep them out of the sun. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I paint a glass jar, with a bouquet of nightshade rising out of it like smoke, like the darkness from a genie’s bottle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick up the colorful jar, place it back on the shelf, and walk away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The fruit jars were passed from mouth to mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’ve got an appointment at the dentist. Put the jars over there on the table.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I spied a few jars of blackberries and carrots on the counter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Every year, when the first flowers showed up, Mama would cut off a few branches and put them in water in a mason jar. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I washed the empty glass jars Mama’s customers brought back, and Jay dried them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On my fifteenth birthday Liliane brought over a whole jar of hair beads. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She scooped a few seeds from the jar and held out her palm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He saw several bottles of nail polish, polish remover, a couple of lipstick tubes, and other jars and powders. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the glass jars were even more of them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There were pots and pans in the kitchen and he wiped one out and stood it on the counter and then he tried to open one of the jars but he could not. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Miranda was not interested in traveling down Memory Lane, so Chigger dropped the subject and opened up a jar of worms. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “As if I would try,” she said, smiling at Mother’s jar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every jar had a different label, like athlete, or movie star. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "I'm not hungry," I say, confused, but Mrs. Janssen shakes her head; she's brought the jars over for a different reason. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When Justin scooped the water into a jar, drops splashed everywhere. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Can I trade you jars of peaches for it?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When Jay and I got outside, Doc was stacking heavy boxes of empty jam jars as well as the crates he and Mama would fill with fresh-picked vegetables and fruit in the morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” he said, staring down at the jar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I pretend to knock on the door so that I can see what’s in the box, a bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, cheese, tomatoes and, oh, God, a jar of marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Here, for the clerk. From the tip jar.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He found supper in the storeroom, drank from the water jar, and settled himself under the acacia tree, prepared to watch every motion Gebu made if he should come into sight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I shall take care of this,” the Duchess says, rising and plucking the jar of salve out of Mr. Gideon’s hand. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Something cradled his neck and steadied his head when the jarring grew too intense. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The spirit happily accepts the money and stuffs it into a jar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Jennifer “exploded” and rolled offstage while Sosie blew on the jar as if it were a gun — eliciting chuckles again — and placed the jar in the sand at the end of the runway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When he opened another jar, and said, to no one in particular, “This one smells like pineapple,” she detected only the hint of an accent. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Before I could ask for another she put the jar up on the top shelf. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Sylvester was surely at her desk, typing, the giant jar of candy corn in front of her trembling slightly from the hum and clatter of the electric typewriter. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The sun streamed through the window, blooming light through a jar of amber honey on the sill. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I awoke in the morning to a tiny skritch-skratch sound like the noise a mouse makes in the wall, only it was coming from Petey’s jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There were days I would happily have traded the entire future of England for a single jar of mayonnaise but unfortunately the opportunity never arose. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, I started my businesses at school, and I’ve been secretly adding cash to the jar ever since. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He threw the jar out the window and then leaned on the sash with all his weight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On the hearth stood the jar of flower seeds that Momma had collected, seeds she never had a chance to put into the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It made our jar of molasses seem rather paltry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But before Elinor had had the ashes taken away, she had filled a jam jar with the fine gray dust, and it stood on the bedside table in her room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I continue building the pyramid of Jergens jars, five on the bottom, then four, three, two, one on top. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She opens the jars, and an odd, not-food smell hits my nose. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I climb to my feet, clutching the jar of peaches. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The impact is jarring and hurts my shoulder a little, but I like the sound my feet made when they hit the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a lab slip and a plastic jar, handed Soraya a request for some routine blood tests. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A mason jar holding a shiny, pigeon-size husk from a Laughing Locust. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sophie peered into the jar and there, sure enough, she saw the faint translucent outline of something about the size of a hen’s egg. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Or when Mother turned her head I’d scoop up a fingerful of molasses from the jar and stir it into my milk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sometimes you just have to ..." Zero said, then he hit the jar against the blade of the shovel, breaking the top of the jar clean off. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z We slid to a painful stop at the checkout lanes, the impact with the metal jarring every sense out of my body. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z To someone who didn’t know any better, they would probably look like simple peanut butter jars. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She strode briskly to the front of the room, carrying a tall stack of papers and a jar of pickles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There were fifty-thousand jars in all to be loaded up, more than five thousand to each jeep, and it took over an hour to finish the job. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Empty jars wouldn’t fetch a lot of money, that was for sure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Gently, I place the watch in the jar. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The sight of two big jars of applesauce made him salivate. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She knew what it was like to be worried about rice in a jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Down by the stony trail they made their way as far as Clearwater, not far from town— a spring house where the people filled their jars. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the bitterness fermented in its jar in the dark cellars of their minds. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Moody reached into the jar, caught one of the spiders, and held it in the palm of his hand so that they could all see it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Will Tweedy!” she exclaimed, the way a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar might say “Mama!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She saw another grasshopper leap wildly away, and a pebble jar and roll. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Wes began his ritual search for change in her closet, but the jar was not in its usual place. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And there was a jar of peanut butter, too. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he dropped it into a jar of sea water with the others and usually the newcomer was so angry that it attacked its fellows. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you doing with that jar?” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his head under the jar and pushed it upward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Sometimes all we got to eat was one dry tortilla. In our free time, we hunted squirrels and grasshoppers. We even went through the garbage to scrape food from cans and jars.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She glided over to the fireplace mantel, and placed a dollar bill in a glass Mason jar. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Punch a hole in the corner of the card, run the ribbon through, and tie it onto the jar in a bow. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z This was melted in the lid of a jar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked over to her jam jar and glared at me and bawked some more. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He just stood there, holding on to his jar of pickles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z They could fill the sack with onions, and the three jars with water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe. But the window was open, so I climbed in, and inside the box were all these glass jars . . .” “There were? I didn’t see any glass jars.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ben was drowsing with the reins held loosely in one hand when the wagon hit a stone and jarred us both out of our respective reveries. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, no. You see—” “Go out and break every jar,” Dr. Wilde said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mother walked out of the kitchen and came to a sudden halt, staring at Petey’s jar in disbelief. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mama had always put the leaves in a mason jar with sugar and water and left it in the sun until it was as brown as Ophie’s skin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “How about these?” said Ron, shoving a jar of Cockroach Clusters under Hermione’s nose. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Unscrewing the top, he gathered bits of grass, flower petals, a twig, and a pebble, and placed them in the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I pulled the blanket and sheet down and emptied the jar. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I said, jarred, leaning back in my chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was hard candy on the outside but the inside was a warm burst of actual honey, like you’d stuck your spoon into the jar when no one was looking. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He runs to his apartment and brings a wooden box filled with paints in many different colors and a few small jars of water. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He opened the jar of nails and dumped them out. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I scoop Finway carefully out into a jar with one third of the water he already knows, so he won’t be shocked by the temperature change. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Stanley held the sack in front of him, cradled in his arms, instead of over his shoulder, to keep the jars from clanking against each other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She filled both pots with water, and I knew we would be helping her pack jars of her fig preserves and tomato jam for the market tomorrow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The walls on either side were lined with shelves, and on the shelves there stood row upon row of glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their grandmother put the tops on the jars and set them into the canning pot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The Plant had gone to seed, and we had swept every tiny fleck into a labeled envelope, which had then been placed in a labeled jar, which had then been locked in the library cabinet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z There was half of a cold broiled lobster, five stone-cold fried oysters, an inch jar of caviar and a wedge of Roquefort cheese. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor: oranges, an overturned magazine rack, a broken jar of beef jerky, and shards of glass at Baba’s feet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The sudden sternness of her voice jars me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The sour aunt lay under a quilt with her dentures in a jar by her bed, still as a marble duchess on a church tomb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He said this almost gently, as if we were wild animals, frogs he’d caught, in a jar, as if he were being humane. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On her way out she hid the jelly jar under the lowest part of the kitchen steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You got me out of that bronze jar in Rome. Saved my life yet again. It was the least I could do.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All of the jars and bottles are different. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She tidied the hut and made sure a water jar was close to the bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I leave five dollars in the jar for a bucket of bait and try to skedaddle before anybody thinks to ask what I’m up to. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Embarrassed and nervous, I looked at the caterpillar in the jar. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She kissed me, handed me a jar of jam, and then walked into the kitchen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There were several empty jars and a carafe of drinking water on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Hedge opened a jar of maraschino cherries and chugged them down. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She held on to the phone and stared at the sunburst clock and thought about Mrs. Sylvester’s gigantic jar of candy corn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Every summer Miss Katherine would pick bushels of peaches and preserve them in jars with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and other spices which she kept secret. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The BFG was taking the glass jar from the pocket of his cloak. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then the shelves had been crowded with colored glass jars, wooden boxes, casks, and bags, all labeled with the spidery handwriting of Mr. Barrett. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to steal coffee since someone had to pour it, so he searched through his jars and came up with a few coins. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z And rising up from the shards of each broken jar—Zane blinked when he saw it—was a fine sort of mist. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Mama stacked the full boxes of jam jars by the front door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Jake spied a glass jar of jelly beans sitting on the greenroom table. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z But then he heard the sound of two jars breaking against the brick walls of the deserted cotton warehouse beside the general store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I forgot the Mason jars, so listen for the doorbell. Nathan’s bringing them this morning.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Vola’s back was still turned to him, so he lifted the jar to drain the last drops of syrup. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The ticking of the clock on his desk was loud and the sound jarred his nerves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “A jar of rowan berries in the window—if there’s no rowan in the window I won’t be welcome.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z On either side of the chest were shelves of jars, some with powders, some with liquids of different colors. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z They lifted the buckskin and a big green fly with yellow feelers on his head flew out of the jar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I note the herbs in the jars around the room, herbs I see with new eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Beside it, the spilled ink seeps back into its jar, the glass fragments reforming around it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Clown Alley,” says Kinko, fingering some paint jars on a dresser. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z "Almost thirteen thousand jars? Do you take me for a fool? I'm not about to pay the king's gold for empty jars and pots of sewage sealed with wax, I warn you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We scrape tiny dots back into the jar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As the room grew lighter, he thrashed and chewed away and either didn’t notice my face pressed up against his jar or didn’t care. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On the shelves were one-pound blocks of butter tightly wrapped in protective paper, and rows of marmalade jars. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The jar is still there in the earth, shining in the dark, in secret. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I shake the jar to clink the cubes again. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He grinned at her, his smile sudden and jarring as a thunderclap, his eyes the near-black of bitter coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The dusty wagon was lined with shelves full of curious boxes and jars of a kind found in old apothecary shops. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The people gathered around this glass jar all have auction paddles, and I realize that an auction is happening for it right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A single bit of sediment coiling in the jar on some slow hydraulic axis. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z By sundown we’d filled dozens of Mason jars, which were set out in perfect rows, still warm from the pressure cooker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I waited for the jar and the sharp pain of a bullet, but it did not come. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z As they reached the head of the gangway, Lord Roke felt her stumble and cry out in alarm, and felt the jar as the guard’s arm caught her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Agent Jones held up a small, white jar of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Tile floor and rows of shelves and on the shelves several dozen quart jars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The Mask scoops up a shard of glass from one of the broken jars. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mama opened a jar of huckleberries and made a large cobbler. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at me in amazement and pointed to the jar. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The jar was now empty, washed clean in the bathroom sink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The vacation was over and the Truebas returned to the city laden with jars of candy, preserves, boxes of fruit, cheese, pickled chicken and rabbit, and baskets full of eggs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back up with a jar of peanuts and a double martini in a water glass, which he carried into his room, and shut the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We decided to create the Cookie Monster Cash relief jar so we could have cash in case of emergencies. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The ringing clash of steel on steel jarred Catelyn back to the present. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pax remained frozen, paw still raised, jar still clamped in his jaws, studying the man’s face as the man studied his. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She looked like a bottled fetus that had escaped from its jar of formaldehyde in a Biology lab and unshriveled and thickened with age. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A jar of peanut butter had crashed to the floor; someone had gotten a running start, jumped into it, and skied a brown, onefooted track to the stove. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Just pack it into one of Bertha’s canning jars to keep in my room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z In the hot necropsy zone, under the tarp, they sacrificed the animals and dissected them while wearing Racal suits, taking samples of blood and tissue, which they froze in jars of liquid nitrogen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A photograph on the sign showed two fingers holding a tiny jar. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We cleaned up the trickle of blood, which trailed away as if someone had carried a leaking jar of red watercolor all the way downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He certainly didn’t deserve slow suffocation in a bronze jar, and Percy couldn’t stand seeing Hazel in pain. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He chased out the last bit of peach, the fork rattling against the empty jar. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They washed windows and swept floors and cleaned lavatories and put jars into boxes and sealed cardboard boxes in a factory that made malt syrup. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “So then why is this jar of artichoke hearts three ninety- eight instead of three ninety-nine?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hope you washed out that jar real good with hot water and soap. Hope you washed away the dill-pickle smell.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I dip two fingers in the jar and gently spread the balm over my calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Adam’s head sank down, his body jarred, just a little quiver. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I charged a tin of soup for a short jaunt, a full loaf of bread and a jar of pasta sauce for trip any longer than the immediate neighborhood. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She hands me a big jar of petroleum jelly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She probably would’ve stayed and hung out, but Genie was clearly not in the mood, plus Grandpop had two mason jars of tea at the ready. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There were stacks of flat breads, mazers, bowls, and jars in abundance. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "Scott's bankrolling us. His mom keeps a change jar, so we've got plenty." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He would jar them out of their senses. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But the woman returned with a jar of ointment and a broad roll of gauze bandaging. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in the late afternoon, the sun shone directly on the jar and lit it up so that it looked like a lamp. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Mom sets the jar in the middle of table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As Cecilia moved the jam jar of harebells to one side where it could not be knocked over, she exchanged a look with Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His blood, according to a newspaper report, was drained from his corpse by an embalmer, transferred to glass jars, and preserved. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the pieces of the broken jar on the mountain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z As we stood admiring the jar, Mr. Hu took it from my father’s hands and set it on one side of our fireplace. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Swiftly, the man pushed Minli aside and began to pour the liquid from the medicine jar over Dragon’s black arm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A bony mouser from downstairs would arch its back and rub mournfully against the slop jar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I got my start with jars of baby food. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had stiff, leathery, purple-black skin and they smelt like old pickle jars. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The only thing that jarred and bothered me when she came in the Store was her voice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I pivoted, striking out stiffly as someone went past, and felt the jar ripple along the length of my arm to my shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank stuck the jar in his backpack and thanked Esther, who had already switched from calling him sugar to son. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I place the jar in the hole and fill in around the edges with dirt. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Every cuss word that follows equals a dollar in Sekani’s jar if he hears it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It was jarring and uncomfortable, at least at first, like being dropped into a strange new terrarium, a habitat that hadn’t been built for me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Yet there stood those jars of corn whiskey on our closet shelf. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Months later, Ruth hid money beneath the mattresses, in Mason jars, in the ice box, in the backyard. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There is a Strong Shoulder mason jar, but it’s only about three inches tall. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Teeth burst from his mouth as he sailed into our shelf of syrup jars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There was her Mason jar of water on the floor beside the bed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Most of the money in the Jackson Five Madison Square Garden concert jar was mine and now I needed to shake some of it out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Mom used to put a glass jar on its ledge with clippings from the hydrangea bush next to the garage. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He paced back and forth in front of a raised platform, examining a bronze jar about the size of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The mist swirled more thickly, collecting right in front of me and around the table with the pickled monster-part jars. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Genie wasn’t exactly sure what Grandpop meant but followed anyway, mason jars and bag of flies in hand, as Grandpop headed for the door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The deep tones of Old Dan’s voice jarred the silence around me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie retrieved the medical kit from amid the scatter of jars and tincture bottles piled on an overturned apple crate in the corner. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though she wasn’t dressed up like Mary and didn’t resemble the picture on the honey jar, I knew that’s who she was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma leaned the jar at me but just as I was ’bout to reach in, she pulled it back and said, “Now, ’Lijah, you know better than that. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When the jar on the floor was full, the jar feeding his elbow was empty, and the two were simply switched quickly so that the stuff could drip back into him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He unscrewed the jar, shook the water off a piece of lettuce, and dipped it in the sauce. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Flashes of green and blue exploded inside the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z August arranged the jars she’d labeled so far in a cardboard box and set it on the floor, then dragged out more jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, when we gathered on the lawn to await the first firefly, my brothers stood on the porch while I set Petey’s jar in the grass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I hear words and voices and cries as if they are far away, sealed tight in a jar. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When I got back with the buggy, Grandpa was out on the porch picking long nails from a dusty glass jar on the long-legged, blue-painted old slab table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Differentiating between the most likely possibilities meant examining the specimen’s spread wings, but there wasn’t room enough in the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z If you’re out of luck, all you get is a jar full of cucumber and mustard sauce. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In the basement she found a jelly jar with a top and carried it out to the carriage house where the tools were kept. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, just before the last bell, Miss Scalapino picked up the jar and took the class outside to the playground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We would return home weary and sunburnt, carrying small jars half-filled with grasshoppers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There were things of his grandfathers, too, lights and jars and nets, all to do with the moth collecting. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He let the dipper crash back into the water jar and started for the small washing trays at the front of the courtyard, darting a glance toward the wiremaker's bench as he passed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Brooke fingered the hedgehog pillows and the jars of pretty marbles and rhinestones. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon goes to a cabinet and removes a jar, returning to the table and sitting on the matching bench on the other side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Woolf could feel it now, the jar in the stride: pain. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She came out of a little room holding a jar. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The jarring landing sends me sprawling on the rooftop, gravel under my cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z During the day I left things on the back step—a jar of jam, a drumstick—but I could never be sure they were not stolen. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Ma reached down and picked up the cookie jar. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The mouth of the jar was just wide enough to fit the edge of his s’more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The long-suffering BFG carried her across to the jars she was pointing to. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins are already in their play clothes, barefoot, and trying to catch lizards in a plastic jar. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Patrick O’Brian, owner of the general store, hustled up next, arms laden with jars of thick green pickles and bottles of Pepsi-Cola. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I filled a jar with water and put the vetch into it, thinking, Please let this be the right one. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The snuff jar stood on the corner of the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A cookie jar once owned by Andy Warhol is a rare collectible. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The shelves are lined with apothecary bottles that twinkle like jewels, as well as clear jars and magnificent flasks containing resins, balms, waxes, and oils made from flowers, plant secretions, and extracts. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anatole’s name anchored me to the earth, the water, the skin that held me in like a jar of water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Raul swirls his brushes in a jar of water and finishes straightening up Mr. Ward’s desk. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up his bucket and his jars and his crowbar and went slowly over the slippery rocks back toward the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Vola reached into the jar, popped the stick into her mouth, sucked the syrup off, pitched the stick over her shoulder into the sink, and rolled her eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We couldn’t haul a thousand heavy Mason jars up the peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A harsh voice jars me out of my thoughts. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A dissonance may sound surprising, jarring, even unpleasant. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And there in all his glory was Petey, or Belle, stretched wide on his twig, enormous wings filling his jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The nurse shakes her head at me, removing another pair of leeches from the porcelain jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I bet the Widow Cane could say which of the thirty-seven varieties of lilac it was. I’m sure a bunch would look nice in one of these jars.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She laid a sheet of paper next to her mummy jar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They shuffle forward on blackened feet, sliding the lids off their glue jars to inhale. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Right where I’m working, naturally. Well, get a glass. Not no clean one neither. Use that jar.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days after Herbie first dangled the feeder from a limb, only a few tiny red drops remained inside the jar—the rest of the feeder was crammed full of well-fed dead ants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They remembered all kinds of things — the jars she kept in the cupboard, the jars she kept in the icebox. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "This morning the Wisdom Munciter told me that we had seven thousand eight hundred and forty. That count includes four thousand jars from King Aerys's day, to be sure." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her face had turned the muddy red of my water jar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Janssen pushes forward a jar that is wiped down and smooth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Two nights ago,” Jake explained, “Emma and I were hanging out in the greenroom. There was this jar of jelly beans.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She selected the most thrilling story from her pile of books while the others lit the candles that stood in empty bottles and jars among the mattresses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We unscrewed the lids of some of the jars, and I dropped in matches, but still nothing happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he began turning the jars of teeth a half inch in one direction, an inch in another, until they were all lined up perfectly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Hens strutted by with one suspicious eye on the deweys, another on the brick fireplace where sheets and mason jars were boiled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On the bottom of it, something was thrashing around wildly, bouncing up and down and flinging itself against the walls of the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Walowick found a place that had jars filled with some kind of paste. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And I filled up one of Great-Uncle Jim’s ten thousand jam jars with water. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There was a lot of food that came in boxes and jars, but she found some good dark bread and some butter and jam. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z To line things up in rows—jars on shelves at canning, peach pits on the step, sticks, stones, leaves—and the members of her family let these arrangements be. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She normally kept it sealed in a jar with a tight-fitting lid, but the afternoon breeze was so pleasant she brought Mother out to enjoy it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes a jar of jam from her pocket, unscrews the lid and offers us some. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought his parents were well off,” I said, jarred. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His motion reminded me of quicksilver rolling from a jar onto a tabletop: effortless and supple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The first one is the bereaved, the mother; she carries a small black jar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Since they’d rescued him from the bronze jar in Rome, Nico had slept very little and eaten even less, as if he were still subsisting on those emergency pomegranate seeds from the Underworld. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The factory could hardly churn out jars quickly enough, people bought so many. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And then he reached his right hand into his pants pocket for the jar, squeezing the icy chill out of his palm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The entire planet was jarred for a moment, the stadium swaying, the lights dancing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The air in the jar smelled of stale breath and tarnished metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A jarring impact drove the breath from him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Miss Willis must have saved every jar of wheat germ she ever bought. I bet there’s a hundred of them.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Dozens like it filled three large mason jars in my bedroom, all of them gifts. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There was a faint yellow odour like mustard from a jar. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean that. I was in the kitchen shaking up a milkshake in a fruit jar and she came in and worked me over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One entered the jar, followed quickly by two more. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The large white two-story building with the turrets on either side was a little worse for wear, maybe, but it was, without a doubt, the very same building from the old pictures on the jars. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We use the whole rest of the jar of Vaseline, but when we pull again, Edna swats at us with her free hand. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Inside the jar, almost impossible to see, floated a transparent jellyfish about the size of a fingernail. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But seeing those bugs in a jar reminds me of Shiloh all chained up at Judd’s, a prisoner as sure as those bugs. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And there were great jars of oils and of wines. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z With Kendra gone, Seth got out the equipment he had bundled in his towel, including his emergency kit and the jar he had smuggled from the pantry. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The mummy jar had been unscrewed, the tape stripped off, the crayoned picture of the Jackson Five torn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He went back to the mudroom and returned with two of the jars and an old blue enameled pan. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Gingerly indeed . . . and these would be the ginger jars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The jars were made just for these cigarettes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He goes back to the flap in the tent wall, careful not to disturb any of the jars or bottles nearby. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The plane was slammed again suddenly with another loud, jarring explosion that almost rocked it over on its back, and the nose filled immediately with sweet clouds of blue smoke. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She kicked a shard of broken jar across the Owner’s tire tracks, sending the last squirrel sprinting back into the bushes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It would’ve clawed me to pieces, but as I fell backward, my fingers closed around a clay jar—one of Beckendorf s containers of Greek fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But the jar just stands there. Couldn’t we suspend it above a fire, or dissolve it in a pool of acid or something?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ledge of the stove is lined with a few spice jars, labeled in his mother’s hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was jarred and shocked by the style, the clear, clean, sweeping sentences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was inside an enormous jar with breathing holes punched in the lid. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The large oak table was covered with jars of tincture and vials of essential oil, which I cleared away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For the duration of the plumber’s visit, canning jars were put into service during the daytime to hold our calls of nature. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even the boxes of Ivory Snow and Corn Flakes, jars of peanut butter and mustard, hopped. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A jar of cool, sweet water in front of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She tipped the cookie jar toward Pa and he reached in and pulled out a cookie that had walnuts stuck to the top of it and sugar dusted all over it! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His tongue was dry and stuck to the roof of his mouth, as if he’d licked an entire jar of peanut butter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Which is how I got the bright idea of catching a jar of these bees, presenting them to T. Ray, and saying, “Now who’s making things up?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A foot away from one of his outstretched hands was an empty fruit jar. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that it was a jarring sound for them, given that we didn’t have neighbors, let alone neighbor dogs, at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had one of the small green grasshoppers in a jar on my vanity, and I stared at it for inspiration. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Without knowing precisely why, Zane removed one of the empty jars from the shelf. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Already Kate was on the table at Muller’s with the formalin running into her veins, and her stomach was in a jar in the coroner’s office. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One of these was reserved for the very finest wines, stored in amphorae, great earthenware jars with pointed bases, resting in metal stands. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The Polish composer Chopin’s heart was smuggled in a booze jar out of Paris and to a Warsaw church, where it was then stolen by Nazis before being returned. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Waking up to a phone call at dawn was more jarring than an alarm clock interrupting my dream. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Although the jars of fruits and vegetables were too big to carry, who was to say I could not help myself to them right there in the food cellar? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Is there any money left in the pizza jar?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I add Papa’s knife and the coins to the jar, and when I go to put the box back in his dresser, I find another box. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, before his parents awoke, Ku-Ang peeked into the rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Lee, his pigtailed Chinese cook, had made a special trip to Pajaro to buy the pots and kettles and pans, kegs, jars, copper, and glass for his kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel approached one that was covered in identical tiny glass jars. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Cook wiped off her hands and fetched another snickerdoodle from a cookie jar. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Undeterred by cobwebs and filth and the rustle of mice burrowing into hiding places, she opened cupboards and investigated rusted cans of food, chipped china, dented pots and pans, empty bottles and jars. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Sewn into the bandages over the insides of both elbows were zippered lips through which he was fed clear fluid from a clear jar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m getting every single one of those dang canning jars out of your room.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As she lifted the plank, Pinmei saw a stone had been removed from the floor to create a hiding space for a small jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I clamped the mouth of the jar against the wall, trapping it between Charleston and Georgetown. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk over to the Cookie Monster jar and drop in the cash. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Apothecary jars labeled in childish block letters are filled with pungent spices. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I grabbed my backpack from behind the counter, I went ahead and left the mason jar of air freshener. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She bade me join her at her cupboard, where her busy fingers darted through small drawers, poured powders into folded papers, and filled several small jars with essences and extracts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Neither. The jar is just twice as big as it needs to be.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The clear jar lay on top of the heap, its sides still smeared thick with the creamy prize. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Wynn and I baked him a jar full of healthy dog treats. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Bristle locked the jar between her paws and began lapping greedily, cleaning out the top half in seconds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z So maybe the jarring movement of jogging is clouding my judgment. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Doc pointed and mouthed something I couldn’t hear; then he gave the jar to Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "The catcher, the sun juice jar. All of that was destroyed in the fire." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The first day we made a trip to the city dump to look for empty glass jars to put the fish in and for materials to build a stand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Too bad there was no way to capture the wharf smell in a jar to take with me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the bacteria were only in the jars which opened easily, the ones he was now carrying in his sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The wet paintbrushes sticking up out of the jar are always a sign that he’s been at it again. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede came from the lean-to behind the cottage carrying an earthenware jar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He stood abruptly, crossed the room, and re- tinned with a green jar in his good hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Once Grammy leaves for work, I run up the stairs and get the Strong Shoulder jar I got at the tag sale and unscrew the top. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There are additional jars and bottles around the periphery of the room as well, with some on the ground and some on boxes and tall wooden bookshelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Standing between them was a bronze jar big enough to hold a person. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the bottom of a big plastic jar of bolts and screws and miscellaneous hardware he found a double handful of gold krugerrands in a cloth sack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Benny picked Laney up and sat her on the counter next to the register, then plucked a jam cookie from a wide-mouthed glass jar and handed it to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I place her things in the jar and fill the rest of it with toilet paper and screw on the lid extra tight. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She thrashed her head from side to side, but the jar was wedged on tightly. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I was expecting the usual jarring thud, but my hands didn’t stop when they hit the mud. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I stack the leftover jars on the shelf behind the display. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Harris opened a small steel door and took out a jar of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The jarring of their boot heels on the boards of the foyer seems loud enough to shatter the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Something like Mirjam risking her life for a relationship whose only evidence so far is a cryptic note, a dusty trail on jar lids, and some flowers Mina says Mirjam once received at school? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The thought makes me feel grimy, as if I’m a dusty old jar, waiting for Maddy to decide I’m useful. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I quick closed the jar and shoved it back just as a door opened and light flooded from above. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Cut-paper snowflakes were suspended from a narrow mantel above the fireplace, which was covered with candlesticks and knickknacks and silver jars. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “We were going to let him finish dying in public, but he has no entertainment value. He’s spent days curled up sleeping. What sort of spectacle is that? Otis, tip over the jar.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He tried to push the lids up off the jars with his thumbs but they were on too tight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “You know,” I said, “you ought to throw away that jar of malted milk you have in there.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Genie stalled for time, lifting the jar and taking another sip, trying not to make a face even though he was pretty sure that Grandpop couldn’t see his face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As Mr Coombes led her away across the playground, we heard her saying, ‘Right in the jar of Gobstoppers it was! A stinkin’ dead mouse which I will never forget as long as I live!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He dragged the basket out into the floor and set the jars out of it and then tipped over the basket and tapped out the dirt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He tipped the jar and drank and he drank slowly but still he drank nearly the whole jar. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He buried the jar and then crouched to watch for movement at the camp in the predawn light. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Peggy came back with her arms full of cups, saucers, spoons, a jar of cream and a bowl of sugar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the cash jar and open the refrigerator. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I would hear their echo in the chirp of crickets, in the squish of peaches dropping into a glass jar, in the metallic chink of an SKS being cleaned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He ignored us as he inspected jars filled with dark disgusting liquids and dirty sprigs of herbs on the shelves behind the cauldron, deciding what else to throw in the concoction simmering within. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The next week it was a jar of cold cream. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When he came back, he had a hammer, a jar of nails, a bag of cotton balls, a bottle of iodine, and some Band-Aids. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If I pulled a hair from a horse’s tail and sealed it in a jar of my own urine, the hair would turn overnight into a snake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z By rights he should ignore her after this, but he tries her out on the jars of lizards and ox eyeballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You better find a bigger jar fast, Callie. It’s going to bust out of that one.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every night they leave the teeth in the kitchen in jam jars filled with water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We began, too, to pickle vegetables and present them as gifts to visiting dignitaries, along with jars of honey from our new beehives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Too bad there was no way to capture the wharf smell in a jar to take with me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the train speeds up or slows down, smashing couplers together and jarring him backward or forward. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z They ate four onions apiece and drank about half a jar of water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then I tucked into the lunch I’d packed, sipping cool well water from a glass jar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We can still have bread and cheese and a nice jam jar of tea with lashings of milk and sugar and what more do you want? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I reach deep down into my pocketbook and pull out the little jar of Vaseline and shine up my lips. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Seashells are lined along every available surface, shells on the sills and on the dresser and jars full of pebbles lined up on the floor, all arranged by some indiscernible system, and here, here! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z |
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