“Young lady, do you really think it’s appropriate to wear that to school?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I just want my dad to see me saw a lady in half.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The young lady, however, seemed slightly bored with her own singing ability, or perhaps just with the time and place; twice, between verses, I saw her yawn. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes! At least that’s what old lady Calvin told me just before we left, and I didn’t say anything about it, because I was going to fight the whole idea.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Dad, I’m fine. That lady was breaking and entering,” I explained. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I have to say that finding you two ladies gossiping in the garden when I got home was not what I expected.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of her was a tired-looking lady holding a baby. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Momma and other ladies caught him in time to bring him back to the bench, where he quickly folded upon himself like a Br’er Rabbit rag doll. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a bag of chips, reached into my bag to grab my cell phone, a random lady tripped over me, and the next thing I know I was getting pressed out by the officer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A yellow cab pulled up in front of a building, and a fairly elegant looking lady got out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mother was embarrassed because she hadn’t any idea what the lady was talking about. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget the old lady is nearly blind,” said Beatrice, “and she’s not very bright these days. I telephoned to the nurse that we were coming, so everything will be all right.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, I now realized he was not alone, but attended by men dressed in the same livery as those the great lady I had seen had about her person. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well—I could get it for six hundred bucks. The ol’ people that owns it is flat bust an’ the ol’ lady needs an operation. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just—“By the time you wash up—” She was a real lady, my mother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look conscious. Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer. This letter is from Mr. Collins.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The old lady couldn’t resist her longing to see her nephew, for she had met Laurie as she took her airing, and hearing of Mr. March’s arrival, drove straight out to see him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not fear to look on me, lady. All will be well with you,” I said to the girl. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He must be a really good speaker, the way he makes smiles appear on all the ladies’ faces. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That was ill judged, my lady,” he told her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet even with the diversion of a young lady and her family, he still is homesick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The lady had said that he ought either to have a wife or a mistress, and Lancelot had been angry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, that you have, my lady ... on my honor as a Lannister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The lady follows me into the CVS, but she goes down another aisle as I stand there staring at the enormity of it all. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Getting dirty. Some of the young ladies don’t care for the dirt.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas’s.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Spirit, you couldn’t beat my lady for spirit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was mystified until she realized the old lady’s mistake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby ladies cup their hands to each other's ears and whisper and giggle and frown at Astrid Pompadour. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wouldn't be known as the crazy lady, she thought. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I became like the ladies of the lake. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Robin”Miss Whitlaw said, “I don’t think they want to hear an old lady’s antiquated repertory.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Edmure thought her a curious sort of lady, at least he had the grace not to say so. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ladies rose; they seemed about to withdraw to the parlour. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lady looks surprised, almost as surprised as I am. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance over in the direction of the white ladies, who talk to each other behind fans and gloved hands. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Children can be just as wicked as old ladies.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I’m tossing the bags into the huge bin, an old lady comes hobbling in with her trash bags. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Toward the back of the store there was a bunch of ladies gathered around a table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Madame Edith thought fear of the dark was to be expected in young ladies, so a lamp was left burning. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother was a lady of Tyrosh. I dye my hair in memory of her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once there were four white families on our block but they all moved away except for the old lady who lives by the tree. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Calling it a ‘group’ makes us sound like old ladies playing cards,” Rafi says smoothly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ladies were not ladies any more, and you couldn’t trust a gentleman’s word. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I frowned and pictured a lady bringing the little outside child over to show my mother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But I don’t want to look like a church lady. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But when she got close, Yitzchak shooed her away as if she were one of the chickens, waving his massive hands at her and saying, “Men-talk is not for young ladies.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the lady limped on too, right next to Fatima, and screamed again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t never worked for this lady, but I had done gardening for her neighbors. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speaker was a tall, plump lady with long and wavy honey-colored tresses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

These were the ladies who drowned their shame and floated in living people’s houses with their hair undone to show their everlasting despair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I was hearing was some white lady shouting about how white people beat us before and they’ll beat us again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After about five minutes the grocery lady tipped her head back and started snoring. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“This is my cousin,” Mario explains, “just come from the capital to rescue ladies in distress.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned to cook some of her fancy dishes when she worked as a maid in white ladies’ kitchens on Park Hill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I thought she’d look like Miss Fowl from Jimmy Neutron: an old lady with a big bun on top of her head. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same ladies still looked at him with pleading eyes, the same serving girls still winked at him, the same councilmen still slipped pieces of potential legislation under his door with hopeful notes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This lady had a funny accent, like she was from somewhere else. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it’s a disgrace,” agrees the caustic, somewhat original, and entirely imposing lady who presides over this litter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, indeed, I don’t; Mr. Rochester has something else to think about. Never mind the ladies to-night; perhaps you will see them to-morrow: here is your dinner.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her head thrown back like a thirsty lady. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, I should add, it’s not just the dubious “ladies” saying this. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy declared, “I should like to see one of you ladies hung upside down by the ankles. Perhaps you would care to guess which one.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"My lady, I beg the boon of championing your cause." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why, thank you, Shay. Your parents have raised such a nice young lady.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing my reflection in a bowl of water or a looking glass, I thought how amazed Hamlet would be to see me transformed from a wild girl into a lady. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You think it would have been the same if the lady wasn’t white, or if Rashad wasn’t black?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A lady with a baby carriage swerves to avoid us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Now, my dear young ladies, remember what your ma said, and don’t fret. Come and have a cup of coffee all round, and then let’s fall to work and be a credit to the family.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the old ladies with the big hats and mustaches came stepping out like the sidewalk was a runway. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With my eyes opened by Gertrude’s wisdom, my ears attended more closely to die gossip of Cristiana and the other ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked, taking the clipboard the lady slid across the desk, her voice still stinging with Grandpop anger. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a lady that sells cubes of caramel-colored soap that look good to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One day she saw her walk into the sewing room in her party dress and was astonished to discover that that tall, dark lady was her little Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to him an eating lady in a green and purple Kanjeevaram sari and diamonds clustered like shining bees on each nostril offered him yellow laddoos in a box. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can make sure she can live here as a white lady, that should go a long way toward squaring us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Is he afraid that I cannot behave like a lady? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Looked at from a distance however the hen resolved itself into a bonnet and the countenance of a stout old lady beamed down into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Find your sisters. It takes a deal of water to fill my lady’s tub.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To them, she was a beautiful lady who always smelled sweet, wore beautiful clothes and brought them amazing presents. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got sick of hauling bottles of water in our shopping cart, like I was some old lady. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a short, wide-built lady with wise eyes and a crinkling smile. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With every few steps he took he lifted the horn to his lips and blared out notes to announce the lady’s progress. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What am I doing? I must be crazy, giving the sworn secrets a the colored race to a white lady.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Billy was carrying his little coat as though it were a lady’s muff. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I do not know your son, my lady." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An elegant Parisian lady took great pleasure in this game. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Katie Lansing. I’m the lady in the store who accidentally fell over you.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Here he glanced at the beautiful lady, as if she might be responsible for the jingling—which she was. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come in to find him looking at me like I ain’t moving nowhere, lady. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The old lady turned him to face the candles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl and Pima guided him down, going slowly, both of them helping, reaching out to support him like he was an old lady made of sticks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, ladies. Alfred Frick, at your service.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I talk stern as I can: “Now you look a here, Minny, I support you myself fore I let you work for that evil lady.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like a pack of trained dogs, the lords and ladies in the hall began to shout their pleasure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How will you feel then, Frank? An old lady’s heart...Pow!” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But now they follow the Other Martha, Saint Martha of the Glue Gun, the lady who writes books about cheery decorations. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure they had performed the maneuver before for a lady or two. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hall was where the lunch ladies set out the tables for school lunch, and the aroma hung around all afternoon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was going to send the old lady home today if she had turned up,” Joseph continued. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were babies in strollers and old ladies in wheelchairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice, my lady. It’s the only way Percy stands a chance.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Next the ladies pick out a rhinestone earring, necklace, and bracelet set to wear with the evening gown that TJ is making. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s my nickname, Cat. Had it all my life. They say my old lady must of been scared by a cat when she was having me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crutch lady had her writing-book back, but all those pretty things she was going to sell, they wanted them back, too. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was high time I got over my tomboy phase and started acting like a young lady señorita. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He loved the ladies, and the ladies loved him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Howdy,” the lady said, but not in the real way. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A lady cat strolled lonesomely along the gutter looking for adventure. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices are wheedling and false; I can tell they don’t mean it, each one thinks her own lady on her own page is good. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, young lady. I’m not going to tell you again. Keep the line moving. Step up, step up.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The first lady steps out of William Clark’s room, into the long, dark hallway. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I drink the lemonade too quickly, sweet and tangy and cold, and watch as Miss Duncan invites a few girls over to talk to the fine ladies. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Her Royal Highness sent word that you were trying to lift your beauty caisse. Du Barry warned that you were stubborn and a bit unruly. But doing the servants' work, young lady?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When I went into the room, I told the man that a lady would like to see him; to which he simply answered: “Why?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was staring at an old lady wearing a straw hat, wondering if the flowers on it were real, and if they were what they would taste like, when the train lurched to a halt. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira said once she and my mom became friends, they had, like, their ladies’ thing going on. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, as soon as we have both paid the lunch lady, I say, “Come on,” and I pull you toward our regular table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At first he thought Beano had managed to sneak up on him again, but the old lady sitting in the bushes was even more repulsive than a gorgon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered hearing her lady mother tell Father to put on his lord's face and go deal with some matter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It sure sounded like he was mispronouncing lady but we’d got told to ignore it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I was anxious to share my good news with the lady who had been so nice to me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They bump into each other on her way out of the ladies’ room and exchange a quick kiss, the smoke on her breath faindy masked by the mint she is chewing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a coy motion I have seen in court ladies, but in her it passes for humility. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Even the blond-haired cafeteria lady joins in on the Oh my, you just got cooked, son. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The lady who had showed us into Tuttle’s office had said to help ourself, but Ma and me didn’t want none. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"My lady will call if she has need of me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I feel to know the strong-minded lady who goes so bravely under many horse noses, and so fast through much mud. What do you down here, my friend?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he saw some ad online and emailed the lady before going over there.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That Shakespeare should have gone on with the story. He didn’t tell what happened when that young prince took her back with him to England. I bet she gave the ladies plenty to talk about.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind him, a tiny old lady who, to me, fit the description of the perfect grandmother—small, wrinkly, glasses, and feisty as hell—slapped him on the back of the head. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But here even Victoria was surprised, for her father agreed with her mother, saying that working in the bar at the Seventh Magpie was something that a well-brought-up young lady would not do. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. B! Make sure you get this young lady whatever she wants. It’s on me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ladies in pretty dresses and straw hats. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The two older ladies started shrieking when they got a look at my face, which had bloomed into a hellish palette of grayish yellow and blackish purple. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I thought the lady looked familiar. You are far from home, little Cat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Oh. Right, like in case it's that lady calling." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove, and the two old ladies and the niece sat in the back seat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady had come out from behind the counter. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Disguise yourself as a mysterious lady and find out how bad he is.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were black people and they were a man and a lady with two children, a boy and a girl. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she says to a bunch of cow ladies who watch her along a fence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I do not want to be a crabby old lady holding a leg in my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Most of my clothes are hand-me-downs from the ladies at church. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His interest lay wholly in the crime—swooning middle-aged ladies did not interest him at all. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old lady listened so intently that she stopped grating the cheese. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now the only people left on the observation deck were me, a litde boy with his parents, the park ranger, and the fat lady with her Chihuahua. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what this lady is trying to say to me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I brought some paperwork. Anyway, time to face the day, young lady.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sí, the room was a bathroom for ladies. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

So muttering, the lady shrew moved off, and Mrs. Frisby continued across the garden. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Did the blonde ladies with shingled hair capture her? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point they burst out of the ladies’ room and the forces split. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The gentleman was stoop shouldered and one of the ladies was fat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Abra saw that she had crushed their highest treasure, and while she knew the weaknesses of men she still liked them, and, besides, she was a lady. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They found the pictures in a puffy envelope and the lady nodded for every one of them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ai! But how can I rub a swollen foot?” lamented the old lady. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His lady, too, is well loved for her goodness to the poor.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A few of the gentlemen, I noticed, were drinking spirits, and one or two, despite the presence of the two ladies, had started to smoke. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first Triphena pretended not to recognize her at all—“this grand lady come from the city of looms and spindles.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If Rudy had said, Sweet lady, lay across my big, soft bed and let me touch your dear, exquisite body, I might have felt up to being felt up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I had a white lady tell me once that blood looks redder on a colored person. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I swear—under my breath because a lady’s Attendant never curses aloud—and brace myself for impact. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was listening to a tiny, fox-faced lady whom I knew to be a housekeeper in the dorms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This lady’s grandson might be facing life imprisonment without parole, but given the overwhelming number of death penalty cases on our docket, I couldn’t rationalize taking on his case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They raced into the ladies' waiting room and saw their father on the floor with Secretary Blaine standing over him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sam talked to the old lady. She could never recognize those boys. Not in a million years.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

At the dock, I watched as the old ladies and men started climbing aboard a large boat our family had rented. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of the ladies went to the toilet at the far end, I think.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That will cease now, for nothing could be more unbecoming a lady of Queen Gertrude’s court.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Undoubtedly,” replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, “there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In front of him a little lady with a feather in her hat, who was enjoying the music, turned around and whispered “Shhhh!” very angrily. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, recalling how her court ladies had clamored over the jewels. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Have no fear, lady. I am almost a man grown, and I don't fight with wood like your brothers. All I need is this." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a little girl anymore and I’m not an old lady yet,” Baba replies. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I have no idea who this lady is spinning around in this stranger’s arms, spinning and spinning, like they’re in some lame movie until they lose their footing and fall to the ground. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the one full-length mirror in ladies’ wear, a medium-tall figure is hunched over a cart, her face pinched in absurd concentration—surely not me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped around to see the lady who’d ordered them beaten, and almost burned her with the end of his torch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“But, listen, don’t worry—we’ll go and get your stupid library book from underneath the old lady’s bed, because that’s an easy thing to get back. That’s no problem at all.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I told the lady “heavy on the whipped cream.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Now their only guide was an emaciated corpse lady with serious self-esteem issues. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Those two ladies...” he gasped, putting his hands on his knees. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Nice to see you, lady. Hey, Paul,” she said to Dad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No, I’ll wait,” and I offer the old lady my arm. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Now let me get your order so you ladies can eat already. I hope you’re okay with vegetarian food.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Can’t repeat it—not fit for a lady’s ears. Not fit for Christian ears, neither. Pastor Tom would swallow his tongue if he could hear them boys talking trash on the rig.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon ladies in their backyards were repeating that remark, fence by fence, from one end of the valley to the other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy f —!” she managed before going under again, as if the water sensed that young ladies of such beauty and promise should never curse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Was that a bad lady, Papa?” she asked eagerly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the ladies loved him, even petted on him a little. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"It is past time that we reviewed the figures, my lady," he said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The dead are slow, but so are ladies who can’t breathe. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

On this particular evening, only the ladies are present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was a tiny, tiny lady, very thin, with little fluttering hands, and her hair was in a gray knot. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you young ladies going?” he asked. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The big lady had to keep pulling them to heel. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Ms. Science Project!” the lady says, holding out a hand to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I see, so the young lady was a friend of yours, and you were defending her honor, then?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He saw no puppet shows, no ladies in swishing dresses, no fancy coaches clattering through the streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and says, “I know it’s hard to believe, but your mother is a really hip lady. Or—she was. Once.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, go, will you!” said the old lady in irritation, and Wang Lung, bowing hastily, turned and went out, the woman after him, and after her the gateman, carrying on his shoulder the box. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you so much, my dear lady,” the Old-Green-Grasshopper said, climbing into the hammock. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree says Daddy pulled the lady out first, then the dog. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Okay, little lady! Here’s your robe, toiletries, and this pretty flowery book. How about you go take a nice, hot bath while I get everything set up?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And the boys across the street say she is a tall red-headed lady who wears tight pink pants and green glasses. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s really good,” the lady behind the counter said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Above the church door a stone lady gazes up at her stone knight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Fred’s never been a silent sufferer, but “for better or worse,” right, ladies? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The men fished her out, but the episode prompted a fit of giggling, which continued until tears streamed down the poor lady’s face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The snake lady released the scarf and it fluttered down toward the Generals hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He leaned over and spoke to the fallen lady gently. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lady grabs a little yarn ball from a pile on a small table as she passes it and tosses it up to the bird, who grabs it in its beak. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Two of the judges are stone-faced, but when he locks eyes with the third—a white lady—she nods at him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then the strict lady in charge, who was Mrs. Earl T. Askew, came through the crowds, heading for us. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lady walking by with her dog stopped and stared at us, we were laughing so hard. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The driver blew his horn and the lady with him waved at us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And he says, ‘Well, I was there with my daughter and her husband and I seen you with a lady got sorta red hair.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk lady fished two mugs out of a tub of water, sat on a stool, and began to milk the cow directly into the mugs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few avenues to the west, Model T automobiles delivered well-dressed ladies and gentlemen to the doors of imposing three-story brick and stone homes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at the lady next to me and imagined her with an afro. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown, the cafeteria lady, is standing at the register. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was sparkly like a diamond and had a little hole in back so you could thread a ribbon through it and wear it like a romantic lady’s choker necklace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed that she was counting on bringing that emotional lady up short with a severe look or two. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The store lady was watching me, and I didn't want her to think I was trying to steal something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You told the lady in the goofy hat that you’re fourteen.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Rochester and the other gentlemen directed these alterations, the ladies were running up and down stairs ringing for their maids. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dunstan shook his head, as if to clear it of a dream, and turned back to the young lady. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Hoo did not understand why the round little lady was smiling at her. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk out of the store, right past all the other women who heard this lady ask me for my bag while they are still holding on to theirs. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My lady. Walk with me, if you would.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The villagers buried the crazy lady along with the rest of the dead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah. You’re here. Well, I hope you ladies had a restful few days with your families over Thanksgiving?” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He has brought the lords and ladies of Faerie here to win them over; even he seems to see that more murder is unlikely to do that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But Miss Fulton’s earrings and hair and proper talk make her look like a real lady. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They lived in houses ten times larger and grander than Mr. Cheyney's and consorted with ladies of elegance and beauty. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies clustered around Mom and she held court. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nurses from the prison’s emergency room came by, as well a; the prison’s “recreation director” and a bevy of sweet older ladies from town. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew I did not paint my face, as other ladies did. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This face now said to us, “Right this way, ladies.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Crooks said, “Well, you been takin’ ‘em out of the nest all the time. I wonder the old lady don’t move ‘em someplace else.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chubby lady, with a face as jolly as her husband's is dour, is giggling in the hall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her family was prominent and respected and she was attractive in a rather dignified way, but this young lady, I am afraid, had long been in love with Justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have shocked the poor old lady right out of her socks. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Only time will tell, ladies and gentlemen, only time will tell. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The lords and ladies in the gallery were as engrossed in the melee as the men on the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Young lady,” she says to a girl leaning against the wall with a boy sucking on her neck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

On Joyce’s first day of work, Mrs. Tellwright, the lady of the house, had casually asked her to prepare duck a I’orange for dinner. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There is a basin and washcloth right here, my lady, allow me—” “No!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Okay, ladies, listen up. It’s time to take a vote.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He gave it to a gray-haired lady, who put it on a shelf above a long row of coats on hangers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I watched it in the sitting room with a lady whose grandson works for NASA. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walk into the library, I’m expecting an old lady behind the counter, but it’s a young guy, about my age, with long, curly hair. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She and Aunt Loma were the prettiest ladies there by far. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to buy a straw hat from one of the ladies, but she would not sell it to me for the last two gourdes I have left in change. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps by evening it would be wire, rounded and tempered, ready to fashion into a linked collar for some lovely lady’s neck. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“That one lady stopped us before we left,” he explained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had a wide, round face, and the other kids teased him that he looked like those grilled rice balls on sticks that old ladies sold from their boats. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Becoming a lady, I learned, was not easy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then the candy lady, who is gray-haired and never smiles, disappears into another room and returns a few minutes later with a wafer cone, pale yellow lemon-chiffon ice cream dripping from it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“This lady is a robber,” reported the woman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cradled the bottom of it with one hand, like a lady carrying an expensive purse. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s yelling at me to do what the lady says, and she puts a soft hand on Dad’s shoulder and says, ‘It’s okay. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept staring; a man came out of the shop with a small parcel, and gave it to the lady, who then drove off. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was a Stark of Winterfell, a noble lady, and someday she would be a queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you have the money to buy all this, young lady?” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My mother goes into her nice lady act and says almost nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were tall pale folk in linen and samite and tiger fur, every one a lord or lady to her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So, I'd tried checking out the white ladies' bathroom in a downtown department store several months before. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She did not gown herself as a lady, but chose a knight's finery instead, a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt, her new rainbow cloak flowing down her back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Stuck alone in a musty attic day after day, going through some lady’s trash? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He told her that she was the apple of his eye, that she was wound around his heartstrings, that she was surely the finest little lady in the land. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Soon I will be reunited with my lady love, Ladybird Hope.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The whites stepped down without response, but the Negro lady nodded politely to him and said, “Thank you,” knowing full well his warning had not been meant for her. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the Red Cross ladies were asking my opinion now for color combinations for the patchworks they were making to send to the soldiers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But she said, “Look at you. Another white lady trying to make a dollar off of colored people.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"There's a great show coming up . . ." It happened so fast that in a second only I and an old lady in a blue polka-dot dress were left. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes wooden boxes with compartments, each containing a different item: three pairs of outsized ladies’ panties in fluorescent colors, a plaster hand with long false nails glued onto it, an enema bag, a toupee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. If your lady friend plays nice, you’ll be back here in a jiffy.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I know how it is. I know how a man gets short. If you or the lady need money I’ve always got money.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

King has his arm hooked around a lady in a tight black dress that barely covers her thighs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Now, Brother Louis, you must return the locket to the good lady’s neck.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I know things, sweet lady. That is the nature of my ser-vice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was, after all, the lady of the estate, and it fell to her to pay for one of the better combat schools for her charges, should she be so inclined. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A lady’s armor is courtesy, that was it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He hands it over to the information lady instead of placing it in my outstretched hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

More and more like a demure young lady. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Communists gave axes to the old ladies and said, “Go and kill yourself. You’re useless.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of an hour’s work, the water in his bucket was still clean enough for a lady to wash her hands in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Surely that lady’s husband wouldn’t really lose his job. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All young ladies accomplished! My dear Charles, what do you mean?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But there’s almost always a nice lady out front with free samples. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes wide and frowned, “Say, Bogie, have you been noticing anything queer about the lady lately?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I got the wedgies first and started munching on them while the lady behind the counter poured my soda. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I despaired of ever making a lady of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was a beautiful lady, and Kenny was a lucky man. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And I’m scared to death, but I want to tell her, keep reading, lady, cause Chapter Two gone be about you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way: Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The lady hated the guy in the red suit. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He asked: “How you feel today, old lady?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The guest was a very attractive young lady, then only a few months divorced, whom Bobby had been seeing a lot of and whom I’d met on several occasions. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Lady turn around, turn around, turn around, Lady touch the ground, touch the ground, touch the ground; Lady show your shoe, show your shoe, show your shoe, Lady, lady, twenty-four skiddoo! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then she heard the cook's voice saying, “Goodness, it’s you again — you never change, do you? Get upstairs and get dressed; it’s time to serve the ladies breakfast.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I right, ladies, or am I right? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What that lady could do with the contents of a recycling bin ought to earn her a Nobel Prize. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock the two ladies retired to dress, and at half-past six Elizabeth was summoned to dinner. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Every year, Harry was left behind with Mrs. Figg, a mad old lady who lived two streets away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m Jenny Yen. This young lady to my left is my assistant and niece, Abby.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I now felt that an elderly lady was no bad ingredient in the business I had on hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Needles might find him a pretty lady. Who knows?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The USO’s dance floor was always full of beautiful young ladies, but one enlistee stationed at the naval school had eyes only for the club’s secretary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I thought it might be a lady pirate, since the words sounded something alike, but then again, I thought it might be an umbrella. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once I saw Nereids, the glowing lady spirits of the sea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is all right” said the Wart again, disgusted by the fuss, but fate was bent on punishing him, and the old lady was inexorable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This young lady here made a powerful statement earlier,” he says, and the camera points toward me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The lady hands us our cones, and we sit at a table. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was an old lady with a shopping cart full of cat food and three tennis rackets. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Why should one not enjoy in a lighthearted sort of way stories of ladies and gentlemen who fall in love and express their feelings for each other, often in the most elegant phraSes? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lady scribbled the number on a piece of paper, which she pushed toward Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Malvonne, I’m just hoping for a lady friend. Somebody to talk to.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Such sweet balance. You want to find the owner, is that the reason for this visit? You have no need of Ser Aron for that, my lady. You should have come to me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In their midst rode a lady with her attendants. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Delighted to oblige you ladies,” said the bard. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Donna brings us two beers, and we crack up again when I say, “Speaking of lucky ladies!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The giggle chilled Archie who himself was considered capable of hurting little old ladies and tripping cripples. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am shaking and crying and a white lady walk by frowning at me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Sire,” said the Red Cow, “I beg you to remember that I am a decent, respectable animal and have been taught from my infancy that jumping was no occupation for a lady.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A lady again after all, and more — she saw herself wildly in love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another look passed between the ladies, and Aunt March said to Amy, “You are quite strong and well now, dear, I believe? Eyes don’t trouble you any more, do they?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No—no, I can’t, my lady! You must come out and see what he’s brought. He can’t bring it in here!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Someone took the crazy lady’s cup and threw it at her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priestess and die seneschal were happy to see her garbed in a tokar, a proper Meereenese lady for once, but what they really wanted was to strip her bare. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I seem," Irwin admitted with a small, modest smile, "to get on with the ladies." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Let me take you to your room,” the lady said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasures of their engagements at Rosings. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Around her shoulders the lady wore a shawl woven in a deeper shade of pink. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A proper-looking lady sat quietly in a rocking chair on the porch, not having the life in her to rock. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now that Miss Hilly put her own maid in jail to rot, I wonder what that lady’s going to do to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I decided it would be best to descend to E deck to check on the hundreds of ladies in the drained pool. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“What can I say? I needed a lady with a big heart and a valid driver’s license.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

One of the phrases used to refer to Jerrie was "first lady astronaut." Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a third cage three elderly ladies in raincoats and galoshes were imprisoned. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was an old lady, with a faded dress and worn hands. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I had felt sorry for Miss Whitlaw, but I should have realized there was nothing that could faze that lady. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to be careful, Blaise! I saw this young lady perform the most marvelous Bat-Bogey Hex as I was passing her carriage! I wouldn’t cross her!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"A lady does not discuss such things over her porridge. Where are your courtesies, Sansa? I swear, of late you've been near as bad as your sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We could smell gas real strong—it made me dizzy—like the gas station smells when some lady don’t know when to stop and she spills gas all down the side of her car. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden, while looking at the armless lady, Aurelia just started crying. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s not meant as an offense, poppet. Beautiful ladies are always associated with the Crown Prince—you should be flattered that you’re attractive enough to be considered his lover.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, Rhiannon says she has to go to the ladies’ room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ruth and me would have a cabin fit for ladies, with bunks and blankets and pillows and three meals every day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy on the young lady,” the guard tells the woman behind the glass. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Thank you for your impeccable wingman service to this old lady on her final adventure. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I yield the combat. Horatio, this lady’s mind is a fair match for mine, and her beauty grows with the wisdom she speaks.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Lefty hands a coin to the old lady selling candles, lights one, stands it upright in sand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They was all angry about some new lady that moved in and paid more for housework and yard work than they did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen the old ladies in years, since Id witnessed them snip a life thread at a roadside fruit stand when I was twelve. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The old lady's rivery eyeballs chased the words across the pages. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the old lady next to me and she was chuckling. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

No one felt like confronting the old lady just yet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The checkout lady at the grocery store would be rude to me and her simple unkindness would unnerve me for the rest of the day because I never knew—I had no way of knowing— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The old lady licks her thumb before she turns each page. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Hey—ever heard of asking before you barge into a lady’s dressing tent?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"My lady. I'm so sorry, le favori. I did not recognize you," she says, giving a little bow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, the lady sighs super loud, like it’s not her job to do any of this; it’s just her job to eat cookies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I expected the clipboard lady to turn into a snake or a demon, or something, any minute. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I do, sir. It must have shaken the Church to its foundations. And this was what the lady came here to ask about?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Across from him sat an old lady with a grocery cart folded and leaning against her legs. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say to the lady, who smiles and nods. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“If I check it out and it works then it’s going to be eight dollars,” Carl said, messing with the lady. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That will be all right Monsieur. Neither lady is in her compartment at the moment.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called every day, but the same lady would tell me I’m stupid for trying. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Brienne, I have taken many wellborn ladies into my service over the years, but never one like you. I am no battle commander." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The same thing happened with the English valet and the Italian, with the Swedish lady and the English girl. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lord Renly spends more on clothing than half the ladies of the court." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The old lady who lived next door warned us away from bats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to the main office as fast as I could and asked Ms. Denis, the nice old lady behind the main desk, for the stuff my mother had dropped off. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She has a strange accent, kind of like Dracula’s, and looks like one of the ladies Klimt paints. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I imagine he did not think I was a beggar, but only an eccentric sort of lady, who had taken a fancy to his brown loaf. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m asking because Pa has a lady friend who lives in Brownsville. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His lordship had been entertaining two guests, a young lady and gentleman, in the summerhouse, and had watched my father's approach across the lawn bearing a much welcome tray of refreshments. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"A noble lady does not feed dogs at her table," she said, breaking off another piece of comb and letting the honey drip down onto her bread. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Once I stand in front of the lords and ladies of Faerie and declare my intent to go against Balekin, there’s no going back, no crawling under the coverlets in my bed, no running away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But, from the evidence, it seems the ladies aren’t cooperating for you.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m impressed you got up here so quickly—and without a pack of court ladies hounding after you. Perhaps you should try your hand at being an assassin.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Miz Rita probably set me up and told all her old lady friends I’m staying with her so they can give me work to do. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Ah! A lady of mystery. My very favorite kind.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know. Their house looks empty. Mrs. Watson’s house lost its roof. I told the white lady that your house, Mama Ya-Ya’s, was home.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

That lady had only been looking out for her plane seat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Grammy would make me eat tuna on toast for a week if I didn’t bargain, so I go up to the lady. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“And on that tip, I hope you aren’t distracting the American too much, Emma dear. It’s hard to keep a lookout for hollowgast when there’s a young lady’s tongue in your ear. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, well. Won't Susan and Sandra like to hear about this. Their mother tortures an old lady so much that the girls are in danger of losing all of their cardigans and culottes.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why tell the same tale that I told last night in hall to you and to your lady? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been indeed a terrible shock to the nerves, and already the poor lady was upset by the journey and leaving her daughter. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a woman with nice gray eyes and a heart-shaped face and a baby on her hip came and rescued them from the other ladies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lady saw it and stopped the little girl from leaving the stage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the suburb where the old lady’s daughter lived, and we pulled into the long driveway of one of these beautiful homes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are mistaken in supposing me a beggar. I am no beggar; any more than yourself or your young ladies.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But ladies first,” Father said, “then Moon Shadow.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lady waves to me as I go by. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He talked to them, not in baby- talk like a maiden lady, but correctly in their own growls and barks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bought a chance from a little kid just the other day. They beautiful rosaries. A lady I know won the outboard motor the sisters was raffling last year.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that Mr. Evans made the mistake of selling the cigarettes he stole during the robbery. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I choose a seat in the middle where there’s no one sitting near me except for a lady with a baby, who studies me for a few seconds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“But tell me, Ophelia, how is it that you, a lady of great virtue, understand Claudius’s wicked heart?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was high time for him to go on home and leave an old lady some use of her ears. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It is amazing to me,” said Bingley, “how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

You weren’t big, like the pregnant ladies I see on TV or at the mall. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A blond lady sits in a leather chair on a platform with potted green plants and a coffee table complete with a coffee mug. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There are old ladies smiling at us and little kids staring, and one dude even snaps a picture. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I spent the summer restocking shelves and walking elderly ladies to their cars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"I liked your husband well enough, my lady. He was a loyal friend to Robert, I know . . . but he would not listen and he would not bend. Here, I wish to show you something." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mother always packed me a lunch, because I didn’t like to tell the lunch ladies what I wanted. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the store, nobody was there except a lady at the front cash register. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Join me then, please, ladies and gentlemen, in raising your glasses to Lord Darlington.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m her sister, Mary Lou,” the second lady said, hardly speaking any louder. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How frustrating it must be to come so close to your goal, to have Oak and the crown in one place, to have the lords and ladies of Faerie assembled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The singing woman quieted down and, humming the tune, walked through the crowd toward the rose-petal lady, who was still cradling her stomach. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy with the big camera, the dude holding the light, the lady in the stiff suit—everybody. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I see you got Cap’n Crunch, little lady. Good choice! It’s my favorite cereal,” he says. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The lady stopped tapping and powered down her computer. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“The young lady wants a greater depth of field,” he mused one afternoon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was growing up and he was probably already worrying about the road being a poor place for raising a young lady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Say, Elly, don't cry. This lady, was she mean to you?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I want Rebecca,” repeated the old lady, “what have you done with Rebecca?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mom showed this lady the pictures and the information from the vet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Kane says to the people on the queue, Did ye hear that, ladies? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I join in, accepting a paddle from a nearby security-bot lady. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Good thing, because this little lady decided to start her new year at five-thirty.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at home, I tried Monday’s number again, and the same automatic lady told me I was wrong. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell, not because she looked old—she didn’t—but because she had all those little moles all over her face that only old black ladies get. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, we are all flourishing. How has the old lady been, Norah?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Faerie lords and ladies, just like in the songs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’s the lady from the departmental presentations who sang that guy out of a coma. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The old lady who used to own it died in the house. I’d love to see her ghost. Wouldn’t you?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she asked him why he wanted to go, he said he wanted to play with the ‘bloofer lady.’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Three of the queen’s ladies sat together, attended by their serving maids and a dozen admiring men of the Night’s Watch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He put down a menu and pointed with his little finger that wore a lady’s gold ring. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pondered Horatio’s question in earnest, for this was a chance to talk of love like the noble ladies in Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A lady screamed, and Pink and I bolted for the backstage door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

An active construction trains the reader’s gaze on someone who is doing something: See that lady with the shopping bag? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I am sure,” she said, “I do not like your mockery. Nor your speaking of the gut to a lady.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When he awoke it was very well into day, and a fat black lady was nudging him with a biscuit gashed with cold bacon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And where do you go to school, my dear?” said an elderly lady, inspecting Lyra through a lorgnette. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Doe was almost supernaturally successful with a series of lady visitors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swings open the door, and there is a picture of a woman in one of those fancy dresses that is so big that it arrives a minute before the lady does. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, hello, ladies,” someone says from the second floor, and we both jump. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He noted who was there in the gallery—particularly the three older white ladies who always sat together. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I swung around and stood face to face with a little old lady in a pale blue sunbonnet and a loose brown dress. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a girl—a young lady—at the Prairie Lea picnic tonight that I’d like to take for a short drive, ma’am,” Harry stammered. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take all.” whispered her neighbor, a young lady of great presence of mind. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened as we drove up, and an erect, gray-haired lady strutted down the walkway to our carriage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What about that nasty old lady who tried to break into the bathroom?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as Colin got his apron on, Jimmy started calling him “lady”—“Hey, lady, get some more mayo on there.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Nix that, I thought, and was about to knock on the third door, when suddenly it opened and there stood a middle-aged lady in a golfing skirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for the little old lady who lived in a shoe. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

From lessons on royal society, I know Gabrielle advises the princess and oversees the other ladies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A lady who is clearly in a hurry brushes past me, rushing to get out. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“This is not the Miss Teen Dream spirit, ladies.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She told Ma she didn’t know much about the lady other than that she wore a lot of scarves and used incense. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never invited people to their house, and within weeks the ladies of the neighborhood had stopped inviting Blanca. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a crooked front tooth that reminded Mary Lou of a lady crossing her legs, and when he smiled, there was something slightly naughty in it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I never saw such a girl! You don’t know a compliment when you get it,” said Meg, with the air of a young lady who knew all about the matter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lady, what is it? Is it some news of your sons?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was blinking them back when a clip of Claudia James, the lady who taped the whole thing, came back on the screen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Luke and I will stay up and watch, and I want you two ladies in here where we can keep an eye on you. Something’s going to happen,” he said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall make a sorry page, my lady,” said Robin ruefully. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say so, but I had my doubts about any lady being able to crank an engine or change a tire. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I went in to the American lady, Mrs. Hubbard. I asked her for some aspirin and she gave it to me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time there was a shambler that musta been a fine lady, since she was decked out in gold and jewels. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’m going to write you a regular volume, for I’ve got heaps to tell, though I’m not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse is a white-haired little old lady with glasses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She whispered to Mrs. Hoffman, who checked her chart, looked toward me, and said, “Paul Fisher, go with this young lady, please.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could only see the kind wrinkles around the lady’s eyes, but not the eyes themselves. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, my lady,” she says to me. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Watch it, little lady,” Mom said sternly as she reached over and rubbed her knuckles over my head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The lady on the song keeps sayin’ something about the breath of life, and that’s when Sneaky grins at me with this mischievous look on his face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"Do not take Oxcross too much to heart, my lady," he told her, not unkindly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Well, that really got the lady from Student Services going and then, all of a sudden, the policeman in the room came out with Bunny’s wallet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, lady and gent. Now, behold the mastery of the master!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After I was rushed offstage by Chief Crowe, she instructed two ladies in gray suits to bring me to a door marked Conference Room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Miss Hilly sending Miss Walters to the old lady home. I got to find myself a new job. And you know when she going? Next week.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Over to the side was a lady who wore fancy dresses, a widow who prayed a crystal rosary. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something is not understood: the robbers and their strange commands, the lady and her gyrations, the tricks she’s compelled to perform, like a trained dog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sailed into the bar, certain I was doing everyone a favor—him and all the ladies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At any rate she saw a couple, a handsome, bearded gentleman with a well-dressed lady on his arm, walking toward her on the opposite side of Merrimack Street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. Does everyone have a service project team?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She must be a really castrating lady with a facade of passivity — or perhaps she is a warm, passive-dependent woman with a surface defense of aggressiveness. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the lady said to me, “Take the tube to Willesden Junction, honey. Or Willesden Green. Got to be near there somewhere.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But already, the horseradish lady was sitting in front of Hassler’s grinding away at her pungent roots. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’ve got to know, he gave that diamond to a special friend of his. A special lady friend. But that’s a whole different story than the one I’m telling now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The remarkable thing was a thin silver chain that ran from the young lady's wrist, down to her ankle and into the painted caravan behind her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret hesitated, then added, “You'll be sure to tell him that it's not over yet. Be sure that he knows that that the fat lady still hasn't sung.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They better give me some decent food,” she yells loud enough for all the lunch ladies to hear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I must be as strong as my lady mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"And what cause brings you to this field, my lady? Has House Stark cast its lot with my brother, is that the way of it?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know whether it would be better to be a band when she grew up or an organ grinder lady. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies had to lift their skirts as they climbed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same moment the knight leaned over to his near side and swapped off the lady’s head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there a pretty white lady that comes around the manor often? A really nice one?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

However, this was not the case with the lady in curlers. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, isn’t that nice!” she says in a too-bright voice, and in that way it becomes clear to me that most ten-year-olds probably don’t sew clothes for ladies. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The silver-haired lady beamed, then started to tell us how the artist whose work we were looking at was related to her, and all about the artist’s career thus far. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

James didn’t give the silver man or plastic-bag lady a second glance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Chess and Emma followed, as Ms. Morales answered Natalie, “For your information, young lady, I was working right up until I had to pick you up from school. Would you have preferred taking the bus?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And a lady who looked like she liked the same things Aurelia liked sat behind the counter in the front of the place. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She says, “Okay. Thank you,” and walks out, and the office ladies make that snort noise to each other that means, “What a pain, right?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

According to Fifi, the alta sociedad, the high-class ladies of the oligarchy who form a kind of club, not unlike a country club, are delighted by this juicy bit of gossip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“When you come back I want you to deliver these casseroles to the Community Center. Mr. Spizz will deliver them to the ladies who called in for a home-cooked meal.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When she asked him to lead them to her uncle, he said, "The Blackfish is gone west with the king, my lady. Martyn Rivers commands the outriders in his stead." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You are a dog so you eat dog food, young lady.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I met a lady, and I sort of stopped meditating.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

‘Once I saw a lady at the fair who was eight and a half feet tall. But you probably won’t grow that big.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"My lady, I am sorry for your losses. Truly, the gods are cruel." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lady’s request, which would have given no trouble to people brought up like Arthur or Gawaine, really was an upset for him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Ida?” the old lady speaks loudly into her phone, and her friend is just as loud. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Finn, it looks like you have a talent for finding the pretty ladies.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The lady tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dainty white lady at the women’s club luncheon approaches the podium after my speech to say, after all, wasn’t it a shame that I wasn’t able to ‘use’ my Spanish in school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never would a just shown up on some white lady’s step without calling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then someone sat behind the window and she was a lady and she was black and she had long fingernails which were painted pink and I said, “Is this London?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see three white ladies directly behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got shoehorned into the car with this big fat lady and her dog, a Chihuahua with a rhinestone collar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Who do you think are all those ladies holding children’s hands?” said Olek. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“No squire can hold a lady’s attention tonight.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Them prisoners don’t get but one out a ten things sent to em cause the lady guards take it for theyselves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, that old lady facing the ghost who stamped her papers without questioning her was her sister. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this state of mind, I bet you don’t even give up your seat to a pregnant lady. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, Mrs. Caruthers,” the lady said, smooth and sweet as cream. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was no Plexiglas screen separating us from the old lady driving ... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet old ladies turned out to be Grannies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we were getting out, an older white lady walked by and stared at us a little too long, her face twisting into a confused and judgmental glare. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait one moment, please,” the lady says as we reach the doors. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now go on your way. The day’s too bright to spend it fighting with an old lady.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The village crazy lady was somebody else, an inappropriate woman whom the people stoned. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is it, ladies! It’s the final segment of competition. Good luck!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Even if she is changing all the names a the help and the white ladies,” she sniff. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Upon my word, here’s a state of things!” cried the old lady, taking the seat of honor prepared for her, and settling the folds of her lavender moire with a great rustle. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma had never really gotten a good look at the woman—her main impression was of pruny lips and the orange cap that shadowed the rest of the old lady’s face. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nice quiet ladies clawed one another over a can of tomatoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A white lady was wearing a very short, glittering pink skirt that stuck out all around her. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time, we could hear Ruth’s possible and the silver-haired lady talking on and on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way, the lady shouts at me over the wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boss lady came into the kitchen and stared at Tillie, but she did not utter a word. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could put up with his lady friend tagging along. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You are most kind,” said the Swedish lady. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That lady don’t look at nothing but trash. I’m coming,” Minny holler. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No one came walking on air down from the bridge, there was no lady in a dark cloak bending over me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge club changed to Mondays now and the ladies gone be here in twenty minutes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The lady Kirke mixed me a golden cup of honeyed wine, adding in mischief her unholy drug. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back door opened and a fat lady trottered over to the van. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and I am proud to say, young ladies, that my husband is one of the men hired after you all shut that meatpacking industry down.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like I was going to be happy to see Ms. Jameson, a lady I had known most of my life from the neighborhood, sad. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As she waited for sleep she listened to the polar wind whistle, and the dry grasses whined like the voice of the old bent lady. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady who emerged was lovely and petite. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Naturally. It is very dreadful. And the American lady tells me that the murderer was actually in her compartment.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meantime, Mr. Rochester had again summoned the ladies round him, and was selecting certain of their number to be of his party. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Poirot rose, uttered excuses to the Swedish lady and followed the man out of the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also because it has this big old madman desk in it that D.B. bought off some lady alcoholic in Philadelphia, and this big, gigantic bed that's about ten miles wide and ten miles long. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

One of those demure oil portraits of a lady with a book open in her lap and a lamb lying at her feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Sir, my friend is a lady, a lady mouse.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And while the beauty school lady was straightening my hair, I got to look at the big bank of mirrors and watch it transform from kinky to straight. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She cared nothing for being a lady or being religious. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pa is getting married to a nice lady with groovy makeup and clothes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He frequently peered through the two doorways into the ladies' waiting room where he saw several people sitting on the benches or standing around. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of being agreeable where they chose it; but proud and conceited. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, one lady asks me to show her to Mr. Kazilly’s room. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Ah!” said M. Bouc with a characteristic gesture—“she is a terrible old lady, that!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, young lady, and I wouldn’t mind getting some decent dental work. But we all have to make sacrifices. Starting now!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma always said Mrs. Wishart was a different sort of white lady. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The lady who plays Mother Paula on TV is going to be there. The mayor, too. That’s what the paper said.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a horse’s body where his legs should be, tiny little ladies that had wings big enough to carry them in the air, and a guy with a bull’s head. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

From the way they keep throwing suspicious looks at Mama, it’s clear they don’t think anyone can replace their teacher, especially not some foreign lady in a hijab. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Get them packed. Get your lady dressed. I will take care of them.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And Courtney’s letter had, in turn, brought the little lady up from Virginia to spy her out. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But what does that mean? Who is this lady?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A big lady at a small ladies’ party. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just want the mayor’s kid on camera; the lady even said so. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The place smelled like old lady, baked beans, and raisin toast. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He decided that he was not responsible for the lady’s actions, while he was responsible for his own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly where I am. I am speaking to a young man who does not have the good manners to be polite to a lady!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A most excellent brass, great lady," the merchant exclaimed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Over by the window, sitting on a three-legged stool, was the shriveled-up mummy of an old lady in a tie-dyed hippie dress. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"I . . . there are no words, my lady. My good lady. Your sons, they . . . they're with the gods now." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, she used to be the candy lady in Barnaby Terrace." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Fifty years earlier, Dr. Philobosian had made his living treating Ottoman ladies in Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The ladies in waiting stopped beneath the balcony, batting their eyelashes at the guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But for years, even the sight of a lapdog in a lady’s arms made me quiver with fear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Jay Cee was going to lunch that noon with two famous writers, a man and a lady. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Here’s fifty cents, Francie. Go out and get a quarter pound of sweet butter, a box of soda crackers and two navel oranges. Tell the man you want navel. Say they’re for a sick lady.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sharp as a rapier is this lady’s wit.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Pray, where do you think you are going, young lady?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She handed her pass back to the lady, avoiding her look of surprise. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will not say that she is the fairest lady that lives.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder what happened to that lady and that dog my daddy saved. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Will the two ladies with the banner please take their positions over there by the door? Now the choir please form behind them and then the battalion.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He is my blood, and that is all you need to know. And now I will learn where you heard that name, my lady." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A lady in a white uniform smiles at me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Uncle Camp had gone to work early that day, and since Papa thought any lady taking a train should have somebody see her off, he told me to drive Aunt Loma to the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His mother, who never married, works for a rich old lady in a shorefront mansion. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The lady with the cloud hair is my teacher? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Lords and ladies, on behalf of my fellow thespians, allow me to wish a happy Christmas to one and all. May I present: our first tableau.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re an active young lady. We want to get you a leg that can keep up with you. But first things first, and that is to get you walking.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mostly, it’s a bunch of Mexican ladies sitting in a circle, complaining about their problems and talking about how God will help them endure. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They passed a lady unloading grocery bags from the trunk of a car parked on the sidewalk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even when I’m a wrinkled old lady, Sunday will always remind me of a worn, gray fake-leather sofa at the mall. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In the course of the fight Trip managed to break his sword, hide under a lady’s dress, fence with a sausage, and perform such fantastical acrobatics that it’s a miracle he didn’t seriously injure himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The toast he gives—to surprises and to the benefits of being too drunk to show up for the first coronation—causes all the lords and ladies to laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, whatever they were, I figured they were just a bunch of ladies talking about lady stuff and knitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...I know he got sent to prison. What would make a lady like you marry a guy who liked to steal from people?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Penelope straightened and returned the lady’s gaze with as much forthrightness as she could muster, given the rapid turn of events. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"His camp is two hours ride, my lady." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, okay! I see your style, ole boy! Going to that there fashion school to get closer to the ladies!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Have a seat, please, young man,” the lady says, and Bailey walks a few steps to the empty chair and sits down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There's also this lady named Charlotte Lee who holds the record for owning the most rubber ducks. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"And who would keep you safe, my lady?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I work for anyone with gold, young lady. I’m a businessman. And I sell them anything I have to offer.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Lift your feet, young ladies. This is a spirited gavotte.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, then you have good memory for facts, for details? It is not always so with young ladies.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bill is not the kind to open a door for a lady, so Katherine and I let ourselves in while he posts up next to the entryway, tilting his hat low again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, a bell dinged, and the British lady in the sensible shoes disappeared. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to ask that lady who worked there,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she makes me think of the German girls, she looks so fresh and quiet, and dances like a lady.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lady with the camper. I saw her when I checked out the place this afternoon.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Is this weird old lady calling me a liar? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“In two ways, Dr. Lanselius. First, I’m anxious to get in touch with a witch lady I met some years ago, in the fen country of Eastern Anglia. Her name is Serafina Pekkala.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The lady who had dropped her book tried not to smile. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Two days later, a lady named Miss Kessler pulls me out of class early in the day to give me some tests. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Ingram, as before, was the only lady equestrian; and, as before, Mr. Rochester galloped at her side; the two rode a little apart from the rest. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This here young lady was just looking for him,” she heard the landlady say. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, ladies, your favorite North Korean dictator is off the market,” teased a headline on MSN Now. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I felt bad, I felt that it was my fault,” the young lady told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The distance between a lord and a grace is a small one, my lady," Catelyn said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What beauties! Like a party of ladies dressed in their best to go to a prince’s ball.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But now she was a young lady; she was intelligent and mature for her age, very close to her mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a drippy lady, for sure. But that ain’t what it means. It means lots of fancy parties and lots of the young gentlemen coming around. It means having lots of beaux.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Polly shook her head as she realized that being a fine lady didn’t necessarily mean finding joy. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll take the leading lady first, who, I believe, would prefer to be briefly described as a languid, sophisticated type. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

So Mom decided Dad and I should go into town to the library to look up the lady’s number, while she got some work done for once. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The little old lady was sitting down, rocking with laughter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stay, madam. I just brought this young lady to find her father.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing between them was a young lady with her back to the meadow. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s fine that you ladies are the first to know.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I asked for my job back at the cafe and the boss lady allowed me to return; again I served breakfast, washed dishes, carted trays of food up into the apartments. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few older ladies sitting by the window watch us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They have detained a lady from an important family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"My lady. I trust I am not disturbing you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It gets very airless in there,” said the policeman, “there’s been complaints about it often, but nothing’s ever done. We’ve had ladies fainting in there before.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“No; there are only two; mother and daughter. The mother is a lady of some station, though not averse to increasing her income.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when the meetings started, I’d think, Is that the same lady? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She sits next to an empty hearth in a big tapestried chair, the kind you'd find in a ladies' sitting room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The old lady said it was cheap, so why was Mama worried? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Young ladies,” she announced, “here are three new friends for you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the “acting like a lady” term of the equation that was so vexing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Chubs has a little fancy lady kit under the front seat,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Because, well, whoever is looking at this scene, you, me, I don’t know, that lady Claudia James, my friends, my family, Mrs. Fitzgerald—” “Who?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lady with the watery voice had a painted face that was melting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and the other ladies were already seated on benches around the pavilion, fanning themselves furiously and slapping the sides of each other’s heads when mosquitoes lighted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lady mother told me, but I ... I thought it would be different." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mother would look at my wild tangles and scold me: “Aii-ya, Ying-ying, you are like the lady ghosts at the bottom of the lake.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had offered Jeanne the kind of dress a lady’s daughter might wear, but Jeanne said it would make her feel stupid. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

On that day and no other, ladies were received into this strictly masculine precinct and treated to sherry wine and little seeded cakes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For Mrs. John Brooke, with the maker’s congratulations and compliments. Bless you, Beth! What a refreshing spectacle you are, Jo. Amy, you are getting altogether too handsome for a single lady.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

True, “young ladies” were not often found living on the road, traveling from town to town and job to job. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ahead of the crowd a lady with twists stands on top of a police car, holding a bullhorn. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The pretty lady, Rhea Silvia, put her hand on Annabeth’s shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the other things they should care about, according to Harriet, the cleaning lady who came once a week and who was about a million years old, was staining the bathtub. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A slight flush showed on the worthy lady’s cheek. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, ma’am, we’re here to see Jackson Miller,” he said to the lady behind the desk. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed me as I grabbed the cans from the lady and used my house key to pop the lids off like my dad did with beer bottles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was exactly the kind of business lady I’ve always dreamed of becoming, one who wears finely embroidered, shiny white blouses tucked into soft black anacos hemmed with silvery trim, and thick, gold-beaded necklaces. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies are more talkative than the men. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Abroad,” said Miss Havisham; “educating for a lady; far out of reach; prettier than ever; admired by all who see her. Do you feel that you have lost her?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The ladies...where I give lessons...well...they offer me a cup of tea afterwards.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon, Bear assured me, contained, “some rich lady, in search of a wayward husband.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Negro lady with the snappy oval bag didn’t give us a glance as she click-clacked on by. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then everyone thought my grandma was the nutty old lady responsible for my bad behavior. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, “Men never know when things are dirty or not;” and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, “Women will have their little nonsenses and needless cares.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

"You must write your lady mother, and your brother, the eldest . . . what is his name?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead the doctor made his way over to the knitting lady. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

That night, a dozen or so of these young ladies in party frocks descended on my room with cake and punch and gifts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re quick. You took it before I even knew what happened. That lady was rich. Did you see the way she was dressed? She’ll just buy ten more.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Hey, lady, you have a pen and paper I can borrow?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The kind lady saw him settled on a bench against the wall, and provided by a silent serving woman with a mug of chocolatl from the saucepan on the iron stove. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think,’ said Mr. Lyte quietly, ‘all of you ladies and gentlemen will agree that this cup our—ah, cousin, is it?—has brought back tonight is one of this set?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the salmon lady standing by the drawing-room door with her plate of chicken, and it seemed to me a thing I must have fancied, as something that had happened very long ago. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an old lady with so many creases on her face, I lose count. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Your lady mother will no doubt fear for you dread-fully," the queen said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In all these cases the children were too young to give any properly intelligible account of themselves, but the consensus of their excuses is that they had been with a “bloofer lady.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He should’ve sent an ambulance and in the twenty-five years I’ve been cleaning houses nobody ever tells you what to do when your white lady keels over dead on top of you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No one saw me, or so I believed—except the foxes on the shoulders of some of the ladies. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, gentlemen, for the first time ever, I guess there will be a lady joining us in this ceremony.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No, my lady! A real, live one! Oh, please come and see it!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I saw watches and combs and ladies’ lipsticks and eyeglasses. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Such a famous lady. You probably don't know how much she has done for the orphanage.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward some young ladies chanted like cheerleaders, “Go, rocket boys, go!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the three lovely ladies sat Cool Papa Byrd’s shipmates from the navy, their gold buttons gleaming against their dark-blue jackets. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Merry bowed, and the lady showed him the shield, which was like the shield that had been given to Gimli, and it bore on it the device of the white horse. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

These ladies seemed most disinterested in setting on their eggs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If the lady insists,” he conceded, and offered a small bow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was going to get her hair cut and have her nails done and then go play bridge with other ladies. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

These two elderly ladies—one black and one white—staff the table. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A correspondent writes us that to see some of the tiny tots pretending to be the “bloofer lady” is supremely funny. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two doors from his own compartment, the elderly American lady, Mrs. Hubbard, was standing talking to the sheep-like lady who was a Swede. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Lord never sends you more than you can bear— That was an ancient Maycomb phrase employed by its fragile ladies who sat up with corpses, supposed to be profoundly comforting to the bereaved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stood waiting, his face sallow, his hands fairly low, proudly and firmly waiting for the assault, ready to do battle for his lady love. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Sister Fenella, who was that lady who was here the other day?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The restaurant the lady takes me to is within walking distance from the school, so I can always run back if anything happens. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had traveled a long way, squatting in rattling trains, hiding from conductors and nosy old ladies. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had a way she looked when she saw trouble; she frowned, getting her answer ready for the old lady. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the lady go, and bit my lip until it got all bloody. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It flowered with bald-faced ladies in head-dresses which looked like crescents or cones or the astonishing coiffure worn by the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hot, tired, and hungry, and when this lady mentioned a luau, my stomach sat up on its hind legs and begged like a dog. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shall go for her, and you’ve only got to bottle up your rapture, and keep Beth quiet till that blessed lady gets here.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies in the choir weren’t always in tune. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beautiful men in toreador outfits joined their ladies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

‘What can I do for you, young lady?’ he said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pet lady looked at me like I was the only person on the planet who thought a Chihuahua was not a rat. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was the piper whose flute had called to the farmer; she was a young woman wearing a relatively plain gown in comparison to the dancing ladies. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the lady behind the counter asked me if I needed any help, I opened up my bag, and I returned the book Mary Elizabeth bought me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I told the lady, ‘Well, I get up in the morning.’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“No, young lady. You stand right there and watch, so you can learn.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now Therese drops the soiled garments in soapy water with fingers that are long and tapered, like a lady’s, but red and rough, like a servant’s. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Come on, ladies. We have shopping to do!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He looked so proud, like he’d carved that big lady himself. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

My ears for taking in the soul of Paradise Valley, the high heels clicking against pavement, pianos being tuned, kind, courteous voices mingling, “Hello, little lady.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Could it be true that nobody saw Finn except the old lady? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...a nickname for some very special ladies who had an...accident last night.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Raise him,” said the old lady gravely to the gateman, “these obeisances are not necessary. Has he come for the woman?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“All right, ladies. We shall try it again. Scythes up, and on my count. One, two, three—SLASH! One, two, three, SLASH!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They’re white leather with just a little heel like a grownup young lady. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a block down, a set of double glass doors opened and an old lady hobbled out, carrying plastic shopping bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We still collapse into giggling fits if one of us mentions the lady who called me Anemia, as in the blood disorder. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“With pliers, my lady. They will pull them out as teeth are pulled out.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the ladies come to sell and bicker. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry!” the lady cried. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We live on the top floor of a five-story walk-up we rent from an old lady named Dona Petra all the way on the “other” side of Broadway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sheriff said to the deputy, “I am afraid to ask this young lady exactly how old she is. Why don’t you ask her?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Gideon had worked for a time in a freight yard in Springfield, Illinois, and Miss Leeds, the lady in the office, had taken me under her wing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha! Never say die, take a pinch of snuff, goodbye, goodbye!” squalled Polly, dancing on her perch, and clawing at the old lady’s cap as Laurie tweaked him in the rear. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other friends told the Marches that they had lost all chance of being remembered in the rich old lady’s will, but the unworldly Marches only said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of our faces. I swear to God, lady. Don’t mess with us,” I say. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,” Big Two News sports anchor Skip Baldwin said in a hushed voice at 1:19 A.M. to begin the station’s live coverage. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise all was as always: the music was tootling, the ladies were laughing, the children were going round and round.... Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

That smell—the same smell Genie had just gotten more than a whiff of in MARLON’S—reminded him of Ms. Swanson, the drunk lady who hung out at the Laundromat back home. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Malcolm came into the kitchen just as the old lady was putting a lamb stew to simmer on the range. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe some big ladies will come along and drag me inside kicking and screaming too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were old ladies, who had probably never left the city, weaving their way around the tourists. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d trailed the professional thieves of the Barrel and learned how to pick pockets and how to cut the laces on a lady’s purse. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone was staring at me, even the foxes on the shoulders of the ladies. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

What had happened to the quiet little lady in the car? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Come here! Come here!” the lady cried, leaping down from the dais and bustling from knight to knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gently the forester replied to this: “At home indeed your mother is, poor lady, still in the women’s hall. Her nights and days are wearied out with grieving.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was making a pest of myself, but I could scarcely believe this nice young lady could be so un-sympathetic, so insolent when she discovered I did not come in to buy something. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, it was my fault, I’m afraid. I kept your boy here listening to the wanderings of an old lady.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And finally, the most exciting change: we’ve decided to name this new correspondence the Tattler. After the European magazine all the ladies over there read.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There were those special mornings when the priest would come over from church to take the boys to the cafeteria, while the nun remained with the girls—‘the young ladies’—in the classroom. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is learning that he likes the company of the ladies. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s the black fabric that makes up her lady’s torso and the straight pins sticking out of her headless neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram—very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Your ironmen fought bravely, my lady, but we had many times your numbers, and we took you unawares. Winterfell will know that we are coming. And Roose Bolton has as many men as we do.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I reached the gatehouse windows, I saw below a throng of lords, ladies, and servants cheering and waving. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nielsen, turning to Mrs. Murphy, asks, “And can the young lady cook and clean? Is she hardworking?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Any time you ladies are ready. Good day,” he said, nodding towards Mama and Dedd. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘A Catholic lady with a big black dress that comes up over her head.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some lady who works at Good Sam with my mother called her a few minutes ago and told her that they had just brought in some kids from Hazelwood— basketball players, she thinks. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s mine: ‘Hey, lady—how do we get out of here?”’ Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Then one evening Miss Glory told me to serve the ladies on the porch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other Thursday after supper, Mrs. Nielsen and I join Mrs. Murphy and six other ladies at a quilting group. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The saintly mood lasts until I refill the milk glass of a tiny, scabrous old lady with wild white hair who looks like she’s been folded into her wheelchair and squished. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the office, there’s an older lady at the front desk and no one else waiting. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

By now Septa Mordane would certainly have sent word to her lady mother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Young lady, I believe Officer Jameson and I were having a private discussion with Maya.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“No treats for you, young lady, until your food is finished.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

In the end, Edna looks like one of those ladies getting facials at a spa. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I noticed that the lady next to her was doing the same thing! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When they got into Tyler, it turned out that the man lived at a boarding house just down the street from Lewis’s lady friend. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time had been in the dusty attic of the Big House, where the spirit of Delphi slept inside the body of a mummified hippie lady. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m the Senior Wilderness Ranger assigned to you guys today,” says a lady in safari gear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She would not have to run errands for my father’s tyrant mother with the bound feet or thread needles for the old ladies, but neither would there be slaves and nieces to wait on her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There's men removing the old garments behind the pork, Prince O. Why don’t you repair there and change and I'll engage this fine lady til you return so she don’t become listless a-waiting.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was only courteous, and a lady must never forget her courtesies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Fitfully, good lady. I dreamed of you again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew her by name, even the most obscure outcasts—a lady with swollen feet and a cloud of flies around her, a strange drooling man with a lisp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"She is the only lady I have ever known who was as charming when she was drunk as when she was sober." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“My sweet lady,” he murmured after, in a voice still thick with sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he waved at two old country ladies sitting on their front steps picking through a little girl’s hair for cooties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mom smirks at him with the confidence of a lady who long ago figured out how to do things without a knight in shining armor to save her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Your fingers are covered with very nasty acids, young lady. You’ll rot away these magazines if you’re not careful. Before you go nosing around in the collection, you come to me!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"He may know the blade, yes ... but, my lady, the moment we go ashore we are at risk. And there are those at court who will know you on sight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their cleaning lady who had come on Friday must have thought that the pass was all used up since rides one through nine were already punched. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reckon Miss Hilly got other ladies she go to the Country Club with, ones who got the memberships. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem like a good idea to break the poor lady’s toe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You strike me as a clever young lady. Surely you can find a way to skirt the rules?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A dancing room,” she said, “for ladies in full skirts, and room enough for a full country dance. Hugh Crain, will you take a turn with me?” and she curtsied to the statue. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of frustration over schedules, especially in the case of the evangelical lady who can never get Sunday morning off, no matter how much she pleads. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, young lady,” he said in an accent thick with the forest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gabe’s smell was almost worse than the nightmares about Mrs. Dodds, or the sound of that old fruit lady’s shears snipping the yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Where you bought these nice wine cakes, lady?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What of women? Is it not the same for them? Are you good or evil, my lady?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My ladies are always asking for something new and different.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My toes curl inside my shoes at the mention of becoming a young lady. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And so, the small mouse who had been dipped m oil, covered in flour, and relieved of his tail slipped out of the pantry and past the weeping ladies. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He met a young lady named Elise and they chatted on Facebook and hung out a bit. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“At least you still know how to be an old lady, Big Ma.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“How the court ladies must fawn over you!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the ladies’ room and combed her hair and tucked her shirt into her jeans. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Still in a tone of play, he said, “My lady, you know what scepter I ofler, and what orbs.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They did what they had to do, the two old ladies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘What kind of cat is it got her tongue? She walk around and don’t say a word. She not even greedy like she used to be. She getting to be a regular lady these days.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t you tell me that lady only has Rhode Island Reds? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She saves up for the fee every year, because the lady she cleans for said that's how her kid got into Harvard, high test scores. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But whether she was demonstrating a new airplane or setting a world record, she knew she had to look like a lady. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ten knights were appointed to serve Lancelot there, and twenty ladies to serve Elaine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That his daddy had left him when he was small, that his mama worked as a lunchroom lady at the same school where June taught. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the sappy bumper sticker, ceiling lady.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Toward the middle of the audience is a group of well-dressed ladies, their pale skin glistening in the heat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I heard about your lady love, Chief Ozobia’s daughter,” Susan said, lady love in the comic caricature that she assumed was an uneducated accent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Panic creased her face, and she looked more like a frightened old lady than a girl of ten. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I knew a lady once, Miss Leeds in Springfield, Illinois. She could tell all manner of things about people just by the way they tapped out their messages on a telegraph machine.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you wash your face and fix your hair before you came down to breakfast? A lady would never make her appearance until she had at least fixed her face.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed in the only way Mama said was all right for a lady, and took my shoes off. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Another lady rolled up her husband’s raincoat and made her little children lie down on the floor with their heads on it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he bowed and scraped himself out of the room as a vast herd of ladies from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children came streaming in. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had long been known as a ladies’ man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In my last letter I casually asked if the young lady in the blue outfit in the foreground of your religious picture was Mary Magdalene, the sinner. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Like, does “What’s good with your number” really bag the ladies? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After handing the shooter over to the police officers, ticket agent Robert Parke crossed the ladies' waiting room to the fallen president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Is there an Englishwoman here? I would like to see this English lady." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t really believe everything that old lady said, did you?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes: but a young lady—a bride—I ought to have paid my respects to her if possible. It was being very deficient.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Shoot, she call the roll a the crazy lady club.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pope bowed slightly, as if to a lady—which, I had to remind myself, Julia now was. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t imagine a proper young lady like you would have come for the interview otherwise,” he said, giving her a sly, sideways look. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you planted yourself in that old lady’s house like some fungus mold till you got a picture out of her.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up like a young lady who was engaged to be married. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was not surprised at Mademoiselle Reisz’s question the morning that lady, following her to the beach, tapped her on the shoulder and asked if she did not greatly miss her young friend. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come down this instant, young lady,” the Witch hollered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before she could regain her balance, Hazel thrust her spatha and impaled the metal lady through the chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s odd that a little old lady waves her arms around like a crazy person.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My two sisters were already in their teens and had the job of being young ladies. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Not a man in town thought it mattered a hoot about women voting, and only two ladies went to the first women’s suffrage meeting Miss Love set up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This, I thought, this is what ladies go through? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“This lady wants Ma to make her a dress. Ain’t that swell?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My lady, tell me! What was this message?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Next, the lady with the twists goes up to the podium. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"We will want a fire tonight, my lady, and a hot meal would serve us both." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I spent the four hours with an old lady’s scalp in my face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I give one more wave and a thank-you to the lady, who just tried to be nice. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“And who are those other young ladies with you?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I got some more I can ask. But how long you think it’s gone take for this lady to tell you if she like it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My hands were slick with sweat, and all I could do was pray that I didn’t drop this dead lady’s expensive casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No, Barbarossa had nothing to do with us being here. Ida Spavento, the lady who had the wing before, told us about the merry-go-round. But that's quite a long story...” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear me, young lady? Go see Mrs. Parker. Now.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That afternoon she spent a tedious hour assisting Ana in dressing for dinner, and that evening the house was full of ladies in rich satin gowns and gentlemen wearing plush velvet and shining boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mexican ladies are always trying to feed you, whether you like it or not. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One particularly creepy lady had dingy dark hair and sharp fangs, and instead of running appeared to be riding a bed of fog that zoomed around all the others like a hoverboard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“For your information, I’ve been teaching Karen the art of being a lady. And I’ve taught your sons how to be gentlemen. Training they normally never receive at home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From their hats, they were all town ladies, not country. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

You talk, you eat I began to realize, perhaps too late, that I had underestimated this lady. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So! You know the young lady’s father, Pip?” said Mr. Jaggers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

This lady's definitely a Greek warrior, only she's probably tougher than the guys were. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those eastern garments must be the devil to manage,” said Colonel Julyan, “and yet they say, you know, they are far more comfortable and far cooler than anything you ladies wear in England.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lady on the blue hawk skimmed low and called: “Straight ahead now! Among the trees in the valley!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There before him was the great carven dais where the old lady had sat, her fragile, tended body wrapped in silvery satin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Get back here right now, young lady,” he yells after me, but I keep going. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Little old lady in the hallway,” he said again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize, sir. Jane is a good girl but a bit protective, as an Attendant should be. She meant to ask, do you have any clothes suitable for a lady?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then one of the ladies pinched her nose, and the other pinched her nose, and they laughed louder and the camera man took more pictures. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for your hospitality, dear lady,” he said. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Then what about the old lady and that girl? Weren’t they good things?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t imagine that either of you ladies has read Boethius,” Ignatius sighed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were not in a war yet, my lady.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was looking at the lady, who was now on one knee dusting off her hands. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, do not be ashamed. Many a young lady has had all her beauty dimmed by smallpox. You are fortunate.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As I close this installment, let me say this: for all the times my aunt admonished me that a lady never goes out without at least one petticoat under her skirt, I am most thankful. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She took the note off me and called some other lady, from the next office, and the other lady went to give it to Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

After we’d picked up our spoons and bowls a lady dug a big mess of oatmeal out of a giant pot and swopped it down into our bowls. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Water, please,” I beg from a lady nearby, pointing to my angry scratches. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing I did, because even though Henrietta was silent when I got there, that lady was holding a screwdriver on top of the padlock and hitting it with a hammer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But it touches me and calls me lady. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I hear she looks like a young girl sometimes and an old woman sometimes and a grown lady other times. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He talks to the lunch ladies more than he talks to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I give the old lady a kiss on the cheek. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Catholic school. The nuns. Gotta look like a lady, you know?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can sit here with the ladies and finish up with these tags. And be polite,” he added. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The snake lady made a hissing noise that might’ve been laughter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Those ladies in the book—Mrs. What, Mrs. Where, and Mrs. Who.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Katie refused to dance with the feller provided for her, a vacuous vulgar boy given to remarks like: “I thought you musta fallen in,” when Katie returned from a trip to the ladies’ room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both she and Emilia had been sent to a convent to turn them into proper young ladies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See the picture of the red giraffe on the box? I think the lady is from the zoo, Ruby. I think she’s getting ready to take you there.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A little diffidently Isannah herself emerged from behind the lady’s great dark skirts. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting shyly in the bath looking at him, a charming little lady, who was—as Malory puts it—as naked as a needle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as soon as we had gotten inside, she excused herself, went into the ladies’ room, and came back without her orchid. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“May it not frighten her terribly? It is unusual to break into a lady’s room!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what,” he said, “you and I’ll mix up those pancakes and take a plateful right up to her, and she can eat in bed for once, like a lady.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘My fair lady, clad all in silver green! We have never said farewell to her, nor seen her since the evening!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Next door is a smaller room, the bedroom and study of the two young ladies of the family. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"A young lady señorita," her mother pronounced the first morning Carla set out by herself, her heart drumming in her chest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“The ladies like me this way,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

With a smile, the hotteok lady gave her one more of the piping hot cakes and shooed the kids away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You see,” I laughed, “under the fancy trappings, I’m just a plain lady.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, the doorman, Ralph, who had himself come from a country called Ireland as a boy, stood by the opened door and gave each young lady a sweeping bow as she passed by. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I know that none of you young ladies and gentlemen would be that irresponsible.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They don’t show ugly dark hairs under ladies’ arms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Such poverty would sit hard with a queen and her ladies,” I admit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There was a lady with a bunch of plastic flamingos sticking out of a shopping cart. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now I’m fifteen and must think about maturing into a Christian lady. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies in that singin’ group he had on are so fine! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then maybe you could be the legs of the lady I saw in half.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“And I got another gun, too, another one special, just for yer little lady there, Todd.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly white ladies, smiling, got they hair already fixed and sprayed for tomorrow. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I bet you’re a whiz in school,” the lady told me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then Calder noticed an old lady sitting on the ground between them. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When we go down to the kitchen for a glass of milk, her mother says, “What’s that on your face, young lady?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We even watched a lady give a boy a haircut. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought: Well, here I am, the only lady on Mars, and here is the only man, and, well.. .” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, here was a lady who had driven the two of us to and from rehearsal twice a week for over a year, and this was the first time she had ever talked at all. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day the doorbell rings, and when I go to answer, I peep through the hole and I see a white lady standing at the door. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I said. The lady who used to watch my siblings and me after school made this peach cobbler one day, and after I took that first bite, I couldn’t stay quiet anymore!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The lady of the house opens the door a crack and shrieks, “Get that thing out of here! Get it out of here!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was disguised as a crazy old bag lady, smiling and singing an Ancient Greek lullaby as her leathery hands gripped Percy’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her name is Karen Monroe, and she’s a middle-aged white lady who claims she understands what I’m going through. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I was transported to a world where men wore shiny shoes, kids tap-danced, and ladies were called dames. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Mendez is a little lady with hair like midnight and a mouth that starts at one ear and wraps around her entire skull. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A youth pastor named Jonboy used to roam around the buffet with a group of high school kids, smiling for the old ladies and asking if any of them needed work done on their lawns. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“We did win section, ladies. There’s always next year for State,” Britt-Marie says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I thought it looked like a lady’s dress with some green ribbon, but I wasn’t going to tell her that. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t call my mother and talk Yiddish on the lady’s phone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not aware,” observed the grave lady whose voice I had heard but once, “that to think of any person is to make a great claim upon that person, my dear.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Man was not made to know so much,” the old ladies cried in hushed, hoarse voices. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rearranged the furniture to better accommodate the growing belly of the expectant lady, and rearranged the kitchen supplies so she wouldn’t have to reach as far. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead, I experimented with some new hairdos in the mirror, wondering what Oscar would think of a young lady with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Just like the lady, a vivid blue vein runs over his left eyebrow, like he’d brushed eye shadow way off course. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Watch your mouth, young lady,” my dad said from the front seat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Still listening to what my old lady tells you, eh?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Across the road, the old ladies were still watching me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen. I had that thing happen to me, years back,” said the lady. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“His lady wife is long dead. Lord Wyman has two grown sons, and grandchildren by the elder. And he is too fat to sit a horse, thirty stone at least Val would never have him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The type of lady who would treat herself to beer and nachos when her kids were gone to their father’s for the weekend. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Through an imposing blue door, Joseph entered the lady’s sitting room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gertrude’s ladies took pride in their needlework, but to me the thin, sharp steel was an instrument of torture. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I heard Madam ask the doctor plain when the old lady would die. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie caught up with me and said, “For an old lady you sure can walk fast.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, we must send that statement,” Miss Trixie agreed and shuffled off to the ladies’ room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I did see that they put the lady cop who shot you in the back of a police car. She was crying.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a fat lady played with a string of wooden beads. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Filthy, back in the day, I was the boss, never lost, I had the sickest double cross, and I kissed so many pretty ladies, they called me Lip-Gloss. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

"The Sea King's daughter sent a servant for it. She and all her ladies in waiting are copying it for their own pieces." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

If she had churning, she would see a tiger lady. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

That ole lady turn almost gray in the face, but she kept her shoulders straight and her eyes locked onto mine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Of course, my lady, I will see to—the dogs—at once.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"But I have no wish to be a lord of anywhere," he told her, "or of anything, except perhaps my lady's heart." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something to Fern, but then she cupped her hand around her mouth and squealed an Ooh! like she’d seen something bad, like a naked lady running down the street. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would help old ladies get their bags up the steps, ticking and accidentally cussing the whole way, calling them all kinds of names, but they didn't care because everybody had gotten used to it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If he saw this, he’d have some heated words for the lady on the TV. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The lady principal of the school and all the kids watched this fight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to scream as the third lady grabbed my arm and was about to stab it with a needle. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cleaning lady is working downstairs, so at the moment I’m seated at the van Daans’ oilcloth-covered table with a handkerchief sprinkled with fragrant prewar perfume pressed to my nose and mouth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The ticket lady let another gum bubble pop and eyed the box curiously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a great dancer and extremely popular with the ladies. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And as lords and ladies never notice the little grey mice under their feet, Arya heard all sorts of secrets just by keeping her ears open as she went about her duties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, just because the day hadn’t been weird enough already, the old lady began to glow and change form. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I see two little Jewish old ladies giggling over coffee at a Manhattan diner, it makes me smile, because I hear my own mother’s laughter beneath theirs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe the gym they’re going to have?” said Ms. Prado, a lady who wore too much makeup and always seemed to be wearing workout clothes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"No, good lady," he said, shaking, "or else I would be dead. But it touched me, aieeee, when it fell from the box it landed on my arm." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The lady at the store told me these dresses are called 'muumuus,' and that American ladies my age wear them all the time. Do you like this one?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do what I can, sweet lady, but first it might help if I knew just a bit about him. Is he really so wonderful, this Westley of yours?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandmother Lucy says a lady doesn’t climb rocks after a certain age. She says my mother would be scandalized to think of me climbing rocks or playing kickball in my school dresses at recess!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two ladies waiting in line to see Olga in her casket begin crying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Well, ladies, I am sure you will be quite comfortable in here," Mr Stringer's voice was saying. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I bet they won’t expect to be trounced by a beautiful lady.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to grow you into a young lady. Not a horse.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I blew out a tired breath and opened the door and almost ran right into a singing lady walking toward the alley with a garbage bag in her hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But if you are employed as a lady’s maid your employers seldom have a chance of learning whether or not you are a good cook. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lean over to that old lady and tell her that I was sorry for the stench and that I hoped it didn’t cause her more grief than she was already feeling. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Stand up when you see a lady, you contemptuous scoundrel.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady comes running out of the largest tunnel. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We’re like the lady who only wants her name in the newspaper twice—when she’s born and when she dies,” one of the senior partners famously said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“One, two, three—six, Monsieur. The old American lady, a Swedish lady, the young English lady, the Countess Andrenyi and Madame la Princess Dragomiroff and her maid.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about this indomitable old lady which made him feel flustered and uncomfortable. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dora herself said she could have used the total membership of the old ladies’ home. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady talks about what a visionary Noah Webster was to create the first American spellers and dictionaries. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ladies giggle and the gentlemen chuckle at his outlandishness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, be right back. In the meantime, pick out some things you like. Maybe this young lady can help you.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘Therefore I say to you, lady: Stay! For you have no errand to the South.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Lady—hey, lady. Can you spare a little? Just a piece of bread?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Along the borders of the rich lady’s sari were embroidered flurries of blossoms in pale yellows and pinks twined with green leaves. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rose-petal scramble got a lot of attention, but the pregnant lady’s moans did not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the lady said, “Are you OK?” and she touched my arm so I screamed again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She used a word that I'd never heard a lady use before. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You three ladies ventured into the heart of Annuvin and carried the thing out? How did you ever manage?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, because a five-foot-five-inch lady with a butcher knife the size of her forearm was very intimidating. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I spot a lady official who is wearing the same uniform as the ones who took my mother away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And some lady is still pointing her gun at me! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The lady in the middle held an enormous basket of electric-blue yarn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m a shy, modest Oriental lady. Just don’t expect me to bathe you.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The seven ladies and one gentleman in a bow tie were huddled around a laptop, their horrified eyes glued to the screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Plus we were in no hurry to become ladies if that meant not getting to go frog hunting or wear overalls, or having to act all proper, like Charlotte Hamilton. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Why must you have that creature with us in the boudoir?" one of her ladies says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In Seattle, two bunk cars and a bona fide freak—a bearded lady—and this made him happy, for what Uncle Al craves above all else, what Uncle Al dreams of at night, are freaks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The demon ladies were picking their way down the cliff, jumping from ledge to ledge like mountain goats. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“My mama’s a Baptist, too, but she what you call a sore-feet Baptist. Your feets get sore enough, those mojo ladies start looking pretty good. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love it here: the people rule the traffic, and cars must stop and—oh, wait, that Honda almost killed that lady. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The voice returned, “Quite right,” and the window was shut again, and a young lady came across the court-yard, with keys in her hand. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate to see ladies in any kind of distress.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you pronounce your name, young lady?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Biddy and me, we look at each other like monkeys done jumped out that ole lady’s mouth and danced on they hands. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I met that weird old lady. Was she really something else?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then she let the lady hold it while she spread her skirt and made a curtsey. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Far Common was different, a gift of the rich lady benefactress. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the air seemed lush and thick here, like velvet, swallowing up the click-click of ladies’ heels and the chatter of men in suits, so that they passed as silently as gliding ships. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone had a little something to say, like “You did great,” or “God bless you, sweetie,” and the lady in front of me said, “You look so pretty.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Forgive me, my lady. Do I have your leave to go?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"A pleasure to meet you, my lady," I say as I curtsy. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ignatius scrutinized the offerings furiously for a while all by himself, for the ladies had stepped back from the fence and had formed what looked like a protective little grouping. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat at a table with a group of ladies. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The vet lady ushered us into an exam room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"My lady begs that you excuse her absence. Her babes are still too young for such a journey, and she was loath to leave them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’d only survived this long because the two snake-haired ladies—gorgons, they called themselves—couldn’t seem to kill him either. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Hello, boys," the lady at the register said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The pretty lady’s words made the cat fur move; the breath of each word parted the fur. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's Friday night and the weekend ahead is already calling us to the candy lady's house, my hand in Daddy's. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want the nice lady to die,” Poppet says, tugging gently at Celia’s skirt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Our food comes and my grilled cheese is greasy and cheesy and crispy on the outside and I eat it in about three minutes and excuse myself to go to the ladies’ room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Who are you, young lady?” the principal asked, amused by the intrusion. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It says here that Mr. Benson asked you and Mr. Rivers to come meet a young lady he was interested in. Is this true?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Woodcutters, carpenters, the lady who carves spoons. I could go on and on.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then there was the lady who sold lottery tickets for a turkey raffle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The passenger door opened and an older lady got out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I ate the pumpkin pie because the lady said it was in season, and Patrick and Sam smoked more cigarettes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad grabbed Fig’s cat carrier, a pathetic “maow” drifted out, and we followed the vet lady and her soaring curly do down the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m picking the lady peas for stones, thinking about how we’re breathing the same air those Chicago people breathed two days ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going door-to-door, ma’am You know how you ladies love to talk. Bless your hearts, you’d all talk the hind leg off a mule.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Before all the court, my lady. And the gods as well. I said as much to Ser Edmure, but he told me it was not possible, that His Grace Robb would never consent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ladies’ eyes studied the sign, the earring, die scarf, the cutlass, and pleaded for him to move along. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked his head inside the window, elevated his eyebrows, and said in a decorous voice: “I was once an exceedingly odd young lady— Suffering much from spleen and vapors. ” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We can do our laundry in the ole lady’s house and eat the vegetables from the side- yard garden. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the small lady proved capable of speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her teeth were worn to the gum, her once black hair was brown and sparse, and she was shrunken and frail-looking like a little old lady. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody would agree if they didn’t know who the white lady was, wondering if they knew her or had worked for her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘Here’s my pretty lady!’ he said, bowing to the hobbits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Since I think I’ve mentioned the new cleaning lady, I just want to note that she’s married, sixty years old and hard of hearing! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For such a frail old lady, Miss Wren was giving Miss Peregrine a pretty good clobbering. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stared at the lady, and she stared back at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And what about a surname?” the lady pressed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A short man in his twenties and an older lady with light brown hair and green eyes come in and stand at the foot of my bed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Probably some fat old lady. Then the chisel slipped, so he made a skinny angel instead.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch lady pauses, and I think she’s gonna say no, but then she puts an extra roll on my plate and winks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Old lady like me’s lucky to have her as a friend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It's like MoMo had some sort of requirement as to what kind of ladies he let in his parties. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"It is you! They said it was! Oh Tristran! How could you? Oh, how could you?" and he realized who the young lady reproaching him must be. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That is why I thought the lady must have been dreaming.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the church lady could answer, Mrs. Brewer came up and put a hand on Miss Winthrop’s shoulder. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Welcome,” a middle-aged lady with short hair said from behind a teal desk in the corner. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once we left, Mr. Ray told me he was having a hard time building up the courage to ask the receptionist lady—her name was Melissa—out on a date. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The old lady in the middle took out a huge pair of scissors—gold and silver, long-bladed, like shears. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Mercy, I remember you, Declaration. I haven’t seen you in ice ages! Just look at you! You’ve grown into a beautiful young lady!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he says, “Rich old lady. Big house. You’ve done pretty well for yourself. You probably don’t want us to report you missing.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dame Hannah Relf was the head of one of the women’s colleges, an elderly gray-haired lady whose daemon was a marmoset. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry, lady, but if we did that we’d have half the wives in Brooklyn storming the place. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had lessons from a funny old lady. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her tone is polished, befitting a lady of her supposed station. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had never gotten angry at a bread lady before. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But I remember once when I was doing yard work, there was a lady getting ready for a garage sale the next day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tim pays for his food as the lunch lady eyes my empty tray. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, who the hell are you, and what did you do with the young lady who would’ve punched me for issuing such a ‘flagrantly patriarchal command’?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The milliner is a handsome lady, you can say thet for her.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As she followed along, the lady asked where we had come from and whether we were content at Maa Kamala’s house and what our plans were. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Harry had not known who lived there, he would have guessed at a rich, fussy old lady. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The lady with the glasses sitting next to my dad.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We ran out of the ones we had in the freezer, but this lady makes them and sells them, so we got a bunch more from her.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Satchmo even thought that maybe he had it all wrong, that maybe Brutus wasn't Ms. Adam's guard dog, but instead, she was Brutus's guard lady. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He just claimed the fleabag and even took the plastic cat carrier that the old lady offered. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“A man’s plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, to introduce our short-story contest winners, here’s Marsha Priest, president of the Hamilton Plaza Library Literacy Foundation!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And who is this old lady who likes his music? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was almost as pretty as the lady in pink that had come through the inn last year. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the street, there were signs for various posh businesses: an optician, a doctor, a kitchenware boutique, a maker of ladies’ fine opera gloves. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I filled out the form the best I could and handed it in at the window to a lady ranger. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what did that lady say to you?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Straight A's in Flushing's gifted program? You'll do just fine here, young lady. I'll enroll you in Advanced Placement for math, English, French, and physics." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They dressed her up in a calico apron, a gray wig, and granny glasses to make her look like an old lady. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were scouting for openings to slip through when a flap pulled back and a well- dressed man and woman burst out, the man holding the lady, the lady fanning herself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The woman? What woman?...” the old lady began, but the slave girl at her side stooped and whispered and the lady recovered herself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Another dead old lady!” he Shouted when he saw me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Did Your Honor give permission for him to be alone with my young lady?” she asked sharply. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Now, ladies, everyone take a quilt square and flyer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was kicked again under the table and, looking, saw Frances, Robert's lady, her chin lifting and her face hardening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Hello, beautiful lady,” he said, dropping a kiss next to her ear. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I reckon not. Fact, a white lady might do worse.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The abrupt change of subject made the old lady raise her eyebrows. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If wishes were fishes ...Alec said. He took a deep, long breath. “Okay.We better hurry and meet back up with the three ladies.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Once in the United States some ladies came knocking at the Abbouds’ door when Poppy was home alone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when the one with the freshman beanie said he had heard a couple of guys in the men’s room talking about how Shakespeare’s plays were really written by a lady. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely extraordinary! Gentlemen . . . lady,” he added, approaching the fireside and addressing the other three. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"My lady," he said, bowing; as if he had not beaten her bloody only three hours past. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re a terrific lady,” he said, and then he asked where her family was from. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In no time, an older colored lady came out and looking none too happy either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? I want to see you tell those ladies what to do.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with his too-small glasses and my knowledge of his little fancy lady kit under the front seat, I reminded myself there was a distinct possibility he was capable of killing me with his brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She’s a thin lady with unruly hair and hippie clothes, right down to her sandals. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A lady remem-bered her courtesies, and she was resolved to be a lady no matter what. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then the washroom lady pushed her way between the women, the laughing girls, and us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The slovenly, wide-hipped lady who always wore a black bonnet and muttered to herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Taking something real and sort of stretching it out like a piece of taffy into a thing that’s true but distorted. You know. Like old lady Henley’s face-lift.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even in her robe and slippers, Aunt Daisy was the prettiest lady on the whole ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going over this with you again, young lady.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

—Like the lady said in the poem—you mindin’ your own black business and all this white stuff jus’ takes over your life. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’s the authority on talking to the ladies, though that night I didn’t see him walking over to the New Crew on his own. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She had not given up just because she had curtsied to the white lady who screamed at her about her job. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The first day, when I was pouring Mrs. Caruthers her tea, there was a lady who helped me with it.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The lady I had left might be about twenty-nine; the one who went with me appeared some years younger: the first impressed me by her voice, look, and air. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Beside him hung her lady mother, and below them her three brothers all in a row. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Presently there came a loud ring, then a decided voice, asking for ‘Mr. Laurie’, and a surprised-looking servant came running up to announce a young lady. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies of each fraternal order are invited to submit squares for a special victory quilt to be signed by President Woodrow Wilson himself on his tour of the Midwest. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And that lady, your friend, what was her name?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This lady said the Langston who wrote these words is a poet. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Nick had said, “But I didn’t do anything wrong, Mom. And neither did that lady from the newspaper.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, nodding at the green blob a lunch lady offered. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“What will the lady have?” the president asked. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, ladies, sometimes...young ladies...Sometimes an old priest or bishop, maybe. I think they come here for a rest.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He often brings me a gift, something unusual, like a key chain with a Gumby hanging from it, or a crinkly fan with a picture of an old-fashioned lady in an evening gown. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

If there’s a pregnant lady on an airplane, she’s named her unborn kid after me by the time the plane lands. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So the lady lent him a black horse which turned out to be a fiend, and it vanished in dramatic circumstances when Percy luckily crossed himself that evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bought the most marvelous pit bull,” said one of the ladies. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What is that supposed to mean, young lady?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was in a foul mood because the Bird made her ‘dress like a lady’ for the picture. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was reading The Wall Street Journal The lady across the table was probably Mrs. Dare, though all I could see of her were hot pink fingernails and the cover of Conde Nast Traveler. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Go and ask the English lady in No. 11 if she will be good enough to come here.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afternoon arrived: Mrs. Fairfax assumed her best black satin gown, her gloves, and her gold watch; for it was her part to receive the company,—to conduct the ladies to their rooms, &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Again with that? No. God. I don't want to date anyone. I see what it's done to you. As you well know, I believe in saving Thunderstick for one very special lady.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I have a way with the ladies,” he says to me, stroking Frida under her chin with his index finger. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fern looked to me and I said, “Pa has a lady friend,” as hard and odd as it was to say those words. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Why does he not speak for himself?” asked the old lady. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They stop by a lady selling goose eggs and ask her if she knows a Holy Cross-Roads Inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mother pulled my arms back until my shoulder blades touched, the proper posture for a lady. observed Grandfather as we departed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the ladies’ side of the throne room, a dark-haired goddess in green robes sat next to Hera on a throne woven of apple-tree branches. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You ladies need a critic with some taste and decency. Good heavens! Which one of you did this camellia? Speak up. The water in this bowl looks like motor oil.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before that, however, she had disappeared into the ladies' room of the first cafe they came to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The whole bus be laughing now cause Minny don’t like nobody talking bad about her white lady except herself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there was a lady who dispensed a Death Mist that might hide them from monsters—a plan recommended by a Titan, one of their bitterest enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was going to travel to France and bring back fabric and combs and jewelry that the ladies of Philadelphia would swoon over. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the shape of her body he could tell it was the lady who’d spoke to them higher on the mountain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"That was the brush of Lord Tywin's fingertip, my lady," the girl said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It also means there can be no more incidents like the one this morning. Do you understand, young lady?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the face of an American missionary lady bent over her and smiled, talking to her in a soothing language she did not understand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body isn’t turning out like the exercise ladies’, but it’s growing, and the more it grows, the sooner I’ll be grown up and the sooner I’ll leave this place forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt lay down on the lounge chair next to Miss Hilly and I set at the table under a umbrella, few feet behind the ladies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Daisy, Daisy Hempstock...to obtain his flower and to depart, for, truth to tell, the young lady was making him exceedingly uncomfortable. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to smooth things out,” said the lady who was my mom. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These ladies were deferentially received by Miss Temple, as Mrs. and the Misses Brocklehurst, and conducted to seats of honour at the top of the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the Swedish lady’s and uttered an exclamation of satisfaction. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cards felt crisp and new and had a bunch of illustrations of lady authors on the back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I just happened to be fortunate enough to find a lady who recognized a spark in me and gave me some direction. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That lady read it, grunted, made out the transfer, handed her her report card and told her to go; that the school was too crowded anyhow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said with irritation, “Open up now, young lady, or bear my wrath.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled us inside with a grip that was pretty strong for an old lady’s. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Padva dismisses these comments, though she does joke that with enough silk and an industrial-strength corset she could make Chandresh himself pass for the most fashionable of ladies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had been welcomed at the White House, where she sang for the president and first lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I figured she was going to tell me a story about some lady in her knitting group or something, but she said, “I found that note.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They headed up Church Street, a wide avenue crowded with businessmen in top hats and beggars and fancy ladies in wide skirts. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“These kids are going to make this lady quit the first week,” my friends were saying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What about that ghost lady? The one who escaped while the fairies were trapping Bahumat?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I tell the old lady, and she grins. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She walks with the grace and carriage of a true lady; I slouch along, hands resting on the hilts of my sickles, ready to draw them at the first sign of trouble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Here is the post. And there was a lady here to see you." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I will not have that pauper live like a lady in my house. She can earn her keep.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lady that lets Mama turn in front of her? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The knights and the children, the lord and the lady, they all turn to me, and listen. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A little old lady happened to be passing by, and she looked terribly shocked. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He hugged the old ladies as we finally left their houses, assuring them he’d do his best to be useful—to get the fixable issues fixed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The boss lady came to the door and called the girl; both of them went into the dining room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lady wife lowered the New York Times and gazed at me so long that I inspected any recent deeds and impulses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could not see a lady I respected put in jail,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Now that I have observed the courtesies, my lady, perhaps my sons will do me the honor of shutting their mouths. Why are you here?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, the young lady was standing, with enviable poise, beside my table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She let another tooth fall, and was outraged by painted ladies who thought only of clothes and men. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was considered the most elegant, discreet, and charming lady of their social circle and no one would have dreamt that the distinguished couple never spoke. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to drift off to a dreamless sleep in his own bed with his arms wrapped tight around his lady, Catelyn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I also didn’t like the idea of three more hours in the ladies’ room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be flip with your father, young lady,” her mother cautioned. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she has fulfilled her role as a thieving member of the underclass, now indentured to this genteel midwestern white lady, is too perfect for words. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, indeed: and not only for her beauty, but for her accomplishments. She was one of the ladies who sang: a gentleman accompanied her on the piano. She and Mr. Rochester sang a duet.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It raised her stature to the royal lady which she was, to a straight-backed dowager whose rheumatic fingers flashed with rings, who had ridden the world successfully for fifty years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she still hadn’t seen the glamorous lady who’d helped her on her first day again, the lone bright spot in the whole gloomy week. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Witches. There’s one witch lady who wants to talk to you. When we get clear of the cloud, we’ll get our bearings and then we can sit and have a yam.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The dog and the lady lived, but my daddy died of hypothermia. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so,” Rishi said, giving her an okay, crazy lady look. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t know as I’d ride with her or any other lady.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Come with me, young lady,” a very angry voice says, right into my ear. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Big Ma turned her nose up at the college girls with Afros in favor of the Negro lady in the square sunglasses and snappy suit toting the equally snappy oval bag. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, how about that. The pretty little lady here doesn’t want to miss the professor’s lecture.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Pecola backed out of the room, staring at the pretty milk- brown lady in the pretty gold-and-green house who was talking to her through the cat’s fur. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, young lady. We have had nothing but trouble since you came into this house, and I am so over it. I mean it. I am so. Over. It.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I found a seat next to a middle-aged lady who sat staring straight ahead, weeping silently. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It's funny; I still so often think of her as a girl, but today she looks like an old lady to me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to please the other ladies, particularly Cristiana, for she was close to my age and I wished for a friend. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“No need of that. I am not a young lady, and it’s only a step. Take care of yourself, won’t you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “And thank you for sending these two fine young ladies to shine their light on us here in Colby.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Naomi watched the twins play until some of the church ladies started drifting in her direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let that young giant come near me, he worries me worse than mosquitoes,” whispered the old lady to Amy, as the rooms filled and Laurie’s black head towered above the rest. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her ladies chuckle and hide whispers behind fans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The old ladies clucked in agreement and then they all left me in the middle of the hot courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wall offered few of the comforts that southron ladies and little highborn girls were used to, and the Nightfort offered none. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She’ll call the cops and I’ll be grounded forever only in a jail cell. It would be best if you went in because nobody will arrest an old lady.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This little treasure is all mine, gentlemen and ladies. Please, I beg you. Do not infringe on my discovery ” “Mr. Remorso,” said Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Theon Greyjoy put a hand cm the hilt of his blade and said, "My lady, if it comes to that, my House owes yours a great debt." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kapugen had said that an old lady, rescued from the snow after weeks of starvation, so stuffed herself that she died the next day. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old colored lady, Miss Alice, who rode in the morning, was not there and neither was her sobbing daughter, but an older colored man who smiled and offered everyone peppermints often was. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Myrcella blinked at her and looked to her ladies for guidance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The lady at the desk looked up at me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the Unique Hair Essentials house, there are more fancy ladies. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Finch’s Landing was used only by travelers: the steps gave the ladies an excellent excuse to swoon; their luggage was left at the cotton landing— to debark there in front of the Negroes was unthinkable. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Look, my father would like to be able to let you stay. He really liked your mom. She was a nice lady.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Of course it could, but we followed the lady anyway. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pat my mouth with a napkin, like a polite British lady. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the best ladies’ hand cream you got.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, it wasn’t polite for a prince to dance with only one lady, but he couldn’t focus on anything beyond his partner and the music that carried them onward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"You didn't have to interrupt your busy schedule to bring me dinner and come talk to me. I'm fine," I say, hoping Sophia and her ladies will leave. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The lady picked up toe falcon and began to go away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the lady who was in the store. She was here today,” I said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was taken to Groutville, where the chief lived, and we met in the house of an Indian lady in town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One ring in and some automatic lady told me I have the wrong number. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“How can I help you, young lady?” he asks, in a slight accent I can’t detect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My mother isn't always the happiest lady on earth, but that's just because times have been tough. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about getting hit on by old ladies the same age as Claire,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The lady smiled up into the rearview mirror. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe this lady was powerful enough to send us back. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right across the street was a blond lady in a blue shirt, standing by the window, stirring something in a bowl in her kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies’ room at Sickler’s was almost as large as the dining room proper, and, in a special sense, appeared to be hardly less commodious. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You got that right. And her clothes! Remember that time she went to work and we tried on all those dresses with the sparkles and the sequins? My mama was a real fancy lady.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even join in the “Wal-Mart cheer” when required to do so at meetings, I’m told by the evening fitting room lady, though I am fortunate enough never to witness this final abasement. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not over until the fat lady is singing, right?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Her bags fell on me. Let's go in and see Brett. I say, she is a piece. You are a lovely lady, Brett. Where did you get that hat?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A lady was climbing up into the car behind ours. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And when he returned, I suppose he married the most beautiful highborn lady in the land and had a dozen children,” Shae said drily. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But you didn’t hear Granny complain about having to trim wicks, clean smoked-up lamp chimneys, and fool with kerosene when other ladies could just pull a ceiling cord to get light. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I reckon I know pretty well what would happen if the white ladies found out we was writing about them, telling the truth a what they really like. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was, to be charitable, a little awkward, and Turner kept sensing that Mrs. Newton was about to stick the steel point of her umbrella into any of the ladies who didn’t behave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The ladies buying upholstery fabric agreed and attacked my quilting display. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re not brushing very well, young lady, and that can lead to sores and infections.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When the messenger is gone, the lady comes out onto the steps and stands with her arms locked, expressionless. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is my mama,” he said as an old lady came up behind him and said howdy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the ladies served them weak tea and soda crackers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They take you to the office where the ladies give you three saltine cracker sandwiches with peanut butter in the middle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"My lady, you are safely back among your own now, a day's ride from your brother's castle. Give me leave to go." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old ladies were not old ladies anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The quick trot of ponies’ feet made him look up, as one of the little carriages, containing a single young lady, came rapidly down the street. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be no dog in this house as long as you take this attitude, young lady.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to go out of my way to meet people and I’m going to be the most popular young lady in Ravenel by the time I leave here.’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he a real man the ladies will give him money,” the old guy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Down by the gap. Seems there's a young lady wants to have a word with you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She held Florence Nightingale very close to her chest, as if the lady with the lamp could protect her from whatever it was that her mother was getting ready to say. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She pulls out a modest dress of calico, similar to mine but the full length that real ladies wear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“First time buying for a lady?” he murmurs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might ask you the same question, ladies.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m calling on you today to—” Her eyes flicker back to the table where the other ladies is setting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"It is not a matter of gold or horses. This is blood- magic, lady. Only death may pay for life." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He said that with enough church ladies within earshot. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That phony curse was just a way of covering her tracks in advance of murdering those ladies herself. Believe me, I know how she operates. She says one thing when she means another.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The father and son climb in, followed by a lady who’s wearing long shorts and a T-shirt instead of a bathing suit. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Our young singer needs a little information about a lady that he met last night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That lady librarian had ruined my day, and I was determined to ruin someone—or something—else’s day. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I am a rich lady with my own business and I am traveling far away from here!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come across a few at dinner, one family making home movies and the dentist across the way working on a frightened old lady. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She touches one card, a lady in flowing robes holding a set of scales, and another that Bailey cannot see as well but looks like a crumbling castle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was one about a lady named Amelia Earhart. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Riccio made faces at the masked lady smiling down at them from a large painting on the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a sweet old lady in her mid-seventies, and she always seemed to get up ridiculously early. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight on the subway, I will get up and give my seat to a pregnant woman or a lady about Ma’s age. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And I needed them to believe me about that lady, in case she came back. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Pffft. I wish. That dude was a titan with the ladies.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This night was more typical than less; the winds whistled constantly and the candles constantly needed relighting, and some of the more daringly dressed ladies shivered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After the play, church ladies went down the aisle and gave each child a gift. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was improper for a servant to sit with a lady as tho’ they were companions, but she asked me direct, so I sat myself in the chair that was close to the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop, no, don’t come any closer! Stand back, children, someone will get hurt—” The old lady’s voice was drowned out by a surge of yapping and barking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He glanced down and saw a very properly dressed lady flanked by six other very properly dressed ladies and one properly dressed man in a bow tie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a lady wearing a tiny green hat in the middle of the back row who kept scratching the nape of her neck. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“My lady wife’s favorite theory,” my father said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He kept his Marlboros rolled up in one of his T-shirt sleeves, and he lit his cigarettes with a Zippo lighter stamped with a picture of a naked lady bending over. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"No, begging your forgiveness, my lady, but it was Lord Jon who—" A bell tolled loudly below them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Swedish lady was still weeping and Mrs. Hubbard was comforting her. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's a bootlegger," said the young ladies, moving somewhere between his cocktails and his flowers. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wait on white ladies who walk right out the bedroom wearing nothing but they personality, but Miss Leefolt don’t do like that. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pop looks at Coach Watts and says, “He’s got a lady in need.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m there by six o’clock, and the old lady is attending to the kettle again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My faith was buttressed by a book by Jacques Maritain rather than by the experience of worship at a Lenten service with classmates or serving at some old lady’s funeral. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man at the theater waited for her now; he watched her go down to the ladies’ lounge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us ask the ladies to join our debate,” said Horatio, seating himself on a stool so that his long legs stuck out to the sides. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Are you hungry? That lady there gave me a plate of biryani, but I can’t eat it,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A yawning lady with a flowered scarf tied under her chin lugged a food basket jammed with Jell-O boxes, paper napkins, and coffee filters. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Young ladies have a remarkable way of letting you know that they think you a “quiz” without actually saying the words. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A lady got out of her car and also tried to help the boy, but got hit in the face for her efforts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Did you see the picture of the lady with the wedding dress with sparkles all over the skirt? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A dainty spot,” he said plummily, “fit for two such charming ladies; I shall, if you like, save you the trouble of glancing into the closet and under the bed.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

This—this little old lady in the old-fashioned hat and coat—was Courtney’s mother? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

An awkward moment passed, until the two young ladies spoke at once. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m really, really sorry, sir,” the lady says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Wait your turn, boy. I’m still helping this lady.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sheed said, “Come on, lady. What kind of secrets are you talking about?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Thinking is easy enough,” said the grave lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, he threw himself down off the box, and assisted the coachman in preparing the steps for the ladies’ disembarkation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Around the fountain, sculptures hid like tree sprites under the topiaries—cupids playing flutes and tambourines, or ladies dancing in their rain-worn stone gowns next to the huge pots of orange trees. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And pardon her mouth, she thinks, pardon the mouths of the golf-course lady and the librarian and lots of other people who are angry about violence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She don’t look like other ladies, being she so tall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The office ladies don’t treat her like the other parents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There are only 2 people she hasn’t summed up yet: herself and Maddie, the girl who called me the cleaning lady. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Small One. You know something, it seems, of the goldworker’s art. Do you know the manner of making the little leaves we use to ornament ladies’ jewelry?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I wanna ask, What in the world do you know about doing black hair, white lady? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Lords and ladies, let us all now drink to Tommen, the First of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, and Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The slapping and dripping of food was so mesmerizing that I didn’t notice the pile of cilantro the lunch lady dumped on my serving of guacamole until I slid out of line. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“My mother told me once that she wanted to be a lady—somebody who wore lace and rode in a fancy carriage. But it never happened,” she mumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All six of us boys stopped at the corner to watch these ladies glide by. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The cab sped around the comer of West Broadway, and the gray lady sitting in the middle screeched, “Look out! Go left!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t have much. I got a lady friend here. My brother knows where I am. He’s come to visit me once or twice.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I walked through Arnold’s front door and a lady in a suit and too much red lipstick jumped up from the couch. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep up, both ladies held their skirts high. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t dine, because I’m going to dine at the lady’s.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies liked her because she made hats that could of come straight out of New York City. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the Renaissance book of acting, this grimace of a smile might be captioned, The lady is caught in a smile she cannot escape. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“The wise woman and her love potions are not so secret as some ladies believe. Courtiers, too, have resorted to her remedies and advice.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"That lady who be cheering for him all crazy at practice, that's his mother." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"You come to supper with ME," said the lady enthusiastically. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The ladies on the block got him to fix their electric lights or sewing-machines when something went wrong. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I do, however, and $5 to $6 an hour for what this lady freely admits is heavy labor with a high risk of repetitive-stress injuries seems guaranteed to repel all mathematically able job seekers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, son? You’re here pretty often now, but besides that I am here by myself. Do you think there's some lady that I’m hiding from you all or something? He laughed. “ Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I suspected that most women of her time found enough to do to keep themselves comfortably busy whether they thought of themselves as “ladies” or not. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to join Lucy and Rachel who were already outside waiting by the door, wondering what I was doing talking to three old ladies who smelled like cinnamon. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jasper said only, “When I have learned skills worthy of my Masters here and worthy of your praise, my lady, then I will gladly come, and serve you ever gladly.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Boston ladies, their skirts all passe- mentarie and furbelow, India silk and jaconet, crowded the chambers, swiveling their hoops and panniers like dames on clocks to navigate the doors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Standing on that white lady’s back porch, I tell myself, Tuck it in, Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The lobster was instantly surrounded by a halo of pleasing reminiscences, and curiosity about ‘the charming young ladies’ diverted his mind from the comical mishap. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, a lady wearing a hot-pink shirt, shares that she just got her tax return and is treating herself to a night out before she puts the rest into her savings account. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was the lady in the seat behind him, a middle-aged Hispanic woman in a flowered dress. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Houston,” the lady says, pointing, “is just that way, about five or ten more minutes.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I know I left a lady here. What have you done with her, you false Jack?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tessie who for almost two years now had taken care of an old lady who wouldn’t get out of bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There is a woman in the camp, a lady whose hair has grown in like patchy grass, who never stops laughing or grinning. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even dinner ladies witched at me from behind the shiny counters. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When Kearney heard the gunshots, he ran to the door of the ladies' waiting room, where he encountered Guiteau trying to leave. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I did. She was a good lady,” Mr. Ray said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Take good care of yourself, young lady. You need to lay in some supplies?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I want to see that when you’re done with it, young lady!” she calls. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

‘Fine lady,’ she sniffled, and went on dreamily, ‘and I’ll have a gray pony and a pony cart. I’ve got the gold locket already.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Lord, that poor lady. I tell you, boys. Every day we should thank the Lord for our blessings, you hear me?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

M. Bouc gave directions to the restaurant attendant, and presently the lady with the yellowish-grey bun of hair and the long mild sheep-like face was ushered in. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister will make a lady of you, and no one will ever whip you again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"My lady, the king's party had healthy appetites. We must replenish our stores before—" She cut him off. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They are not like the ladies of Kweilin, who I always imagined savored their food with a certain detached delicacy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away from the door with a frustrated look, then put his hands on his hips like an old lady. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As we are all young ladies And very sure to die. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rush to the door in time to hear him grumble to Maddy, “That Arab lady is your teacher?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A lady in the grocery store fanned herself as a little dog yapped through the screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I let myself think that she’s going to lay off, to give me a freaking break already, but not this lady. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Big Ma’s firm nod told me to not forget my home training no matter what Pa’s lady friend said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t hide my mouth with a strategic haircut—unless I want to become a bearded lady. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The lady starts walking farther into the library and I keep following and let myself breathe in the library smells. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as we see the thugs preying on little old ladies and fleeing when the cops show up, we appreciate how an army composed of such men would operate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Parade magazine, journalist Jack Anderson said that the only way an American woman would make it into space would be as a guest of a Russian lady cosmonaut. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s ladies instead of girls because of the Wives. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, ladies. I’m guessing that’s where the rest of the plane is.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They called the moon la bella luna here, as if she were a beautiful lady. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open kitchen door the staff could be seen—a large dark lady and a giggleful girl. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly two large ladies stepped out of a cafe, laughing and arguing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

For this job the lady chooses me and a guy about my same age named Lorenzo. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beto, suddenly starving, followed the preacher toward the picnic tables under a stand of oaks, but all along the way they had to stop and meet church ladies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The old lady’s got a piece. She’s going to break him out!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Gods. Those are deep cuts ... a gash from a sword or . . . how did this happen, my lady?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Alice in a moment caught Sister Fenella by the shoulders and pulled her gently upright, but the old lady was unconscious. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mama said, Since when did he start to care about protecting young ladies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm so sorry, my lady. I don't know what came over me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Hello there, young lady. How can I help you today?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If you need to get by, just be a lady and ask someone to move,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The last adventure was also concerned with treachery and a lady. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On them were pictures of Chinese ladies and gentlemen, dressed in colored gowns and robes, walking on little bridges over a calm blue lake. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was worried about his not eating his meals, till she found out he was having old lady Davis to cook for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. The lady was in shock when the ambulance got there. But Daddy was okay, so they let him and me go home." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

When the ladies were separating for the toilette, he said to Elizabeth— Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her thinning, curly white hair was styled into a kind of old lady Jew-fro. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She may rely too long on Athena’s gifts— talent in handicraft and a clever mind; so cunning—history cannot show the like among the ringleted ladies of Akhaia, Mykene with her coronet, Alkmene, Tyro. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want with this young lady?” the old man yells, shaking his fist. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Bod reached out his hand and found himself touching fingers with, and gazing into the grey eyes of, the lady in the cobweb dress. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I yell when I reach her old room, but there’s an old lady sleeping in the bed where my girlfriend should be. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No—Lillian was a lady, and a man with as much honor as Perrington would never harm one of noble birth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Shall we have a look at that horse then? I doubt it’s anything serious. Marlena coddles them terribly. Oh, here’s the little lady now. Come here, darling,” he calls brightly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You want me to go into some old lady’s room and take a book about Florence Nightingale out from under her bed.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You don’t honestly believe that girl is a purebred lady?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The “little fancy lady kit” turned out to be a box of thread, scissors, and a tiny piece of embroidery. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It is a circumstance which Darcy could not wish to be generally known, because if it were to get round to the lady’s family, it would be an unpleasant thing.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once again he felt the horror of the moment after the old lady grabbed him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It is improper for a lady and gentleman who are not married to one another to hold a private conversation without a chaperone!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jay Cee wanted to teach me something, all the old ladies I ever knew wanted to teach me something, but I suddenly didn't think they had anything to teach me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

With more vigour than chivalry, M. Bouc deposited the fainting lady with her head on the table. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yet these are hard times, my lord. His road is no crueler than yours or your lady's." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you with that young lady from across the street?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If it was me talking back that way, he’d say, “That is a fine line you are walking there, young lady.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she merely watched me until a door opened and the lady came. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Heading to Seattle?” the lady asked when she took my ticket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The ladies decided they would try to be a blessing to the family, because of, uh, because of...” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On Halloween, Grace wears an ordinary lady’s dress, Carol a fairy outfit, Cordelia a clown suit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, ladies and gentlemen, the elevator hardly ever breaks.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They came to Europe, where the lady had been educated, and stayed three years. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I wrote to my mother saying that it was unbearable to work with bare hands, and she sent a parcel...with a pair of pink silk ladies’ gloves! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

How ridiculous—an old lady gives her a moldy book she has no use for, and she chokes up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’re just going to a ladies’ night bingo game at the Veterans’ Center. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, Bryce and the old lady left the field. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

All the poor lady’s papers were in order; explicit directions regarding the place of burial were given. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And someone sat down on the other end of the bench and it was a lady who had a black briefcase and purple shoes and a brooch shaped like a parrot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t give me any trouble, ladies,’ he said, putting on his old badger fur hat, and reaching for his walking cane, ‘or I think I will marry her.’ Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Clustered around this lady were six men, wearing tunics with padded chests, their puffed sleeves lengthened to cover half their hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had taught me to stand up when a lady enters the room, but a look from Grandma kept me in my place. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another lady asked about her cat who had been absent for three days. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The first butterfly lady wears white gloves as she puts the injured one in a box, saying, “At least its wings aren’t torn.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Another lady in this house who don’t like me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nox, who had now become her sparring and training partner, danced as well, perhaps a bit more elegantly than the others—though she still pitied the ladies who danced with him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as I’m at the door to the neighbor lady’s apartment, I hear the birds, and it only gets louder once I get inside. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Does the young lady make all this fuss when you visit her?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“How do you do, Miss——?” Michael paused, wondering which of the large ladies was which. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘It is so long and red I thought at first it was a hound-dog dressed up in pink petticoats. I never guessed it was a young lady.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say she gone find another maid. But who gone work for that lady? Some nappy-headed country maid already living out there, won’t know squat about serving from the left, clearing from the right.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Gracious, my lady," she says again, but her voice quivers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She says, “It’s not like being with a lady, Mum, it’s like being with one of ourselves.’ Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch lady tries to grab my arm, but I’m small and I’m fast. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The other lady had the dry face of an old tree trunk. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine how his heart ached for his lady, his wife in tears; and yet he never blinked; his eyes might have been made of horn or iron for all that she could see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart is still beating a thousand times a minute, but he can’t help feeling sorry for the lady. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed the faded porch with its ornate woodwork and realized I was at the worn-out gingerbread house that belonged to the stony lady who always sat on the porch. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Stop hitting your father this very instant, young lady,” Lillian flared. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the paper bird flew away and in front of me were two ladies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the cardholder services one from that lady named Rachel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If the tube lady wakes up, she'll be able to imagine the boy she hears behind the curtain. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whisper,” said the golden lady, with a strange look, and the boys noticed that the little circle had drawn closer together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name’s Ben Meecham, Toomer. I live here at the house. I met your mama this morning and she seems like a real nice lady.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Went through the kitchen and saw a lady’s purse lying on the floor, and the phone where the wires had been cut. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady came out on the porch with her arms folded in her apron to keep warm. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’s practically the image of the Attendants they’re always advertising in the paper, the Negro girl holding short swords and smiling prettily: ladies! don’t go it alone! Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was delighted to observe that the comely young lady of such exquisite voice I had seen previously was returned, this maiden attended like one of the Parnassian sisters by a company of other songstresses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"Wait, that white lady sold candy in Barnaby Terrace?" she asked. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I told her to act like a lady. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, the ladies joined our supper by way of payment for their services, and we sat below and held a more somber feast than our last musical festival, before Norfolk had burned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

What kind of grandma had a cleaning lady? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There is a dead old lady in the trunk!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pretty nothings from an elegant lady who had something beautiful to wear them under. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Naturally, I had been going to that school for three years without ever being offered candy from that lady’s desk — but whatever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady from Student Services got very white and said she’d go up to her office and get Bunny’s file immediately. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was really pleased the social worker lady had done what she said and acted so quickly. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. Rowing in moderation is very good for the pregnant lady.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You there. Carry the lady’s belongings to her carriage.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m Gladys Swanson, and I’m the mother of four children here in Minneapolis,” the lady began. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The lady waves me inside, then folds her arms in front of her as we start to head up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Is not she? Then she is no rule for Mrs. Churchill, who is as thorough a fine lady as any body ever beheld.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The man taking pictures gave the camera to his lady. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Lady Sansa," he called from the saddle, "surely my sister has asked you to join the other highborn ladies in Maegor's?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Apa bows just when the lady puts out her hand and he hits it with his forehead. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t let the makeup lady put makeup on him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The lady tells us it took him twenty years to write the dictionary, and he also wrote the first schoolbooks and grammar books. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

No little lady who threatened destruction to a man the night before. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Remedies for hot flashes. She’s going to help all the dried-up old ladies.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But who was the “black lady” who fell down on the ground? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had a toady neighbour; a widow lady of that highly sympathetic nature that she agreed with everybody, blessed everybody, and shed smiles and tears on everybody, according to circumstances. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I want to welcome the prettiest, smartest bunch of young ladies our staff has yet had the good luck to meet," the plump, bald master-of-ceremonies wheezed into his lapel microphone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker hands back our homework—I got a 92, on purpose—and says to the class, “Let’s go, ladies and gentlemen. Dr. Cobb doesn’t like to wait.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was really ready to do anything that would clear my head from thinking about this old lady melting her flesh in a kitchen pot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

First thing a white lady gone do is fire you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and over and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The other six members flanked him on either side, and I heard each of their names as a lady at the far corner of the table called roll into the microphone. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The lady tells us to have a good trip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was, he noticed, something remarkable about the young lady. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I said, “There’s just one thing I cain’t figure, ma’am. Why didn’t you get married long time ago? A lady pretty as you, I bet the Lord didn’t have no trouble givin’ you chances. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Every time we have a wedding, my lady.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mr. Sloane and the lady walked down the steps and mounted their horses. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I have no mount to give you, my lady,” he said, “and if we tried to ride double, it would be the end of my horse as well. You must walk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We heard the words plainly from a plump lady near the curb. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung started forward, but the gateman stopped him, crying in disgust, “You cannot appear before a great lady with a basket on your arm—a basket of pork and beancurd! How will you bow?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The lady holds up a little chalkboard in a wooden frame. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A lady stepped out of the crowd and approached us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You are going back to sleep now, my lady,” the Spaniard said, and his fingers suddenly were touching her temple, her shoulder, her neck, and she was unconscious again.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And as the lady set the plates in front of us, piled up with Chinese goodness, Coach quickly gathered all our forks and knives. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The princess and her ladies leave the table and pose in front of the cake. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Let us be blunt, my lady. Stannis would make an appalling king. Nor is he like to become one. Men respect Stannis, even fear him, but precious few have ever loved him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There’s the lady I buy used clothes from. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

That lady has achieved true immortality, both in the test-tube and in the hearts and minds of scientists the world over, since the value of HeLa cells in research, diagnosis, etc., is inestimable. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The princess's voice drifts down the passageways as she speaks with the Fashion Minister and her ladies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The old lady with the tambourine held it in the air and shook it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was when he was listening to a confused account of the missionary aims of the Swedish lady that one of the Wagon Lit conductors came into the car and stood at his elbow. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Say, lady, you better not sit out here, the tide's coming in." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She parried the metal lady’s spear with her huge cavalry sword, but she was about to be overpowered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"The servants call her 'la chat,' my lady," she whispers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“That pale lady dresses funny,” said one boy. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joanie is a big smiling lady with lots of makeup and bracelets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Ask him what they are doing about it, ladies and gentlemahn. Are they afraid—or are the white folks and their black stooges sticking together to betray us?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What better than to be imprisoned in a room full of these splendid ladies? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I realizes that if I don't move the ole lady will see me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lips have been between his lady’s legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh! when a gallant young man, like Mr. Frank Churchill,” said Mr. Knightley dryly, “writes to a fair lady like Miss Woodhouse, he will, of course, put forth his best.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I watch the lady with bright-pink leggings that are way too tight and a family of six dressed exactly alike in red-and-black pajamas. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She shoos everyone—except her ladies and a handful of servants—from the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She says she was buying socks with her mother the week after her braces came off and some lady asked if she modeled. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What is up with the menagerie, lady? How are we supposed to cut this tree down?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I perused the clothing and then, with the tip of my pencil, I picked up an item of ladies’ underwear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown just like me, with shiny, wavy hair like the ladies that come out of the beauty parlor on Saturdays. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A pretty black lady walked into the room then, and at first, Gerald thought it was Mama. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Jack’s saying, “here’s the deal. She’s a nice lady, but kind of uptight. You know—not exactly a barrel of laughs.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The missionary ladies tried to be cute and, giggling, they curtsied back. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Glory went on to say that the doctor had taken out all her lady organs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, I—” The lady was now standing, clearly perplexed by the question. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The ladies were clinging to their men’s arms to keep from falling over with laughter. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But in an indirect and accidental way, it also energized the market ladies and traveling entrepreneurs who would give Shin sustenance, cover, and guidance in his escape to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I even used the rest room, and the white ladies smiled and said hello. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maitre d’ was waiting for Captain Weber, a naval captain who commanded a cruiser attached to the fleet, to bring his lady in for dinner, but his reservation was not until 9 o’clock. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the center of Bukchang, a market lady shouted at him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Why is that lady giving me carrots when I touch the box?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Though the ladies were mostly old enough to be my mother, one or two were actually quite attractive. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She took the money she had saved—money the missionary lady paid her for cooking—and she stopped by Emma’s to tell them good-bye. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A fat lady waddled across the square, the leashes of three dogs in one hand and two overstuffed shopping bags in the other. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My surprise at having a proper lady do so must have shown on my face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of old lady plays rock music after midnight? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen,” started Milo timidly, “I would like to take this opportunity to say that in all the——” “That’s quite enough,” snapped the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I wish you well of them, my lady," Ser Cortnay answered, "but I bow to other gods, and a different king." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Will someone give my mom grief when they see her hanging out with a lady in a hijab? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When that happened, one of my teachers would tell Miss Pullum—the lady who supervised our school cafeteria—to give me some ice cream. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of the dancers had given the American lady her rose, and Mrs. Fanning now tried to stick it in her husband's lapel. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You are late, as usual. I am telling the other orphan pikins about the American ladies who will soon be visiting. Now sit down and be quiet.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was that Washington confused me, with its decorous traditions and sober self-regard, its whiteness and maleness, its ladies having lunch off to one side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Cook isn’t here today but there is an older lady with gray hair. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I know that lady,” said Herbert, across the table, when the toast had been honoured. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, lady. Calm down. Who hit you?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I think they must have thought the poor lady had only bought all the grapefruits to shut me up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

During the daytime we can’t make any noise that might be heard downstairs, and when someone else is there, like the cleaning lady, we have to be extra careful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Curiosity had led Horsethief Shorty to follow Nick, and now he asked, “What the hell did you do, you bully, you beaned the little old lady with your shoe?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like ladies’ designer clothes,” Imani says as we get closer. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper’s room, generally bearing the candle along with her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A chubby lady ran her fingers through Luke’s hair and said to her husband, “Isn’t he cute as a button!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Sir Lancelot “The lady was looking past me at my son Galahad, and he cantered away as soon as she had spoken. Soon afterwards the lady went away as well.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not a beef cruncher or a bearded lady from a Greek circus, as had been said, but the director of a school of voice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But to Gertrude I only said, “Perhaps the lady waits for the poet to marry her before granting him anything.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He went and chatted up some lady loitering amongst the drugs, clipboard in hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Gem- stones glittered on the fingers of the lords and the girdles and hairnets of the ladies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They glimpsed the centaur and his lady; she held a parasol and he a string market bag, and they were just another couple out for a stroll, buying vegetables for their supper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he did take the time to visit, the adoption center ladies fawned over him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

An older lady mouths prayers with a string of beads in her hand. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"We had best make haste if we hope to eat tonight, my lady." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pretty ladies kept robins and sparrows for pets, or tried very hard to teach their magpies to talk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted people with the exuberance they expected from a foreigner and he flirted with the ladies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You know that lady? Oh, don’t tell me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I warned you that this day would come, my lady,” she said, when she saw the corpses on the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I captured this little lady in an oasis deep in the Gobi Desert. I’ve only seen one other of her kind. Could we dim the lights?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“And the lady on Taylor gives out the best candy apples,” said Liz. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want ladies’ wear sealed off in a plastic bubble and trucked away to some place of safety, some museum of retail history. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bricks were red, the sky was brilliant blue, the knots in the barbed wire sparkled like ladies’ earrings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And the other voice, which was the lady’s voice, said, “Well, perhaps you should have thought about that before you made me look like a complete idiot.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The topic of a lady’s linens was delicate. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young lady, will you please remove yourself from this house at once, and go find a friend to play with?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The station wagon had been ordered originally by a wealthy society lady, black, without a speck of chrome, and with black leather upholstery, but when it came, it depressed her. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I first became aware of his lady's attitude toward him one night after the three of us had dined together. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She’s way shorter than I am, but I suddenly feel very small next to this lady who just shot a cow and doesn’t seem affected by it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The man turned the slingshot lady so’s she was facing the board with the holes in it di-rect. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Jack thought it might scare the old lady.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’s a tiny thin lady, but her eyes are forceful, piercing, so I simply nod because I always do what my elders ask of me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snappy Negro lady had been nice enough to smile but hadn’t returned the look that Big Ma expected—and Big Ma had expected the look Negro people silendy pass each other. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I labored with diligence at my music, in which a court lady must be accomplished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“She may not like me,” he said, “but that doesn’t mean she’s a bad lady.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Courtiers and ladies came to her for love potions made of heartsease, another name for my beloved pansy flower. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Please move along, sir,” a bold lady said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to ignore the lady who was now crossing the threshold into our home. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“A Dio’, are you forgetting there are ladies in the car?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby were her ladies and two little boys who romped with the hounds. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Very well,” he says impatiently, not sounding in the least like a vassal about to swear to his lady. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Let me assure you, terror is half the fun. You should hear the ladies squeal! But don’t worry. After the first quarter mile, the ground becomes a blur.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are good people in The Angels I am certain, but that lady, she is not one. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The lady went that way. It looked like she knew her way around.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Into your nightdresses, young ladies. The Shores of Sleep are approaching.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were Paderewski, Houdini, Tesla, Edison, Joplin, Darrow, a Princeton professor named Woodrow Wilson, and a sweet old lady in black summer silk flowered with forget-me-not-blue named Susan B. Anthony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“This is the finest of picnics, lady,” he said to her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"A likely looking lot of lissome ladies, eh, Mr. Shakespeare?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tailors, dressmakers, and merchants try to woo her with free gifts for her ladies, or offer pastries and champagne. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And then I noticed that I could still see the sign that the lady had pointed at, so I kept on walking toward it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Ma a dozen questions, but the stern look on the strange old lady’s face tells me I’d better keep my questions to myself for now. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But then the defense attorney, a short white lady with blond hair and an upturned nose, steps up to the podium. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Well met, my lady. Your brother charged us to keep an eye out for your party, and escort you back to Riverrun in all haste should we come upon you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I also needed somebody quite experienced to make up for my lack of it, and Irwin's ladies reassured me on this head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Bet your dad has an eye for the ladies too,” she said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z