| 单词 | lawn |
| 例句 | I didn’t have to think about it too long ’cause just then I hear a lawn mower. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Orange trees grew round it out of smooth grass, and the four white walls which surrounded the lawn were covered with climbing roses. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew that the only thing that would settle me down was to do a few lawns. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z White house, single-storied, with a green lawn and a big tree in front of it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Simon and Nick’s neighborhood looks like a storybook illustration, with its carefully mowed lawns, painted shutters, and buds on all the dogwoods. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And when I complain about homework—even a little bit—she reminds me how Papi took on extra lawn jobs so she could go to college at night. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There was a party across the lawn, and laughter and music floated through the night air. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free, Charlie’s lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning me, promising warmth and dry socks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Shears was in the taxi and he got out of the taxi and threw a big cardboard box of things belonging to Mother onto the lawn. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She thought of the smaller places, stops on the underground, and remembered Auburn, a small town, with elm trees arching over its streets, and smooth lawns, and houses painted white. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After ravaging the lawn for about an hour, one of us had the presence of mind to ask him, “Whose house is this?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When the client was moving, Zeitoun had seen it on his lawn, a standard aluminum model, and asked him if he was selling it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Once I’m out, I rush across the lawn to the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling, gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw his own cigarette aside, took the tin which lay on his jacket on the lawn and walked alongside her to the fountain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was reading the help wanted ads on a lawn chair in front of the trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Ruth asked after we’d made it through the cobwebbed doorway and were standing together on the lawn, both of us sweating. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Vanessa’s mom is watching while she sits in a folding lawn chair, reading a book. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Zach showed up a few times just to visit and found me in the lawn chair with my legs tucked under me, reading back over my notebook. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ojukwu lit a cigarette and threw it down on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mundín followed me through a path in the hedges and then lingered by my side as I sat on a patio lawn chair pretending great interest in my book. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Joseph Hooper sighed, sitting at his desk, in the room facing the long lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Where the maple tree stands over the wide lawn. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Fifteen or twenty cars were parked in the driveway and on the front lawn. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The front lawn is raked, edged, mowed, and the bushes are mulched. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The father was timing the gardener's treks across the rolling lawns. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They clustered around her in the front lawn, pouring so much sugar on her that she looked downright mystified. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Once he reached the seclusion of the freshly mown lawn, Ron rounded on Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We lapsed into silence, staring across the street at my neighbor’s bright green lawn. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A life-sized Nativity scene has been set up on the lawn below the towering statue of El Jefe on his horse. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z That farm is just a small part of an eighty-million-plus- acre corn lawn rolling across the continent. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z After a fast if reckless three miles to McDonald’s, we ordered seven large french fries to share and then went outside and sat on the lawn. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z They land right on mine, staring a dark line across the lawn. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Abu was laughing from his lawn chair on the side of the pool. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ant mounds on lawns or playgrounds may create a situation where children are likely to be stung, but this is hardly an excuse for drenching millions of acres with poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Lying on her stomach, she looked across a vast lawn of grass and moss and focused her attention on the wolves she had come upon two sleeps ago. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now here they were by the hundreds on the front lawn of Howard Johnson’s, demanding the right to eat at a regular sit-down restaurant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you kids get too crazy. Bad injuries at the last Yo-Yo Ma mosh pit,” Mom called as we walked down the lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed budding trees shading lush green lawns behind black wrought-iron fences. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He walked off the lawn and into the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Another time, I fell off my bike onto her front lawn and she yelled at me. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were shaped the same—cottages with small square lawns. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Matt waited until he saw her dozing on a lawn chair, and then he hurried through the secret passage and stole one of the small bottles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the outer reaches of the desk, various photographs: the cast of Twelfth Night on the college lawn, himself as Malvolio, cross-gartered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nothing so cheesy as a prefabricated statue in this part of town, though. lust wide fields of flawless lawn. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I did what I had become best at doing: I tended to my work, even while my dying professor waited on his front lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tea under the chestnut tree, and the murmur of the sea coming up to us from the lawns below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yikes. Hey, don’t you have a cute story about how your immigrant parents put up a lawn Santa on the Fourth of July?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Glancing over his shoulder, he stepped onto the brown lawn that blanketed my roots. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The hydrangea bush—or snowball bush, as we called it—on our lawn glowed in the sunlight, and I stared at it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When he stepped out of the hospital door the grounds overwhelmed him: the cropped shrubbery, the edged lawns, the undeviadng walks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On the bridge we were suspended above an area of perfect lawn, such as you sometimes see in an old moat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And while I was doing that a third man came and asked me to mow his lawn. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z They’re worried About lawns And new tires, The burglary Of a friend’s house. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Manderley, our Manderley, secretive and silent as it had always been, the grey stone shining in the moonlight of my dream, the mullioned windows reflecting the green lawns and the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They were picking up sticks from the front lawn, sticks and branches that had fallen in the last rainstorm. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z In my neighborhood, instead of lawns there are fields of concrete and asphalt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The trees behind the monkey house had lost their leaves, and dead leaves rustled across the lawn. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sort of. I know him from the lawn jobs I’ve been doing. He’s a good guy. I’ll go out and see what he’s doing here.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He looked past Tom and saw a frog on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave it as little thought as possible and chose lawn bowls, a game I’d never played before. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z You ever see a twig get caught beneath a lawn mower? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My dad slowed down on Water Street and we both checked out the brown and yellow Century 21 sign planted firmly in the middle of the biggest lawn on the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The stocks were installed on the front lawn in the lush grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They showed me a picture of her, standing outside on a lawn, her face a closed oval. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Barry looked around his neighborhood—the little houses, the scraggly lawns surrounded by chain-link fences, the palm trees and big oaks. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z The shutter had been pulled aside from the window of the large bedroom in the west wing, and someone was standing there, looking down upon the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Chino calls to the man in khaki, who flicks his cigarette onto the lawn behind him, and approaches the car. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She fell asleep while Louisiana read aloud from a book that didn’t exist, and she dreamed that Mrs. Borkowski was sitting in her lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z We sit down on my lawn, looking across the street at the Kiblers, who are “supervising” their kids as they play maim-the-sibling or some similar game in the street. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They took naps together in the lawn chair. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused, watching a girl with a tambourine twirling dizzily on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She squinted and just made out clusters of well-dressed people congregating on its beautiful front lawns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Helen found them the next day, scattered over the lawn like a giant’s idea of fertilizer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z People from other blocks sit on lawn chairs all up and down the sidewalk. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z By noon the parking lot couldn’t fit another car, and the overflow spilled out onto the track’s decorative lawns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In an instant, sheets of water crash on the tin roofs of the clubhouse and flood across lawns and cement. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A lawn the color of spinach splashed across the side of the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Lettie and the other girls were already gathered on the lawn. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Games and feasting followed the pageant, and at sunset Mr. Westing put on his Uncle Sam costume and set off fireworks from his front lawn. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She was brought to his residence, the log cabin in the middle of a well-kept lawn that spread across the roof of a one hundred nineteen-story building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The carnival is spread out across the expansive church lawn, and parents and friends work at a dozen booths. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z We were lighter by one riding lawn mower, and hauling two bags of Harley-Davidson sw—memorabilia. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was dribbling a soccer ball with his brother on the front lawn of their house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Many of the houses were unkempt and there were very few hydrangea bushes or morning glories on the front lawns. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I yelled, but they were driving off so fast, I had to cut across the neighbors’ lawns and through their backyards to keep up with them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Soon, we pull up in front of a big house with a yawning front lawn of grass that, even in the dark, you can tell is neatly clipped. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So I pushed the cardboard flap forward and, right there on the green lawn of Julia Bishop’s home in Lake Forest, Illinois, I stepped out of the book and into Julia’s arms. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Here upon its western side under the shadow of Tol Brandir a green lawn ran down to the water from the feet of Amon Hen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Right now it’s the end of summer, when all the lawns are dull green or yellow and used up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I admired the long expanses of lawns mown in precise lines and the huge, graceful trees. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But somehow Sierra had stumbled into a quasi-suburban enclave of stand-alone houses, complete with front lawns and porch swings. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Or to those signs—“Beware of the Dog”—that suburban folks too cheap to invest in a ferocious mutt, but nevertheless terrified of burglars, displayed on their lawns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The day was sunny and cool, and people were biking, relaxing on benches under the giant American elm trees, and playing Frisbee on the lawn of the National Mall. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The snow dissolved and showed last summers ancient green lawns. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Allen and Kenny made better time walking—Kenny backwards and dribbling his basketball and Allen forwards but reading—than I did on the lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He had first fingered then torn some of his mother’s clothes and sat in the grass looking at the things scattered on the lawn as well as in his mind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The windows of the sitting room were open onto the silent lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Behind the college was a massive brownstone armory, and a block away, across the street, was a Catholic church with a huge cross on its lawn upon which was the crucified figure of Jesus. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z To indulge us, some of them even fell down and writhed convincingly on the Club House’s vast manicured lawn. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was evident from the moment he stepped out onto the lawn that something was up, because the dummies had not yet been put out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His little figure sat huddled on the bulkheading at the end of the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On June 1, 1893, workers removed temporary railroad tracks that had scarred the lawns near the lagoon and just south of the Electricity and Mines buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The oak front doors stood open ahead of them, light flooding out onto the drive and the lawn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He raced over the lawn, up the steps, into the house, down a dark hall. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone turned in their lawn chairs and foldup chairs and looked at one another. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Smith framed the view from the marble statue of George Washington on the lawn to the top of the dome, crowned by a statue of Freedom. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A little after ten, at Millennium Park. On the lawn.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Summer smells of lawn and mulch filled the air, and suddenly I lost my nerve. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z By then me and my friends were so drunk and exhausted that we passed out on the lawn outside Sizwe’s house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Daisy went upstairs to wash her face--too late I thought with humiliation of my towels--while Gatsby and I waited on the lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The mower seemed to give a happy leap forward off the sidewalk and I was mowing the lawn. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Frank hesitated, half glancing out of the window at Maxim on the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Henry Winter,” said my friends when I pointed him out, at a distance, making a wide circle to avoid a group of bongo players on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The hedges had gone wild and the lawn was a riot of weeds and flowering plants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The room had elegant floor-to-ceiling windows through which you could see the wide lawns of Grant Park and, beyond that, the white-capped swells of Lake Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her quickest way into the drawing room was across the lawn and terrace and through the French windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Styx led us to a shelf stocked with dozens of lawn mower motors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The rocket landed on a lawn of green grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Why do I recall, instead of the odor of seed bursting in springtime, only the yellow contents of the cistern spread over the lawn's dead grass? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just picking up my friend here from your lawn.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And while I sat there and looked out on the still trees and dim lawn, to a sweet air was sung in mellow tones the following strain:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He mowed lawns or chopped wood or cut hillside weeds with a scythe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dell is still outside, but he's been asleep on his lawn chair for an hour. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z On his third day home he’d seen her out mowing the lawn, still pretty in a lacy red blouse and white shorts. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Out he went, his blue and ivory feet crushing the wet salad of the lawn. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked back along the border of the lawn, traversed the gravel softly and tiptoed up the veranda steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, Twig and I rode in through the big gate to her house and tossed our bikes on the lawn. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I could smell the faint soft magnolia scent as I sat here, on the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One day, I was on the front lawn of the property and aimed the gun at a sparrow perched high in a tree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the city knew it, from bus stops and benches and lawn signs; it was as common in New Orleans as live oak or royal fern. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Kids are getting out of their cars and hanging around on the lawn. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They spent some time on the college lawn, watching other people wander about. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my best lawn dress and kid boots, the ones I’d worn to the music recital, and tied a sky-blue ribbon in my hair, the color Harry liked best on me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The lawn’s cut, the bushes are shaped, and the house itself looks well kept and inviting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll take lots of pictures. Uncle Greg says all’s I gotta do is mow his lawn once a week, and I can hang out with the baby as much as I want.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The way I met her, this Doberman pinscher she had used to come over and relieve himself on our lawn, and my mother got very irritated about it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He went and stood by the window, looking out upon the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was happier on the lawns because I had on shoes from England with rubber nobs on the soles that bit into the soft ground. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He walks me out to the edge of the front lawn and wants an answer to one final question. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Wynn carried three folded lawn chairs with his free arm and set them up on the sidewalk in front of the Fabric Barn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But he hadn’t read anything, only stared and stared out of the window on to the empty lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I thank both Mrs. Carson and Roger again, profusely, and practically skip across the lawn. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I jumped down the steps and tore across the back lawn, barefoot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So I went to the garage to sit on my lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His purr filled the air like a lawn mower. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At the window the father's view of the lawn was blurring. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a wide lawn that he hadn’t noticed before, and quite a few of the group chose it as their bedtime spot. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Wes got the hint, grabbed his bags, and carried them along the concrete walkways curving through manicured lawns that led to his dorm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Something about it intensified the green of the lawn so all that vast expanse seemed unnatural, luminous somehow, and not quite of this world. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Or, well, he would have settled for iced tea, anyway, by a crabgrass-free lawn with a sprinkler leaning one direction, then the other, charmingly indecisive. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the lounge chair in the shade that covered the porch and looked out at the back lawn. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He found her wearing a summer dress, sitting on the lawn in front of the library, chatting with some girlfriends. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She smiles as he reaches down to take her hand, then leads her out to the lawn. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He could glide directly from the street, diagonally across the lawn, and appear just a few feet below a second-story window. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In front of the house, Pearl was carefully arranging the pieces of a wooden bed on the front lawn. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Across the lawn, we could hear Mr. Hatch trying to get the lawn mower started up again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then I walk across the lawn to his house. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Snow falls once, twice, then stays locked over the lawns. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Patches of green lawn dot the space, and sprinkled between them are individual buildings surrounded by trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Writer Ernest Seeman accurately portrayed the Durham of his youth when he described this neighborhood of “large houses and well-groomed lawns, where several of its richest and most righteous rajputs and masters of machinery lived.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A large majority of lawns are neglected, or replanted with succulents. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bloom was purple and panting loudly; the pig puffed a little; chicken feathers were scattered across the lawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I went through the long drawing-room, as he had directed, a lovely room this, beautifully proportioned, looking out upon the lawns down to the sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And, resting my eyes, I watched a flock of geese exploring the chapel lawn in front of me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The police arrested him in front of his house and threw him in the car while his son, Little Alfred, watched from the lawn. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She was a horrid patch of mud on the beautiful lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Three lawns a day, plus refilling the tank from time to time, was all I could manage, and I would have to mow the lawns every week. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z We continue on among the large empty-looking houses, the weedless lawns. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Make sure you tell your cousins where you are,” Kasim reminds me when we reach the street lined with wide lawns and brick houses. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ammo spent, he threw the water gun onto the lawn, said a few choice words to his wet friends and headed inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The helicopter landed on the front lawn, blowing away a tent that was being erected for the party as if it were nothing more than a napkin tumbled by the wind. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In that way, the kid in the bloody T was a lot like the guy he was following across the well-tended lawn of the Kites’ next-door neighbors. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Garbage littered a front lawn enclosed by a rusted chain-link fence. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The sun shone on the mullioned windows of the house, and I could see the green lawns and the terrace reflected in them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Some of the houses look as big as our school and the front lawns are longer and wider than football fields. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gran pulled the Oldsmobile into her driveway, butted against a lush green lawn on one side and bushes on the other. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was one of those weird roadside curio shops that sell lawn flamingos and wooden Indians and cement grizzly bears and stuff like that. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Their lawns are crabgrass and their mailboxes are dull metal. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “If you want to catch Mr. de Winter he went straight across the lawn only two minutes ago,” said Frith. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the right, winter-slumbering gardens were partly obscured behind a low wall; within the garden, across wide lawns of short brown grasses, was a wide tower made of white stone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Robin and I were sitting outside on the lawn swing behind the house where she and her aunt worked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But then his brain started telling stories again, ones where the police drove their cars onto Coach’s lawn, sirens blaring. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The street was empty both ways, with quiet lawns and houses neat among the trees, but no one at all except back there. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed Ben's mother back and forth across the lawn, but she never seemed to notice our presence. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “My name is Arnold, Arnold Howell, and I’m over there on the comer. How much would you charge for my lawn?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The day was warm and Edmond was outdoors, sitting carefully upright on a lawn chair in the white garden, his eyes half closed. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined our things spread out on the lawn tomorrow. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There is no swimming Pool on Our street, Only sprinklers On lawns, The helicopter Of water Slicing our legs. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Kurtsinger, dapper in Riddle’s legendary black and yellow silks, leapt onto his back, and again War Admiral flung himself around, bucking and thrashing and tearing divots out of the Belmont lawn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z MacDuff loped about on the lawn, following his nose as if he were searching for something. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Isn’t it nice to know that the neighborhood lawns will have healthy teeth? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z All I could do was watch and shake my head from the tree while down below on the overgrown lawn Mitch waved up at me all happy and carefree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Across the valley, set on the opposite hillside, was a handsome manor house surrounded by a wide expanse of velvety green lawn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A week later Carla and I watch as Mr. Waterman makes his way across the lawn and to his car to leave. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But they were such exceptional, unassuming kids you wouldn’t have known they were rich or lived in such a big house—and the trees, the lawn, everything so tended and cared for. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They went along many paths and climbed many stairs, until they came to the high places and saw before them amid a wide lawn a fountain shimmering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A badminton net drooped over the threadbare lawn, that was it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It all began at nine in the morning on my twelfth birthday when my grandmother gave me an old riding lawn mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z They were sitting on the terrace, Miss Lilian in a lawn chair and Mother on the lion bench, shelling peas into a bowl. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Chris decided not to tell him about the limper on the lawn, not until the next time. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The subdivisions proud residents seeded their lawns and planted trees for shade, hosting patio parties and many a club meeting at their homesteads. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I squint down at my phone at footage of massive creatures sprinting across someone’s front lawn. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He walked to the back of his car, opened the trunk, and calmly pulled out a lawn chair, a towel, and a sawed-off double-barreled shotgun with both barrels taped together. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I stomp out to the backyard and wipe down the lawn chairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In fact, I was looking out over the lawn to where the mist was thickening down around the poplar trees planted along the cart-track, when I finally introduced the topic of the previous year's dismissals. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Mark followed Alec’s lead, crossing the dead lawn—now nothing but weeds and rocks—into the shadow of a home that had once been a mansion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He spat and shrugged his shoulder across his lips, wiping his mouth, then he continued his progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The houses were starting to look familiar—big gray and white clapboard houses set far back on their lawns. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Crownsville Hospital Center was on a sprawling 1,200-acre campus, with bright green hills, perfectly mowed lawns, walking paths, weeping cherry trees, and picnic tables. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Twenty-four feet tall, wearing his black cloak with the grace of a nobleman, still carrying his long trumpet in one hand, he strode magnificently across the Palace lawn towards the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk out the door to find Finch lying on the front lawn, eyes closed, black boots crossed at the ankle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Each time he made the turn, he saw only the white, unused, buckling sidewalk, with perhaps, on one night, something vanishing swiftly across a lawn before he could focus his eyes or speak. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z So really, I’d gotten what I wanted, seeing how I’d practically become a lawn ornament over at my Polish neighbor’s pad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She trotted across the lawn to the low hedge beneath the attic window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They lay on the lawn, their pink and white flowers grazing the grass, their roots waving lumpy soil in the air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But then why, peeking out the dormer window, did I see, on the morning after our second night in the attic, a tank rolling by our front lawn? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The lawns have gone from snowy white to blotchy brown to a hopeful green color, and dandelions are sprouting on them. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I sat there for five minutes staring at the green lawns and the flower tubs on the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The property was huge—more wilderness than lawn. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z August and I sat in collapsible lawn chairs beside a crepe myrtle that kept dropping blossoms all over the ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The small squares of lawn that lay in front of each of the houses like perfectly aligned placemats seemed to stretch and join together as one great field of white. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Wormcasts pitted the bubbling lawn like squeezed blackheads and slugs were climbing up walls. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Judging by their brown lawn, their sprinklers have been dry for months, just like most everyone else’s. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z That particular swath of lawn was also pictured in a photograph taped to the wall next to the window. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While Dudley lolled around watching and eating ice cream, Harry cleaned the windows, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flower beds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The lawns are tidy, the facades are gracious, in good repair; they’re like the beautiful pictures they used to print in the magazines about homes and gardens and interior decoration. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of October, to my great delight, a thousand-pound pumpkin sat on the White House lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The terrace sloped to the lawns, and the lawns stretched to the sea, and turning I could see the sheet of silver, placid under the moon, like a lake undisturbed by wind or storm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He caught her and held her while she tried to steady herself in the rocking world where the trees and the lawn seemed somehow tilted sideways and the sky turned and swung. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The rain had washed the lawns, and the grasses and hedges shone emerald green. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was half across the lawn, coming from the shadows, moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-grey smoke blown at him in silence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s now at the far end of the lawn, stepping into the woods beyond. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I’m like the post office,” Dad replies, scraping the snow off the car with one of Teddy’s plastic dinosaurs that are scattered on the lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a vast green lawn enclosed by a white fence, the kind typically surrounding a horse ranch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As the warm unconsciousness finally crept over her, she was thinking with some irritation of how her white lawn shroud would have mud down the front when they pulled her out in the morning. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a game we played in the evenings, on the front lawn, before Marcus got home. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Naked white branches lay in a neat pile on a lawn not used to the light. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “And,” I put in, “I note a discernible absence of lawn ornaments.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I knew all about it: plaid skirts and rolling green lawns and trips to some seaside town on the weekends. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Seth started across the lush, neatly mown lawn toward the nearest gazebo. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She’s still on the porch when I go down to the front lawn and turn back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then she sprinted off down the lawn, her blond hair flying behind her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They bring the dining table out onto the lawn, a few card tables added on to make room for everyone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I went across the lawns to the edge of the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were already long shadows on the lawn as Eleanor and Theodora came up the path toward the side veranda of Hill House, blessedly hiding its mad face in the growing darkness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z No one ever said anything about lawn mowers being prohibited, though. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After burning a cross on the courthouse lawn, a group of enraged white men who were members of the Ku Klux Klan went out searching for someone to victimize. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Through the glass walls of the museum, I could see a group of men walking across the lawn. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A bright LED beam dips back and forth across the lawn. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The curate looked no different than the strangers he practiced on every day—and for a moment, he felt himself out on the lawn in the middle of a killcraft exercise. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The mule moved out slowly, the joints of the wagon whining and rattling as it moved across the Meecham lawn and went over a curb to reach the small lane that led to Eliot Street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not see beyond the lawns, the falling rain came thick and fast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sense of freedom had departed, and the childish desire to run across the lawns in sand-shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We file onto the wide lawn in front of what used to be the library. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The flowers were buried, and the lawn; everything had disappeared. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Eventually we emerged from the forest, and the road became a path leading up a vast lawn to a huge manor house. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘This is the lawn of Parth Galen: a fair place in the summer days of old. Let us hope that no evil has yet come here.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Both of them lived near the edge of the school district, where houses had neat lawns with trees in the backyard and a fresh coat of paint every other year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z August pulled off her hat and walked to the lawn chairs in the backyard with me and Zach tagging behind her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Little town houses, with handkerchief lawns, gave way to fields where corn and soybeans grew. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawns were “rather poor,” the gravel walks “not pleasant to the eye nor to the foot.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They say his dad stood up, grabbed Rahim by the hair, and dragged him across a lawn to the first tree on the forest’s edge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z What do I care for the wretched lawn? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I wake up this morning to a thin blanket of white covering our front lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays After Mass, After the car Is washed And the lawn cut — blades Of grass standing up In salute — we go To the park. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z All he saw was the lawn at the side of the house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially since everyone in costume gets a special pass to eat lunch on the front lawn. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The butterflies would dance their merry jig across the lawns, and spiders spin foggy webs, and small startled rabbits who had no business to come trespassing poke their faces through the crowded shrubs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Once he had been gathering weeds which his father had cut at the edge of a lawn. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of guys on a patch of lawn with an iron panther statue at its center. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Wheeler came out and sat on a plastic lawn chair. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the good news is that that the World-Famous Betty Allen Cake Raffle was set up on the lawn in front of the Lost Shepherd Church. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “What about tonight? You out there working on honey sitting on the lawn?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Crazy, I know, but I’d spent a lot of hours in the seat of my lawn mower and it had been good to me. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in shabby pants, with sweat already leaching through the armpits of my white cotton shirt, I felt out of place amid the neighborhood’s neatly manicured lawns and lavish estates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “But,” someone will object, “I have used dieldrin sprays on the lawn many times but I have never had convulsions like the World Health Organization spraymen — so it hasn’t harmed me.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I just glimpsed him, across the lawn, as he squeezed back through the missing slat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He took off sprinting across the lawn, naked but for his boxer shorts, and as he approached I jumped up and took a picture of him, completing Part Three. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her heart never leapt out to flop helplessly on the lawn. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Montag moved out through the french windows and crossed the lawn, without even thinking of it. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The policeman said, “I am going to ask you once again .. .” I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a fine autumn morning; the early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields; advancing on to the lawn, I looked up and surveyed the front of the mansion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He saw a peacock strut across a lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were now standing on a lawn atop a small hillock. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He’d lain back on the lawn and was looking at the blue sky, the hurrying autumn clouds. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Each had a small, rectangular plot of lawn in front, with a straight line of dull-looking flowers edging the path to the door. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They buzz The lawn for Their own sugar And wet play. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She squirmed out headfirst, her skinny legs kicking slightly as she did a somersault onto the front lawn. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There would be a glimpse of green—the landscaped lawn around the Central Plaza; a bush on the riverbank. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “The Beckwith lawn. I might as well take my mower over there. Keep my hand in.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We went down the street and turned into a bit of lawn in which, set back from the street, stood a one storey building of brick trimmed with white. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They had someone to plow the snow in the winter and mow the lawn in the summer. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon it became obvious that I could only do three or maybe four lawns a day if I worked from just before dawn to just after dark. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z An impressive number of emergency vehicles surround my house; red-and-blue lights splash across the lawn and down the street. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know,” Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Now I was playing lawn bowls every Tuesday and Saturday. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And then they decided to open up the lawn for the interfaith carnival and raise funds for rebuilding. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s hard to believe there will not be polite clapping after this speech, and tea and cookies served on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain stopped, exactly as predicted, and ushers ran outside and pulled plastic covers off four hundred chairs on the lawn. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Her own personal rod was a branch from a lilac bush, which grew in the side lawn. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “The lawn mower’s not going to work,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Dad would never in a million years let me use his riding lawn mower—POP. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They hurried back through the ruins, made it back out into the thick night air, files in hand, and started across the lawn. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My body reacts before my mind does and I’m running out the door, across the lawns of the Victor’s Village, into the dark beyond. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the bars of the fence he could see Miss Lark’s Andrew daintily sniffing at the Next Door lawn and choosing for himself the best blades of grass. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Some people take yoga classes or meditate, but for me, sitting on the lawn mower helps make sense of things. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on and sit down,” she said, pointing at a lawn chair with the back all busted out of it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The supply van and the ambulance were driven along the side of the monkey house, up onto a lawn, and were parked behind the building, to get them out of sight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Severed torsos soaping themselves, arranged like dark busts on a thin, rocking, ribbon lawn. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down the lawn towards the turbid flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It had trees—huge, tall trees, with branches too high for climbing—all about on its lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A string of fireflies flashed on the lawn, as though with kindred enthusiasm. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of people wave and call hello, but mostly it’s people shortcutting across the lawns, hurrying to beat the next bell. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They envisioned thousands of black brothers converging together upon Washington—to lie down in the streets, on airport runways, on government lawns— demanding of the Congress and the White House some concrete civil rights action. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the crystalline blue sky over their heads, and the gentle wind that cooled them, and the expanse of green lawns that he had known all his life. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z For a while, I even manage a few laughs thinking of it—seeing us running barefoot through the dew and the frightening nettles of people’s front lawns. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then I took a lawn chair and a blanket down to the empty lot on the corner. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On a green hump of lawn to the left, I could see small white spots and slightly larger pink spots moving about. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z No one approaches me, and I cross green lawns. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One larger tree grew right up in front of the house, hiding the front door, shading the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew into his face across the lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Combing through the grass together, they followed a series of nickel-sized holes across the lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Toby was parked in the middle of a damp green lawn. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In front of each house was a tiny lawn planted with either morning glories or a hydrangea bush. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Huge tree branches lying on ripped-apart roofs, windows shattered, bikes and toys and trash scattered over lawns. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He surveyed the green lawn, quickly but thoroughly, stooping often to the earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I could see a cat lying in the shade of our wall, and beyond was the grass of our back lawn and the ailanthus tree with the sun on its leaves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I pass by bright green lawns and ornate trees trimmed into shapes favored by the gods, flowerbeds that burst with scarlet Belle-roses and snowy lilies shimmering like blankets of red and white stardust. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The warm air vibrated with the thrum of wasps and the drone of lawn mowers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We offer him your babysitting services, plus the riding lawn mower of his dreams.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I listened into the house for one more minute, then I hurried out across the lawn. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z As I drove up to my house on my lawn mower, I saw that our driveway and most of the front yard were packed with rusted-out pieces of automobiles. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of ogres were camped on his lawn, waiting to tear him apart, and Frank could barely control the urge to grin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An animal of some kind was prowling across the silvery lawn. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As we wait on my lawn—which is still brown, and will never be spray-painted green—Kelton turns to me and asks me a question. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They snacked on milk and cookies on the lawn while the martial arts instructor reported on their progress. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When her mother said go out and play, she merely drifted around the yard, or lay on the lawn, daydreaming about nothing in particular, wondering what to do. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember it as a mighty house with turrets on its roof and with majestic lawns and terraces all around it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Some bowled across the lawn in our direction. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I’m just supposed to trust some kids who show up with a lawn mower?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Moses pulled X-Ray’s glasses out of his front shirt pocket, held them a moment, then dropped them on the lawn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people quietly kneel on the courthouse lawn. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Uncle Phil starts chatting with a group of guys his age, while my parents introduce themselves to an elderly couple sitting in lawn chairs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “No, silly Sanj. This is meant for outside. For the lawn.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Down below, a gardener was coming across the lawn with a wheelbarrow. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He stinks of weed killer and fertilizer fumes, from the toxins he spent all day spraying on lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even your garden is all right except for the scorch mark on the lawn.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It isn’t safe,” George says, his eyes on the bent-over tree line, in parts looking like a giant lawn mower came across the earth, flattening trees in its path. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The lawn was flawlessly smooth, with the grass all of the same height. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the gardeners passed me with a barrow full of bits of paper, and litter, and the skins of fruit left on the lawns by the people last night. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, a constant stream of new gadgets make it easier to use poisons on lawn and garden — and increase the gardener’s contact with them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I could see the woods at the end of the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We puttered across the lawn, the boys screaming their goodbyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She carried the rolls back to the Nest and spread them out to make a patchy lawn. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The red-brick building stood on a vast tract of land with immaculate lawns, athletic fields, swings, merry-go-rounds, an Olympicsized swimming pool, tennis courts and rows of brightly leafed trees. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If the drawing-room they would be able to see me as I came across the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Five weeks earlier my grandmother had given me her old riding lawn mower and I’d started mowing lawns. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I turn away from him and hurry across the lawn, down the street, around the corner to home. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And I carried him out to the lawn, and I laid him down beneath our green apple tree. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been sitting facing the front window, which looks out across the lawn—which by this time, what with Pasqual’s efforts, was starting to look pretty good. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She spots the guy on a riding lawn mower one field over. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He peered out from the Nest and watched her bounce across the lawn. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of them had spilled out onto the steps; groups of them had formed circles on the lawn, laughing and kicking hacky sacks and, in some cases, even smoking right there on school property. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Why had they closed the shutters when they saw me on the lawn? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z From their position at the top of the lawns overlooking the grounds, they had a clear view of the smooth black surface of the water — except that the surface was suddenly not smooth at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I duck out of the backyard and through the neighbor’s lawn and onto the street, my elbow wrapped tight in a cloth bandage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Fear and guilt are sisters; Theodora caught her on the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Milton Frantig, the man who had thrown up on the lawn, had now been kept in isolation at Fairfax Hospital for several days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It plummets down towards the sunning man on the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He came out with a collapsed cardboard box and a lawn chair. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She changed into a scrub suit in the van, ran across the lawn, and entered the staging area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z More and more people wanted their lawns mowed—on the second day I had eight jobs—and the fact was that I was fast approaching my limit. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z People spraying their lawns with 2,4-D and becoming wet with spray have occasionally developed severe neuritis and even paralysis. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As I said, we didn’t really have much of a lawn. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Spilled cargo, broken furniture, plastic lawn chairs, a basketball. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The world seemed to slow as Father Olufemi ambled across the Night Zoo’s smoldering lawns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When I got back, Gus was home from work, sitting in a lawn chair dunking turnip greens in a bucket of water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “If you make a mistake out on the sparring lawns, it costs you the match. But if you make a mistake in that jungle...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The lawns of the Night Zoo were in ruins, ripped apart and scorched black. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They ate at a table set up on the lawn, savoring Alice’s turtle soup and mutton and devising compliments for the cook, who would never receive them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The movie kept playing, and through the window, Ivy saw Mr. Bishop pushing the lawn mower up and down the front yard. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Candice walked across the lawn and took the broom from him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They found themselves in a great garden, where paths and beds of flowers were set in immense lawns of soft grass, which glowed a brilliant green in the light of the lanterns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z And then, after a few miles, there was some thinning of the woods, and we were suddenly in a small meadow, or was it actually a lawn? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z On the lawn the people weren’t milling around, they were standing, evenly spaced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When the shoulders filled up, they fanned out into the city golf club, then right onto residential lawns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of nuns were strolling on the lawn of the convent and staring at us kind of funny. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Squeezing through a missing slat in a mossy fence, we found ourselves at the bottom of a lumpy lawn. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Since I was so worried about the ticket I couldn’t lie in bed and read, so I just got dressed and went outside and started mowing the lawn with the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A breeze ruffled the weeds growing tall on the lawn, turning brown now, their seed pods emptying into the air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The only thing missing from the house is a lawn and a tree. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I should clean the kitchen and vacuum, but the windows are open and robins sing on the front lawn, where a pile of mulch with my name on it is waiting. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My Polish neighbor couldn’t even make it around his lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I dropped off the oil tank, slipped on a golf ball, got up, dashed over the lawn, fell over an invisible croquet hoop, got up, then misjudged my jump onto the fence beam. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Gerald Ford and the White House staff stood on the lawn, still waving. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Ivy held prior place in this lost garden, the long strands crept across the lawns, and soon would encroach upon the house itself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A blackbird ran across the rose-garden to the lawns in swift, short rushes, stopping now and again to stab at the earth with his yellow beak. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and got off my lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a woman outside on the lawn, smoking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mine is about two children who live in a white house with ruffled curtains, a front lawn, and a picket fence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked out, and I saw below me the smooth grass lawns stretching to the sea, and the sea itself, bright green with white-topped crests, whipped by a westerly wind and scudding from the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After Fina leaves, I find Dad in the backyard trying to get the lawn mower to start. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I started at the Eighty-sixth Street entrance and walked in extremely precise lines, like I was one of the Mexican guys who mow the lawn, so I wouldn’t miss anything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We were outside, standing on a patch of lawn off to one side, out of sight of the public but with a beautiful, close-up view of the White House, lit up in pride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Opening the window, she noticed Dale walking along the lawn at the outskirts of the woods. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Like that, I’m itching to get back to the front lawns to drill. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Maybe you should tie me to a stake, douse me in kerosene, and torch me right on our front lawn. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Mrs. Borkowski was sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “He never tells me anything,” Moody said, and pushed the door open and went out onto the front lawn. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay's house. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Maxim was throwing sticks for Jasper on the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We stood on the ice-coated lawn in front of the gym while he got ready to enter it, resting himself so that he could go in with a show of energy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Changs agreed — a lawn like this was more than just nature, just life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I go to the window And watch Negrito Race across our lawn And climb the fence In two blurry leaps. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Several afternoons a week, after public elementary school let out, I fed them healthy snacks and ran around with them on the lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He followed the man back and forth across the lawn while he carried the plastic jugs of water to the bathroom at the rear of the house. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Others slept in sleeping bags in the backs of their Suburbans, and others just caught a few winks in lawn chairs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I never really knew my grandfather, but the lawn mower had come from him. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, you knew that Mrs. Harkness would call the police if you stepped on her lawn, and that at Schmitt’s Variety Store you’d get cheated out of small change if you weren’t careful. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I wandered through a few apothecaries and bottle shops, admired the well-kept lawns and gardens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Malcolm pulled the canoe away from the water and into ragged shrubbery at the edge of the lawn, and then slumped down beside it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His mother enters the kitchen and prepares their meals once again; his father mows the lawn and drives the car and returns to the university. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I had seen the Tasmanian Devil on TV whirling around like a top so I unbuckled my belt and pulled on the end really hard, as if I was trying to start a lawn mower. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare as she crossed the lawn to set the footboard into place. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Yet I was in a frenzy to reach that open lawn, to run for the bushes, to get away from the cage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A sprinkler was watering in the lawn nearby. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Watches, jewelry, paintings, statues, and moon rocks piled up on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only real landmarks were bizarre and colorful lawn ornaments, of which Circle Village was a veritable open-air museum. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was not lawn, nor pasture, nor mead, nor woodland, nor lea, nor arable, nor waste land. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out the front door and I turned around and, sure enough, the lawn was completely shorn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Instead, the typical illustration portrays a happy family scene, father and son smilingly preparing to apply the chemical to the lawn, small children tumbling over the grass with a dog. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He took a breath, and then he informed her very calmly that after finishing his drink he was going to put on his shoes and go outside and remove the Virgin from the front lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They pose in the cockpit of a biplane, on a motorcycle, and on a lawn beside the “Keep Off the Grass” sign. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a lawn chair in the living room, hunched over like a hunchback, sorting puzzle pieces. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood on a wide boulevard and there were tall trees in front of it and a grassy lawn bordered by flowers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Odd, she thought sleepily, that the house should be so dreadful and yet in many respects so physically comfortable—the soft bed, the pleasant lawn, the good fire, the cooking of Mrs. Dudley. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Twelve blocks of houses that had grass out front, a lot with bikes lying on their lawns like their kids were too stupid to know that anyone could walk off with them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I read the article right there on the front lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I hesitated, at the edge of the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She ran across the lawn and changed into her civilian clothes in the back of the van. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I lean against the flagpole on the lawn in front of school waiting for Tiny Cooper, shivering in spite of the gloves and the hat and the coat and the hood. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The interview fallout picked up steam, and the next day Arnold insisted that I spend the day with him rather than working on lawns. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At twilight the sky turns a pale but intense blue, and the trees on the lawn and the shapes of the neighboring houses become silhouettes, solidly black. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She lived on the bank of a lake, in a beautiful neighborhood with fancy houses and perfect green lawns. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Dad leaps out of his lawn chair to give me a standing ovation. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Louis and I were doing three lawns a day each with Pasqual coming to work in the evening and early morning to do edge work and cleanup. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z And the combined acreage of private lawns, parks, and golf courses now being treated must reach an astronomical figure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the only photograph I had of her, a snapshot, she squinted blurrily at the camera, one hand on the Cyclone fence and the other on my father’s new riding lawn mower. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Even the shed and the porch and the lawn chairs and the canning jars lined up on that shelf in my room made me sad. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As the three of them sat on the lawn to eat, Reyna seemed alert and rested. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He found his father and the kids sitting at a picnic table on a soggy lawn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From my parents, I got a dress of the finest white lace-trimmed lawn and a new pair of winter slippers made of rabbit fur to replace the ones I’d outgrown. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was an immaculate and friendly house, grand enough but not pretentious, and it sat inside its white fence, surrounded by its clipped lawn, and roses and catoneasters lapped against its white walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He passed a big lawn that had been turned into a huge army camp. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I stand on the lawn, arms crossed as she pulls the door shut. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Well, first let’s look at your personal gross income from lawn cutting, shall we? It’s really the only figure that counts for this aspect of your operation.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Now,” said the King, when he reached the open lawn, “when I blow the whistle—jump!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I recall a mist starting to set in as I crossed the lawn that afternoon. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Ranghild was about eight at the time, and she was playing with her little sister on the lawn. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I wish to God I had caught you both at a jook with two sleazy women—the lawn needs mowing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To their left, a green lawn sloped toward a line of woods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Rosa hurried down the steps and dumped Matt roughly onto the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The drug economy played out every day on the cracked concrete lawns of Robert Taylor, and her preteen older sons, Nicholas and Willie, could not help breathing it in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We climbed the grass bank above the lawns, and plunged into the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The automatic Doberman growled as it made a last tour of the lawn before retiring to its kennel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look, if I get shot, do me a favor. Call my brother and tell him there’s $10,000 buried in a coffee can under his front lawn.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He followed him for several blocks—over fences, through shrubbery, weaving through yapping dogs and lawn sprinklers and hot tubs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the lawn, the thick mist obscured all but the legs of the picnic table, and puddles speckled the steps to the porch. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And just then, it emerged — a gigantic, shaggy black dog, moving stealthily across the lawn, Crookshanks trotting at its side. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Luke and the doctor were standing on the veranda, looking out over the lawn; the front door was oddly close, beyond them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She had seen me walk slowly from the terrace to the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His heart lifted as he looked across the Night Zoos scorched lawns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He leaves his clothes and shoes strewn in the living room, empty beer cans on the front lawn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then, there were the usual narrow clapboard houses on little handkerchief lawns, two stories high, two rooms wide. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gardeners were sweeping the lawns and the drive clear of the spent fireworks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was a whimsical candy-colored sculpture on the lawn that looked like a bunch of child’s toys glued together without reason or order. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I must have gone to that window about a dozen times that morning and watched the wounded kitten make a broken progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A thrush flew across the lawn to the magnolia tree outside the dining-room window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The cool smell of lawn sprinklers drifted inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of middle-aged women sat in lawn chairs outside a brownstone, sipping beers and laughing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Things like walking around the neighborhood and looking at the houses and the lawns and the colorful trees and having that be enough. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I looked out the window at the shady streets, the sprawling houses, and the expansive lawns, which seemed more uniformly green than the lawns on my street. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Other people had been paying me forty dollars for a lawn that big and that seemed fair. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z She said it like it was a decision, like he’d been mowing the lawn that day and thought, I think I'll fall down dead now. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z His tone was low and serious, but he barked his words out like a challenge as the two boys squared off on their front lawn, out of sight of Mary, who was inside the house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 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 That afternoon, I began work by cutting the lawn, which took me about four hours with their riding lawn mower. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z MacDuff was at the far end of the lawn, sniffing at something in a pile of old logs, his back to the house, unaware of my presence. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I jammed the lawn mower into rabbit gear and went storming up the driveway, screeching to a stop in front of Zed. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They trim the edges of spongy Bermuda grass lawns and attack the grubs, fire ants, and weeds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By moonrise they had made their way through Newtown churchyard, where a little brook runs between the lawns and under the path. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked across the lawns to the clearing in the woods where the valley sloped to the sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Ben took the uniform from his father, smoothed it with his hand, spread a blanket on the lawn, then laid the uniform reverently on top of the blanket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The building overlooks University Avenue, which has lawns and some copper-green statues of men on horses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I sat in Gus’s lawn chair by the garden and stared down at the envelope. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The scenery changed from bars, tire shops, and vague manufacturing buildings into smartly manicured lawns and houses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z What everyone agrees upon, strangely, is that somehow Luke ended up on the front lawn, his leg in a garbage can. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This was low land, with large houses standing on bright green lawns. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At another point in her letter, Miss Kenton writes: 'I was so fond of that view from the second-floor bedrooms overlooking the lawn with the downs visible in the distance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Each had a small, rec-tangular plot of lawn in front, with a straight line of dull-looking flowers edging the path to the door. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the pitch- perfect voice of the man who for years had maintained my family’s lawn and cleaned our pool. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Cardan’s clothes are disarranged, from crawling under tables or being captured and tied, and his infamous tail is showing under the white lawn of his shirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could see the front lawn from the window, and beyond it, the foggy skyline. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I drove home and into the garage, shut the door and sat on my lawn mower in the dim light to think. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our Centipede will never move again. He will turn into a statue and we shall be able to put him in the middle of the lawn with a bird-bath on the top of his head.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z And I remembered that I mowed the lawn that day for my allowance just like I shovel the driveway for my allowance now. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Then she was on the lawn between the rose beds where it was possible to run soundlessly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Across the lawn of a beautiful light green house. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z On the grass banks above the lawns the gardener started his mowing machine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Our other party, fleeing, made an uneven retreat down toward the launch—Clippinger, still by our side, calling across the lawn to them to stand—stand and fire, cowards—but nothing could induce them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Standing on lawns, in the streets, their faces raised to me. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “Like this.”Coraline watched as the cat walked slowly across the lawn. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He learns that she is prone to snoring, ever so faintly, sounding like a lawn mower that will not start, and to gnashing her jaws, which he massages for her as she sleeps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Now Laura’s getting stars in her eyes about this future, the two of us lugging books across a lawn from building to building. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They came at last to a magnificent house with a large lawn and a drive that curved up to the front door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he’d bumped up the hill I’d be waiting on the lawn, and before he could get out I’d be in the jeep, arguing with him about my seatbelt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dad’s still outside, finishing his lawn cleanup, so I go upstairs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The hospital was a Goliath of brown brick and gleaming glass, looming over a green lawn as bright as bread mold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Lighted torches were stuck into the ground to the right and left of it, and two more were burning on the lawn, casting quivering shadows in the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We were in a residential area, driving past bungalows in wide compounds with rose bushes and faded lawns and fmit trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I broke out in goosebumps, remembering the white-eyed neighbor I’d seen watering his overgrown lawn the night my grandfather was killed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was a broad wooden deck on the edge of the lawn, right where the grass gave way to a slope of black lava rocks that lined the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I thought we would sit down on the end of her bed, or out in the lawn chairs if the mosquitoes weren’t bad. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As I wandered across the lawn to the terrace my eye was caught by a gleam of sunshine on something metal showing through the green of the rhododendron leaves at the turn in the drive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun was shining on the hills and the house and the garden and the lawn and the trees and the brook; Eleanor took a deep breath and turned, seeing it all. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside his window, the wind stirs up over the lawn, rustling the linden trees down in the garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He pays all the bills, and rakes the leaves on the lawn, and puts gas from the self-service station into her car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a tree on the edge of the lawn he could smell from his bedroom window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It was just a shell last year. I never imagined he wouldn’t have a lawn,” says Mummy. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I turned to see that some of my neighbors had gathered, a few sitting in our lawn chairs, a few standing around talking. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No: it was the greenness of the lawn, the sharp lines of white mortar between the bricks, the rustle of the maple leaves in the gentle breeze, the very breeze itself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A well-manicured lawn gently sloped away from the patio and down to a walkway. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ahead of them a sloping lawn rose directly out of the floodwater and led smoothly up to the white facade of the house, the columns and the pediment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The night was not dark enough to hide what lay on the lawn outside: a shapeless mound of ashes, pale gray in the moonlight, gray as moth wings, gray as burnt paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Everywhere lawns and gardens flourished—residents promised to keep weeds pulled, to grow only flowers, never vegetables. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Later when the boy was asleep he went to the house and dragged some of the furniture out onto the lawn. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sam walked beside us carrying the lawn chair, which seemed almost as big as he was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The lawns were neat and clean and looked like green carpets. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, a fair, willowy girl and a heavy-set woman in white were walking across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We went out on to the terrace and walked down on to the smooth green lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But for the rest, other than a cut lawn or a car out front, it’s hard to tell anyone lives there at all. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Sunflowers decorated the curtains, and a plastic sunflower was stuck into the front lawn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z All Narnia, many-colored with lawns and rocks and heather and different sorts of trees, lay spread out below them, the river winding through it like a ribbon of quicksilver. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z When they pulled away a new white Stuart had a new green lawn around it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Down below, the shadows of the poplars were falling across the lawn. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I put some space between us and watched MacDuff run back and forth on the lawn, sniffing and wagging his tail. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z "My nieces talk quite a bit about a show called The Brady Bunch. It's set in a suburb of big houses, and lawns, and all—" She looks from me to Starry and back again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Scattered over lawns throughout the neighborhood were dozens of copies of an anarchist pamphlet that advocated death to all government officials. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Shoving open my window, I open the box and let its contents fall onto the front lawn. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Pattie and I stand in the entry and stare at the stacks of newspapers, magazines, and mail surrounding the discount lawn furniture, which I decide is the exact color of a white rabbit's eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Unlike the white high school, Lafayette County Training School distinguished itself by having neither lawn, nor hedges, nor tennis court, nor climbing ivy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The change was a complete mystery to my parents, who made jokes about the lawn fairies who work on the grass when everybody is asleep. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The green prickly house was surrounded by a dried-out but neatly trimmed lawn. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As stains and stench accumulated, the restaurant’s manager built a chute on the roof and threatened to jettison the garbage directly onto Olmsted’s precious lawns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They reached the edge of the poppy fields as the last streaks of sunlight slid behind the hills.The dirt path gave way to a wide lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I receive half of what you get for the lawns that Louis and I do and I shall pay Louis out of that half.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The houses were bigger here and had front lawns. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z When I saw Robert come across the lawn I knew it was the telephone and I felt physically sick. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The lawn mower had seen better days, but in the dim light of the overhead bulb in the garage, it seemed to glow. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anything. Rake the yard. Mow the lawn. Whatever they need.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But he took the police chief and his men out to the front lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At a picnic table on the lawn outside, four old women, all wearing broad, straw hats, were playing a card game. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z 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 I follow it across the front lawn, through the glass double doors of the main building. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The saliva would have stained regular furniture, but it went right through the plastic weave of the lawn chair, which was another plus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z One facility manager likened the chair to lawn furniture or old-fashioned car-seat covers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z People bring in their own foldup chairs and lawn chairs, and so sometimes it looks more like the congregation is watching a parade or sitting at a barbecue instead of being at church. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The breeze rushing across my front lawn shook her skirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z How lethal these lawns may be for human beings is unknown. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I thought of our beloved, big old house and how sad it looked in the middle of the yellow dried-out lawn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They were standing at the edge of the lawn in front of Mr. Crane’s house, the only grass that anybody had loved hard enough to get it to take hold. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps not, she thinks, perhaps it is a personality phenomenon: the real Yolanda resurrecting on an August afternoon above the kempt green lawns of this private facility. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In a circular park with a neatly mowed lawn was a bandstand, and a merry-go-round painted red, white and blue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They watered lawns or filled bird feeders; young kids chased butterflies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some are smaller than a Ziploc, while others are as big as a Hefty lawn and leaf bag. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The residential campus, which took kids who had no place else to go, had small houses clustered around dismal, sun-parched lawns. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Toys, bald tires, and beer bottles with peeling labels littered unkempt front lawns. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had been planted on the front lawn of the high school, between the road and the bus lanes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I untangled an aluminum lawn chair which had blown into a manchineel tree. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “They can watch Rowan train on the lawn.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In general, people tended to their lawns and kept track of their children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z One of the women wore carpet slippers, like the man in the lawn suit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was cold and windy that night, but we bundled up in a blanket on the arena's lawn as we listened to Dylan's gravelly voice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We played lawn tennis with homemade wooden rackets and soccer with bare feet on a field of dust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of Sam Gamgee cutting the lawn came in from the garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a surreal sight—the tidy white fencing, the bright green lawn. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He comes over and fixes my back porch with his own saw and hammer, as in the women’s magazines of long ago, and has a beer afterward, on the lawn, as in ads. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He took it all in, the big elm tree and the dying rosebush, the freshly mowed lawn and the missing shingle by the chimney, the darkened windows and the warm glow of the porch light. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Arthur went off with him, casting back a longing look on Lucy’s face, which lay in her pillow, almost whiter than the lawn. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z At the fourth or fifth house, we passed an old man watering his lawn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “There is Mrs. Smith’s house,” Granny remarked as she led me up a long driveway of a beautiful villa-type house surrounded by a well-manicured lawn with several beds of colourful, sweet-smelling flowers and rosebushes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn climbs a slope se_veral yards in front of the summerhouse, and in those days, as today, four flagstones embedded into the grass served as steps by which to negotiate this climb. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I wished I could go with them, but even more than curly fries and a look at the beauty queen carved life-sized in butter, I needed to work a few lawns today. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in the lawn chair in our backyard while Mom pulls her garden gloves on. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger had placed a garden bench on the edge of the lawn for his audience. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The lawn is green and clean and quiet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Marv stands on my front lawn and has no idea what to say— but he looks happy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His back was turned, and he was absorbed in watching something on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As I watched, the snow melted off the trees and the roofs and the lawns. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She had a sudden vision of Mrs. Borkowski sitting in her lawn chair in the middle of the street with a cat in her lap. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I was standing on the lawn and I fell. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Looking around for El, I find her sitting on our lawn chair, talking to a girl and a guy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Instead, there were at least a dozen people milling about the lawn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I enjoyed five or ten minutes of quiet, just me and my lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a cousin who lived in Englewood, plenty of money there but gaudy rich, lots of lawn statuary, half the saints in the Gregorian calendar sticking out of the Ficus benjamina. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The instruments didn’t blend so much as collide, like rocks caught in a lawn mower. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the mower fussed at the edges of the lawn. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I was sure the request would be something utterly fantastic and for a moment I was sorry I'd ever set foot upon his overpopulated lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z While I slept on her lawn, she sent me a message. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not lose his job, and with it, this solid house, with its ever-growing lawn and maturing ornamental shrubbery. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I sprinted out the front entrance and across the expansive green lawn in front of the school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At that time, lawn bowls was seen as a sport for older people, and all the volunteers that day were in their sixties and seventies. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The college lay in summer twilight, set back from the road by a long, sloping lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A breeze whisked through orchard branches, rippled aspen leaves, stirred across the lawn, and slightly tickled the swimming pool water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The house had such a small front lawn it sat almost on the road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a grey light on the terrace, I could see the shapes of the blown fireworks stands taking form on the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We’d eat lunch on the lawn, but we never saw the inside. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he reached the school grounds, he had to navigate the rings of vehicles parked on the lawn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she stood and drifted off across the lawn as if we were not there. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I would hurry across the few feet of illuminated lawn — the searchlights were back on again, expecting at any moment to feel the bullets rip through me even in advance of their sound. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I open the white picket gate and continue, past the front lawn and towards the front gate. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Four floors down, her doctor, shrunk to child size, sits on the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Left alone, I walked to the window; but nothing was to be seen thence: twilight and snowflakes together thickened the air, and hid the very shrubs on the lawn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt sprinted across the lawn and up onto the porch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Waterfront buildings glided slowly by, boatyards, condominiums with great glass windows looking out over the water, an occasional small house in the middle of a green lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn had turned the same brown as the haze of dust hovering over the city, dotted by bald patches of dirt where nothing grew at all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The scar left by the bonfire was still visible on the lawn behind the house, where Capricorn’s men had piled up the books and burned them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then we sat in lawn chairs out by the garden and watched dragonflies flit over the tops of the marigolds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Beyond the laundry room at the back of the house, the lawns rolled away, so smooth and closely mown, the ground itself seemed green rather than planted with grass. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Finally one day I find it outside, at the far end of my father’s lawn, perfectly intact right down to the rocks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Worst-case scenarios included my grandfather running naked in the street, wielding a hunting rifle, foaming at the mouth on the front lawn, or lying in wait with a blunt object in hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people had already drifted away, but most were still watching the flames flicker out on the great lawn, and everyone had to listen to Javi. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The automatic lawn mower whirred unhappily from where Rita had tied it to a tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I pop off my chair and grab it before it rolls onto the lawn. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Like mowing his lawn, and trimming his peonies.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was just a slow, sludging green ribbon lawn that ferried fetid garbage to the sea. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought, You spoiled, sulky caterpillar, I should throw you out on the lawn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z A voice on the loudspeaker announced: “Searchlight is on the lawn!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I live in a house, with window curtains and a lawn, in British Columbia, which is as far away from Toronto as I could get without drowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Josh asked Park as they cut through the front lawn. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z One tree on the lawn was still full of leaves, red and orange, like the tent in which he had married Twinkle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z On one trip, he watched with gentle amusement as women in flowing skirts and love beads put flowers in soldiers’ guns, then sat on the lawn, holding hands, trying to levitate the Pentagon. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of treating the basic condition, suburbanites — advised by nurserymen who in turn have been advised by the chemical manufacturers — continue to apply truly astonishing amounts of crabgrass killers to their lawns each year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Catfish and spray paint in hand, Margo threw the door open, jogged across the Worthingtons’ expansive front lawn, and then hid behind an oak tree. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Application at the recommended rates leaves tremendous amounts of these chemicals on the lawn. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But she's already down the steps and waddling across the brown grass on her tiny front lawn. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bulkhead at the end of the lawn made out of railroad ties. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I had rarely seen anyone go into one of them, or anyone playing on a lawn, or even an open window. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents were spending a lot of time relaxing in the evenings after work, admiring their miraculous lawn. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z His eyes linger on the deep red permanent sunburn of Apa’s neck from mowing lawns all day. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I walk from the nail salon to Dell's office and I realize that I'm looking at the lawns and the trees and the flowerbeds as I make my way there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z We found Mrs. Jones pushing a lawn mower. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But everywhere it’s the same as it’s always been: the perfectly manicured lawn of Center Square, the gazebo’s twinkling fairy lights, the yellow beams from the porch lamps at every door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When they woke they found that the light of day was broad upon the lawn before the pavilion, and the fountain rose and fell glittering in the sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The front lawn was a field of knee-high weeds and thistles the size of small trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “This is Fina,” I say, pausing as we reach the lawn of the village hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z In the drawing, she was standing on a green lawn that looked exactly like the yard she’d spent the past twelve years playing in and running through. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Otto and I crossed the sanctuary lawn slowly so he wouldn’t get alarmed by new people or new apes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The front’s been ripped out and glassed over, the lawn is paving stone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z This lovely day makes me pine rather to be with you and the dear little ones on the lawn. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the trees, upon a lawn, someone had cranked up a portable phonograph and now it was playing softly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Old wicker lawn furniture, tattered fruit baskets, a large, cracked headboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Silver and gold flowers bloomed on the lawns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The motor was ragged and loud — I was riding something the sound and speed of a lawn mower. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Spray paint requires adult supervision. Put this box down so you don’t paint the lawn.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z There was much moonshine; and as I looked I could see Quincey Morris run across the lawn and hide himself in the shadow of a great yew-tree. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I had mowed the lawn the weekend before, so Mrs. DiAngelo said she had something else for me to do. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The father sat by the window quietly and followed the movements of a gardener, who was mowing first one, then another, darkening swath across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Even though the trees and manicured lawns were green, Persepolis itself was brown and dry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Just as he reached the little lawn among the rowans he overtook him, toiling uphill, panting and calling, Frodo! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He came to the edge of the lawn of Parth Galen by the shore, where the boats were drawn up out of the water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ken and Toby mowed a few lawns, and the girls and Marshall scouted the neighborhood for empty bottles to return to the grocery store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z On the lawn is an enormous picnic table, big enough to seat sixteen, and a ways off from that, a tire swing hangs from a massive maple. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “It appears you now have a lawn mower,” my father said, smiling, as he walked back into the house. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Lucy was looking sweetly pretty in her white lawn frock; she has got a beautiful colour since she has been here. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Although the community greenbelts are still alive, people’s lawns look like the lawns in our neighborhood. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Instantly, every nutter, nurse, and doctor on the lawn stands still, turned into statues. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It reminded me of the present, and that tea would soon be ready for me on the lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Outside, on the lawn, he brings me a cup of coffee. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His family has a huge Halloween display on their front lawn every year, complete with witches and goblins. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He dragged the first two garbage cans outside and dumped them on the lawn. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I remember that the driveway was to the right of the house as you faced it. There was a flagstone path cut into the lawn.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Already a solidly packed crowd stood all over the sidewalks, the streets, on lawns, and behind the lines of the policemen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Azaan and I are standing in the midst of the temple’s sparring lawns, inside a large circle made from fist-sized stones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Everyone’s acting like we’re in some big race. Get the swing up. Make food. Set the table. Mow the lawn. At least you two know how to have a good time,” Aunt Nancy says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “So...wait...I’m still making money from the lawn care business and now there’s going to be more money from the snowplow business and I own a resort?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He sighed, looking down from his bedroom window, on to the dull front lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We were standing in our front yard on the lawn one evening and we saw him coming with little fat steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They put him down on a lawn, and Ear wrapped an emergency bandage around his ankle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When Rowan turned off his shower, he heard the chop of helicopter blades, and when he came out onto the lawn, it was waiting for them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A horn’s brassy trumpeting split the air without warning, its summons rising from the distant Temple of Lkossa to reverberate across the Night Zoo’s lawns in long, sonorous notes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And then we pointed the lawn mower in the direction of Arnold’s house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had already set, but across the lawn the airstrip was ablaze, artificially illuminated by the sort of lights Alex had seen in soccer stadiums. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four-year-old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z An older man in a white apron stands waving a spatula on the lawn of the house with the turquoise door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Small bundles seemed to litter the lawn at the front of the castle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Each time he passes a restaurant he considers turning off the road, but then he finds himself in a residential section, blocks of Victorian mansions on snow-covered lawns, sidewalks covered with lacy patches of ice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She would borrow a lawn mower from a neighbor, and she and Terryl and Michael would groom the front yard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Cordelia has lit a cigarette and is looking out the window, where several squirrels are chasing one another around the lawn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Um...it’s that huge building across the lawn,” the kid said, eyeing her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Sam can do the lawn with the chemicals from his job. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She seldom photographed people—occasionally, she would take a picture of Pearl, as with the bed on the lawn, but she never used them in her work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The stone soared across the lawn like a bird of prey, striking the older beastkeeper in the back of the head so hard she fell from the wall. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The lawn in the center was as long and wide as three football fields combined. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Bernoffski, his lungs flattened, his cold white body pinned to his freshly cut lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “How do you know a lawn mower is what Mr. Davis wants most?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It sounds like a lawn mower in the sky. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z A wagon was parked askew in the grass of the front lawn, with the horses nowhere to be seen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They passed the large fountain with a statue where Emily wanted to hide her book and continued to an expanse of lawn. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Like how you thought it would be easy to take the lawn business away from me?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t string up people practically on your front lawn, the same time every week, like church. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One old man in a fresh lawn suit, bow tie and carpet slippers shuffled by with the help of two sticks, advancing so slowly that even the traffic was passing him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The campus was intimidating, with its immaculate lawns and crisp colonial architecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was inside the neighbor who’d stopped mowing her lawn or keeping track of where her kids went after school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The only furniture was a folding lawn chair. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The smell of fresh-cut grass when Dad mowed the lawn. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Jay sounds like a lawn mower that ran over a penny.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There the trees ended abruptly, bringing the house into view across a vast front lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “He won’t get it, though,” said Charles, sitting down again, his eyes still on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maya could still remember her walking up the front lawn, backpack slung over one shoulder instead of both, like how everyone else on campus wore it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The truly enchanting part is that there’s a small carpet of sand and a folded lawn chair. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Looking out at the perfectly trimmed lawn only made me miss the dirt backyard of my parents' home. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Eleanor went to the window again, but there was still sunlight slanting across the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The students were filling the wide yard, spilling onto the lawn and the driveway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But with a scorched roof and filthy walls and a weed-choked, yellow lawn, it looked ancient. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He set the lawn chair in front of the store and sat down on it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “So Starnes is out there to mow the lawn,” she was saying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But before he made it to us his legs seemed to fold under him and he sat back unnaturally on the matted lawn, his face so small-looking, arrested, so short of breath. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of visitors now moved toward the smoke and packed the lawns and paths surrounding the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z JT and Red were on the lawn, tossing a football back and forth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When sleighs appeared on front lawns and fake snow on Douglas firs, Baba stayed home and I drove the VW bus alone up and down the peninsula. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The school was a different world from Jefferson, with a leafy campus straight from a movie: The main building looked like a castle, surrounded by a sprawling lawn of freshly cut grass. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I tried to water the trees every few days, cut the lawn, tend to the flowers, fix things that needed fixing, but, even then, I was not a young man anymore. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop wondering if those two little girls I saw on the lawn were okay. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam tackled me and we laughed and squirmed around on the lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They will mow lawns, weed gardens, wash cars, windows. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z At the far end of the lawn, at the edge of the forest that surrounded the campus, were the baseball and football fields. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z To the left, across the road, most of the lawns were scorched dry like October corn. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Hatch, mowing the lawn some thirty yards away, nodded and raised a hand at us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At the gravesite there is only an open lawn in the midst of other old graves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The young women, sitting in their own clusters on the lawn, wore short- heeled pumps and rayon hose, calf-length skirts, and loose-fitting blouses with ruffles and flounces on the sleeves and at the necklines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not a dandelion in sight here, the lawns are picked clean. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees were breaking into leaf and a few early dandelions were in yellow flower on the lawns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Friday mornings he usually cleaned the kitchen and bathrooms, then watered the lawn. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Outside, crossing the lawn, on his way to work, he tried not to see how completely dark and deserted Clarisse McClellan's house was... Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Our neighbor Mr. Spencer was out mowing his lawn and threw a nod in my direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Instead, there were long rows of bushes on both sides of a wide brick walkway and to each side of those bushes was a big lawn area with fountains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got outside, Kingshaw began to run, across the flat lawn and down the drive into the lane, exultant, afraid of nothing, racing through the sunlight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Left by ourselves, we walked out on the lawn, where we formed a starched, uncomfortable, and resentful group. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When North Atlanta scored first, on a free kick, the team’s coach jumped up and down, while across the field, parents leaped from their folding lawn chairs in celebration. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was early afternoon, and raining heavily, when I came home and found my clothes on the front lawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z You drink cool water From a garden hose And sit on the lawn, The sun riding a White cloud of autumn. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Byrd house sat on a neat lawn separated by a white picket fence from the field grass on either side of the property. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled Dill out to the center of the lawn and they flopped onto the wet grass, lying on their backs side by side. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We came out on the lawns, and went across them to the house without a word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I can pick out the band and chorus members spread out around the lawn in their various forms of black pants and white shirts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He used to stand on the terrace, barking idiotically, and then dash madly to one corner of the lawn and eat grass in a sort of frenzy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t bear that Cap woke up early to practice tai chi on our front lawn. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z These centers for rest, food, and replenishment are kept beautiful with lawns and flowers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The rebels had dragged the couch from my mom’s office onto the back lawn, soda bottles and bits of paper and food scraps strewn around it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Forcing strength and speed into her legs, she ran across the rooftop lawn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I think about the house in my school reader, white, with a picket fence and a lawn, and window curtains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was out on the back lawn at that moment, testing its capabilities in the late afternoon sun. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The pair of them looked out over the lawn; the class was widely scattered now, and all in great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He crouched, pointing at a hole in the lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I strolled rather self-consciously across the lawn to the house, aware that they might be watching me still from a chink in the shutters. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They passed bigger houses that had larger lawns. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His house—with its well-maintained lawn—sits on a street of sagging roofs, chipping paint, and overgrown yards. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was just lying there, the lawn mower stopped, not far from the one tree in our front yard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A huge tawny creature, its body low to the ground, like a cat streaking across the lawn to a tree when a strange dog has got into the garden, was behind them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The lawn mower starts up somewhere outside, but it sounds distant, faraway. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, when we gathered on the lawn to await the first firefly, my brothers stood on the porch while I set Petey’s jar in the grass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Laughter blew across the moon-coloured lawn from the house of Clarisse and her father and mother and the uncle who smiled so quietly and so earnestly. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end it turned right—and there was the lawn again, another opening. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “We heard you are in the market for lawn mowing services, and we thought we’d do you one better. We propose a trade.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “No, wait. You’re telling me that I started with an old lawn mower and I now have...what do I have?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Neighbors would leave for vacation and I would water their lawns. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now even the rows of neat dormitories seemed to threaten me, the rolling lawns appearing as hostile as the gray highway with its white dividing line. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But of course there was no one on the lawn now, just the burnt-out torches still stuck in the ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ben saw me and stood up as I crossed the lawn. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z We stood looking down at the green lawns towards the sea and the beacon on the headland. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z An old man with gap teeth is on his front lawn, shouting into the microphone: “Where would I go? This my home. If go to the Superdome, who’s going to protect my house?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But since then, people with pools used the remaining water in them to wash their cars and water their lawns and such. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The snow is melting from the lawns; mud reappears on the floors, at school, in the kitchen at home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Half a mile downstream, Lord Nugent’s boat slammed into the landing at the foot of a great lawn leading up to a white building in the classical style. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A sprinkler was going on Jim Hirsshom’s lawn; Bernabe accorded the office a lackluster birdie as he glided slowly by, pinned down now in the tourist traffic, all but immersed in adobe dust. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how long I stand there before Michael is pulling on my hand saying, Caitlin there’s cafe and lemonade on the lawn! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the nanny squatted and urinated on the lawn, just like a wild animal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran across the snowy lawn spiked with dead weeds. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Scattered across the lawn were benches and chairs, most of them occupied with patients and their visitors. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z There was Mr. Richardson, a miniature out on the wide green lawn, deftly shaking charcoal into a shining silver grill. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon we were in an area of stately mansions, even the smallest of which was bigger than the regent’s palace, with grand front lawns and tall iron gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He went quickly down the path and came back to the lawn where Boromir had found him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The words sounded odd, somehow wrong, but Koffi didn’t have time to dwell on them as Mama tore off across the Night Zoo’s lawns, pulling her in tow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Al Ulbrickson and George Pocock scrambled down from their balcony and began to shove their way through the crowds on the lawn in front of Haus West, desperately trying to get to their boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The yellow clapboard walls of the large house, with its encircling veranda, gleamed in the sun, but no people strolled on the green dome of the lawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Most notable were the huge windows looking out over the lawns and gardens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were camped on a sunny lawn in the middle of a public square. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The living room was even weirder than the front lawn. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But they had hardly crossed the lawn when Lustig stopped and looked off across the town, down the quiet, dreaming afternoon street. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned off the sidewalk to take a shortcut over the front lawn to the steps into the school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The engine fails seven or eight times, and I walk across the lawn, open the passenger door, and get in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Umm, Dad, I just had to sneak out of a girl’s house,” he says to himself as he walks down the sidewalk and past a house with plastic lawn ornaments of geese and deer. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In public school we were told to hide under our desks, or duck on the lawn and cover ourselves with our jackets, or hide along a wall with our hands over our heads. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They sprouted from the cracks in the sidewalk, leaned against rusty fence posts, sneaked into well-manicured lawns. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The hedges and the acres and acres of lawn were covered in a network of spider web that caught the dew in beads so that it glistened white as frost. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a round grassless patch in the middle of the lawn, like an island in a green sea, where a thin palm tree stood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He unlaced his shoes and lined them against the baseboard; a golden paste clung to the toes and heels, the result of walking through our damp, unraked lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She plants vegetable gardens rather than lawns; she carries the odd-shaped tomatoes home from the fields and eats food left for the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey noticed a yellow light flowing onto the lawn below the porch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught sight of a tennis lawn beyond the house, and I heard the thud of balls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He takes us to a house with a lawn, a fountain and three pink birds standing on one leg. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She wrapped it in one of her fine lawn handkerchiefs and went out of the room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My excuse is that in this era of planned obsolescence, when a thing breaks down I can usually find something in my collection to repair it—a toilet, or a motor, or a lawn mower. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I saw Jasper chasing butterflies across the lawns; sometimes I saw Doctor Baker’s Scotch terrier scratching his ear beside a deck-chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The house in which she has lived for the past twenty-seven years, which she has occupied longer than any other in her life, has been recently sold, a Realtor’s sign stuck into the lawn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lawns, mowed smooth and flat as a new-made bed, gleam a strange, poisonous green. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Little Flash waddled out to the middle of the lawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They rode their bicycles over the lawns Frank worked so hard to keep smooth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was five years old when we drove into town, passing block after block of colonial-style brick homes with tidy lawns and manicured gardens. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Now volleys of laughter exploded across the lawn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Each familiar face triggered an avalanche of memories: tai chi on the lawn, singalongs in the music room, tie-dyeing, the hundreds upon hundreds of Halloween dance volunteers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A green striped canopy, of the sort used for lawn parties, was set up over the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He calls heaven, litotically, “very nice”—as Dud might describe a suburban front lawn. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Ronan has spent the morning helping his dad cover up all of the grills and move the lawn chairs into storage. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “What?” he asked, unfolding the lawn chair and taking a seat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A few feet away on the temple's sparring lawns, Brother Lekan is glowering at me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We went through a narrow hall and a drawing-room crowded with furniture to a verandah facing a square clipped lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The path was almost as smooth as a lawn and clear of bushes and weeds, for it was kept cut for fishermen. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitantly stepped off the edge of the lawn into the woods, half-expecting werewolves to leap out at him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He’s standing beneath the old, dying palm tree on our front lawn. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It looked like I’d just taken a picture of the neighbor’s lawn. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A van from a company that installs security systems blocks his parents’ driveway, and so he parks on the street, by the mailbox on the edge of the lawn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Front lawns cough up the shovels and mittens that were gobbled by snowdrifts in January. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Purplish-gray clouds hung low over the castle and a constant fall of chilly rain made the lawns slippery and muddy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were told they could walk in the garden, play volleyball on the lawn, listen to the radio, eat and drink as much as they wanted. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still sitting in the garage, at one with my lawn mower, feeling a little overwhelmed...okay, a lot overwhelmed...okay, completely terrified and panicked, when I heard a racket in the driveway. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people even had their dead lawns painted green, kind of like the way funeral homes put makeup on dead people. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The weather, as I remember it, was clear that day, the lake sparkling at the edge of a well-tended lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some girls take out their instruments and gather on the lawn to play together. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was no mention of prowlers; no mention of anyone having seen a witch; no mention of footprints on the lawn: track shoes and sneakers size six. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z On the far side of the lawn I saw the backs of two people, a young man and an older woman. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z But that was what wretched Malvolio thought, whose part he had played once on the college lawn—“Nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my hopes.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In this brief moment of passage I became aware of the connection between these lawns and buildings and my hopes and dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other week I mowed the lawn and trimmed, which took all day. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I sprint across our grass to the edge of the lawn closest to Olly’s house. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A little after noon, men dressed in white streamed out of the building and began sitting on the lawn, opening lunch boxes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A burly, red-faced man stood there, carrying cleaning equipment, something slung over his shoulder, something else that looked like a lawn mower propped at his feet. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We strolled around the lawn, and then Grandma picked a shaded bench and pulled out her knitting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What did ships have to do with lawn mowers, and why would he go to the trouble to write this sentence down and then carefully hide it underneath the seat? Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I loped like a long-limbed beast across the lawn of the academic quad, swishing my feet through the snow, almost skating, so I would leave footprints behind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Only a few people occupied the vast lawn. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Journalists told stories, often wildly embroidered, of Osage who discarded grand pianos on their lawns or replaced old cars with new ones after getting a flat tire. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z When I had the gear, I stood and looked back at the dining hall on the other side of the great lawn. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was like a faint drift of greenish luminescent smoke, the motion of a single huge October leaf blowing across the lawn and away. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z But then she realized that the fire was inching beyond the house onto the lawn. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They don’t do their lawn, don’t paint the fence, don’t fix the roof. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Mostly, I’d steal liquor from my mother, or from her friends’ houses when I went to mow their lawns on the weekend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The front lawn was dotted with black shapes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z People always need food—many tried to turn to farming, and in the shattered suburbs, people grew their lawns into paddocks, chicken yards, and plots. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jud and Frank were building some enormous, ramshackle, modernistic structure out on Commons lawn, and the hammers and the power drills had started early in the morning. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Yo screams as the hooked beak rips at the man's shirt and chest; the white figure on the lawn is a red sop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It seemed strange to be sitting in the dining-room and not look out onto the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I walk along the gravel path that divides the back lawn, neatly, like a hair parting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses there were modest but neat, with patches of new lawn that seemed oddly green and out of place in the uniformly brown surroundings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson stood on the tree lawn, clutching the neck of her pale blue robe closed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A dark figure was sprinting across the lawn and its shout echoed through the still night air. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z On the lawn a lady sat under a tree reading a story aloud to some children. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It smelt of lawn sprinklers and station wagons and tennis rackets and dogs and babies. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They’d stolen clothes and furniture from the palace and strewn it on the lawn. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The next day I moved the mower farther into the richer part of the neighborhood, where the lawns began to get larger while my mower seemed to get smaller. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The campus seemed deserted—everyone was at the party, I supposed—and the green lawn, the gaudy tulips, were hushed and expectant beneath the overcast sky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Gatsby's house was still empty when I left--the grass on his lawn had grown as long as mine. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Some 4,000 defiant protesters clustered on the lawn and in the parking lot that afternoon in the largest demonstration of the civil rights era in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d watch him mow our lawn in the high heat of summer in a pair of wing tips, suspenders, and a thin-brimmed fedora, the sleeves of his dress shirt carefully rolled up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some representative examples: “Oh, my brother-in-law went to school there, too, and my friend’s son cuts the principal’s lawn, and my neighbor’s daughter knows a girl who once was a cheerleader for the school.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, a mourning dove cooed, the low hum of a lawn mower rose, a passing cloud cast them into shadow for a moment, then drifted away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad stared over the back lawn at the icicles on the summerhouse. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They had sidewalks, front lawns, and beautiful flower gardens. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The whole of Lucille showed up for the hearing, spilling in crowds outside on the lawn when the building couldn’t accommodate them, watching the outdoor projections of the indoor proceedings. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Across the lawn, Bunny had finally made his shot; the ball went wide of the sixth and seventh arches but, incredibly, hit the turning stake. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He follows me through the backyard, and I tell him to sit down on one of our rusted lawn chairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And I noticed then that the rhododendrons, not content with forming their theatre on the little lawn outside the window, had been permitted to the room itself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But most of the lawns here have wire fences around them that will cut your fingers if you touch them and signs that say “Keep Off the Grass!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then the houses on the opposite pavement ran out, areas of flat lawn appeared in their place, and you could see, beyond the lawns, the tops of the beach huts lining the seafront. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They carefully trimmed the lawn around the gnomes, of which they eventually found fifteen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She found Dustfinger behind the house, standing on a lawn of short, rather rough grass where a solitary deck chair stood next to a plaster angel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Hand in hand we stroll across our new front lawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rocks were hurled through their windows, a cross burned on the lawn. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I walked through gas station and motel forecourts and across restaurant parking lots, clambered over concrete barriers, crossed lawns, and pushed through neglected ranks of privet or honeysuckle at property boundaries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When it cooled off, Dad lit a campfire on the lawn, and we roasted marshmallows. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z As it gets really late, Dell retrieves one of his old lawn chairs from the second-floor balcony. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The seven of them tumbled away from the front door, landing in a pile on the front lawn with Anya on the bottom. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A crowd of students still milled about on the front lawn of campus, but Reg had wanted to give himself extra time to get inside, just in case he needed it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Without a word he thrust the baby at Hugh and hurried off across the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Outside, Dad is pitching a tennis ball to David on the front lawn. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the room had migrated over to the windows along the wall, and gazed out toward the great lawn in the academic quad. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The buses let off, and the lawn starts to fill up with freshmen, none of whom seems particularly impressed by me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z We had lunch and lay out on the lawn, and then when it got too hot we came inside and ate ice cream while Tom watched the Grand Prix. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m useless in the temple’s library, memorizing passage upon passage of boring scripture, but out here on these lawns, I come alive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mi perrito rolls His tongue for the taste Of a dropped chicharrdn, For the jawbreaker That fell from my pocket, For a potato chip bag Blowing across a lawn. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Mardi Gras, so most people are parading through the streets, but there are a few people strolling along the lawn. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Babysitting and tutoring and doing other kids’ homework and mowing lawns and redeeming bottles and selling scrap metal didn’t count. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like the pallid snowdrops. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Grandma and I woke up the next morning to a bunch of neighbors on the front lawn taking pictures of our house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The next Saturday they made another house at Margie’s, on a long flat lawn. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Drawing their cloaks more closely around themselves, they set off up the sloping lawns. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He follows it down the stairs and onto the snowy lawn. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s totally fine. We had just met, remember? I thought you were going to say you snore like a lawn mower on purpose.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Our eyes lifted over the rosebeds and the hot lawn and the weedy refuse of the dog days along shore. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Papa finally eased the car into the wide school compound and parked near the volleyball court, beyond the stretch of manicured lawn. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When I get there, he’s on his lawn, throwing little twigs at a tree. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Scrubby trees dotted the lawn, casting dappled shadows over the benches scattered around. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Boo had collapsed on the front lawn outside of what Aru could only assume was the girl’s house. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “All’s I gotta do is mow his lawn once a week and I can hang out with the baby as much as I want.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You like playing lawn bowls, don’t you, Robert?” he asked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They walked down the dark lawn to the Quidditch stadium, turned through a gap in the stands, and walked out onto the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The BFG pointed through a gap in the bushes, and there, not more than fifty yards away, she saw a man padding softly across the lawn. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the edge of the lawn, behind the building, there was a line of underbrush and trees sloping down a hillside. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed out the window, watching squirrels scamper down the trees, hiding nuts in the lawn. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Judging by the carefree liberality with which dusts for lawn treatments by suburbanites are laced with chlordane, this warning has not been taken to heart. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When Cory Cormier came strolling up across the lawn, it was all I could do to stop myself from blurting out “What are you doing here?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The lady aimed the hose out of Lily's path and toward some rosebushes growing along the edge of the lawn as she approached. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z While the adults were threatening to hang one of us, some of the Central High students appeased themselves by hanging an effigy on the front lawn. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So Matt described the brown-clad men and women who toiled endlessly over the fields and the gardeners who clipped the vast lawns of El Patron’s estate with scissors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It caused a huge blowup on the front lawn, but eventually Evelyn won.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The neighborhood lawns spilled into each other, a continuous carpet; the bushes bristled, bushy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On May 4 Seabiscuit and War Admiral were brought out on a grassy lawn before a pink flowering hedge to pose for an army of photographers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I look across the fence pickets to the woman in her lawn chair, reading. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the lawn, the younger ones broke out in tears. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I see him coming across the lawn. Thank you so much, Mrs. er, Abernathy,” I said, badly flustered and unable to remember the name of her present husband. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Perfect white snow-covered lawns, with manicured bushes and trimmed trees. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, Toby could just make out the hazy outline of the sign on the lawn’s edge. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z All day long he sprays weed killer and fertilizer on people’s lawns. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The house is three stories, all brick, and it sits back from Indian Hill Road, deep, deep in a yard blanketed with that thick, bright grass you see in lawn care flyers. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He went to the side of the court and dragged a lawn chair over to the foul line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We dropped our bikes on the lawn and rushed up to her, breathless. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Go away before I set the dogs on you! Crazy,” the woman muttered to herself as they left the lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Beyond was a tiny square of lawn set in a bed of mint imperial pebbles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Arm noted that the houses were shuttered and bolted, the lawns empty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tree on our lawn was a dark, fuzzy blob. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Harry’s spirits couldn’t help but lift slightly as he watched Fleur hurry back across the lawns to Madame Maxime, her silvery hair rippling in the sunlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Armpit had made sure the sprinkler heads were evenly distributed, so that the water would cover the entire lawn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z My shadow stretched across the browning lawn as shadow Yuki trotted ahead. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z When I pushed myself up, my brain gave a mighty black throb, but still, I recognized the luxurious lawn and the cold in-ground pool behind the big house right away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He tested urine and blood samples from Milton Frantig, the man who had vomited on the lawn and who was now in an isolation room at Fairfax Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The uncut lawn had dandelions tall enough for the adult rides at Six Flags. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The humble home she lived in sounds so different from Thaya Jaan’s three-story house with its green gates, carport, manicured lawn filled with fruit trees and flowers, and my favorite veranda. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They got the canoe out of the water, and then Alice sulkily picked her way up the lawn towards the man, who was shouting again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I walked back across the lawns on sudden impulse to the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then there would be autograph-seeking girls coming in waves, a ride home, kisses from Mother, and snapshots on the front lawn, trophy in hand. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And now this lightness of heart, this spring in my step, this childish feeling that I wanted to run across the lawn, and roll down the bank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The great snow-covered lawn of Rose Terrace, the Dodge mansion, boasts a forty-foot Christmas tree trucked in from the Upper Peninsula. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was a lot hotter, Dad pointed out, down in the valley along Stewart Street, which was lined with those cute brick houses that had their neat, square lawns and corrugated aluminum breezeways. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stokely is a really big guy, maybe six feet five, and he didn’t fit into the lawn chair very well. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had seen what happened when a contractor failed to do this: ladders careening through windows and walls, tools damaging furniture, paint all over the lawn and driveway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Daddy, what are you doing? The lawn guy will be here next week.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They are turning the church’s beautiful green lawn, where kids play after catechism classes, into a muddy brown lot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Neighbors like the man who yelled at Devon to get off his lawn. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of her paintings hang in the upstairs hall, greenish paintings of flowers, of lawns, of bottles and vases. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was something about the design of the gardens, or the fact that the wrought-iron fence surrounding the lawns was nearly ten feet tall and unclimbable to my well-trained thief’s eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mom, Dad, you know how I’ve been mowing lawns every day? Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z As the two of us went about the large yard, I raked leaves and watered the flowers; Granny weeded the lawn. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the ceremony I stood alone on the lawn, watching the other students with their families. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For a while Will’s sisters set up camp on their front lawn just to give directions to all the visitors who inevitably made a wrong turn or two. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Why, for having a statue of the Virgin Mary on our lawn? Every other person in this neighborhood has a statue of Mary on the lawn. We’ll fit right in.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z For a while she even held her breath until she reached the next lawn, just as she did when the school bus passed a cemetery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They passed the large fountain with a statue where Emily wanted to hide her book and continued to an expanse of lawn. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z With an allowance of fifteen dollars a month for mowing the lawn every week. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We spent the day doing the usual: raking leaves, pruning bushes, watering flowers and weeding the lawn. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana asked him as he poured gasoline into the lawn mower for the last time. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But the windows are sparkling clean, and the lawn is short and neat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This was intended to be the province of the sort of people Joe had seen on the golf course at Princeton or on the manicured lawns of estates he had glimpsed up the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Before them lay a long lawn of shining grass, studded with golden elanor that glinted in the sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Three lawns a day, once a week, twenty-one lawns if I worked seven days, dawn till dark, no days off. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z When the trailer came into view, a car was parked sideways in the turnabout that circled their front lawn. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He went to stretch himself on a lawn chair as I unlocked the front door and stepped inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The gate buzzed open, and Seven pushed it and slipped onto the front lawn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mama’s blood pressure had risen dangerously after Patria’s breakdown on the front lawn. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh good, hurry up,” said Ron, and he jumped down the stone steps, keeping his eyes on the back of the veela-girl, who was now halfway across the lawn with Madame Maxime. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As quickly as she could, Francesca made her way across the lawn, her shoes caked with mud. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I hate mowing the lawn, but it’ll be worth it when I see you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She stepped off the patio and raced across the lawn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He stumbles onto the lawn, but when his bare feet strike the cold grass there is silence, and he realizes the ringing he’d heard had been a dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The weekend before the party they were raking the lawn when he heard Twinkle shriek. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Here, the small group of the Refined lived with all the luxuries of the day—lush, well-kept lawns and gardens, and a garage leading to ten to twelve gracefully decorated rooms. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Too loud to hear Rowan over the chopper blades, which made the scythes’ robes flail like flags in a storm as they crossed the lawn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A squirrel looks up at you from the lawn, seems to shake its head, and then scampers away, and yes, you’re beginning to feel a little pathetic. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “I’d rather have a yard filled with genuine garbage than with trashy lawn ornaments.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Would she eat in the cafeteria, or in the Egress downstairs, or perhaps out on the lawn somewhere? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the front, and on both sides, there was the lawn, sloping downwards to a gravelled drive, and then into the lane, and without any tree or flower-bed to relieve the bald greenness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Big Ma’s “children” sounded like a “churn” making butter, and depending upon how he heard her, her “horses” watered lawns or housed people. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In the distance, I could see the manicured lawns of Pickett’s golf course, and beyond that the glass-and-steel Pickett mansion, which had been designed by some famous architect. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The bell is only ten minutes away, so the lawn is crowded with kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He rarely stayed on the sidewalk, veering onto neighbors’ lawns to hurdle bushes. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He’s in the middle of the lawn between me and his car. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was Twinkle who led them in separate groups up and down the winding stairs, to gaze at the back lawn, to peer down the cellar steps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The front lawn fills up with cars, and small children scamper among them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The lawn was overgrown, not in that neglected way that makes a place look shabby, but with nice abandon, as if to say, there’s room in this house for everything, even a lot of grass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to get that buzzy itch in the back of my head like when I first started the lawn business. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His boss looked around at the relatively undisturbed lawn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Then he looked out of the tree and across the great lawns and flower beds as far as the terrace and the house beyond it: gracious and comfortable, splendid and generous. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At the edge of the lawn, the Laistrygonians were stacking bronze cannonballs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Here is the lawn where Cordelia fell down backward, making a snow angel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The houses are bigger here—the lights on their lawns, walkways, and porches are brighter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She met her grandmother at the end of the lawn, She didn’t even ask, she just took a bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was meditating on this discovery, a little girl, followed by her attendant, came running up the lawn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Wagons had gouged chasms across paths, roads, and would-be lawns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were going past a patch of lawn where there were no trees, and Malcolm felt horribly exposed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For one thing, we’d had to persuade the National Park Service and the White House grounds team to tear up a patch of one of the most iconic lawns in the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Once, Jenni found me curled up on a stranger’s lawn, halfway between campus and our apartment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Their quiet dignity reminded me of my great-uncle Terry, who’d lived downstairs when I was growing up on Euclid Avenue, mowing our lawn dressed in wingtips and suspenders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After ravaging the lawn for about an hour, one of us had the presence of mind to ask him, “Whose house is this?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked for two solid hours and only had half the lawn done before I needed to refuel. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Down there on the lawn, someone emerges from the spill of darkness under the willow, steps across the light, his long shadow attached sharply to his heels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” he said, and went outside to start up the lawn mower. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He crawled out from under his blanket and eagerly followed his teacher, winding his way through the crowd of Gladers who slept on the lawn, their snores the only sign they weren’t dead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In the summers, when William usually felt best, they relaxed in lawn chairs on the brick patio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then, quickly, she ran down the steps and out onto the lawn between the tall grouped trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you've come to mow its lawns. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and fall to my knees on my front lawn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Your uncle’s got you doing two chores—babysitting and lawn mowing—and he’s got you thinking it’s a good deal,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He told Mark he would help him mow the front and back lawn on Wednesday evening, but stayed upstairs instead, listening to music. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z That and the tiny sliver of lawn in the backyard that I could see from the driveway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But then, one day, some kids are playing cricket on the lawn and he gets smacked in the head with a cricket ball. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z As the cool breeze of night set in, neighboring families pulled up plastic lawn chairs to conduct “chair committee” and casually meander over the day’s events without rancor or argument or constant one- upmanship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood there dumbly as she walked away from him, barefoot across the lawn, and he watched her darkened hair swing heavily across her shoulders, drenching her blouse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And outside the gym were a weight-lifting area and a lawn, tended by inmates who, on warm days, reclined there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I signed a few autographs on the way out of Arnold’s driveway, then mowed a few lawns, ate lunch with Louis and his crew, and headed back to the office. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And off they were, before I could count to seven, down the lawn to a creaky wicker gate, through which they entered the orchard and disappeared among the trees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I can’t believe an eye patch is a ticket to the lawn. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He’d been so horrified by the condition of what he called “the boss’s lawn” that he’d come by to recondition it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He ran out of the building, across the street to the White House, through the first floor and out the back door to the Rose Garden lawn. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Finally I went out there and sat in the lawn chair next to them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “You don’t understand. My whole d-day centered on them. We had picnics on the lawn. We gardened. I told them s-stories. Without them I’m nothing!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Down the alley the women’s art guild members were removing their paintings from the fence and folding their aluminum lawn chairs like Arabs in preparation for stealing away. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Few Alpharetta lawns sprouted campaign signs during the last election season because the area’s four contenders for the state legislature and a new candidate for Congress were all Republicans and ran unopposed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And now, at Grant Park, there’s a wide green lawn, with a cool fountain of sea creatures shooting water from their mouths. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He does lawn care, working from six in the morning till six at night, Monday through Saturday. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Washingtonians could walk through the lawns and gardens as they wished and even approach the president if they saw him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The president felt as if “he was himself again” when he saw people swimming and walking at the beach, boats sailing on the ocean, and the soldiers pacing the perimeter of the cottage lawn. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z El sits at the foot of our lawn chair while a girl I’ve never met sits at the other end with a boy behind her, like they’re riding a motorcycle and she’s the one driving. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She looked back at me and I knew she wanted me gone, but I just picked up Oscar's ball and threw it across the lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When all the vehicles had arrived at the back of the monkey house, the teams assembled on the lawn, and Gene Johnson asked for their attention. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not answer, and we strolled backwards and forwards on the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Crossing his lawn I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall, heavy with dejection or sleep. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “And when’s the last time you fertilized the lawn?” he asks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He had had dreams as a child, dreams every child had, of the witch who chased him down dark alleys, between lawn trees, and finally into rooms from which he could not escape. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The bees were everywhere, hovering over the hydrangea and the myrtle spread across the lawn, the jasmine at the wood’s edge, the lemon balm clustered at the fence. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of the poplar trees had fallen across much of the lawn, but the sun was still lighting up the far comer where the grass sloped up to the summerhouse. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Our tunnel finally opens up to a large expanse, an emerald lawn skirting a small gray house with a deep shady porch. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The lawns were dark and drenched with the heavy rain, and the trees had a shrouded humped appearance. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Charming,” said Scrimgeour, stopping at the garden fence and looking out over the snowy lawn and the indistinguishable plants. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Out on the lawn, Bunny had just knocked Henry’s ball about seventy feet outside the court. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z "And think what it means having your office in the lobby, Jake; no more driving to and from work, no more mowing the lawn or shoveling snow." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more it was pouring and my irregular lawn, well-shaved by Gatsby's gardener, abounded in small muddy swamps and prehistoric marshes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Right this minute, her logistics coordinator is drinking lemonade in their backyard and feeding ice to Bit, which the dog chases on the lawn. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From the first time I watched you slip on Kat’s lawn. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z At one end of the lawn, the gardener wiped his forehead, turned the mower around and began a new row. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For now, I walk across the lawn and say, “Bye, Tommy, thanks for coming out,” and I’m satisfied with just one thing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The paths and lawns were turned to muck with exercises and evolutions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And while it’s true that the owners of the larger yards paid me more—I was getting thirty to forty dollars a lawn the second day—there was also the distance factor. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z On the lawn, I frantically signal to the hovercraft while Buttercup thrashes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Political lawn signs are anchored throughout the yard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I could see fireflies blinking on the lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Olmsted’s plans alone would make the exposition unique, with lagoons, canals, and great lawns all set against the cobalt-blue steppe of Lake Michigan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As we pulled away from Central High, I looked back to see students gathered on the school lawn, staring at us as though they were watching a parade they hadn’t known was coming their way. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was putting himself through college by working at anything and everything that came his way—mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, sweeping floors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Both had dramatic vistas over rolling lawns and tall trees, but the students here were almost a different species. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There's a chill in the air, and a few fallen leaves dot the lawn at Seaside. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “We’re locked in to a ginormous number of lawns now, once a week, and I’m having to turn more people down.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z It was a warm day, Ifemelu had walked past students sprawled on green lawns; cheery balloons were clustered below a welcome freshmen sign. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The little groups on the lawns and in the drive broke up and scattered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The road curved again and became a street between shady lawns with white houses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra actually gasped when they walked in through the front gates and stood surrounded by all those pillared temples of knowledge and lush lawns. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The children were playing on a broad green lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Metias doesn’t say another word as we make our way down the corridors, past the manicured lawns of the central quad and the glorious Elector’s statue, and finally through one of the indoor gyms. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Turtle preferred not to explain how she knew the library could be entered from the French doors on the lawn. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn looked like a war zone, with smoking craters and trenches from the blown-out irrigation pipes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It cuts through the front lawn and into the main building. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Late dinners were carried out onto the night lawns and set upon collapsible tables, and they picked at these slowly until two o’clock and the light-radio message flashed from Earth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked across the lawn, through the arch, down the path, and onto the road. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We both looked at the grass--there was a sharp line where my ragged lawn ended and the darker, well-kept expanse of his began. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z We race across the lawn, an acrid burning smell heavy in the night air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Sunshine flooded the thirsty lawn, flowers blazed, trees drowsed in the breeze. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Miss Mallory was sitting at the picnic table on the front lawn, reading a mystery. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I heard a noise and turned round and saw Mrs. Shears standing on the lawn looking at me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some robins landed on the small lawn beyond the shallow end, hunting for evening worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He came down for coffee in the mornings, in an old bathrobe of Francis’s, and sat in the kitchen windowsill looking moodily over the lawn as if he were waiting for someone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Through a narrow gap he could see a green lawn and bright pink flowers, but only enough to make him want more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was either clustered around the stereo or the seven-foot-tall piece of plyboard, propped up on the lawn, which had been painted to look like the scoreboard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In 1950, nearly three in five black women in Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, worked as maids for white families, and almost three-quarters of employed black men mowed lawns and did other kinds of unskilled labor. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z A skeleton wedding, complete with priest and flower girls, marched across a lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn ran out into a narrow tongue between bright margins: on the right and west the Silverlode flowed glittering; on the left and east the Great River rolled its broad waters, deep and dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There’s a wooden stage erected on the lawn, something like the one they used every spring, for commencement, in the time before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I can guarantee you this: you do not want to die by asphyxiating on your own puke and get kicked out of a car onto your front lawn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And there it was: a perfect blanket of white covering the lawn, the trees, the road, as far as I could see, all absolutely unbroken, untouched, and still. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She turned her back on the island temple and wandered slowly over the perfect lawn the rabbits had made, toward the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The house looked very peaceful as I came upon it from the woods and crossed the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was easily two storeys up from the unmown lawn and had a gabled roof with real shingles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The boy stood on the lawn beside his older brother, head thrown back, spellbound. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He walks backward, toward the mammoth metal structure at the other end of the lawn, and I follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I turned back toward the lawn, horrified to see my family being chased by wild animals and the wild animals being chased by agents, who were firing their guns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And through the arched gateways of many a palace Shasta caught sight of green branches, cool fountains, and smooth lawns. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Finn drew the curtains in the living room so that the people choking up the lawn wouldn’t gape. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z In one, guys wearing backward baseball caps lie goofily on classroom desks; in another, a group of kids wearing American Revolution-style three-corner hats stand on a lawn. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A couple of ladies had lawn chairs, but everybody else—and there must have been a hundred kids and grownups—stood for the entire game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s quiet in this area, there isn’t a lot of traffic, you can hear things like that very clearly: car motors, lawn mowers, the clipping of a hedge, the slam of a door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they saw the front doors of the castle open in the distance and the rest of the school spilling onto the lawn. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then the footsteps going away down the walk and over the lawn. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab him by the sweatshirt and pull him with me, out of the living room and through the front door and across the lawn and into the street. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z That was in the sweet time when he and his parents lived together in the house with the big backyard and a front lawn his father never got tired of mowing and watering. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After their morning meal the Company said farewell to the lawn by the fountain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In thin corduroy skirts and clogs we came up the front lawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then we would meet the other families and go to the empty lot nearby with our lawn chairs to watch the sunrise. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z All twelve of us were sitting at the long table on the lawn outside Clairmont. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The lawns couldn’t have been greener without using an industrial-strength spray paint. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I could see the sea from the terrace, and the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Because of the crowd we’re only able to stake out one lawn chair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Memory of her crossing the lawn toward the house in the early morning in a thin rose gown that clung to her breasts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When we got home, Howard was sitting in a lawn chair by the garden watching Gus doing some repairs to the fence. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I turned to stare at the statue in the middle of the lawn, a black lion standing on its hind legs, tail curved upward, chest puffed out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In each of their evil eyes, I saw the reflection of the fire from the cross that was burning on my aunt’s lawn. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Men watch from lawn chairs or stand, hands balled in their pockets. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Four doors are draining straight at me with about three hundred kids streaming down the steps and across the lawns, headed for the cars and buses and sidewalks that take them home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The small doorway in the wall led into a short corridor, which opened, or seemed to, directly onto a green lawn. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Two young men in plain brown kaftans were running across the lawns and toward them with purpose, their silhouettes blurred against the blood-orange glow of the roaring fire at their back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The houses they passed had smooth green lawns and long white stone driveways. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to laugh when I noticed the sign on their front lawn. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I laughed bitterly at the white kids in ragged jeans who frolicked on the campus lawn tossing Frisbees and went about campus caroling in German at Christmas. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With the wealthy folk, it seems to me that they do flower gardens and big lawns. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared with the chaos of Cherry Hill, Northwood was a paradise of neat houses with fastidiously maintained lawns. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The father goes to work, the mother wears a dress and an apron, and the children play ball on the lawn with their dog and cat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And then spreading to the guests who walked on the terrace and strolled across the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z With a wave of his hand he indicated the gardens, the huge building of the Conditioning Centre, the naked children furtive in the undergrowth or running across the lawns. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z By then everything was gone and the Yard Sale signs had been taken down from the garage door and front lawn. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z We were all sitting at the long table on the Clairmont lawn. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Then she takes off across the lawn and toward her driveway. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The old man watering his lawn the night my grandfather died. That was you, too.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Now he raked over and over the same spot on the lawn. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm took up the paddle with shaking hands and moved the canoe swiftly towards the left-hand bank, where a smooth lawn came down to a little landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Connor, Zion, and I sat outside on the lawn together before school, waiting for the first bell to ring. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Juanita pointed to the celebration taking place in the dead man’s front lawn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I put the dog down on the lawn and moved back 2 meters. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was going to start a lawn- mower rental service. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In early February a stick of dynamite landed on E. D. Nixon’s front lawn. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z On The Brady Bunch, kids play together peacefully in their backyards, all the lawns have green grass, and neighbors even go camping together. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Now it looks like something that belongs in the suburbs, with its wide double doors, sparkling windows, and tiny manicured lawn. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I paced the lawn to check it hadn’t grown or shrunk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass on her front lawn is gold. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Darting through the huge crowd, across the muddy lawn, past Dave and his crew, around the massive saw, beneath the stump grinder, and finally, triumphantly up my trunk, was none other than Flashlight. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They stepped out of the beech-grove in which they had Iain, and passed on to a long green lawn, glowing in sunshine, bordered by stately dark-leaved trees laden with scarlet blossom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I drive past front yards trapped between holidays, some with inflatable turkeys on the lawn, others with fake snowmen and high-class wreaths on the front door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Not more than a hundred yards away, through the tall trees in the garden, across the mown lawns and the tidy flower-beds, the massive shape of the Palace itself loomed through the darkness. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just up that hill,” I say and point to a wide street lined with well-kept lawns and flowerbeds. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Clutching his hairpin sword, Sir Will let go of the giant’s hand and stepped across the lawn to continue his adventure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Most of the lawns on the university grounds are overgrown now; the long grasses stick up like green arrows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My Wild Child instincts take over, and I run across the lawn and jump into a pile of leaves that my dad just finished raking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Jamie’s hands are behind his head and he’s only slightly propped up by a wooden lawn chair. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I breathed deep every time we stopped at a job site, smelling the fresh-cut grass, and thought back to how simple and pure my life had been when I mowed lawns as a summer job. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I know there’s no point in arguing as we scurry across the lawn. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “This isn’t going to work, Red,” Bongo said, strutting back and forth on the lawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The Snake River curved behind this section, and tall, full-leaved trees grew here and there across the lawn. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She gives me an apologetic look before taking the wooden hilt from Brother Lekan and moving into the center of the sparring lawns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They found a path on the landward side of the dunes, then they were crossing a sandy lawn strewn with broken bottles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the morning, there is a tire swing hanging from the tree on the lawn of Windemere. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Olanna watched him leave, and long after his car had reversed out of the compound, she stood at the door, watching a bird with a blood-red breast, perched on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She glanced at her brothers, at her mother, still in her bathrobe on their tree lawn, and thought, They have literally nothing but the clothes on their backs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I ease the door shut so Lily won’t hear, and I hurry across the lawn. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The ladies all dropped their cups and spilled tea and cream tarts over the lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In summertime neighbors would ask me if I wanted to earn extra money by mowing their lawns. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You stepped out of the gutter and planted one foot on the lawn. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages along shore the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Gus propped the hoe against the fence and sat in a lawn chair in the yard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was sitting on our front lawn, staring at the rope swing Dad put up when we were kids. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He turned and led us across an expansive green lawn, toward his enormous house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Cautiously I stepped into the sunlight and squinted across the ruined lawn at Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I jogged to the garage and my lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The back, south-facing wall had been entirely replaced with glass, and, beyond the shade of the cedars, the lawn stretched bare to the wide river. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Of the six of us, Bunny and I were the only two who lived on campus, and his house was across the lawn on the opposite end of Commons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I guess it's the last of the dandelions this year. I didn't think I'd find one on the lawn this late. Have you ever heard of rubbing it under your chin? Look.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I was glad to come out on to the lawn and see the house there in the hollow, solid and secure. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Each night he gave memories to Gabriel: memories of boat rides and picnics in the sun; memories of soft rainfall against windowpanes; memories of dancing barefoot on a damp lawn. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A verdant, treacherous lawn, in which mosquitoes bred and fish were fat but inaccessible. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof over the rink was concave, and because the great lawn sloped toward it, the entire building seemed sunk into the ground, the forest rising above it in the distance. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I could see the trees taking shape beyond the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We pass lawns and porch furniture, bird feeders and birdbaths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She noticed this and walked farther away over the lawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After Mass on Sunday I go with my friend Billy Campbell to watch them play croquet on the lovely lawn beside their church on Barrington Street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A silver pool of water glimmered at the end of the long lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even more visitors crowded on the lush lawns to watch the horses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Coming? Coming?” she heard far away, somewhere else in the house, and she heard the stairs shake under their feet and a cricket stir on the lawn. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He was clutching his attache case as usual and I could see he was strolling slowly along the path that runs the outer perimeter of the lawn, deeply absorbed in thought. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Everyone reacted to that, and he continued, “He’s one of your neighbors, Jack. He’s sitting outside in a lawn chair, all night long, with a shotgun across his lap.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad meandered up the lawn to the house. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But I really didn’t think of much besides keeping track of the new jobs in my notebook and recutting the lawns that came due and collecting the money and handing it over to Arnold. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z In front of one of them a Guardian is mowing the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A black horse was nibbling the grass of the lawn when they went outside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “When the Fair opened,” said Paul Starrett, one of Burnham’s men, “Olmsted’s lawns were the first amazement.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now Lexie watched the smoke billow from her bedroom window, the front one that looked over the lawn, and thought of everything inside that was gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When they woke, long bars of sunlight lay across the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lush green lawns, wide streets, and clean, new sidewalks lead to a small downtown area with a library for Sunny and a record shop for me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She dropped to the lawn, swung her feet, and bowled them down like pins. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Helm had seen them knock on the door of “the office,” seen Herb step outside and talk to them on the lawn, and, possibly ten minutes later, watched the strangers walk away, “looking sulky.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She held up her hands, strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her lawn sleeves above the wrists. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn and drive had been crowded with the faces of those who guessed at his corruption--and he had stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as he waved them goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Instead they look on ordinary roads where plastic wading pools and baseball bats are left out on the lawns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet Burnham knew that such expenditures, as well as continued spending on police, garbage removal, and maintenance of roads and lawns, was vital. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Qareeb asked, already looking around the back lawn of the school where all of the students were dismissed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He went out to the front yard, past stones placed side by side around the manicured lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I climbed back on the lawn mower to study the...proverb, Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They were raking the lawns and burning leaves in the road, and I stopped for a long time and watched. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She had not yet woken him and his soft, whistling exhalations blended with winter birdsong that came from somewhere beyond the lawn. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There were no lawns, only brown dirt pockmarked with weeds. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z And three or four of the neighborhood mothers set up lawn chairs nearby and talked and ate pretzels while their kids ran through the water. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He had to get up early to take care of a lawn down there anyway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I took a sip of my drink and looked out at the faraway figures on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Harry bellowed, and through the window he saw the next-door neighbor, who had paused to restart his lawn mower, look up nervously. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My shoes were stained green, I couldn’t smell anything but fresh-cut grass, and I dreamed about endless lawns and enormous piles of clippings. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Soon the gardeners would be astir, brushing the first leaves from the lawns and the paths, raking the gravel in the drive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you guys were having so much fun watching the Janna Yusuf Show. Wait, no, it must be time to do some weird yoga on the front lawn while waving at Ms. I’m-rich-now-so-I-will-order-around-this-Hispanic-guy-doing-my-grass-while-waving-at-the-nice-loaded-brown-people-across-the-street-and-guess-what-I-still-do-my-own-hair-from-a-box-ain’t-I-economical?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Near the center of town was an old clapboard house with a painted wooden cutout of a bearded hiker standing on the lawn bearing the message “Welcome at Shaw’s.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The township encompassed the Union Stock Yards and two large parks: Washington Park, with lawns, gardens, and a popular racetrack, and Jackson Park, a desolate, undeveloped waste on the lakeshore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Besides, all the energy has flowed out to the new developments, to the semi- rural supermarkets, the outdoor movies, new houses with wide lawns and stucco schools where children are confirmed in their illiteracy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The little upland lawn was open upon the East and was filled now with the early sunlight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then suddenly she stopped by a house where an older woman stood in front, watering her lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was not technically a field—it was more of a lawn, really, and there was a slight grade to it—but that was where Coach Fortes took us to play football/American soccer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And then our heads moved slowly backward and we stared out across the lawn, and I felt like the newly born horse who knows nothing but feels everything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z On the north side of the river, tidy neighborhoods of small frame houses now perched on neat squares of lawn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Long ago, when the old house had been lived in, before it had burned, there must have been a wide lawn around it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of us sit together, side by side, in rows of wooden folding chairs on the main campus lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben was sitting on the bannister looking out toward the houses that lined the lawn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Every year, they buy a new decoration for their lawn. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She’d pull herself out of bed, press her hands and face to the glass, and watch her children play on the lawn. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mama’s coupon said “One morning volunteering at soup kitchen,” and Papa’s coupon said “Help Papa mow the lawn one time.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The sun stung my eyes as I stared out the car window at the cemetery lawn. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She lived in a house that had pillars in the front and a wing on each side and statues on the lawn. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He went and stood by the window, looking out at the green lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Colin sat up and looked across the poorly kept lawn of the rest stop. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z From houses with lawns to luxury apartments to small, ramshackle homes and Housing Authority apartments. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even this late in the year, the lawns were still a fresh-looking green and flowers hung on in the gardens. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Closer to the car, houses floated in the middle of soggy lawns, trees had been stripped, there were branches down everywhere. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It seemed the rest of the Night Zoo’s creatures had been freed, stampeding around the lawns, looking for escape too. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I know I’m no sheriff and my lawn mower isn’t a horse, but it just felt like the right thing to do. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They are all different sizes and shapes with wide lawns and gates. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Hello,” says a polished voice from behind them, and they all turn to see Philip, starched and well groomed, striding across the lawn. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I remember one day, when I was about a year and a half, I escaped from my carriage through the broken drop latch and tumbled past the front lawn toward a dirt tractor road. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only I’m going to have a yappy Pekinese, and chase kids off my lawn. I’m going to have a shepherd’s crook.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Cordelia throws herself backward onto a blank front lawn, spreads her arms out in the snow, raises them above her head, draws them down to her sides, making a snow angel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly—mostly—let them have their whiteness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No doubt about it: The new flowers would be a stunning addition to Miss Mallory’s lawn. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z End of day one with my lawn mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z And I will enjoy this lawn when I come home for the holidays. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z A kid like me mowing their lawns wouldn’t be much of a threat, I suppose. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I hardly thought about lawn bowls in the intervening week, but by Tuesday I was set to return to battle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Theodora and Eleanor and Luke explored the tangled thicket behind the house and found the little summerhouse, while the doctor sat on the wide lawn, writing, within sight and hearing. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He could make out somebody’s feet standing on a lawn somewhere. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z One had a car up on blocks right on the front lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z What I had in mind was, I wanted to get hold of some electrical lawn mowers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs. Shears’s house. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “He held a funeral for a bird! He danced on the front lawn! He played senior citizen music! The Beatles and that other grandpa—Guitarfunkel, or whatever his name is.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A gravel rake lay rusting in the driveway; the lawn was parched and shabby. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z MacDuff leapt up from the terrace and bounded ahead across the weedy lawn, as anxious as we were to get away from the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Students were coming in and out of the building and walking across the lawn. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Mrs. Borkowski was probably in her lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Once they left the lawn area and stepped onto the hard gray stone of the courtyard floor, Newt broke into a run, heading for the western wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The lawn is strewn with tables laden with wares because the open house is really one big superbazaar, a suburban souk, with haggling thrown in for authenticity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He walked back to meet her at the edge of the lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But more likely they don’t think in terms of clothing discarded on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the hospital was a wide, sloping lawn, bordered by flower gardens. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You sat in your stroller just staring out at the lawn. You’d sit in the tub and pour water back and forth from one cup to another for an hour if I’d let you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw Fulton Dumas mowing his front lawn slowly, headphones attached to his head, his hair in tall spikes, his eyes glazed over with boredom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Why had he been thrown out on the lawn when everyone had been so eager to help him at first? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At once, he stepped off the gravel on to the lawn, and walked carefully around the edge, until he was within a few yards of him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She found herself surrounded by a knee-high mound of treasure—Roman denarii, silver drachmas, ancient gold jewelry, glittering diamonds and topaz and rubies—enough to fill several lawn bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I walk along the gravel, between the slabs of overgreen lawn Serena Joy is sitting under the willow tree, in her chair, cane propped at her elbow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother said that a proper lady always had a lawn and a garden; women who were not proper ladies had cotton planted right up to their windowsills. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Tater shouted as he scampered through the landscaped lawn behind the animal shelter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I turned back to Zed, who had made himself comfortable in my mother’s lawn chair. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The man in the boat was getting closer, making quite clearly for the lawn, and now Malcolm had no doubt who he was. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He ran about in the long grass of the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawn outside the American embassy in Islamabad was neatly mowed, dotted with circular clusters of flowers, bordered by razor-straight hedges. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I walk barefoot back and forth across the vibrant green lawn, take in deep breaths of air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The garbage can was smack in the middle of the lawn, ten feet from any shade, and the afternoon sun was strong. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The front lawn didn’t take long, but before I was done the next-door neighbor came to the fence, attracted by the dust cloud. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The light on the lawn was golden, casting long velvety shadows, and the cloudy, radiant sky was straight out of Constable; though I didn’t want to admit it, I was about half-drunk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And it was then, that first time that Louis and I drove around, that I began to see that what was happening was bigger than just a few people running around mowing lawns. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Every afternoon I would stand on the school’s front lawn and watch with envy as these ships filled the sky, zooming off to explore the simulation’s endless possibilities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Only their top halves had taken on a scarlet-and-golden hue, as if someone had dunked them halfway in a bucket of fire and then plopped them back on the lawn. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They cut across the lawn and headed west, toward the building marked by a star on the Little Comic Con map Rishi was holding. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The long windows looked out upon the lawns, and beyond the lawns to the distant shimmer of the sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Rosalita sits in her usual lawn chair, in front of the fence at the community garden. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When Annie and I hopped off the bus that Friday after school, we were surprised to see my mom and her dad sitting next to each other on lawn chairs in front of our trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Ojukwu came downstairs and stood on top of some cement blocks on the grassy lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The street and the lawn and the porch were empty. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I had picked up a job mowing lawns after school. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I walked into the garage and took the tarp off my lawn mower. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the lawn is green again and full of humble yellow dandelions. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Unless he was out on the back lawn, or up in a balloon, or a party tower. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Burl and Lenny brought aluminum lawn chairs in from the yard for us and nearly knocked each other over trying to sit next to Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Uniforms, posters warning against fifth columnists, two big air-raid shelters dug into the park lawns, and everywhere, surly officialdom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That little square lawn outside the morning-room window with the statue of the satyr. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Someone in the neighborhood was mowing the lawn, and I could hear pigeons cooing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Commons lawn stretched out wide and desolate like some Napoleonic battlefield: churned, sordid, roiled with footprints. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We parked on the street beside the circular brick driveway in front of the Bishops’ house, and Cade carried his puppet book up into the lawn where it would not be seen from the doorway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There were no bright colors anywhere, no dirt lots in place of lawns, no rusted chain-link fences. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She looked out across the veranda roof to the wide lawn below, with its bushes and little clumps of trees wound around with mist. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When I got home, I had to mow the lawn for my allowance, and I didn’t mind one bit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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