| 单词 | kitchen table |
| 例句 | Plus, now it was a story Willy’d bring up at the kitchen table if he wanted to get out of what I told him he needed to do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Johnny took the lantern he had left on the kitchen table and walked through the silent house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get home, Mom is sitting at the kitchen table waiting for me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He reminded me of the big wooden nutcracker Louisa puts out on her kitchen table at Christmastime. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He sat at the kitchen table, oblivious to the mug of coffee at his elbow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When Cara finished taping it back together late Friday afternoon, she left the first edition of The Landry News on the kitchen table and went to her bedroom. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I pictured them in there crowded around the kitchen table. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sean was on shift, but Finn had been sitting at the kitchen table all night. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z El brushed her off, and I waited a few beats before sitting down at the kitchen table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was late in the summer and we were all seated around the kitchen table making our plans to go to El Puerto for the harvest when my mother with strange premonition remembered Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For her seventh birthday, a tiny wooden chalet stands in the center of the kitchen table where the sugar bowl ought to be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The laughter sent my thoughts to our kitchen table, where we would laugh and laugh. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She stumbles through the door and into a chair at the kitchen table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A beautiful woman leaning across a kitchen table. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Like a puddle of milk spilled on Gram’s kitchen table. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Now, as father and son sat down at the kitchen table with a map, if either felt conscious of a family about to split apart for good, there was no reference to it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mom and Nana were huddled around the kitchen table, staring at a shoe box stuffed with papers and envelopes like they were water moccasins. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, seated across from me at the kitchen table, his face flushed with whiskey and pride, he said, “Tell me about it, son.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He tried sliding one of the chairs from beneath the kitchen table. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She left me and Jay sitting at the kitchen table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When we can't find my sister, we know she is under the kitchen table, a book in her hand, a glass of milk and a small bowl of peanuts beside her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They sang softly, in case it might bother their grandmother, sitting alone downstairs at the empty kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I was at Grandma-over-in-town’s, my math book propped open on the kitchen table, a plate of cookies next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I took a stack of plates out of her hands and set them on the kitchen table by a pile of papers that I recognized as copies of Loma’s Christmas play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z While Gran made herself a cup of tea, I sat at the kitchen table, staring at the Cat Fantastic magazine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z That night, we sat for hours, munching on peanuts, sifting through the pieces spread out on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He joins us at the kitchen table, but not before grabbing a spoon from the dish rack and helping himself to my bowl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There’s a lined school notebook open on the kitchen table, which I recognize as the dining table from their other house with the two middle leaves taken out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I opened my math workbook at the kitchen table. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z When I get there, she setting at the kitchen table drinking a glass a milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table, poring over my notebooks. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mom sat at the kitchen table, still in her uniform, the black apron stained with salad dressing and other unidentifiable food particles. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She shuffled back over to the kitchen table and sank into a chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I turned the bread dough over and over on the marble slab on the kitchen table. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Eleanor hadn't consented to another full-on makeover, but Park's mom was always trying new eyeshadows on her or messing with her hair while she sat at the kitchen table with Park. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z So I turn the phone over, and she takes it into another room to talk while Rosa helps me tackle math at their kitchen table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Picturing her sitting there at the kitchen table with both hands around her mug of tea, listening to the answering machine message. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She moves away from the sink and walks to the kitchen table for another suck of dirty plates, into my line of vision. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and leaned back against the wall, saying nothing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z In another picture, we were gathered around Auntie Janet’s kitchen table, celebrating Joey’s twelfth birthday with a cake. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z A small oil lantern sat on the kitchen table, lighting up both the kitchen and the living room. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A pile of bills on the kitchen table. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z In the morning my father is at the kitchen table and I tell him my dream. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The housewife who sat across the kitchen table from Harriet, listening, felt as though she were traveling, too, and so was reluctant to let her go on to her next stop. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was at the kitchen table with Mom when the phone rang with June’s super-secret code. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Dad had given me the new Hoops cartridge for my Electronic Gamester so I sat and played it at the kitchen table. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting at the kitchen table finishing up the schoolwork Tommie had brought by for her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Pris had now cut three legs from the spider, which crept about miserably on the kitchen table, seeking a way out, a path to freedom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We sat in silence at the kitchen table, crumbling the crackers into anthills. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he rose from the kitchen table, went to the cupboard where the canned goods were kept, and removed a quart can of peaches. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have strained something pulling that anchor with one hand, because I needed a little help home; a tumbler of whisky on the kitchen table was some help too. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table was an apple pie, and beside it were three envelopes: one for Phoebe, one for Prudence, and one for their father. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Carl threw a bag of chips on the kitchen table and poured us tall, icy glasses of soda—him a Coke, and me a Dr Pepper. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She hid under the kitchen table for an hour. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Gomo stands up for a towel and then points to the kitchen table. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Gib, Frank and Kathy set up shop in what had once been Arnold’s living room, using the dining room table and dragging the kitchen table in too. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As I study her dad’s pictures in the living room, Lorena starts rolling a joint at the kitchen table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I lay Rose down on the kitchen table as I dried the dishes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Mary Anne crashed off the kitchen table, her glasses shattering on the floor, but she came back across the room, running blindly, going into battle against a blurred enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was muttering to herself now, and I sat down at the kitchen table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He sat at the kitchen table, gulping down glasses of whiskey. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But after my parents went to bed, I stayed at the kitchen table. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The discussions over the school budget sounded much like a couple talking around their kitchen table with a stack of bills, no hope of paying them and nothing but bad options. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Chester and I took our positions under the kitchen table. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z We settled around the kitchen table, and Wynn cleared his throat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Diego flips the kitchen table the rest of the way over laughing and dives on me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He dropped the crutches and sank to the chair at the kitchen table. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The pentominoes were yellow plastic and clacked against the kitchen table in a satisfying, decisive way. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Until this one night my dad threw a big map on the kitchen table and ironed the creases from the Eastern States with his palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Next day, at the kitchen table, I told Mama and Papa what he did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I would sit down between them at the kitchen table and listen to each of them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Dismay scrambled for my lap, bobbling the kitchen table on his back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Babou sat alone at the kitchen table, sipping tea and talking quietly. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She did most of her homework with Jojo at the kitchen table. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, after George had his crop planted, I sat down with him at his kitchen table and we talked about the problem. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was Tuesday, so both sad irons were heating on the stove and I’d covered the kitchen table with a clean blanket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Our kitchen table’s been full of so many naked men this year. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gerald, my sister's shadow, is sitting at our kitchen table helping Sunny make RATIFY! posters for her Equal Rights Club. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She got up from the kitchen table and poured herself a glass of wine. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Spread out across the kitchen table were maybe a hundred old photographs. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke up nearly every day to her standing in the kitchen, Preacher Green playing on the radio that sat on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He crossed to the kitchen table and kicked a chair out, dropping himself into it as he folded the tortilla into his mouth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table and stitched her hurt into tiny perfect seams that bound a bit of lace edging to the smock and bloomers for Muff’s coming baby. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat at the kitchen table and lit a cigarette. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I busted over to her place and she was sitting at the kitchen table. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He bangs his spoon on the kitchen table. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She got up and left the kitchen table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and slowly told my father everything that had taken place in Reb Saunders’ synagogue. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Her belated interest so delighted Ralph that as they huddled over the kitchen table, he kissed her several times, ardently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would hurry downstairs to the bright, cheerful kitchen, where my mother, who would be reading at the kitchen table, would greet me with a smile and a warm hug. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved her in and took the box to the kitchen table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z At that point, Desdemona stood up from the kitchen table and, with a look of triumphant desolation, made a grave pronouncement: “God has brought the judgment down on us that we deserve,” she said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Virgil was so overjoyed at the stillness of his usually bustling house that he didn’t even glance at the kitchen table as he opened the refrigerator. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She had respectfully told them that we were fine, but they didn’t listen until she swore in Farsi and banged her fists on the kitchen table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Miles away, at the Arables’ house, the men sat around the kitchen table eating a dish of canned peaches and talking over the events of the day. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z John got particularly wild at one point when Mr. Pignati was It and there weren’t many obstacles you could skate around on the ground floor except the kitchen table, and that got mundane after awhile. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The thought of the big stack of bills on the kitchen table rises in my mind. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On the way out, Charlie sees on the kitchen table the long carving knife she cuts roasts with, and he senses vaguely that she wanted to hurt him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But when I went to get a mop I saw something worse—that cat, that fool Pete, up on the kitchen table gorging crabmeat salad. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us sitting quietly around the kitchen table reminded me of days spent helping Mamd in Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Toddling Callie, wobbling Mona; they seemed to be always emerging from under the kitchen table — Callie on a mysterious errand, Mona forever chasing that sister gone around the corner. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, when I came downstairs, my parents’ bedroom door was shut, and Dad was sitting at the kitchen table, by himself. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I keep David in my line of sight as he sits at the kitchen table — especially as Mrs. Morehouse shows Mom something out the window. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In moments, the long kitchen table has been cleared, a sterile white cloth spread across it, and Gale hoisted onto it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table and fanned herself with a cardboard fan while I went to the pantry, where I spotted a stone crock of hard cider. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I set down my laptop bag on the dining room table, which is also both the living room table and the kitchen table. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In the evening she often sat at the kitchen table completely lost in thought. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the third evening I was at the kitchen table, reading, when Shawn and Benjamin shuffled through the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I came inside cautiously and found Mom sitting at the kitchen table in front of her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She sat down at the kitchen table to stir the thick dough. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sitting around the kitchen table we had a sad, makeshift dinner of canned mushroom soup, soda crackers, and tea without sugar or milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and thought. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he made his way cautiously through the rest of the house, inspecting the coatrack by the back door, licking crumbs off the linoleum floor under the kitchen table. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He is feeding himself with his right hand while his left gently touches a slim bamboo stick lying on the kitchen table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside Pop’s playing War with Erin at the kitchen table. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She put water on for more tea and sat down at the small kitchen table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits next to me at the kitchen table and picks up the magazine, flipping through it while we talk. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When he sits down at the kitchen table and starts attacking his chow mein, I say, “Don’t they feed you at work?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I’m worried,” I told Birdie and Mae as we sipped hot peppermint tea at the kitchen table. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Her roommates’ checks were on the kitchen table, one on top of the other, all of them pink and bordered by flowers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning after cartoons and Corn Flakes my parents sat me down at our kitchen table and told me about a new operation the doctors had planned. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He carries the radio gingerly to the kitchen table. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s getting toward “that time of year,” and my father sits at the kitchen table with his laptop, stressed and distracted by the new tax code, and some client’s haphazard collection of receipts. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We sat at the kitchen table, surrounded by wicker chairs. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits at the kitchen table talking to herself, What am 1 going to do? till it’s late and Dad rolls up the stairs singing Roddy McCorley. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mom was at the kitchen table in front of her beach painting, which she had finally finished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I find my father asleep at the kitchen table, a cordless phone clutched to his chest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He gestured to the book on the kitchen table, Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jermaine plopped down at the kitchen table and started reading his newspaper. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z There was fresh bread on the kitchen table, but it took a piece of time to find the crock of jam. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get home, Pop’s wheelchair is parked at the kitchen table. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I came home from school to find her at the kitchen table, reading about the day's events at Ground Zero. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I was sitting at my kitchen table, reading, when I heard a noise from the barn. And there she was.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At four in the morning, hunched over the kitchen table, he made lists. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I put a blue-and-red-plaid tablecloth on the kitchen table and found white dishes with a blue stripe ’round the edges. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There are ironed linens on the kitchen table, a vase of wilting violets. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of chocolate milk and one of the blueberry muffins Mom brought home yesterday. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I sit at the kitchen table and feel quite sure that no one on my anonymous, dew-covered street has had a night like mine. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His tone impressed her; she looked again at the faces on the kitchen table. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I would lie in bed beside him or sit at the kitchen table, running my eyes over him like hands. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She dropped the spatula she’d been holding and stepped away from the bags and boxes to grab her purse off the kitchen table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The door to the kitchen was partway open, and she could see the edge of the kitchen table and the handle of a mug. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He came out of his room and slowly sat down at the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Izzy, however, knew nothing of this until she arrived at Mia’s after school, let herself in through the unlocked side door as usual, and came upstairs to see Bebe crumpled at the kitchen table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Peachy Helen, on the other hand, crouched over the newspaper on her kitchen table, moaning over kidnappings, hijackings, and hurricanes as if each one were personal. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “When we were sitting at your kitchen table the other day, you asked me when I knew. That’s when...that’s when I knew for sure.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z She has taken to smoking the same brand herself late at night when she totals the day’s receipts at the kitchen table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fig leapt onto the kitchen table and dutifully dashed across the wood into the tunnel. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He knocked on the door, and when the homeowner opened it, George walked inside without being invited and roamed around until he found the kitchen table, where he sat down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z After breakfast the next morning Elinor spread a crumpled road map out on the kitchen table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two newspapers are spread wide open on the kitchen table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table sipping a little muscatel and blew away the one baby roach that was starting to cross the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After school, I sat with Maribel at the kitchen table and helped her with her homework. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They let themselves into the O’Sullivan house, where Mel made herself a cup of tea and sat at the kitchen table, sipping quietly while they waited for the vet to arrive. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z For most of the weekend I sat at the kitchen table and did my homework. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked on some sketches for the field guide at the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He winked at the girls, kissed his aunt on top of her head, and cakewalked around the kitchen table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa Keating sat at the kitchen table drinking his stout and offering everyone a sip of his whiskey. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z That’s when I notice that the box has moved from the kitchen table to the counter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Kathy made lunches while the three girls sat at the kitchen table, eating and reciting, in English accents, scenes from Pride and Prejudice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But when Mother lifted the sky-blue thermos that sat on the tiny kitchen table, she gasped. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I also saw something shocking — right in front of me, at the kitchen table, my dad was slumped over a pile of papers with his head cradled in his hands. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I found Aunt Loma sitting at the kitchen table, her long curly red hair still loose and tousled, the dirty breakfast dishes pushed back to clear a space. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Only then did Henry see the boy curled under the kitchen table, a quilt laid over him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table was a thermos, a teacup, the white leatherette Bible, and the car keys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The round kitchen table and the rectangular dining table. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One Sunday soon afterwards, I sat down at the kitchen table with my trail log and a calculator and at last totted up the miles I had done. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I sit at the kitchen table with a huge cardboard box, a few bottles of craft paint, and scissors. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Upstairs at Charles and Camilla’s, everyone was sitting around the kitchen table with their sleeves rolled up, deep in Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At home, I opened the white shark anatomy book on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He sat down at the kitchen table and, head in hands, started reading. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The three of us sat downstairs at the kitchen table, spent and sullen now, our misery provoked all over again by the sight of the fourth empty chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Later in the afternoon we were sitting at the kitchen table, talking. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Papá sat at the kitchen table, lit a cigarette, and asked me to bring him a glass of water and two aspirins. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z My wife and I sat with him at the kitchen table and watched him eat five Boston cream doughnuts, which he washed down with two glasses of milk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I get up, turn on the lights, make myself some hot milk, sit at the kitchen table, shivering with cold. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I learned most of what I knew about Coalwood history and my parents’ early years at the kitchen table after the supper dishes were cleared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When Arturo and I sat together at the kitchen table that night, I was quiet and preoccupied, staring into my cup of tea, the only sound the knocking of the radiator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After that she put a cake with pink and purple flowers in a cardboard box from the grocery store on the kitchen table and told us to have some. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The doc’s a short man, round belly, don’t seem to practice what he preaches about eating right, but he’s got a kind heart, and he lays out some newspapers on his kitchen table. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A large, lopsided blue cake is on the kitchen table, candles already burned halfway down during the long, blindfolded walk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He sat at the kitchen table with an open bag of chips and a liter bottle of soda in front of him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I walked like Howard around the kitchen table. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z On one side of the kitchen table there were books and an inkstand—on the other side a fork, spoon, and plate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I asked as the two of them sat at the kitchen table, heads bent over a piece of paper I assumed was an application. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Papá and Mamá were sitting at the kitchen table talking. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I slammed the refrigerator door shut and ran to her as she ran to me, and we hugged each other and did a little foot-stomping dance, laughing, as we circled the kitchen table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy took the fish, and for the next hour the three of us sat around the kitchen table eating pickled herring and crackers and sugar cookies and milk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Momma, Joey and Grandma Sands were sitting at the little, skinny kitchen table yakking. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "Get the boy a steak, Harold," his grandma said, sitting Park at the kitchen table and inspecting his face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z My mom was sitting at our kitchen table with some ... guy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She dropped the spatula she’d been holding and stepped away from the bags and boxes to grab her purse off the kitchen table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They dragged the kitchen table and the thick gray rug. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Papá and Mamá were sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by my brothers and sister, who listened quietly as my parents discussed our trip. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And why was I thinking about these things in the middle of a rainstorm, sitting at the kitchen table with my mother and father? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z In a moment Adam followed him and sat at the kitchen table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Our worlds only intersect briefly in the morning when the three of us sit at the kitchen table and in the evening when we return there. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She called me back downstairs and sat me down at the kitchen table, across from her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She sat at our kitchen table and motioned for me to sit beside her. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They sat at the kitchen table with me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When he brought it home and put it on the kitchen table, I wouldn’t touch it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z So she set the kitchen table, humming under her breath the “Sunny Days” theme from Sesame Street. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z From work, Helmuth borrows an official swastika stamper that makes each flier look like an official government notice, and his grandmother gets used to the constant thump-thump she hears each night at the kitchen table. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Zora made me sit at the kitchen table while she brought it out like a librarian with a Shakespeare folio. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For a while I sat at the kitchen table, numb, while Mom called school and made sure the television interview had been canceled. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I dropped my decommissioned backpack on the kitchen table and filled the kettle from the pitcher of filtered water I kept on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Gerald just grunted and slumped in a seat by the kitchen table. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I set the platter of roast beef down on the kitchen table and watch, hoping this doesn’t turn into something. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps it would be best not to see Mary at all, just place the money in an envelope and leave it on the kitchen table where she'd be sure to find it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My phone was connected to Bluetooth speakers on the kitchen table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z When the telephone rang, we were sitting at the kitchen table planning a trip to Scotland to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A minute after dark, I’m setting at my kitchen table, twirling my pencil. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z All three of us sat at the kitchen table in silence and listened to music. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He stared at us all sitting at the kitchen table, blinking as if he were seeing a vision. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He and Ron went down to breakfast to find Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny already sitting at the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Mama took out a starched linen tablecloth and snapped it open over the kitchen table. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z As he’d guessed, Pearl was out with Trip that afternoon, and learned the news only when she came home some hours later to find Bebe—quiet now—still at the kitchen table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Papá sat at the kitchen table, smoking a cigarette and staring out into space. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z But it was too hot, so I spread newspapers out over the kitchen table and got the bucket of wooden mallets from the cabinet above the refrigerator. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I didn’t come downstairs and find him with his forehead slammed against the kitchen table, drool oozing from his mouth like slime, which is definitely what I was expecting. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “They didn’t hit Marigold,” he says between bites of pot roast at the kitchen table. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z They sat around the kitchen table and went to work decorating the box. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to the house, Wynn was making scrambled eggs for dinner, and Nan sat at the kitchen table drinking a glass of juice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My mom sits down at the kitchen table and takes a sip from her cup. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Felix was sitting at the kitchen table, eating off-brand frosted flakes and focusing on the maze on the back of the box, when the TV caught his attention. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting at the kitchen table, crying—a slightly exaggerated crying which seemed to make our relationship even more artificial. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z My mother was folding a wad of newspaper and putting it under the wobbly kitchen table. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The kitchen table's legs are uneven; every time we lean forward it tilts. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So I sat at the kitchen table and waited, flipping through the notebook—through the recipes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Albert drives them home in their little NSU Prinz 4, the clutch rattling, and Jutta takes a stack of end-of-term exams from her school bag and grades them at the kitchen table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He grabs hold of the kitchen table and continues his verbal lashing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs, he was at the kitchen table with a pile of papers spread out in front of him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Joe hung up and returned to the kitchen table, slumped back into his chair, and lazily sipped from a cup of lukewarm coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She eyes the kitchen table, like she wants to sit today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I flew down the hall to my room and got a notebook and pencil and returned to the kitchen table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I helped her into a chair at the kitchen table. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then she sits at the kitchen table with us until we finish our homework. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As I was sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out what to write, Trampita entered the room, pulling up his white shorts. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table, tapping her pencil on her pinkie. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He grabbed some scissors and tape, dumped the decorations on the kitchen table, and got to work. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she set a tray of Pillsbury biscuits on the kitchen table and ladled out a plate of the beans for each of us kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Trotter moved to the kitchen table and started chopping the carrots on a tiny round board. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Daddy’s in the fields and Mother’s at a doctor’s appointment in town, so I stretch the black, twisting phone cord to the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She watched from beneath Henry’s kitchen table as her mother and Wash sat drinking Ovaltine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry went down to breakfast the next morning to find the three Dursleys already sitting around the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I grabbed my coat and sat at the kitchen table, pretending to text on the phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And then I sit, stand, sit, stand, sit at the kitchen table. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Is there a little girl sitting in one of those bouncy baby chairs up there on the kitchen table? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They sit at the square kitchen table, her father and Madame Manec at opposite sides, knees pressed to knees, windows jammed shut, shutters drawn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I reached under the kitchen table for my patched khaki shorts and dressed hurriedly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z While I steeped the tea, Dad pulled down a pair of cups for us and set them on the kitchen table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I sit at the kitchen table, trying to peer at the TV as it plays my favorite early anime shows in the living room, trying not to worry too much about Sandy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I glance at our small kitchen table, where a mug has been knocked to the ground, tea spilled on the chair and floor amid the broken shards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I let him in and we sit at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at the white kitchen table staring out the window with an ugly look on her face like her poor fancy life is just too hot a hell to live in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now she’s circling around the kitchen table, brushing a crumb here, straightening an already straight chair. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Phyllis is still holding the magazine and plops down once we get to the kitchen table. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Arturo set it on the kitchen table and tuned it to a station playing nothing but the Beatles, which had been his favorite band since he was a boy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My mom takes a deep breath and sprays the kitchen table again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We all sat down at our kitchen table, which almost never had more than two people at it—Mom and me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He wasn’t thinking of home, where Ben and Luster were eating cold dinner at the kitchen table. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote James’ name on the front and left it on the kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I walk in her house, there Miss Leefolt is reading my book at the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, she joined me at the kitchen table, clipping coupons. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes’ work at her kitchen table and the photograph from her own passport had produced something she hoped would pass for genuine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lying on a bed of cardboard, under a kitchen table, peering through a large hole in the blanket at the spooky darkness around me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She set a big glass jar of the murky tea on my kitchen table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z So they served as laboratory assistants for science projects and turned the kitchen table into an honors calculus class. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When I finally drag my tired butt into the house, it’s four in the morning and my dad ain’t on the TV couch, he’s sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I switched the TV off and found myself watching my mother as she sat at the kitchen table, looking over some of her old lesson plans. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She sat down at the kitchen table and handed it to Grandma, who was placing the dinner plates on the table. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wiped the kitchen table, rinsed out the spit cup, put clean sheets on Grandpa’s bed, picked up clothes and newspapers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt’s got it laid out on the kitchen table from the luncheon yesterday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I feel desperate, because now every time I close mv eves I see her, sitting there at the kitchen table with Evie on her lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I helped Mother sit at the kitchen table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat by myself at the kitchen table. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Inside, Mom is sitting at the kitchen table on the phone, taking notes in a bedazzled notebook. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was the time, for instance, we were sitting around the kitchen table after a long breakfast, Ruth, me and a few veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Aibileen smiles at the stack of pages on her kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z All I can think of is the emaciated bodies of the children on our kitchen table as my mother prescribes what the parents can’t give. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Roberto and I were doing our homework at the kitchen table when we heard the dogs barking. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “So nasty,” I grumble, plopping down at the kitchen table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z When the bags were gathered on the kitchen floor, I started pulling groceries onto the kitchen table—half a watermelon, a coffee cake, milk, and ground beef. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She sat us down at the kitchen table and insisted on feeding us her special blue chocolate-chip cookies while we caught her up on the quest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then she sat down at the kitchen table, and wrote two names on a slip of paper, and handed the paper to Harriet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting at the kitchen table that we were just sitting at, and she was wearing an enormous hat, even though she was inside, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She spins to face me, and I see a plate of seasoned drumsticks and stewed potatoes on our little kitchen table. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And Tom, big and red, already cultivating a fine flowing mustache, sat at the kitchen table with his sleeves rolled down as he had been mannered. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They cooked enough food to cover the dining room and kitchen tables. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother and Lily are framed in light at the kitchen table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z One day, they were talking to each other at the kitchen table and they were talking about me and that’s the expression they used. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I ask as I clean the kitchen table with a Clorox wipe. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a glass of iced tea and a piece of pecan pie on the kitchen table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After Tom left for work, I sat down at the kitchen table to do battle with Evie over breakfast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting at the kitchen table, scarfing down my Chocolate Buzz Krispies. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I sat down, put my leg up on the kitchen table, and called Froggy. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing at the kitchen table feels like a luxury. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But instead, I sit at the kitchen table and breathe. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Would you two killers please sit your brutal selves down at the kitchen table and eat some popcorn,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to the diningroom, where they heard her moving about, then she returned and set a plate at the kitchen table and set food there. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought Grandma might rest to the occasion and throw the kitchen table at Mrs. Widenbach. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she opens the door, and I barely make it to the kitchen table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Hanging up the phone, Ben walked to the kitchen table and sat down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone is cranking up a phonograph on my half of a kitchen table, next to a plate of cookies. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I grew up with the Journal sitting on our kitchen table, open to the farm report or the local sports page. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There isn’t much that’s different about the way they sit at the kitchen table, or the way they look up at me as I walk inside and close the door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He plunks down at the kitchen table and I bring him lemonade before he even asks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She settled back down at the kitchen table. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I see Mom at the kitchen table, her empty lunch plate still in front of her, banging her phone keyboard with her thumbs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at the kitchen table wearing her work clothes and checking a camera lens. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z XI Darlene cut her picture out of the paper and put it on the kitchen table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not much," he said, dumping out the contents onto the kitchen table. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I scrambled away and almost fell over the kitchen table, because her eyes—her eyes were glowing green. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Zack is sitting at the kitchen table eating scrambled eggs when I walk in the back door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I brought them to Dad, who was reading the New York Times at the kitchen table, marking the mistakes with his red pen. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We sit together at the kitchen table, leafing through Sara’s recipe notebook. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We sit at the kitchen table covered with tulle, figurines, ribbon, and candied almonds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but think of how in Pátzcuaro Arturo used to come home at midday and sit at the kitchen table, eating the lunch I had spent much of the morning preparing for him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I picture us at the kitchen table, me drinking hot chocolate, about to go to sleep, and him drinking coffee, about to go to work. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes you’d come into the kitchen and he would be sitting by the kitchen table where the sunlight was coming in, and he’d have his face raised to it like he could see its warmth. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t know the first thing about transforming raw meat into dinner, so I sat at the kitchen table and leaned over a copy of the Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table stood a shopping-bag filled with groceries, and he knew that his Aunt Florence had arrived. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When I had to write something, I used the kitchen table. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I sit at the kitchen table and watch Mom making coffee in her fluffy white bathrobe. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Phoebe’s mother was sitting at the kitchen table when we walked in. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 How often I've seen them, ringed around our kitchen table and I thought, Why don't they leave? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I go back in the house, pass Mother at the kitchen table drinking warm milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There was a note saying so on the kitchen table. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Left it sitting right there on the kitchen table next to our empty cereal bowls. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And if there's anyone who'd simply take it in their stride, who'd just clean up the mess and get on with things, it's the two guys sitting downstairs at the kitchen table drinking their beer. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Next she sits me down at the kitchen table and applies her homemade conditioner. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Bill was sitting at the small kitchen table, holding a bedsheet to his arm, which was bleeding profusely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I took the application home and began filling it out at the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He was on one crutch, sifting through the mail on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “You should train him better. He shouldn’t eat people’s food from the kitchen table.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She puts a plate of slightly charred pancakes down on the kitchen table. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His corpse was laid out on the kitchen table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The man sitting across from me at an oilcloth-covered kitchen table was eighty-three. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The children took seats at the kitchen table and stared nervously into their oatmeal. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She pointed to the milk bottle that nobody had noticed, though it stood on the kitchen table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As I retyped it on the kitchen table, Mamá came over and sat next to me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He banged his fist on the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Mosca hesitated, but then he put the bag on Victor's kitchen table. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z By then my mom was sitting at the kitchen table with the telephone next to her elbow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She loosened the knot on her bathrobe and sat down at the kitchen table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He and Mom and I sat at the little kitchen table over bowls of cereal after they busted me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I watched the reflection of the beaten-up kid nod tentatively from the far end of the kitchen table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mum was doing her accounts on the kitchen table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The letter was mostly questions, which I asked while walking in circles around Miss Maggie’s kitchen table as she sat there, writing them down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She sat down at the kitchen table, feeling like someone had splashed cold water down her insides. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They nodded to me and turned back to Mr. Sloan, who was sitting at the kitchen table looking younger and happier after a night’s sleep. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When Margaret came back to the add-on living room, she poured us each a glass of cold cider, and we sat at the kitchen table and talked. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She clutched a letter from an opened package that sat on the kitchen table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She slid them along the kitchen table toward me, and then slid an envelope across as well. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At the stove she pressed the coffee button, and in a moment had put the imposing mug by his place at the kitchen table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the whirling pattern on the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She got up from underneath the kitchen table. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ben and Mary Anne were talking at the kitchen table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The photographs skip back and forth in years, and the family marches across the kitchen table unstuck from time, beaming at me from their happiest moments. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They look you in the eye, level and measuring, they sit at the kitchen table and the air around lights up with their lucidity. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides, with him holed up in my craft room, I had no choice but to craft at the kitchen table like an amateur again. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table, which I had set with my mother’s good service and cloth napkins and glasses for water and wine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She sat us down at the kitchen table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Danny’s brother, Levi, was forever poking at his food when he sat at the kitchen table, or walking ghostlike around the house, picking his nose. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Katie sat alone at the kitchen table far into the night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back downstairs and he was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a beer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He studied at night, by the lamp at the kitchen table. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk around to the back door, open it, go in, set my basket down on the kitchen table. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands were sudsy from the dishwater but she didn’t rinse or dry them before plonking herself down at the kitchen table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z One of the police dogs had mounted the small kitchen table and was barking in a blind rage, snapping his fangs at Red through the window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Coo/.” He led me to the kitchen table, which was where our kitchen table was, and he sat down and slapped his hand against his knee. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We sit around the kitchen table and munch on black beans and rice with steak from the Cuban restaurant in town. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Maya sat between Grace and Joaquin at the kitchen table as Jessica fluttered around them, getting sodas out of the refrigerator, setting them down along with paper napkins. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So you sit at the kitchen table, moving food around your plate, and you only shovel food into your mouth when someone reminds you that you’re not eating. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She is at the kitchen table eating breakfast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I pocketed the whistle and opened the sack on the kitchen table. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She set aside an evening, and the two of us sat at the kitchen table, scratching at bits of paper and tugging our hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mamou was at the kitchen table, drinking her own cup of tea, when I brought the basket of cleaned sabzi into the kitchen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They sat at the kitchen table, and Coraline’s other mother brought them lunch. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I hold fast to the sides of Shorty’s cousin’s kitchen table, crazily contemplating whether the fire of a conk could lead a man to splinter wood with his fingernails. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What, I didn’t tell you to go outside?” her mother growled, setting two cups of coffee and half a fruitcake on the kitchen table where the men were seated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the sonogram to the kitchen table and tried to determine which part of the amorphous blob was my future niece or nephew. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I lowered my head to the kitchen table and cried. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I woke up to Dad sitting at the kitchen table alone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z At night Kabuo was subject to disturbing dreams that sent him to the kitchen table in his slippers and bathrobe, where he sat drinking tea and staring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I could go down to the kitchen then, say I’m afraid, sit with Rita and Cora around the kitchen table, they would permit my fear because it’s one they share, they’d let me in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But someone had been there....And had left something on the kitchen table. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Kira had finished it while me and Holly ate spinach pizza at the kitchen table. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Kathy went to the kitchen table where three plates were set out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We left the man, still under the kitchen table, and headed for the verandah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I grabbed a towel from the bathroom, wrapped it around myself like a cape, and flopped into a chair at the kitchen table, thinking about what Officer Parrelli had said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Before he left, Dad sat down with me at Gramma’s kitchen table. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He sits at the kitchen table, pushing aside the pulled-apart toaster, and wolfs the eggs down. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Mom, Dad, and I sat at the kitchen table. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We were sitting at the kitchen table when Mom told us this plan. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her mom and dad sat at the kitchen table with family albums open in front of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Quentin continued to leaf through the book at the kitchen table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I go home by myself and write poems at my kitchen table, like William Carlos Williams. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Recognizing that standing just wasn’t going to happen, I grabbed a chair from the kitchen table and pulled it over to him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Matilda, who was perched on a tall stool at the kitchen table, ate her bread and jam slowly. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z When she got home a little before two in the morning, there was a letter propped against the sugar bowl on the kitchen table. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was sitting at the kitchen table, sipping coffee, and looking over the new Sears, Roebuck catalog. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He walked round and round the kitchen table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We drew up the plans on the kitchen table, then hammered the frames together and laid the keel last night. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As the mighty battle came to its climax, Gerald crawled up on a chair and stood on the kitchen table, waving his arms triumphantly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad took his seat at the kitchen table and Mother stood to fix his breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mom asked, once we had eased ourselves into chairs at the kitchen table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Rumors are down there, kitchen tables, money exchanged in secret; evil old women, illegal doctors, disgrace and butchery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They sit on the kitchen table, wrapped together, gently moving and pushing down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The schoolmistress lay on the kitchen table, deep in sleep, and Xan kept both palms on the sides of the young woman’s face, concentrating hard. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She grabs them, bends to take a bottle of water from the case under the kitchen table, and strides to the dining room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I suppose you thought you could hide,” she said to the kitchen table, where Mia had been carefully splicing a photograph of a dog and a man together. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her wide and trusting eyes were also fixed upon the kitchen table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I take her hand and lead her in the back door and to the kitchen table, where Mom is sitting reading the weekend section of the paper. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Russell lurched backward into the kitchen table with his half; Piper lurched backward in the opposite direction, and with nothing to stop him, sailed right through the cellar doorway and down the cellar steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake left a note for me on the kitchen table: Went to grab a change of clothes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My aunt is alone at the kitchen table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I’ve made both of us a cup of tea—she’s permitted this—and we sit at the kitchen table, drinking it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We sat around the kitchen table, drinking hot apple cider, eating homemade cookies fresh out of the oven, and playing hearts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She ate it at the kitchen table, while Taylor sat nearby writing in his homework sheet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He always sat at the kitchen table and did his math homework while she cooked his breakfast and wrapped up his lunch for school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z That night Helmuth sits at the kitchen table, feeling dark, chewing on his pencil. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The children sat at the kitchen table, eating instant oatmeal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He spreads it out on the small kitchen table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was sitting at the little kitchen table. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi tapped a floury fingerprint on Baby Joe’s nose as he toddled past in one of his many tours around Muff’s kitchen table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The kid waited patiently on the kitchen table with her hands folded in her lap while her mother worked on her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was just the three of us around the kitchen table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ma was sitting at the kitchen table, rolling an egg between her palms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Can you arrange away that dead little girl off of my kitchen table, Pastor? Work out a Lazarus number?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They all went to sit at the kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped inside, dropped my bag, and sank into a seat at the kitchen table. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The pan was full, so I dashed upstairs, where the rest of the family was hulling strawberries around the kitchen table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I came up from the lab just as he threw down the paper on the kitchen table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Before long, there’s a whole plate of pancakes sitting on the kitchen table, right next to a jug of maple syrup. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z And as I followed Conner to the kitchen table, I realized the answer was really important. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Willie gazed nervously around the room—at the books on the kitchen table, the sink, the cot against the wall, and at his father. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The next morning, Theresa found a special breakfast laid out on the kitchen table. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table with her coffee. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He went into the kitchen, where the moonlight called his attention to a half bottle of champagne on the kitchen table, all that was left from the reception in the tent. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting at the kitchen table and Mrs. Bessie was still fussing with his hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat at the kitchen table and stared at the clock, until I went and got a deck of cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He made himself baked beans on toast and sat at the kitchen table wondering about the best order to look through the downstairs rooms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At night and on weekends, there were often lively discussions around her kitchen table, sometimes with friends—mostly Jewish intellectuals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Jean-Marie said, “We would offer you hospitality at our kitchen table. But to do that, we would have to lock her in her room.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s in a bag on the kitchen table.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Fenella was his first port of call, and as the rain flung itself against the window, they sat at the kitchen table and kneaded some dough for the priory’s bread. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Two days later, when we were supposed to be picking out fabrics to dye, I was looking through a stack of dog books on her kitchen table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Francie was sitting at the kitchen table pasting poems in old notebooks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Back home, he spread the classified ads out across the kitchen table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He reached under the kitchen table and pulled out one of those funny-looking suitcases that the band kept all their instruments in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “Oh. Mum phoned, from Cheltenham. To tell me to tell you there's a cold quiche in the fridge. I left you a note on the kitchen table.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I went to see what he was doing, and he had the kitchen table loaded with all the beer in the house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Moms was washing some collard greens in the sink and Pops was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z With a sigh, he brushed a few cake crumbs off Fenoglio’s kitchen table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I worked out at Ella’s kitchen table like there was no tomorrow. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Abby sat with Nan at the kitchen table while a lady old enough to be personal friends with Betsy Ross, sewer of the first US flag, hobbled around the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Ishmael found his mother at her kitchen table once again, reading the last chapter of Sense and Sensibility by lantern light and drinking tea with sugar and lemon concentrate. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m sitting at my kitchen table with a gun warming up in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I laid my head on the kitchen table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he picked it up and put it in the drawer of the kitchen table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I think of the time my family spent at the kitchen table eating meals. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As I shut the door and turned toward the kitchen, Nan’s cell phone caught my eye from where it rested next to my backpack on the kitchen table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Wherever I wanted to be, that’s where he was—squeaking the porch swing, or hogging the kitchen table, eating those organic soy nuts Mom bought for him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I told him that,” Patrolman Mancuso said, sitting erectly in his chair and looking hopefully at the kitchen table covered with oilcloth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We said all this in my kitchen, drinking coffee, sitting at my kitchen table, in those low, intense voices we used for such arguments when we were in our early twenties; a carry-over from college. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His mom had left him a note on the kitchen table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The way it was that first night and each one to follow was that they left a plate on the kitchen table for me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Backpack, keys, money, cell phone, all on the kitchen table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her grandmother sat at the kitchen table wearing an old striped cotton bathrobe. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam is at the kitchen table, shaking, her hair hanging damp, her face wet. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z While Anya put away the items she had purchased at the market, Ash unsealed the letter, spreading it out on the kitchen table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Linda sat across from him at the kitchen table, a coffee cup in front of her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He got his broom and took after the huge tom, who calmly jumped onto the kitchen table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, there were two letters on the kitchen table from the housing office. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Across from him at the kitchen table with her homework . Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A sheet was draped over the kitchen table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We all sit around the kitchen table, but it’s the quietest dinner in Carter family history. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z From my seat at the kitchen table I can see the corner of the living room where the chest sits. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom is sitting at the kitchen table, still in her scrubs and with her blond hair piled high on top of her head, watching the news on her portable TV. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Master placed his racket down on the kitchen table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was empty: no kitchen table, no chairs, no nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But meanwhile,” said George, sitting down at the kitchen table and putting his feet up on it, “we can enjoy watching you demonstrate the correct use of a — whoops-a-daisy!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But I had seen him sit at the kitchen table with a guitar and a notepad a hundred times. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash led the huntress up the garden path and into the kitchen, and she poured some water from the pitcher on the scarred kitchen table into a clean goblet. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out a chair and sat down again at the kitchen table. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Valentine’s kitchen table started the culture of debate on the farm, when Valentine and his friends—and later, visiting scholars and noted abolitionists—stayed up past midnight arguing over the colored question. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Instead I just sat at the kitchen table and looked around at all the things that I was used to, that now suddenly seemed so strange. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then eight people have to disappear to the well-curtained attic and lie on the floor unmoving, in complete silence, miserable and sweating, while Lubek talks and smokes cigarettes at my half kitchen table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and unfolded the paper. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley took a piece of buttered toast from a stack on the kitchen table, put it into the fire tongs, and transferred it into Mr. Diggory’s mouth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I push him to the floor, grab the keys from the kitchen table and am out of the French doors before he’s able to get to his knees. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She filled his seat at the kitchen table with blankness, cleared him from the revival bench, vanished him from behind the wheel of the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Constantine sat down next to me, at the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They worked it out over the kitchen table. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I go back in and sit at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Me and Howard played Parcheesi at the kitchen table with a fan whirring in the doorway, while Wishbone scurried around searching for dropped crackers or spilled juice. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Grampa sat down at the kitchen table and pulled me into his lap. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I am sitting at the kitchen table, which is really a folding card table someone gave us a year ago. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I told him everything that had happened, even about the creature, as he sat nodding across the kitchen table, writing nothing in his spiral notebook. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table across from Mom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z After that we go home, and I work on dinner while he works on the dresses at the kitchen table. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He’s sitting alone at the kitchen table, a half-emptied bottle of white liquor in one fist, his knife in the other. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Gardening, we cut sunflowers for the kitchen table. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z When Miss Celia comes back downstairs ten minutes later, she sits at the kitchen table, asks me if I’m ready to eat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The carpet, the wallpaper, the kitchen table and countertops—everything was the same as it was in the slides I’d seen of my mother’s childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Come sit down and be quiet,” she said, pointing at the chairs lined up at the kitchen table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She reached under the kitchen table and grabbed the torn blanket and draped it in place of the shawl and took the shawl and spread it over the newspapers and cardboard covering Florah. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We sit around my puzzle at the kitchen table. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z We both sat at the kitchen table and waited while Mama paced. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Next to a box of shells, Grandpa Dowdel’s old double-barreled Winchester Model 21 was on the kitchen table, along with a greasy rig, like Grandma meant to clean it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Naomi and Tommie sat at the kitchen table in Henry’s house, studying their empty glasses of milk as if the answers to the problem of Tommie’s project might be there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Cowgill edged around the kitchen table and pulled the strop oft the wall. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat at the kitchen table and Bertha kissed his cheek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Mama and Baba are at the kitchen table, eating and watching a morning talk show. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “You think so?” my mother said, slapping the envelope on the edge of the kitchen table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Mom sat at the kitchen table with her familiar semester-preparation spread. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The mist shimmered, and there was my mom at our kitchen table, laughing and holding hands with her friend Mr. Blowfish. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She held her head very straight as she sat at the kitchen table and waited for the fireworks. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z After we entered her house she had me drape a bed- sheet over the kitchen table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She installs me at the kitchen table immediately, producing more real coffee and a plate of small croissants. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When they were out of sight, she dropped the scrap of paper on the kitchen table and returned to her housework. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I went into the house and I put Toby down on the kitchen table. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Enrique and a friend are playing cards down the hallway on the kitchen table. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We spread a sheet of newspaper between us on the kitchen table and started shelling them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z That afternoon, she was sitting at the kitchen table, reading the newspaper. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He'd sit at the kitchen table with his flyswatter, watch the flies darting from wall to wall, buzzing here, buzzing there, harried and rushed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She plops down into my mom’s seat at the kitchen table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was suppertime, and the family was gathered around the kitchen table, when Shawn said he guessed he’d marry Emily after all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She came in the back door with some folded yellow curtains which she piled on the kitchen table. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat across from me at the kitchen table and carefully asked about the van out front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Every night after dinner, my mother and I would sit at the Formica kitchen table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked away from the sheet and noticed one of Mom’s partially eaten casseroles on the kitchen table along with an open bag of Thin Mints I had helped Miss Volker package up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I left him sitting at the kitchen table over his glass of tea and went to bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I loved having Grandmother or Mother read me stories in the dining room, or Papa seat me on his lap to do math problems or build airplanes at the kitchen table with Brother and me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She swept shotgun, shells, and the greasy rag off the kitchen table and put them all back behind the wood- box. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I’m sitting at the kitchen table forcing myself to finish the rest of my homework. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Pearl had loved watching her mother at work, bent over the kitchen table, laboring with the precision of a surgeon—scalpel, needle, pins—to transform these toys into art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They sat round the kitchen table staring at each other. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Lillian had risen and was sitting at the kitchen table reading the Charleston News and Courier and finishing her first cup of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Slouched at the kitchen table, forcing him-self to sip Campbell’s Chicken Broth, he heard the voices and thought they were the sound of kids playing in the street. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm at the kitchen table separating the peripheral wiring when Dell Duke's cell phone barks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Scoob snagged a few from the bowl on his kitchen table and stuffed them in his backpack while on the way out the door with G’ma this afternoon. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “You absolutely would not believe what Bob did now,” she said as she threw her hat down on the kitchen table. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I look at my fingers again, the ones that trembled and shook just a few days ago at Mr. Bender’s kitchen table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Morrie was in his wheelchair by the kitchen table, wearing a loose cotton shirt and even looser black sweatpants. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Anna’s head is bowed, tears dripping from her chin onto the kitchen table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The strict discipline was occasionally lightened when Frances napped at the kitchen table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes banged his fists against the top of his head as his elbows rested on the kitchen table. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Mom gushes as I hop to the kitchen table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I look out at Mam at the kitchen table, smoking a cigarette, drinking tea, and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Theresa came home to find Helen lost in a panoply of analytical tools, all laid out on the kitchen table. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits at the kitchen table, his arms sprawled across the wood, his face in a puddle of liquor, snoring his head off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Papá sat at the kitchen table, giving orders and going over our savings, which he kept in a small metal box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z That night Dad called a family meeting, and we gathered around the kitchen table, because it was wide and long, and could seat all of us. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He shakes himself awake now, looks at the half-moon, and says, “I left my keys on your kitchen table.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We went to the kitchen table and sat down. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When we hang up, I walk to Amá at the kitchen table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The light above the kitchen table is warm and cheery. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We sit down at the kitchen table and Mom’s friend gives us sodas. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He pushed me hard and I bumped my thigh on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I picture her at the kitchen table, coffee in one hand, holotack in the other, punching in letters. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When the fever reached full fire, Kaz dreamed he had returned to the farm, and when he knocked on the door, he saw Dream Jordie and Dream Kaz already there, sitting at the kitchen table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was already coolly getting up from the kitchen table, as if he was the saner of the two of them, gathering the morning paper, and heading to his home office. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes Lynn and I would peek at him as he sat at the kitchen table, thinking. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I finally nailed her down on it, she sat at the kitchen table, pulled out an old envelope, ripped it open, and unfolded it to give her more space. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Gilly had long since finished her breakfast, but she sat at the kitchen table, her head propped on her fists. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I took the typewriter home and practiced on the kitchen table every night after work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I go through some of them at my kitchen table, and the Doorman just looks at me like always. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I remember that night, two years ago, as we sat at the kitchen table and I pretended that I hadn’t heard my mom tell her to enter the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Hugo had helped Isabelle hobble out of the bedroom, and now they sat shaking at the kitchen table. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Marigold studied the nearly finished goldfish pinata on the kitchen table before her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he gestured for Shadow to sit down at the kitchen table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She carried the gun to protect herself and had to use it once when, having climbed nine flights of stairs, she found some strangers playing cards at her kitchen table. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Eliza and I shared a loaf of bread at the kitchen table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His father, in full uniform, sat at the kitchen table, sipping from a steaming cup. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d say, Is this what the men of Ireland fought and died for that my own son is sitting there at the kitchen table reading the freemason paper? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Finn remembered sitting at the kitchen table with Sean, both of them trying to say the word “table” in Polish. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They invited us in, sat us at the kitchen table, and wasted no time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I had forgotten that I had left my book lying on the kitchen table because I was too interested in the Blue Planet video. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I brought out the stack of papers and placed them on the kitchen table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z On the day I left, Mama was up early, sitting at the place at the kitchen table where she always sat, the ashtray in front of her already half filled with partially smoked butts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They should be at home, fashioning bracelets out of old aluminum cans or just sitting at the kitchen table playing Lotería with Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And in a different way, I didn’t want to sully the kitchen table with the kinds of things I’d seen and heard during the day; it just seemed best to keep it inside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s sitting at the kitchen table, looking out at the storm, a beer bottle between his hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Clearly I did, because here I am at his kitchen table with the fragrance of an omelet smothered in some kind of tomatoey-oniony-garlicky sauce tickling my olfactory epithelium. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z That morning it was clear they were going to eat their breakfast right at the kitchen table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening Grandma and I had a quiet supper at the kitchen table, under the ceiling light and the flypaper strips. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Just thirteen more days before you tell Mister Johnny about me,” I say, and like I knew she would, Miss Celia gets up from the kitchen table and heads for her bedroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the Sanchez house, a lone figure has walked in and sits at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When I finally get to the kitchen table, the oatmeal’s cold and slick, like Silly Putty. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, we sat at the kitchen table for a long time talking about everything, so Mom heard the whole story a couple of times. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Desdemona set the silkworm box on the kitchen table and opened the lid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jennifer and Emma are at the kitchen table, a stack of flash cards between them so the quizzing of division facts can continue. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Linda sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and lit a cigarette. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She often sat at the kitchen table in the evening, brooding, “What have I done? What was I thinking?” staring off into space, holding a cup of cold, untouched coffee. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The model will be on its bench in the corner, and the sugar bowl will be in the center of the kitchen table, its little spoon resting on the rim. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I remember when I was a little girl, on Sunday afternoons my father and I would sit at the kitchen table playing chess. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I did my homework at the wobbly kitchen table. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Hannah left it on the kitchen table a minute, and the kittens got at it. I’m very sorry, Amy,” added Beth, who was still a patroness of cats. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the dirty dishes are piled high and the kitchen table is covered with crumbs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On Friday afternoon while I was diligently doing some advance homework at the kitchen table, he came and sat down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My mom takes an extra copy of the paperwork she had to fill out, and the first thing she does when we get to Crystal’s apartment is to put it down on the kitchen table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Tonight I’m watching my mother sweep under the same kitchen table, something she does every night after dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sitting at the kitchen table doing homework and watching Momma make dinner when Byron came in through the back door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the play takes place at their pretend kitchen table and sometimes, we're in their pretend living room but in real life we're just in folding chairs, sitting on the Kingdom Hall stage. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Two sets of jocks were arm wrestling at the kitchen table. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and watched the clock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, retreating to the house, he popped open a tallboy and slumped at the kitchen table, watching Nancy mop the floor. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom already sat at the kitchen table, getting ready to take a bite of her hot dog, which was covered in mustard and relish. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z When Richard comes, the living room is full of them or the kitchen table is stacked up with books. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Shine put his briefcase on the kitchen table and sat down. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She said, “Come out to the orchard!” when she ran past Harrison and Ikejide crouched under the kitchen table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad’s daily note was lying on the kitchen table. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits down across from me at the kitchen table, as usual. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She lit another cigarette and leaned against the kitchen table and considered him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It was only after he laid the curved needle on the kitchen table that his hands started to shake, then his shoulders. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When I finally made it to Twig’s mansion, she was already sitting at the kitchen table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, just when I’m starting to think that my applications were so bad the colleges didn’t even bother replying, there’s an envelope from Boston University waiting for me on the kitchen table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We sit at the kitchen table with our coats on, eating our sandwiches and drinking our milk, and waiting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then one morning when I went in early to cook breakfast, Lizabeth was sitting at the kitchen table holding a envelope. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 Then she sat on a chair at the kitchen table, her head in her hands, and I knew I had made her sad and I wanted to go back to my room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He flipped open his pad and began: “Item one. Garbage can in kitchen has no lid. Item two. Housefly on kitchen table. Item three. Too much garlic in food. Causes indigestion.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The kitchen table is covered with food—my favorites, potato salad, lemon meringue pie, pork chops. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z A bushel basket of tomatoes was on the kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at him, sitting there across from me at our kitchen table, his hands folded together neatly in front of him, his deep doe eyes on mine, and I feel love. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came home from school, there was milk and cookies on the kitchen table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There are only eight or nine people here besides us, packed onto the couch and around the kitchen table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Across the kitchen table, Mom clasps my fingers. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She wasn't kicked back at the kitchen table sipping coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Which makes me cackle at the kitchen table. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z After she makes her trip upstairs, Miss Celia comes to the kitchen table instead of going back to bed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She was right—I was standing on the kitchen table. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z An hour later, I examined my treasure on the kitchen table: two handfuls of green beans, four stunted crook- neck squash that had been nibbled by mice, and a few sour cherries. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At three o’clock she started dinner, and only when it was cooking did she take a break, sitting at die kitchen table to consult her dream book on the meaning of her previous night’s dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z While I watched television, the two of them sat at the kitchen table, talking about this and that. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z My mom and I sit at the kitchen table and close our eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He lay on our kitchen table, senseless to the world. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When I get home, Mom is at the kitchen table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad had already set up the game on the kitchen table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Nathan sat at the kitchen table with a peanut butter jam sandwich and two bottles of water before him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Emilika pours water that is already hot into a teapot and sits me at her kitchen table, talking nonstop about her boyfriend—not the old one, a new one, more handsome! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She sat down at the kitchen table and sagged a little. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My whole life on that kitchen table: past, present, future. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And then, presently, she returned to the kitchen, reseated herself at the kitchen table. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I could hear her grandmother moving around in the kitchen, preparing Jennifer's lunch, which Jennifer would soon eat at the kitchen table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When I got there, Gus was sitting at the kitchen table while Bertha sliced green peppers from the garden and jabbered about that fancy new drugstore they were building out on Route 26. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Will’s mom sat down at the kitchen table with her son. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But he does, and the five of us sit down around the kitchen table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Gran would give the bag to me and Jay and sit down with her guest at the kitchen table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I borrowed Willy’s headphones, plugged them into my phone, loaded up YouTube, and I watched it right there at the kitchen table. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I look to the window, he’s resting his head on the kitchen table, sleeping. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He painted the cartoonish, alien-looking black creature on the wall over the kitchen table that the family called the “funny man.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I ate at the kitchen table while my mom washed dishes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She takes my hand and leads me to the kitchen table. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I apologize to him profusely as I write my note and leave it on the kitchen table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Often Lily ate in our room or the den while yapping on the phone and I sat at the kitchen table by myself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The thunder’s booming and I’m at my kitchen table sweating. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A few kids were eating at the kitchen table. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes when he looks at her doing her homework at the kitchen table, he thinks she belongs to someone else. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at the kitchen table with cardboard boxes all around her, folding a stack of letters and putting them in envelopes. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He jerks his head away from me and it’s then that I lunge forward, pressing all my weight against him, throwing him off balance so that he stumbles back against the kitchen table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit down at the kitchen table and hum while I smear the thick pink polish all over the spoons with a cotton ball and watch it pull off the layer of black. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z This particular ritual of my parents’ was actually a thing I loved; I’d spent many nights sitting at the kitchen table with my parents, moved to tears by a particularly powerful line of verse. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s comfortable enough, but it isn’t a place you want to be, so instead I linger in the living room or at the kitchen table, ill at ease and powerless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju moved away from the window and sat down at the kitchen table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I sat next to her at the kitchen table, twice a day, for sixteen years, and never once did I consider the possibility that she could have been anything but Abnegation-born. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She sat down at our little kitchen table without taking her eyes off the picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I watched my mother powdering her nose at the kitchen table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Eat quickly! The Masons will be here soon!” snapped Aunt Petunia, pointing to two slices of bread and a lump of cheese on the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Lourdes pins a short braid against her head, twists on a hairnet, and leaves a note for her daughter on the kitchen table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They had eaten standing round the kitchen table. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z As my parents and the FOB sat talking at the kitchen table, I dropped two dishes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked tired but at that moment, as we sat at the kitchen table, there was something young about him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I stayed overnight, and when I came down in the morning, I found my parents at the kitchen table. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I scarf down the bowl of oatmeal she left for me on the kitchen table along with a banana, hoping doing at least one thing my mom asks will soothe my conscience. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z When we walked in, Nan was at our small kitchen table with Miss Esther, deep in conversation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z For a long while I sit at the kitchen table, head in my hands, math worksheets crumpled under my elbows. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As much as he longs to see her, he cannot picture her at the kitchen table on Pemberton Road, in her jeans and her bulky sweater, politely eating his mother’s food. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Straight from Sophie,” he said, placing a heavy quart bottle of milk on the kitchen table. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Mama went over there one morning and found Loma sitting at the kitchen table writing in a tablet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A silhouette arrives and sits at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I put the vase on the kitchen table and carefully lowered the flowers into it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z We have a quiet breakfast at the kitchen table without Seven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Rita is in here, standing at the kitchen table, which has a top of chipped white enamel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a book about the presidents that was on the kitchen table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the paper off the walkway but waited until I was sitting at the kitchen table to unfold it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Sit them right in the middle of the kitchen table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He set his CD on the kitchen table and considered the possibilities for dinner. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Winterbottom made me and Phoebe sit down at the kitchen table and tell her about our day. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He loved the feel and colors of beautiful cloth and he would sit with his scraps for hours under the kitchen table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And then she reads my mother's letter slowly while Hope and I sit at the kitchen table, cheese grits near gone, scrambled eggs leaving yellow dots in our bowls. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z My parents were sitting at the kitchen table huddled around a radio, oblivious to the fact that the sun had set and that most of the house was now dark and full of shadows. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It seemed rude not to drink it, so I sat opposite him at his kitchen table, my face set in my most professional smile, mouthing reassurance and unnecessary directions for the child’s care. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it would be best not to see Mary at all, just place the money in an envelope and leave it on the kitchen table where she'd be sure to find it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, and set the bleach and poison on the kitchen table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Sit down,” she commanded her, and pushed her toward the kitchen table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I slump down into a chair at the kitchen table and swipe through my phone until I find our last texts from almost two months ago. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I woke up to find toasted bread, brewed tea, and a boiled egg already on the kitchen table. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was littered with belongings: brass beds, chairs, kitchen tables, pots and pans, cribs, and piles of clothes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Mister Singer found the pencil and piece of paper on the kitchen table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She sat at the kitchen table, finishing a book she’d read twice before. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Or the kitchen table with its collapsible leaves and the chairs that go with it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z On a china plate on the kitchen table was a spool of black cotton, and a long silver needle, and, beside them, two large black buttons. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The rest of us were still sitting around the kitchen table, awkward and inert, pretending to enjoy our second and third cups of coffee when Teddy’s wife marched in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mom is unpacking everything on the kitchen table. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I leave a note on the kitchen table, grab my keys, and slip out of the apartment before Mom and Richard wake up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Portia opened a paper sack she had placed on the kitchen table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Helmuth helps Brother Worbs to a chair, puts the kettle on, clears a spot at the kitchen table, sets out a chipped teacup, finds peppermint leaves, pinches them into the teapot. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z We sat in the ladder-back chairs around the kitchen table, except for Rosaleen, who poured glasses of tea and set a plate of pimiento-cheese sandwiches on the table, as if anybody could eat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I gritted my teeth and tried to pull the sides of the kitchen table together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I set it on the kitchen table—a reminder of wishes come true—lit the kerosene lamp and finished writing my Honyocker’s Homily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Just then she heard the kettle begin to whistle, and she hurriedly picked up the satchel and brought it inside, leaving it on the kitchen table while she made her tea. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He steps away and grabs a handful of Kleenex from a box on the kitchen table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached down by her bed, then realized all of the Wallace yearbooks were on the kitchen table by her laptop. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After I had got it to work, my mother and me sat at the kitchen table eating cornflakes with milk and cheese danish. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Uncle Neville sat at the kitchen table, his long legs stretched out in front of him, a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Jay tiptoed away from his corner, and I met him behind the big kitchen table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Miss Lizzy set at her kitchen table with a cup of tea. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There’s a spread of snacks ready on the kitchen table, with bright blue paper plates and napkins. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He dug in his backpack and pulled out the papers, the same papers he’d showed us the night before at the kitchen table, as Berry slowly got down on the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I got home I told my sisters and my mom about the party as we sat around our big wooden kitchen table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z One evening she sits at the kitchen table while her great-uncle reads aloud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The bath water was steaming on the cooking stove, but Momma was scrubbing the kitchen table for the umpteenth time. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table eating the cake with a glass of milk, but I couldn’t finish. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Huffer leaned awkwardly over Mrs. Linga’s cold body and held the paperwork on the kitchen table corner right where she had hit her head and dropped dead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now as Cara sat at the kitchen table looking through the sheaf of fourth-grade editions, she had trouble imagining herself writing all this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z By the time Luke got home I was sitting at the kitchen table. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When he placed it on the kitchen table, me and Jay rushed over to look inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I sat at the kitchen table and watched Bertha cut a thick slice of coffee cake and put it on a paper towel in front of me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They sat around the Colvins’ small kitchen table sipping coffee and talking, while Hill took notes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He steadied himself with a hand on the kitchen table and listened. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I went to her linen closet and got a sheet for the kitchen table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She took out a State of Maine * Department of Health and Human Services folder and laid it on the kitchen table. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to wonder why they’d be so scared they’d keep a big gun like that out in the open because I spotted my suitcase slid way under the kitchen table! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Downstairs, Yoyo found her father setting up a brand new electric typewriter on the kitchen table. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Around the kitchen tables at night, union fathers often identified Homer Hickam as the enemy, and the boys from those families sometimes went out looking for revenge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She imagines him extending his thick neck to look into the house, the coat on the rack, the crumbs of bread on the kitchen table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z While we are talking, Mrs. Thompson arrives home with two boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts and milk for us, and we sit around the kitchen table as Patrice tells us her new idea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She came to sit across from me at the kitchen table and put her hand on mine. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sits me down at the kitchen table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Twenty-five-month-old Colin sat in a high chair, eating a breakfast of indeterminate vegetative origin while his father read the Chicago Tribune across their small kitchen table. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I stop on the top step, where I can see into the kitchen: the kitchen table where the dirty dishes are piled, the back edges of Mrs. Smeath and Aunt Mildred. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the silent TV a beautiful happy family is sitting around the kitchen table. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Will’s sisters were already in their usual spots at the kitchen table, arguing over the positioning of a cereal box for the best viewing, when he made his way down for breakfast. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She leaves me nasty notes on the kitchen table reminding me to show up, or else. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father was sitting at the kitchen table making sandwiches for the journey. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He has a jar on the kitchen table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The next morning I come in and find Miss Celia at the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They sat around the Willises’ kitchen table, dunking the honey clusters into lemony-sweet tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The only time I feel halfway normal is when we’re at the kitchen table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We sit at the kitchen table where I can’t see the TV which isn’t on anyway. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Chess shot his sister a grateful look and took his mother’s arm, ready to help ease her toward the kitchen table. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z After dinner I read the newspaper, while Mala sat at the kitchen table, working on a cardigan for herself with more of the bright blue wool, or writing letters home. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At home, the twins play with Legos as I do math homework at the kitchen table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Let’s see,” said Mr. Popper, as he removed all the food and set it on the kitchen table. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I came downstairs in the morning to find my mother already departed for work and my dad sitting at the kitchen table with his walker parked next to him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Minny is at the kitchen table with us, drinking a Coke, looking out the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He brought the box to the kitchen table, sat with pen and paper, all those stupid prep books. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He pushed aside the things on the kitchen table, the piles of mail, the unread library books. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Naomi sat for a while at the kitchen table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I pull the Ace of Diamonds and the gun out and stare at them on the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z With an irritated switch of his tail, he spun around and slunk over to the narrow kitchen table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then I go to the refrigerator, find something to eat, and stare at the cold stub of her cigar on the kitchen table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His legs are very long, and they don’t really fit under our kitchen table, so he has to sit kind of sideways, with his knees pointing out toward the hall. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Caesar had already arrived and sipped a bottle of ale at the kitchen table. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “What about that Miss Roberta? Way she make you sit at the kitchen table while she try out her new hair dye solution on you?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Cilia froze too—half under the kitchen table, a lime in her hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline was shelling peas at the kitchen table. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was eating some ice cream at the kitchen table, and just smiled and nodded at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I grabbed it and sat back at the kitchen table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They had asked him last night, when he was sitting at the kitchen table putting his new wheels on his board. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Arturo asked that night while we sat at the kitchen table—that ridiculous stolen kitchen table—drinking manzanilla tea, as we did most nights after Maribel went to bed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Her mom and dad sat at the kitchen table with family albums open in front of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I left him sitting at the kitchen table, staring down at the white cloth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at the kitchen table and holds up a handful of sample strips, splayed out like playing cards. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I unzipped the bag and pulled out the blue canvas journal, placing it on the kitchen table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sat down at the kitchen table and tried to think. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat at the kitchen table while she said, “Miércoles. Wednesday.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I stayed overnight at Gram’s, I’d overhear my grandparents whispering at the kitchen table. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He’s perched at the kitchen table on Saturday afternoon, and the sun is streaming through the window. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z When we get home, Nana demands that I sit at the kitchen table. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Now Noodles tapped the soda can on the kitchen table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I sat across from Dante’s parents at their kitchen table. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z We sat at the kitchen table, and he told me all about it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z One by one, I laid them out on the kitchen table. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She coated the kitchen table with flour and, using a bleached broomstick, rolled out paper-thin sheets of dough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She tried to get him to his bed, but he ducked back under the kitchen table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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