Battering the door with his kettle-covered head, he tore it off its leather hinges and loped out into the dark. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last I trod on a sharp stone that pierced the leather sole, and the sole of my foot as well. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was lined with polished wood and Russian leather and its bronze hardware gleamed like gold. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moonlight falls on the frozen carousel, on the silent popcorn stand, on the stall of leather belts that smell like long-gone cows. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He appeared around the end of the counter, jogging happily toward them, the contents of the leather bag still jingling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Most notably, they provided meat, milk products, fertilizer, land transport, leather, military assault vehicles, plow traction, and wool, as well as germs that killed previously unexposed peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes are pretty: black patent leather with a strap connected to a flower. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He crosses to the large leather chair reserved for him, takes the key out of his pocket, fumbles with the ornate brass- bound leather-covered box that stands on the table beside the chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The female was chewing on a leather boot that still had half a leg in it, but she let it fall at his approach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first he thought it was leather, but in the sunlight he saw it clearly to be dried meat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She put her hands in the pockets of her leather overcoat and looked into the sunglasses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I smelled old leather and dust on the wind there I knew I was close. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The box also contained white stockings, white leather shoes, and an enormous white hair bow, already shaped and ready to be fastened on with two loose ties. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the unmarked envelope out of my pocket and set it on top of Alice’s black leather bag. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The leather was dark and oiled smooth as a used saddle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was navy blue with white leather binding, like half a dozen other suitcases that had just been carried off the train. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Others were bound in the finest leather, tanned to a deep mahogany, shining and oily in the sunlight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Wet dirt, filled chamber pots, birch tar used to treat expensive Russian leather, scorched hair, sea brine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The voices, the smell of men’s sweat, of leather, of white sticks, the pain in his leg, the damp, chuckling tunnel at his very ear—he had known them all before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clothing manufacturers and leather production companies were called upon to meet the increased demand. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She took a brown leather suitcase and a seabag stuffed with two quilts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the crossed latticework Matthias could see the shine of black leather and silver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy’s husband owns a shoe repair store, so her shiny patent leathers always look brand-new. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The leather hinge twisted and Bigwig nearly lost his balance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took in a deep breath of his comforting smell—wood smoke, grass, and leather. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The shop smelled of old leather, wool, and denim. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And then, almost immediately, a rash on his face and chest, a sore throat, a high fever, and another doctor with another black leather bag. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Last week, I wore my patchwork denim skirt and vest with the red leather pockets that just about broke my sewing machine needle. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a chair as well, carved of black oak with a red leather seat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he took the green leather writing case from his tote bag and looked at it longingly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of moms wear puffy ski parkas and shiny leather pants. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The smith was squat and broad, plainly dressed in wool and leather, but his arms were as thick as a bull's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In Iran the number one snack is fruit leather made by humans. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This was a large rectangular room, with walnut paneling, a walnut desk, leather chairs, and walls lined to the ceiling with books. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo walked behind him, and after him, the children padded along in single file, their leather soles scuffing against the stones. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a thin rattan stick like a toy riding-crop, bound in leather. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lately, however, his sensibilities had become more retrospective, replacing the gadgetry with walnut dashes and leather upholstery. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She gripped the leather handle and held her knife in front of her for me to see. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wore well- mended hunter’s leathers, a faded traveling cloak, and high boots, all dusty from the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Up into the peaked space they carted my grandparents’ disassembled bed, the leather ottoman, the brass coffee table, and Lefty’s rebetika records. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With every step, it boiled in his bones a little deeper until his heart was leather. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So who is this delicious slice of slave girl?” asked the young man dressed in leather. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather was wet, but when he looked inside, everything was quite dry. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a black leather chair over against one of the walls and instrument cabinets everywhere. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His face was square and brown and leathered by much sun, his eyes jet chips set in smiling squints. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of salt-stained leather gloves to hide the stubby fingers of the hand that Stannis had shortened, so many years ago. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The mosasaurus was wide in the middle, where a worn leather saddle breached the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He began to attach the electrode, and another, on top of Kemmler’s head, with leather straps. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph realized the leather case was no longer in his hands. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wore a black leather jerkin with metal studs and carried a brass-bound club as long as his arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a leather bracer on his left forearm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their armor, while tarnished, was well crafted from copper and leather. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I knew that the pen Ham used would leave permanent marks on leather. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had expected someone much more elegant; this man wore black riding leathers and a black shirt that looked as if it had seen better days. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tight curls frame his ivory forehead; he tugs off his leather gloves one finger at a time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Inside it smelled of fresh tanned leather and hot tar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Our furniture was lifeless: the glass tables did not shed twisted skin in the harmattan, the leather sofas’ greeting was a clammy coldness, the Persian rugs were too lush to have any feeling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His ears shrank from the bedlam of singing, cackling, and giggling that was going on behind the closed black patent leather shutters. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I grab for my cloak, toe on my leather shoes, and am out the door, palms starting to sweat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the dugout, the familiar mingled scents of leather, sweat, and stale bubble gum wrapped around him like a hug. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had no weapon, just the cornucopia on a leather cord over her shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My twin brother, Harrison—aka Harry—sat on the red leather sofa across from Hugo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

As I lean my head back, the world drifts away, tinged by the smell of Freon and Cadillac leather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly we were shooting across the ground, Liam’s leather jacket squealing against the dusty floor as we slid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pauses as she takes some notes in a leather journal that looks very professional. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a big book with plain red leather covers; its tall pages were now almost filled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Robb drew a map across the table, a ragged piece of old leather covered with lines of faded paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pushed her dirk into a northman’s chest through fijr and wool and boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A rope of bloody saliva forming a shape like an undiscovered continent drooled upon the leather and I wiped it quickly away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid my brushes and supplies into the leather case and returned them to my pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The mountain was beautiful and crisp; the air smelled of leather and pine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Stubbly, grim, brown leather jacket, All Blacks rugby shirt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A gruff, hard-drinking man who often carried a bone-handled six-shooter and, for good measure, a knife slipped into his leather boot, he was brasher than Tom—“rough and ready,” as a relative described him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was clothed entirely in black, a black shirt and black pants and high black leather boots. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both were clad in boiled leather and mottled cloaks of brown and green and black, with branches, leaves, and brush sewn about their heads and shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It made her look more womanly, that and the simple dress of brown roughspun they'd given her when they took her mail and leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of shoes, heavy leather shoes that tied with laces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards moved in tight on either side of me as the redhead took the envelope back to the desk and sat in his taped-up leather chair. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was an unsightly creature in leather pants burrowing holes beneath the foundations with no apparent regard for the fairy commandments. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We children would help Song Po-po polish the mahogany table and Grandma’s four prized red-and-gold dowry trunks until we could see our reflections in the wood and leather. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of black leather boots stand at attention by the side of the bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In one dream, she wore the leather mask again, but they handed her something to hold. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her saddle and bridle were made of fine dark brown leather, and the saddle blanket was woven of gray and white wool that nearly matched the horse’s coat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was one of those times when she wished she were sitting in a big black leather armchair with a weird-looking cat and an unlit cigar. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next to it was a book full of warped pages with a water-stained leather cover. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It would permanently curl one soldier’s heart like a piece of hard shoe leather. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flung off the leather wrappings and traced the brand on the cover. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now there was something else on the leather cord: a red coral pendant Percy had given her when they had started dating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs changing into a flannel shirt, khakis, tennis socks, and tan leather hiking boots, she fixed black coffee in a thermos and some chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take a wet rag to the leather and wash the laces so they always seem like I just got ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Stick’s leather jacket lay on the foot of his bed, where Mama must have left it the night before. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He flips anxiously through the large leather book until he finds the page with Poppet’s and Widget’s signatures. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The prospect of food brought other men out of the houses, near all of them wearing bits of mail or boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There should be padding and leather on the crosspieces,” said Brother Luke. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She fastened her leather sandals over the warm socks and watched as the old woman gathered things from the shelves in the corner. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The thin squeal of the leather hinges made him shiver in spite of himself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He reached into the bag and pulled out clunky black leather numbers with metal bars across the tops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira untied her leather sandals and began to rub her feet. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Claire looked down at her own feet, encased in thick wool socks under her coarse leather sandals. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing, instead of his little black bag, had with him a long leather one, something like a cricketing bag; it was manifestly of fair weight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For shoes, I dig out a pair of old leather slippers from the back of my closet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That ball had a real pop to it when it hit the leather. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clean of blood, and the leather thong looks new. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The living room had a pistachio green leather couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the top shelf, the leather binding on Pappachi’s set of The Insect Wealth of India had lifted off each book and buckled like corrugated asbestos. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman flexed her fingers; the leather glove creaked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Alfonso wore snakeskin cowboy boots with heels that made him look taller than he really was, and an expensive leather hat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise momentarily stunned me, and all I could think about was that the backs of my legs were sticking to the leather and I needed to pull my dress down over my knees. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled out the leather petty-cash envelope, unzipped to make sure the money was still there, zipped back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the center of another knot stood a lout in a black leather jacket who was teaching judo holds, to the great delight of his epicene students. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I shall never have opportunity to have my leather wrecked by college, but I do owe a great debt to Miss Leep for saving me from the elementary discard heap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held on to the strap of leather and said, “Spider?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Coiled like a snake, the whip was made of leather. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black leather sneakers sit a few feet away, next to her carefully folded coat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the bed was my flat trunk, and my winter boots, the leather shiny with oil, were on the trunk. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’s casually dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt and, for some reason, authentic leather cowboy boots with gigantic heels that boost him up to merely short. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He stood over her, beautiful in blue wool and black leather, his golden curls shining in the sun like a crown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He whips a thick leather strap off a hook on the wall, and Alex almost blacks out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As we approach the usual gray leather exchange couch, I notice two other people standing beside my dad. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He took a long time tightening the cinch and checking the leather lacing in the stirrups. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He has galoshes that buckle on over his shoes instead of leather boots waterproofed with bacon grease. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were the Georgian maps I’d had framed, the Persian rugs, and the overstuffed leather armchair I liked to sink into at the end of the day. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The singing filled the synagogue, and Reb Saunders sat back in his leather seat and sang too, and then Danny was singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wore a clean blue shirt, overalls, and a leather apron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached under her desk and pulled out a thick leather book called Atlas of the United States of America. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His small beard was well peppered with grey, and he wore a leather glove on his maimed left hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was removing a light beige leather jacket now; underneath he wore an ivory turtleneck sweater. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was in this big leather club chair that my dad usually read the paper in. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When the creatures strained against their leather straps and pawed at the air, their barking made every soul in the quarters want to run to their cabins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I slowed when I saw Stick standing on the opposite corner, talking to a slick-looking brother in a black leather jacket and heavy combat boots. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wore mismatched clothes of wool and leather, knee-length boots, and a floppy felt hat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alighting on an arm of one of the green leather chairs, I feel my heart thud dully. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He slid into a crinkly leather seat opposite Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If my avatar was killed, I would lose my sword, shield, and leather armor, and the three levels I’d managed to gain over the past few years. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

High leather boots with steel shinguards gave some protection to his legs, and discs of black iron were sewn into the fingers of his gloves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of gloves, handmade in light brown leather. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I think they sold that one,” said Francis, sitting in a leather armchair and lighting a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My eyes roamed the sea of black leather. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If we didn’t finish as many handbags as he demanded, or didn’t do whatever he said we must, he lashed us with his leather belt until we bled.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing written on there is The End with a picture of a black leather book beneath the words. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They sport brown shirts and swastika armbands, shiny belts and buckles, and best of all, daggers inscribed with the words Blood and Honor that glint from leather sheaths. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The inside of the car was all buttery leather, soft as skin under her thighs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he had been one hell of a runner, tough as leather, hard-nosed, and people around town still remembered him for that as if it had happened yesterday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were stately chairs with the badger arms stamped in gold on their Spanish leather seats—the leather was coming off—and a portrait of the Founder over the fireplace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I dare to take another step, I catch a whiff of leather and woodsmoke—human smells. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My tongue is a piece of leather in my mouth, my vocal cords brittle paper. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were no human signs, not a shred of clothing or shoe leather. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the smell of snow-dampened leather and smoke and apples, the smell of all those wintry days we shared before the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then they brought out their largest tomes bound in gold, the leather covers stamped with the five-cornered star of the Concordian Empire, and threw open the heavy covers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were armored with bronze helmets and greaves and breastplates of heavy leather and shields of wood and bronze, and armed with swords and the long Kargish lance. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The leather grip fit his hand like it had been custom designed for him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She relaxes even more, even though Luke’s eyes are really blue, and he wears one of those woven leather bracelets she always likes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And finally I can remember coming back to the rig and pouring rolled barley into the leather feedbag and bucking it over the horse’s head behind the ears. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It caught Quaro low under the arm, the bright sharp steel biting up through leather and skin, through muscle and rib bone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With my free hand, I reached and pulled the leather that worked the latch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is carefully dressed, with gold jewelry at her ears and throat, a navy apron wrapped around her waist, gleaming black leather shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the belt stopped, and Papa stared at the leather in his hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

This kid’s wearing a rumpled pinstripe shirt, khaki polyester pants, a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows, and leather loafers. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I’m dead, I thought when he got off his chopper and reached into one of the black leather saddlebags and pulled out a hammer and spike and swaggered in my direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of him was wrapped in layers of wool and boiled leather and ringmail, his features shadowed by his hooded cloak and a black woolen scarf about the lower half of his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of barely touched leather seemed to fill the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She flicked the blade into a round leather sheath and headed for the back door. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They wear jeans and imitation leather jackets, like the ones in the market in Kobani. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man with the leather apron pinned my head against the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gene Johnson were to put on a black leather jacket, he could pass for a roadie with the Grateful Dead. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spot Oscar’s leather jacket hanging on a hook—yes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin- enriched pastries, dried fruit leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was being ridden by a hunched-up figure in gray leather with helmet and goggles. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"What would you have me do?" asked the torchbearer, a stout man in a leather half cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in black leather and bronze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Three Kings Day Dear Little Book, I had such a time deciding between the patent leather and white leather for church today. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore leather utility belts about their waists, and Moss couldn’t recognize a single object attached to them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Beside it someone had left a large and heavy leather- covered ball, a medicine ball. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up and dropped a thong—with a small leather pouch—about my neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The men danced in the outer circle and wore feather headdresses and short leather aprons. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled the leather petty-cash envelope out of my pocket and counted the cash up in my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Underneath was a leather blacksmith’s apron, wildly scored with cuts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a simple black journal with leather front and back covers, and pages with a deckle edge. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was bound in dark brown tooled leather, and the frontispiece was a painting of a fairy woman, elegant and pale, wearing a beautiful golden gown. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina, ever irrepressible and somehow aware of the adverse weather, shipped a pair of galoshes to her son and admonished herself for not insisting that he take his leather coat when he left the States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph, in New York, kicked one of his hard leather wing tips across the room. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a leather chair, a buffed walnut desk, and wide windows with a southeastern view. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I writhed in a blind panic as the leather strap tightened, cutting off all airflow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy sat in the brown leather chair, reading his newspaper and working his crossword puzzles. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her little patent leather pocketbook plaintively matches her pumps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The huge bird wore what appeared to be a leather vest, with a solid cylindrical case attached to the vest on the hawk’s back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They had been wrapped carefully in white tissue paper: shiny black leather with high square heels. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man climbed the ladder and removed a weighty old-fashioned book with a leather cover. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And not in an icebox but sitting on a scrap of leather on a workbench. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The professor opened a drawer in the little table and brought out a leather box, circular in shape and about the size of the palm of a man’s hand, and three fingers deep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"The scuff of leather on stone sings loud as warhoms to a man with open ears. Clever girls go barefoot." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in the clothing the Fairy Hunt had given them all: fur-lined boots, warm woolen leggings beneath supple leather leg guards, tunic and fur vest and cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was just starting his hipster- to-square transformation, so he was wearing a vintage suit, with a studded leather belt and black ankle boots. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was purchasing a small book bound in red leather from the bookseller. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Above his right shoulder the stained leather hilt of the blade strapped to his back was visible,- a two- handed greatsword, too long to be worn at his side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I trail the red orchids in her dress and the heavy faux leather bag on her shoulders. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He pointed down to his boot, where a mark in the shape of the zmeyok’s teeth marred the leather. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Its leather cover was warped and the pages were water-stained, but you know what? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Thalia was great at giving evil looks, what with the punk clothes she always wears—the ripped-up army jacket, black leather pants and chain jewelry, the black eyeliner and those intense blue eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I get to my car, I sink down into the soft Cadillac leather. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The grocers had gunny sacks of dates and almonds next to stacks of fruit leather, not Orich bars or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Actually, you’re to wear these only when the rain comes, so don’t waste the leather in the dry times.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds both reins in one hand and with the other retrieves flagged darts from a leather pouch, flinging them into the earth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Aunt Mary liked to boss all her workers around, and one day she told Dennis to pick up a huge roll of leather and take it to Manhattan by subway. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One side of the head and shoulders was reddish brown and hairless; the acid of the oak leaves had tanned the surface of the wound the color of leather. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, the smell of leather and blood had clung to him like perfume. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maribel skimmed her hand across the bumpy, faded leather on the dash. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He tried to block the contents from view as he hastily shoved handfuls of coins into a leather bag. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting back in the comfortable leather bucket seat, Milton Stephanides could see the downtown skyline approaching. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Against the deep red leather her skin seemed even paler. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mabel's shoes are thin leather boots, made for city streets in California. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a long skinny black suitcase that had a leather handle on top of it and said, “And be careful, that’s my bread and butter in there.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was not a smootch on his white shirt or leather apron. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brokk grunted and produced an awl, a pointed spike used in leatherwork, and he jabbed it through the leather, punching holes through Loki’s lips. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A leather bag filled with food and a flask of hot tea. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a leather aviator helmet with goggles and had a pair of feathered wings strapped to.his back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A leather perch had been presented to her feet. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Arthur wandered the picnic grounds in bow tie and suspenders, a porkpie hat pulled low over his forehead and the enormous weight of his camera slung from a thick leather thong around his neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a mighty voice, a woman’s voice, but a woman with lungs of brass and leather. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered everything into his flat leather satchel and made his way upstairs to his rooms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bright blue of the lake that was painted on the rear panel matched the blue leather seat. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later Larry Dunn stopped wearing socks on his hands and started wearing a pair of real leather gloves with real rabbit fur on the inside of them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a man in a leather apron who I can only assume was Bentley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His shoes were black leather, and they were polished to such a shine that they looked like dark mirrors: you could see the moon reflected in them, tiny and half full. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

An organ with yellow ivory keys and threadbare pedals leaned back in the shadows beside a black leather chair whose horsehair stuffing cantered out from every crack. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He wears a leather jacket, even though it’s way too hot for that today. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Grandma went directly to her room, where she took the shotgun she called Mr. Higgenbottom from its leather case in the back of her closet. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once, the air around her filled with that same smell, leather and cedarwood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Laced leather boots that don’t pinch my toes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing shorts, and my exposed skin is starting to sweat against the leather seat, all clammy and sticky. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They say, Be slim and slender, as fast as a greyhound, as tough as leather, as hard as Krupp steel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But his hair was combed wet, he had on his overcoat instead of his leather windbreaker, and I reasonably surmised that Mary Hudson was scheduled to join us. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the center loomed a large, domed hut made of bones and greenish leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“She’s as tough as old whip leather and might just crack some sense into your dad.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel put the card in his fake leather wallet, and we walked toward home. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to kick the leather pouch away with my foot, but I couldn’t. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation didn’t go any further ’cause when I stuck my hand in my bag I couldn’t find the leather petty-cash envelope. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and he wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mariam kept kicking and crying as she was carried to the car and lowered onto the cold leather of the backseat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had a mustache and a goatee and wore black leather pants, a black leather jacket, a ton of jewelry, and a black beret. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flipped the tape and pressed Play, and waited for Robert Smith to start singing before she climbed up onto her dad's brown leather couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He looked around, said a prayer for the souls of the dead, picked up the blood-spattered leather satchels, and finally walked over to the donkey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Next came Rattleshirt in clattering armor made of bones and boiled leather, his helm a giant’s skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His cloth whipped over the black saddle leather. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unrolled his bindle and put things on the shelf, his razor and bar of soap, his comb and bottle of pills, his liniment and leather wristband. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barn smelled strongly of leather and hay, but the stalls— at least, those she could see—were empty. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Sefia unfolded the leather case that held the lock picks, her fingers catching on the metal tips of Nin’s most trusted tools. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rasheed took him to the shop, let him crawl around under his crowded workbench, play with old rubber soles and spare scraps of leather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her brother was on his knees, hi? fingers digging under the leather coils, crying incoherently, struggling for breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His fingers dug in the leather bag and closed around the root beer can. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the leather hanging from the post. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It had a leather interior and a wood dashboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were clenched round the polishing leather that he held in his hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She clutched her leather tote bag to her side like a shield, and it was only when she released it that I noticed her hands were shaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I follow her, and she holds my hand and leads me to a beat-up leather love seat a few feet from the stage manager’s desk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He wore an old leather jacket, unzipped, and a black T-shirt with writing on it but I didn’t notice what it said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamlet found some loose breeches and a homespun tunic and covered his curls with a leather cap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the simple swiveling kind, with a black leather seat and a built- in holster for a fishing pole. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

One comes from Germany, with a man in short leather pants on it and the message: Great particle accelerator; one from Nevada, with a cactus and the note, Interesting life forms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Caravan guards wandered among the aisles in copper helmets and knee- length tunics of quilted yeUow cotton, empty scabbards swinging from their woven leather belts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was in a car, sitting on leather upholstery. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Game was scarce, forcing Franklin and his men to subsist on lichens scraped from boulders, singed deer hide, scavenged animal bones, their own boot leather, and finally one another's flesh. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blisters grew on her palms from holding two leather suitcases. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore leather jackets, like the one Stick had worn into our room the other night. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’re men in black wool coats with leather gloves and soft scarves about their necks; women in high heels with jewelry and painted nails who aren’t desperate for food. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He took a gun from his holster with a creak of leather. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls a leather strap from his bureau. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They sat down on huge leather chairs in a corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Lady Seymour presented me with a new pair of black leather shoes that did not pinch any of my toes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane was gorgeous—white leather, polished wood, and shiny metal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia overturned the tureen with the sacred stones and crushed Felicia’s seashells under the heels of her leather pumps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removes his jacket and tosses it over one of the leather chairs in the corner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On closer inspection, I saw it had been made from a piece of check-line leather. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith asked Farrell Jones, who would be up for the workout, to wear his bulkiest leather jacket and use an extra-heavy saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other boys were jumping rope, jerking up and down like mechanical jacks-in-the-box, or straining on leather floor mats until their neck cords popped, or slamming medicine balls into each other's stomachs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix took a quick shower and put on a pair of tie-dyed leather skater pants that had cost over five grand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dug the ingots out of the leather weighing bag and handed them to the apprentice. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wore black leather boots, black woolen pants, black moleskin gloves, and a fine supple coat of gleaming black ringmail over layers of black wool and boiled leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Burly leather jacket guy slapped his friend on the back. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, most of it is plastic and leather and metal, but I knew it would stay damp all day, even if somebody wiped it off real good when I got to school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Instantly, the book begins to tremble on my bed, and bright red spots peek through the black leather cover. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The gaoler was a scarecrow of a man with a rat's face and frayed beard, clad in a mail shirt and a leather half cape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about Momma being afraid of the cold was that we were the only kids at Clark who got to wear real leather gloves. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that’s the beginning and end of my culinary contribution, because Oscar has walked into the kitchen in his black leather jacket, hair more unruly than usual, face full of weather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But annexed to it and preserved with it, probably in a single red case, were the three large volumes, bound in red leather, that Bilbo gave to him as a parting gift. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing jeans, a blue-collared shirt, and what appears to be a leather vest. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Carrie is sitting on a leather couch with a red cup in her hand. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’s moved himself to a leather sofa, still holding his shoulder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

With painstaking care, deep in the tough leather I scratched the name “Old Dan” on one and “Little Ann” on the other. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slung a leather satchel off his back, unzipped it, and produced a sleek silver laptop computer—one of the ones I’d seen in the workshop. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and forth in his leather chair, his fingers stroking his beard, and continued to speak in a quiet, singsong voice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There is a desk, of course, with a Computalk on it, and a black leather chair behind it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waterskin hung under his arm on a leather strap, and ropes of dried seaweed were braided through his waist-long black hair and untrimmed beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He taps the thick leather book on the corner of his desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were various other wooden chairs and rockers for the rest of the family to sit in, but only Aunt Rose sat in that brown leather wing chair. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He held his leather bag tightly in his hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

While it nibbled at the food one of them offered, the other officer tied its antlers to the fence with a leather strap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a shuffling sound, as if Damasen was stuffing a leather bag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just as my fingers closed around the braided leather cord, Grigori landed atop me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The doll’s lace-trimmed blue silk dress, pink hair bow, black patent leather slippers and white silk socks duplicated exactly the clothes of the beautiful Mary. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They piled his wagons high with gold and leather and weapons, and they kneeled to his messengers and made long speeches and promised to defend him against any foolhardy outlaw that dared to attack him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the ushers, Mrs. White, comes over to me carrying a black leather purse. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You could see the impression of Milton’s cloven backside in the leather upholstery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As a white woman in Kinshasa I present possibilities, but even a black woman with my same purse and leather shoes would be approached on the street. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men in leather aprons were unloading beer barrels down a ramp from the dray cart. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Ion's chest as he pressed the attack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s Daddy’s plane,” Karen squealed, jumping up and down in her new ruffled dress and patent leather shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a dress could be made of leather or linen, it might be plain, or Mo might imprint a pattern on it with his tiny decorative stamps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

To cover his slip, he concentrated on finding a comfortable way to carry his leather bag that would leave his hands free. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lay on the old leather couch in the kitchen and waited for Mama to come home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her neatly trimmed blond hair is held in place with a brown leather headband. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The restaurant accommodations, great scallops of counters with simulated leather stools, are as spotless as and not unlike the lavatories. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other had a stiff roof of boiled leather to keep the wind off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The interior itself was black leather and gave off a strong new smell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a gray leather holster and I had bought it second-hand to wear in the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The new Mag- nar of Therm was a younger, shorter version of his father- lean, balding, clad in bronze greaves and a leather shirt sewn with bronze scales. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My backseat is a far cry from leather, but he crossed his legs as if he owned my bucket. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers caressed the smooth leather of the binding as he took it back and slipped it under the breadbox. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a soiled housecoat and high- heeled gold leather sandals. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart sank as he saw two men dressed in the same long, dark leather coats and wide-brimmed hats. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls up the leather string with my lucky penny on it, a single eyebrow raised. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of armor, he wore only a shirt stitched together from sheep hides and green-spotted leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Not even a leather jerkin is any good.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She spotted the shop immediately—a small hut in a yard littered with rickshaw panels, tools, cans of paint, leather benches, and tires. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The leather strap rests heavy on my shoulder, like a hand, like a guide. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she scooted over to the wicker boxes and used her knife to cut off the leather straps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The handle was of black leather and silver to match the belt and scabbard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A flashlight, a fishing knife, a pair of leather gloves, and a hunting vest fully packed with shells contributed further atmosphere to this curious still life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking barefoot was hard at first, but the blisters had finally broken, the cuts had healed, and her soles had turned to leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s piled ragtag with parcels and boxes covered in leather skins, bits of furniture and large baskets, all tumbled together, almost overflowing with itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

William had taken off his leather sandals and plunged his feet into the cold water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’d got into the habit of loosening the long laces that held the leather socket tight to my left stump when I sat down. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Since my father’s death, my mother had made the tattered brown leather couch in the living room her bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He held up his hands: his right hand had a huge mittenlike leather glove on it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He wears a leather jacket no matter how hot it is. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He held out a tattered leather cord, and the breath caught in my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled to raise himself out of the debris of metal and leather that surrounded him; his hands sank into inches of muddy water as he tried to stand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The table smells of deeply ingrained sweat, and leather. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a fancy leather wallet and asked my dad if his guitar was for sale. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As the games became more complex, the spectators, many of whom followed each game with their tiny pocket sets or leather chess wallets, discussed the vagaries of the positions in whispers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dennis was an excellent leather- maker and artisan type and he quickly became Aunt Mary’s best worker. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His trouser hems were fraying to bits, but he had nice leather boots that hardly looked broken in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He untied one of the chains, pulled the gray hippogriff away from its fellows, and slipped off its leather collar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The slippers on my feet are scuffed patent leather. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

On her way out of the room, Lola noticed by the bed a masculine-looking suitcase of tan leather and heavy straps and faded steamer labels. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dark, glowering woodwork, burnt-brown leather chairs, walls that might once have been white but had succumbed under a spreading malady of mold or damp. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Constantin drove me to the UN in his old green convertible with cracked, comfortable brown leather seats and the top down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were pencil scrawls and ink stains, dried blood, snack crumbs; and the leather binding itself was secured to the lectern by a chain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I walked out carrying the fancy leather tote from Wilfrido’s office. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His dark hair covered his ears and he wore a piece of blue coral on a leather thong around his throat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Riding downtown for the piano recital, I sat in the backseat of the Buick wearing a nice dress and patent leather shoes, my hair in pigtails, experiencing the first cold sweat of my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My light was a good one, and Mama had insisted that I make two little leather pouches to cover the blades of my ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sunk into a giant plush leather chair across from Sandy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Aeolus received them hospitably and when they left gave Odysseus as a parting gift a leather sack, into which he had put all the Storm Winds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

An arm of his black leather Marine jacket flapped out of the opening. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a checked wool coat, a long scarf, and a leather top hat helped Albert into the carriage. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He extracted a book covered in rich green morocco leather handsomely tipped with gold. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A baseball glove that is hard shiny leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her skin is so soft, like old thin leather that’s been folded and wrinkled a thousand times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The leather is frayed and splattered with paint, but it’s still a million times better than the backpack I already can’t believe I let Mom buy me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered when Joan would notice the blood trickling down my legs and oozing, stickily, into each black patent leather shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

All that was left were his leather boots. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she tried to look at the spines, her eyes would slide from one side to the other, as though they were not made of leather and ink, but of glass slicked with oil. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He reaches a hand out to the side, where Fulvia is already extending a large sketchbook bound in black leather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

No gold leaf on leather, like the books in the Pavilion of Thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in it but a small expensive dog leash made of leather and braided silver. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Abuelita reached into her pocket, pulled out a worn leather coin purse and deposited six coins into the slot of the metal box in front of the iron candleholder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

During the Mass, Ma tightened a leather belt around her belly, the way some old Haitian women tightened rags around their middles when grieving. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Yet they brought him money: leather purses plump with gold and silver and the square iron coins of Braavos. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now he wore new black jeans, soft leather boots and a dark green Henley shirt that fitted him snugly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He wore an orange tank top, cutoffs, sandals, and a leather necklace with five different-colored clay beads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of awkward lingering, a large woman in a tight leather dress and red mask comes running toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He smelled leather wet with horse sweat, and damp clay from the edge of the pool where the mare stood knee-deep; he smelled winter coming in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The litter was suspended between eight mammoth draft horses on heavy leather straps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A side door jutted forward, breaking some kind of seal with a pressurized hiss, then slid aside giving them a view of plush leather seats occupied by two almost familiar people. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sat back in the soft leather chair. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My dad asks me questions on the drive over, his truck’s leather seats pinching into the backs of my legs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then the first gust caught him, slicing through his layers of wool and leather to set his teeth to chattering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Will and Annabelle sit on a leather couch that could fit eight people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I remove the fabric to find a portrait of my mother, who stares up at me from the center of the leather. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They both liked to go horseback riding in the middle of the morning, with a picnic basket and an array of canvas and leather bags containing Jean’s belongings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held my knife, in its sheath of red leather. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She wears a navy wool coat, a black wool scarf at her throat, long black leather boots that zip up the sides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father had made a leather bottle to feed the calf with, and one woman said, “Hey, why can’t he share with the calf?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mate mooned over one in red patent leather with a snap in the shape of a heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madrina sings as she sits on her leather armchair and wipes down her unlit seven-day candles with a Florida-water-dampened white cloth. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The same process was repeated with his fingers—the leather gloves were no match for the inferno that passed over and through them—then tongues of flame licked across his shoulders and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The helm was an enormous thing like an oil drum, padded inside with two thicknesses of leather and three inthes of straw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft leather feels soothing and for a moment I’m calmed by the memories of the hours spent wrapped in it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Elinor had commented when she lent Meggie a bag for the books, an old-fashioned one made of dark leather that you could sling over your shoulder. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a straight piece of metal, with thin leather wrapping the grip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The seat was comfier than a leather recliner, and the dashboard looked like it had been designed by NASA. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the other end, freestanding racks were hung with drying plants, cured leather, and what looked like strips of drakon jerky. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The fortresslike conference room was an interior room with concrete walls, fluorescent lighting, and ergonomically correct leather chairs that cost five thousand a pop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Absentmindedly, I began picking at the cracks in the couch’s leather, digging my fingers into the foamy whiteness. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He holds the little leather pouch of the remains of the parrot’s father, ready to roll-and-read whenever the captain asks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The couch is cold brown leather, so I wrap myself up in a fleece blanket before I sit down and punch the remote. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brown leather collar that belonged to the family dog who died when Bailey was nine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I slipped it in the leather petty-cash envelope and patted him on the back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wore bright white jeans and leather sandals on his...well, not feet, but curved snakeheads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Away Gladys hurried, her slippers frantically clacking, delighted to be sent on such an important errand; then she was back, his leather briefcase cradled like the baby in her arms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As I approached, Mr Cardinal made an appreciative sound and slumped down into a leather armchair. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler nodded and quickly shuffled the paper, pens, and ink into his flat leather satchel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Catherine jumped out of her chair and stormed over to where Claire and Molly were sitting, her new black leather boots clicking sharply on the tiled classroom floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Beside it was Silas’s black leather bag, which Bod had seen before, on a handful of occasions, but which he still found impressive. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the silver mirrorlike walls, people of different height weave through the streets in high heels and black leather boots. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strip of leather that bound my arm became as hefty and cumbersome as a chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A little later, when the cat had curled up to sleep, Will took a cup of coffee and the green leather writing case, and sat on the balcony. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi brushed his leather shoes and stuffed them inside a plaid zippered duffel bag. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My leather slippers hit the ground like a slap. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But as I tie my shoes for school, my mind gets pulled away again: my brown shoelaces remind me of those leather strings wrapping the little brown book tight. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Lastly, I touched around my neck to make certain my leather purse was there. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the leather wore off the front, you would see the shiny brass toes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, while Mr. Clutter was shaving, showering, and outfitting himself in whipcord trousers, a cattleman’s leather jacket, and soft stirrup boots, he had no fear of disturbing her; they did not share the same bedroom. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she flicked her whip, red flames danced along the barbed leather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The station wagon had been ordered originally by a wealthy society lady, black, without a speck of chrome, and with black leather upholstery, but when it came, it depressed her. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In my room behind the table stands a brown leather sofa. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When there was nothing left to kill, they even ate their starched collars, their leather shoes—anything that could be chewed and swallowed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But he just nods and raises his leather greaves, now clean, to the firelight before hanging them from the hooks embedded into the wall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bundle contained a whip as well—a nasty piece of old leather with a handle of brass and bone, stout enough to peel the hide off an ox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These were much too big for him, but he always kept them well polished—they were black leather, as black as the strange long coat that reached down to his knees. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I add my leather wallet and best sports medals from the last two years in school. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled free for an instant, his mouth full of leather and cloth and bloody flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Next I could hear the hospital guard's leather shoes tapping across the polished linoleum floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His hands, always moving, with their scent of chocolate, which Pax loved, and of mitt leather, which he loathed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Slumped against a wall are two leather sacks, speckled with the dried blood of the fiends of Malesherbes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

All in leather and fur they were, with here and there a bit of steel or bronze,- heavy beards covered hard lean faces, and made them look as shaggy as their garrons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Businessmen, heads down, swinging neat thin leather briefcases. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She rolled them all in a soft leather skin and placed the bundle inside her bag. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed the leather tree trunks up and the leather turnt to blue jeans, then the blue jeans turnt into a calico shirt stretched ’crost the wide back of a giant man. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Charlie gripped the cracked leather steering wheel so hard, his knuckles turned white. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What is left of him: his hair, the bones, the plaid wool shirt, green and black, the leather belt, the work boots. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from one couch and one lounge chair, both a mix of steel and black leather, the room seemed empty. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Carlisle sat behind a huge mahogany desk in a leather chair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She talked quietly while she got dressed, telling me to tie my shoes, and be certain to carry my wool sweater, and to put on my leather jacket Her hands were not shaking. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked good in her black leather trousers and black vest top. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

About his neck a pouch of worn leather hung from a thong. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next day he was back with a crude leather sack half filled with rocks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I got my own leather necklace, and when I saw the bead for my first summer, I was glad the firelight covered my blushing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing black leather sneakers, but I can see the hem of her purple housecoat hanging below her beige overcoat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat in his straight-backed red leather chair surrounded by books and the musty odor of old bindings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was where Ibni got the gold, from the leather sacks, heavy with trash and gravel, brought in each week from the mines in the southern desert. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’s tracing her initials, I can tell, into the leather cover. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He flipped open—that way they do, to shock you—his little folded black leather case containing his identification. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, lifting his black leather bag as if it were weightless, he walked down the path and out of the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

So the old woman vowed by all the gods, and vowed again, to carry out his wishes; then she filled up the amphorai with wine and sifted barley meal into leather bags. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Shawn rubbed the smooth leather across his broad chest, moving steadily but without hurry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His heart pounded in his chest in time to the drums, and under his layers of leather and steel his brow was cold with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We were standing in front of the leather goods shop. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The white patent leather is scratched a bit, and the bottoms are slightly worn out, but they’re better than nothing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The girl in the lead had spiky black hair and a black leather jacket. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mom bought me pink hair paint and I wore a blue sequined minidress and leather jacket. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave the thick dark strands deftly, tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was flipping through his Bible, the Catholic version with the deuterocanonical books, bound in shiny black leather. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s large and hulking, clad in leather like the leader of a biker gang. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My father paced the length of the living room in his leather sandals while my sister and I sat at the table by the sofa, trying to do our homework. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sohrab and I sat on the black leather sofa across the reception desk, next to a tall American flag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It stank of fish and seawater, but all Kaede saw were the black uniforms of the guards around her, their thick leather boots splashing through slimy puddles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The birds lay over a photograph of sky like a scattering of petals, soaring away from a pebbled leather ground toward higher and better things. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The younger white man with the red derby wore a necklace adorned with pieces of shriveled leather. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The kid was holding a leather book bag. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had chainmail over their chest and arms, and steel codpieces sewn into their pants, but only leather on their legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Habib donated the leather headgear and goggles he had worn as a pilot in the war, to which was attached a red tie belonging to Mr. Lee to simulate the bird’s fleshy nose. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I slide onto the leather seat and it smells like lemons. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the ring, their heads encased by black leather guards, two fighters danced around each other, ducking, bobbing, bouncing on and off the quivering ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo wore a thin leather cord around his neck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At first, Cassiopeia was confused by her reticule and started to gnaw on the leather clasp, but Penelope quickly corrected her and all was well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In the lobby, Alex had asked for John Crawley and was sitting on a leather sofa, vaguely wondering why so few people were going in or out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wore a diagonally striped dress that had been dyed black, worn by use, and a pair of scaly patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He wore a brown corduroy suit with leather elbow patches and carried a worn, overstuffed briefcase. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The navy-blue bag with the white leather binding went up front with the driver. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the leather jacket, I find our map, folded as neatly as the clothes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But when Annabeth turned toward me, she was holding a leather pouch—like a Native American medicine pouch on a cord braided with feathers. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the black “leather” on one has rubbed off, revealing white cloth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like shoes taking away the tough leather her bare feet had grown, the City took away the back and arm power she used to boast of. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I own the original patent for making patent leather, ” Fletcher said in a patent lie. penalize. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they had been talking, a messenger in leather leggings had arrived at the butts. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spend the afternoon wandering through downtown Athens—past music venues and into vintage clothing shops, where Abby spends her food money on a pair of faux leather ankle boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We were in an overscaled, Architectural Digest sort of room, big and loft-like, with skylights and a fieldstone fireplace, chairs upholstered in white leather, kidney-shaped coffee table—modern, expensive, Italian stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

About half of them hid their faces behind crude helms of wood and boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lou is twenty-five years old, dressed in a leather jacket, handsome, cradling Tommy in the crook of his arm in the bleachers at a high school football game. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Stones, javelins, and fire rained down, but now Frank had a disciplined defensive line sheltering them behind a wall of bronze and leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sherm rubbed the worn leather of the wallet with his thumbs. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The electric charge singed the seat of his leather pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They tumbled to the paving stones at the foot of the bridge, the ancient leather splitting, pages of parchment flying. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Their old model black Mercedes was fussily maintained, the floor mats wavy from vacuuming, the leather seats shiny with polish. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

From under the collar of her T-shirt she pulled a leather necklace with five clay beads of different colors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wears a leather coat with a sword stuck in the back of it; he regularly just walks around with this thing. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Yet where twin cots should have been, there was now just a long oak desk and tufted leather chairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bear-paws, they called them, queer elongated things made with bent wood and leather strips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inside was a trim little fellow in a gray suit and fedora, with leather suitcases piled at his side and his family jammed in the backseat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The crowd was roaring deep in its gut, ocean waves that lapped at the ring, that drowned all pain and all feeling, drowned all sound but the drumming of leather against flesh. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed leather workers and pillow shops and booths where brass vases and pots were for sale. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined he worked by oil lamp, cutting and sewing leather well into the night. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The boy attached a leather harness to his father’s chest, like climbing gear, with straps that ran from his shoulders to his wrists. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each morning, as they headed to their school, the Mountain View students, most wearing leather shoes and woolen coats against the wind, would sometimes give them a wave as they passed by, sometimes not. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She slumped into one of Molly’s leather beanbags. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next months, he taught me how to remove stains, how to ensure that leather was supple. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two leather sacks hung from a big pole across his back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eddie caught it like it was a stuffed animal, barely a sound from the leather hitting his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

However they came, when or why, the minute the leather of their soles hit the pavement—there was no turning around. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is assembled from all the bits of leather that people cut from the toes and the heels when they make shoes for themselves, and throw away. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kept his ingenious instrument in a slim leather case and carried it in his pocket wherever he went. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was making copious notes in small leather notebooks filled with high-quality paper made from linen rags. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing trendy glasses with frames too big for her face and chunky leather boots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hear the creaking of leather or the men’s voices either. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He staggered dizzily to his office couch and lay face down, his forehead against the cool black leather. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After putting the cross of lead into the leather pouch, I stuffed porridge into my mouth with my fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes, on the bank, folded neatly and stacked, collared shirt on top of jeans on top of leather jacket on top of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather...” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like wax, candles, oil lamps, tobacco, burning stove wood, whiskey, dirty clothes, and leather boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, we did that all the time, but this time, I started pulling the paints from the old leather satchel she carried them around in and reading all their names. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was well decorated with sweet pictures on the wall, leather seats with gold upholstery tacks, and brightly colored pillows scattered among the couches and chairs. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man stepped into the light and the farmers’ excitement was smothered by the sight of the piecemeal leather armor and heavy sword that marked a mercenary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anastasia slips into the room and sits quietly in the leather easy chair by the door. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

There were three or four glass-fronted cabinets containing antique scientific instruments—brass microscopes, telescopes covered in green leather, sextants, compasses; it was clear why he wanted the alethiometer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember strange details about the moment we pulled into the parking lot—the smell of oil floating up from our leather gloves, the sandpaper feel of dust on my fingertips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He chose a satin tunic striped black and gold and a fine leather jerkin with silver studs . . . and only then remembered that his wretched sister put more stock in blades than beauty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With oth-ers, she could almost feel their eyes crawling under her leathers; she didn’t know what they were thinking, and that scared her even more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It nuzzled blindly against Robb's chest as he cradled it, searching for milk among his leathers, making a sad little whimpery sound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ned could see dried mud and blades of grass clinging to the leather where Robert's feet stuck out beneath the blanket that covered him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The young girl cringed when they buckled the eyeless leather mask around the upper half of her face and blinded her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He left his journal and photo album with Westerberg for safekeeping and gave him the leather belt he’d made in the desert. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Thursday he shared the sweet milk candy with the guards and put on his clean clothes, which were tight for him, and the patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was seated in a leather recliner in what looked like a dorm room, with one twin bed, one chair, a long-ignored wooden desk, and a minifridge. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Clothes as well: cloaks, breeches, boots, tunics, good leather gloves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not one smell, but two—leather and cedarwood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wore a worn leather jacket and black boots that came clear up to his knees. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way along its flank to where a rope ladder hung down from the worn leather saddle beside one of the water basins. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Arya whirled, felt leather catch and tear as a huge fang nipped at her jerkin, and then she was running. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Alyce, here, what do this say?” he asked, thrusting a piece of leather with marks on it under Beetle’s eyes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge bear of a guy, clad head to toe in leather, swung off the motorcycle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I would swing my patent leather shoes back and forth like an impatient child riding on a school bus. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long narrow table with a steel top stood under a series of unlit lamps and two worn leather cases rested nearby. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was holding a leather purse in her lap which matched the turquoise border of her sari. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My first investment was a good leather purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some yearning for the comfort of old habits must have seized him, because, finally, he pulled out his leather pocket chess set and started going over the last game of the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Ben ignored him, pleading for help as he started to pull on the leather looped around his neck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

JT rolled up to me then, in black leather skates, carrying a cup of punch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying not to cry, she led me in and made me lay down on the black leather davenport in the front hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A loop of rough leather, fastened to the metal with a massive staple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maddy puts on one of her church dresses, white patent leather shoes that most people only wear on Easter Sunday, but for us—for Ma—every Sunday is like Easter Sunday. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

These were not peanuts handed out on his recent flight but something acquired years earlier, back when all planes had propellers and pilots wore leather helmets and long, flowing scarves. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As he climbed up to the imposing leather chair and settled in, what stood out most of all were his huge eyes peering through thick horn-rimmed glasses. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sweeps me around him, my leather slippers pirouetting over the packed earth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It had a wide leather seat, big enough for two little children, with a back to it and an iron steering bar leading to the small front wheel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His toes, which peeked through leather slippers, seemed feminine, perhaps because they were so clean; they belonged to feet that always wore shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My sister had already tried to swap her chickpeas for my fruit leather, which was a scam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Jennifer is still stylish in pants that look like purple leather and a shirt that hangs off 1 shoulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a van door, maroon, and leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She brings it to her nose, sniffs the rich, dark leather. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Throwing back and forth, and the sound of cicadas and bees and high-up birds and the leather smell of our gloves and the ball smacking into them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo whipped the leather thong against the metal, and the bell hummed quietly in reply. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And on his hip his dagger rested, sleeping in its leather sheath; but heavy, oh so heavy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb sat down on the leather chair and the horsehair galloped out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She pulled David toward her again, her fingers digging into the leather of his jacket The cold, her aching muscles, the awful thing she had just learned, all of it just made this feeling stronger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lizzie Barton, roasting a marshmallow on a stick, told us how she had become fond of the post of a leather saddle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ramsay was clad in black and pink—black boots, black belt and scabbard, black leather jerkin over a pink velvet doublet slashed with dark red satin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The gloves that covered them were leather, lined with fur to match the cloak that hung matted and stiff from his broad shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He liked the smell of the New Testament under his cheek, the leather and ink and paper and glue, whatever the chemicals were. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie had a leather belt in his good hand but Bailey didn’t notice or didn’t care. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cloth was getting scarce, and leather, because the Continental troops needed them for clothing and shoes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught the cat and—live on TV—he kicked it and stomped it and beat it to death with a sjambok, a hard leather whip. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“A collar for my daughter’s tiger. Bejeweled, as she said. Order it from the leather shop. A leash, too. Tooled with gold leaf.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had opened the first one, a brown leather notebook with a metal clasp, in July 1837. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath their painted leather vests, their withered dugs swayed back and forth, shiny with oil and sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He held out a cable at the end of which was a leather grip, deeply marked by his dæmon’s teeth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had a pair of leather gloves, but when Dad saw them he said they’d slow me down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I reached for it, and the moment my hand touched the spine, the bookshelf parted in the middle and opened inward to reveal the theater, which had six stadium-style rows of black leather seats. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The air was dry and cool, rich with the smell of dust, leather, and old ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a leather bucket hanging from a nail so I went and brung it and the drinking gourd that was next to it over to where the woman with the baby was squatted down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Bogrod submitted once more to his will, his befuddled expression changing to one of polite indifference, as Ron hurried to pick up the leather bag of metal tools. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The old dry leather went up with a whoosh, and the yellow pages stirred as they burned, as if some ghost were reading them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her skirts fly out behind her, her leather riding breeches are dyed red, and her thin crown flashes in her dark, braided hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was no bed, only a wide and inviting black leather sofa. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hands and feet were fastened with leather straps. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wore black leather biker’s pants, tall leather boots, and a bloodred leather jacket—sort of a Michael Jackson joins the Hell’s Angels look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His dagger went on one hip, his longsword on the other, hung from a white leather belt with golden buckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She liked the combined smell of worn leather bindings, library paste and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie must have noticed I was shivering, because he put his arm around me and enclosed me in his leather jacket, next to his warm chest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The only light was from a single green-glass desk lamp which illuminated little more than the tooled leather surface on which it stood. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dad took it for a while and then suddenly reached out, clutched the little man’s leather jacket, and lifted him right up off the ground. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking fine in his Black Panther beret and leather jacket. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Everywhere they looked, piles of things teetered—books with leather and gold covers, gold and silver trays, bead necklaces hanging out of chipped teacups, old, creaking furniture of all kinds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Percy’s leather necklace had four beads for four completed summers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced again at his florid face, saw he looked decent and climbed into the leather seat beside him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman gave her a horn cup with a leather strap affixed to it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thirty degrees, not even ten in the morning, and they shone like patent leather. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its thin leather strap stretched from being fastened around the waist to the last hole, and was now a hardened leather with a blinding, mean snap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I saw some in the water. I hope they’re not leather,” the other girl said in an accent flat as a just-plowed field. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ever since backpacks were invented, no one—ever—in the entire school system, grades K through twelve, carries a book bag, especially a leather one. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ramsay Bolton stood beneath them, clad in high boots of soft grey leather and a black velvet doublet slashed with pink silk and glittering with garnet teardrops. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His hands were gloved in wool and leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I held it in both hands, the leather boards pressed between my palms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cycle was attached to a brightly painted tin cart with a leather bench and a decorated canopy that shaded customers from the sun. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fat leather envelope—full of cash for Alcatraz and that fancy restaurant Jaden told us about was just sitting there on top, waiting for me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He called her "Little Prin-cess" and sometimes "My Lady," and his hands were soft as old leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then his fingers crawled up along his trembling leg to his holstered pistol, very quietly, and stroked and tapped the leather sheath. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poet sewed a lot of leather and would seam it cleaner than I could, but if blood and flesh bothered the old man, it would only make things worse. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Alex’s cheap leather hiking boots were neither waterproof nor well insulated. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba and his friends reclined on black leather chairs there after Ali had served dinner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whether it is or not we are touching, two shapes of leather. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of ClockWatchers—half of them women, and half of them men—all in matching blue suits, raised brown leather briefcases in an affirmative salute. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Under the pelt he wore brown leather stiffened with iron rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Last night, he polished and buffed the leather, not that it’s necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I eat my cheese crackers and chocolate milk and fruit leather strip. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men saved leather suitcases to use for boot repairs later on. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On his way, he stopped and changed into robes of thick leather. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My makeup was minimal, and I carried a black leather briefcase with copies of my résumé. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Through the leather, the hard metal corners of the strange object dug into her palm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He flicked a broken bone into the fire and rose to his full height—a massive red warrior in sheepskin and drakon leather, with dried flowers and herbs in his hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting in a high-backed leather armchair in Grandpa Sorenson’s study, Kendra wondered if grandfather clocks got their name because only grandparents owned them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Anh’s patent leather shoes shone in the sun as she practically skipped through the doorway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There were plenty of leather reins in the room, hanging orderly among the saddles and the bright bits. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted him into the cab and drove hell for leather for Spokane. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these newest ones are patent leather, and I have always wanted patent leather shoes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I circled my fingers around my own throat; my palm felt cold and coarse, not living skin anymore, but braided leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wore an Aussie outback hat, which was large, wide-brimmed, and made of chocolate-brown oiled leather. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I feel like an old piece of leather, drying and cracking in the heat. every step is an effort, but I refuse to stop. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He slipped the leather check holder from his pocket, and Rishi reached for it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He reached across the table and poured a black substance he claimed was coffee from a stained old enamel pot and smiled, a flash of incredibly white dentures in the old, brown leather face. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tonight it was rich black velvet, with high leather boots and a wide belt with a silver buckle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled me back to the stairs, where Alice stood, a small leather bag in one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, Ferula wrapped it in a cloth and placed it in a leather hatbox. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you could give us fifty cents for this? Look, it’s pure leather; almost brand new,” he said, handing it to Papa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a small scuff on the toe of the left one, but they’re new enough that the little leather tag hangs from the chain. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their beautiful hats and gorgeous leather jackets were carefully arranged on chairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets a green folder flat on the desk blotter, motions to a pair of dark leather chairs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had half wakened him and he had been afraid for a moment, because he had thought it was the squeak of the leather hinges on Gebu’s bedroom door. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A smear of light mud shaped like a handprint had dried on the side of the black leather, stopping where the wide splash of blue paint covered the top. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His fine leather jacket would be torn more than he had torn his father’s overalls. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took pride in never walking barefoot, even in his own home, and shuffled around in highly polished leather slippers to protect himself from microbios. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a thick build, short curly hair, wears a leather jacket, and seems to be a careful observer with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He put on some of Leo’s thick wool socks and a pair of his leather boots. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he follows Jeanne and Jacob as they run, keeping the glistening causeway beneath their sopping leather shoes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One of them, a big burly guy with a leather jacket, had bad aim, but the other, a blond guy, had a strong arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back where the press was thickest at the center of the column rode a man armored in dark grey plate over a quilted tunic of blood-red leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was way early when I got there, so I just sat down on one of those leather couches right near the clock in the lobby and watched the girls. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He reached in and, one after the other, pulled out Inej’s little leather slippers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing these real nice shoes made of leather, I think they’re called penny loafers, and they don’t have a speck of dirt on them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Some dressed in fine soft furs, some in boiled leather and oddments of armor, more in wool and sealskins, a few in rags. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two of the men lowered over the side the seven small leather trunks that held all of Kit’s belongings and piled them, one beside the other, on the wet planking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Polished from her metallic gold wig to her patent leather high heels, gripping a clipboard. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Where he landed, the marble floor cracked under his leather shoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My blade cuts through Helene's leather armor, and part of me screams, Elias, what have you done? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the doorstep at her feet there was a satchel made of finely tooled leather, drawn shut with a gold silk rope. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran heard fingers fumbling at leather, followed by the sound of steel on flint. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Feel the leather on your hand. Talk a little trash. Put the ball through that hoop.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She stuck out one pretty boot so that the green leather tip pointed at the ceiling. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko, also dressed in black—a shiny, short leather dress—strode into the Rotunda Reading Room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Al fills the doorway, dressed in casual slacks and a polo shirt under a leather jacket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy belt made of layers of brown leather with a sedate leather-covered buckle. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph ran up the stairs to his room and retrieved the flower-embossed leather case. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We shot down the track so fast I would’ve fallen out if my arms hadn’t been wrapped in the leather reins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were tied with small cotton ropes, and had collars made from old check-line leather. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of it, in a leather armchair, dozed the head counsellor for Cabin Fifteen - a pot-bellied guy with unruly blond hair and a gentle bovine face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a scythe—a six-foot-long blade curved like a crescent moon, with a wooden handle wrapped in leather. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He yanks the cord hard enough to break the leather thong. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I open a cabinet and am greeted by a dozen candles, all of them the color of buffed leather and accented with a gold stamp of Balekin’s personal crest—three laughing black birds. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In one hand he tossed a small leather packet up and down; in the other he carried the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was even an old wood and leather harness hanging on the wall of our own barn, though I had never seen it used. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was the most popular girl in their form, her school bag made of thick monogrammed leather, her san-dais always different from what anybody else had. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my good pair of shoes—boots made of dark leather worn soft over time, with strong laces and steel toes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The only real noise was the creaking from the ceiling of the leather belts that connected the wheels in the weaving room to the gigantic waterwheel in the basement. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were the brown leather soles of Mr. Tatarka from down the hall. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She let the strap of her leather satchel, plump with files, slip from her shoulders, and left it in the hallway as she walked into the kitchen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For once she was dressed simply, in leather boots and hunting greens. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat in his big red leather swivel chair, and most of the time he enjoyed his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old-fashioned-looking object made from black leather with lots of silver trimming, identical to the belt he was wearing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The head was in a stout leather case that had a brass-riveted belt loop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank then unharnessed him, wiped off the leather and hung the harness up in the stable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elongated and narrow, like pieces of blackened leather, the tongues were threaded along a length of copper wire, one tongue overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even their leather combat boots looked ferocious with their iron cleats, great for marching through mud or stomping on faces. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see any rims before I got in, and the front seat has cracks in the leather. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I thought of the fat smelly markers that cost two-fifty each, the leather diaries that locked with little keys, the battery-operated fans that you could wear on a string around your neck on hot days. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Kira remembered that she had tied it back that morning, as she often did, with a simple leather cord of no value. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No strip of leather held by only one broad-headed nail at each end can stand up for long to repeated twisting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress and leather sandals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Timmy, who was watching the black leather lout twist and dump eager partners, sighed, “How fun.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the doors opened, I was the last to step out into a large open room with brown leather couches. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He smells faintly of cigarettes and leather, a reassuring smell that reminds me of my grandfather. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Josiah stopped the truck and got out; he pulled his leather work gloves from his hip pocket and put them on. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then it rose, and circled, and came down again, this time not quite landing, but flapping about his head, beating its wings and making a sound like flat leather pieces being slapped together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He was a big man with a crew cut, a black leather biker’s jacket, black jeans, a white muscle shirt, and combat boots. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fantana smirked, then went on shoving papers into his leather bag. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Will pulled up the brake lever, turned the switch straight down, and sat back in the leather seat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in olive-drab trousers and a leather jacket, and he wore a cowboy hat but with a flat crown and the brim curled and held to a peak by the chin strap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the leather of Baba’s seat creaking as he shifted on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would have rolled him in the dust and torn him there by his own steading if the swineherd had not sprung up and flung his leather down, making a beeline for the open. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later Judge Matthew Byrne sat in a green leather chair behind a raised bench in a large, windowless Los Angeles courtroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He lifted the breadbox and took out a tiny volume bound in leather, and the gold tooling was almost completely worn away—The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius in English translation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was well over average height; a long, dark cloak of coarse fabric masked all his clothing save his high-heeled leather boots. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dark and smoky, with plush purple carpeting patterned with flowers and purple leather banquettes filled with people. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then the driver came out swinging two flat leather mail-pouches and climbed up, and everybody waving we started off. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Exchange my father’s old leather jacket for a fine wool coat that always seems too tight in the shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, Finch breezes in, same black shirt, same black jeans, backpack over one shoulder, books and notebooks and thrashed leather jacket under his arm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The white cloak of the Kingsguard was draped over his broad shoulders and fastened with a jeweled brooch, the snowy cloth looking somehow unnatural against his brown roughspun tunic and studded leather jerkin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Ring me up!” the customer cried cheerfully, placing two worn leather bags and a winter jacket on the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the pendant that her mother had always worn dangling from a leather thong, not visible under her clothing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of expensive leather soles on the cracked front steps of the old house on Westover don’t sound any stranger than his own boots. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out and fumbled with its tattered leather straps. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When I caught up to him again, my fingers closed around the soft, loose leather of his jacket’s sleeve. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jacob tries to crane his head around, under the weight of the leather shoe-sole, pinning his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My brother had given me this sweet leather jacket that he had outgrown, so I threw that on, and bam! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A round scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, and a dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the ground while one of the men washed the cut on Father’s head with water from a leather canteen and bandaged it with Father’s own handkerchief. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man handed him a leather sheath, backed with stiff horn, with buckles to hold the knife in place, because the slightest sideways movement of the blade would have cut through the thickest leather. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he had the clear picture of Charlies mother, screaming at him, holding a leather belt in her hand, and his father trying to hold her back. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leafie strode over, fearlessly grabbed the cow’s heavy leather collar, and led it to the barn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Joseph unwrapped it and found the small leather case with the picture of Leo and the drawing of the angel inside. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Seasoned as old leather, they moved their burly bodies delicately, as if guided by the rider’s thoughts. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Outside in the street I went down the street looking for the shop that made leather wine-bottles. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now the leather traders, who came from as far as Spain, and the fur merchants, whose goods might come from Russia, filled the tables with piles of hides and pelts. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pa skinned the deer carefully and salted and stretched the hides, for he would make soft leather of them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the can was heaped with crumpled paper, he dropped the leather cover—empty now, limp, like the husk stripped from an ear of corn—on top and kicked the can under his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wearing black leather dress shoes, pants, and white shirt, he looked nothing like a country boy from the Delta. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Standing on the sidewalk was this dude in a navy-blue suit and holding a leather bag. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The seats are white leather, and seconds after he cranks up, mine feels all toasty. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I had several special church dresses and one pair of black patent leather shoes I saved just for Sunday church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The table held a lamp, a transistor radio, a leather change purse with a silver clasp, and a telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mae sat on the edge of the bed and pulled on a pair of short leather boots so thin and soft with age it was a wonder they held together. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around came thudding as guns dropped to the ground, stocks to earth, followed by the pop of snaps, as leather cartridge pouches opened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At one end lay a massive bed of sheepskins and drakon leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She pulled a small leather folder from the front pocket of her black apron and handed it to him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In his leather windbreaker, his shoulders were powerful, but narrow and sloping. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The leather packet was lined with broadcloth and into the cloth two needles were stuck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was warmer in the Big Barn, the smell of hay and old wood and leather and cow—like always. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When at last Dandelion and Speedwell had pulled the leather strip off the nail, Bigwig came back to the hutch himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the books were bound in black, red, and brown leather. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Something called London by somebody called Pennant, six volumes bound in red leather—massive books, two feet tall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On her feet she wore her leather shoes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My room was so small I could’ve reached out and grabbed the leather book, but that would mean dealing with it, and who deals with their problems by choice? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She wore a bitless bridle made of leather nearly as black as her coat, but no saddle. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Excited, I resumed, continuing to make music while he paused to scoop up his leather balls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chantal sits so close to the steering wheel, her small body enveloped by the leather seat, her hands steady. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But the animal keeper had the solution: leather pouches that would enclose the cub’s feet and keep his child safe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sat naked in the road and began to unlace the rotting pieces of leather laced to his feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They laughed then at the suitableness of the unintended pun, and it was in the sound of this laughter that Guitar picked up his brown leather jacket and started out the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed me in my black velvet First Communion suit with the white frilly shirt, the short pants, the white stockings, the black patent leather shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I shall need the Clankers,” he told the goblin, who dashed away and returned a moment later with a leather bag that seemed to be full of jangling metal, which he handed to his senior. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A woman in red leather said, “You go, girl!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Through these she ran leather thongs and tied them together. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra had taken to wearing a little white leather shoulder bag everywhere, so as to keep the alethiometer close at hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He carried an old-fashioned leather briefcase in one hand and a smoke in the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A scarred face and a stubble of dark beard showed under his spiked steel cap, and he wore mail over boiled leather, dirk and shortsword at his belt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gingerly she untied the tight leather strip and let it fall away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bidder was a thin man in a leather apron. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Richie dutifully donned his leather coat, popped his Lester Young porkpie hat on his head, and headed for Harlem while Mommy paced the floor, on edge. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There stood a man he didn’t know, wearing a leather jacket and a wide-brimmed hat, with a blue-and-white-spotted handkerchief around his neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Their faces were muffled in woolen scarves so only their eyes showed, and they were plump with layers of wool and leather, black on black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Calpurnia threw down a pair of patent leather shoes at her feet. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A little skin remained, stretched across his face, tight and hard as white leather, but even that was fraying, and here and there the brown and yellow bone beneath was poking through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She said I could have a seat on the couch if I wanted to, but I told her I didn’t believe in leather, so I stood. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One wall was lined with high-backed leather booths opposite a long counter with twelve stools. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center was a small leather wine holder and, beside it, some cheese and some apples. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him, looking not at his face, but at his shoes — old moccasins he wore as if they were slippers, the leather at the back permanently flattened. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I look down at her boots—the same clean leather boots as before. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He carried a heavy spear tipped in iron, taller than he was, and a sword hung at his side in a leather sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s them Italian leather shoes of hers, I guess. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Today she had Lewis and Clark on thin leather leashes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I have something for you,” she said as she pulled his leather gloves from the sleeve of her prison tunic. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her vision is obscured completely, she can see nothing and feels only the damp leather against her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I also bought a few packs of socks and underwear, a simulated leather jacket, a pair of boots, and a black knit-wool cap to cover my freezing, stubble-covered noggin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

While I was digging through the doll bin for a Black Barbie, he had his eyes on this raggedy chest with half the leather cover missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Father Masego settles into a leather chair behind his desk and gestures for my parents to take the two matching seats opposite him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Francie dressed in her new navy blue faille suit with the white georgette crepe blouse and her Sunday patent leather pumps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse was dark and shiny, outfitted with black leather and an assortment of brass fittings and worn ropes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to imagine what my feet look like under the leather. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But when, a few weeks after Teddy was born, Dad gave away his leather jacket—his prized beat-up motorcycle jacket with the fuzzy leopard belt—we finally realized that a major transformation was under way. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in his back pocket, folded in half in his worn-shiny leather wallet, was a slip of paper worth a year's salary driving his taxi. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He held my knife, in its sheath of red leather. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He held a belt in his hand, the brown leather one he’d bought for his nikka with the girl, and was wrapping the perforated end around his fist. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

General Good Times, the stuffed lemur, sat in the leather desk chair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her African costume was a colorful wrap; her sailor outfit made her look like a street rascal, with a tunic, trousers, and leather boots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But he could see that Water Claire strode easily now along the path, her legs strong and equal, her feet sure in the soft leather sandals she wore. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beside them are my batons, short wooden clubs with a metal spike in the weighted end and a leather thong at the bottom, a last resort in the case of a melee. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I walked into class that first day with my new pink polka-dotted dress on and black patent leather shoes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Doli, short and stumpy, almost as broad as he was tall, wore a rust-colored leather jacket and stout, knee-high boots. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But she saw a man in all black leather, another in a trench coat and fedora, a woman in jeans and a bright-red peacoat. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He saw short cottony hair, dark skin, and an amulet hanging from a leather cord around her neck. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jamison set the papers on the table and picked up a heavy volume bound in green leather. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I grab the leather journal and slip out the door, Boomer tip-tapping close behind me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Queen Marie turned to the closet, pulled out a leather valise, and threw it on the table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rest, with faces contorted from the strain of trying to listen, saw distant men gesturing wildly into the sound-killing miasma of whispers, coughs and creaking shoe leather. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He sealed his piston with a leather washer and a layer of water injected into the cylinder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The pad of each foot, though, was leather hard. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the food, we moved supplies—kerosene, fishing nets, fur-lined coats, hats, thick leather gloves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A white patent leather purse hangs on a long strap from my shoulder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle sat back, satisfied, as I admired the shiny black leather. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here and there I saw Negroes who hurried along with leather pouches strapped to their wrists. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a pale orange crop top and a leather miniskirt, and the bulk of her hair is swept to one side. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Line up according to age,” he called out, snapping the long leather strop above his head. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he snapped up the check reins and unfastened the leather tie reins from the bits. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse hummed busily as she opened one drawer after another, stuffing the new underclothes and blouses and skirts and pajamas my mother had bought me into the black patent leather overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The book had a fine leather cover with its title in gold letters. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The keys were chained to the studded leather belt that girdled his waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A servant or child would let her in, seat her in a living room of leather and marble that brought to mind a clean airport in a wealthy country. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the knob and went into this large square room with bookshelves and easy chairs and the gigantic desk topped in red leather straddling the far corner. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked my foot up onto the toilet to untie my patent leather shoes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He fitted it into the leather pouch of his weapon and proceeded to the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was wearing a leather holster with an automatic pistol strapped inside. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, when I met Dante’s father, he was wearing jeans and a T-shirt and he was sitting on a leather chair in his office, reading a book. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I watched as the nurse girl moved from person to person, treating each one with items she carried in a brown leather case. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sticking up above the top of the hearse, the coachman’s hard leather hat looked as if it had been molded out of the same black mud. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s now sitting on the leather chair with one leg over his knee as if he's the grown-up chaperoning this whole thing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Inside, among the shops that push perfume, diamonds, leather, and mink, there’s an alcove where one more stone sculpture stands. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He looks powerful in his black suit and leather briefcase. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were white rugs and white leather seats. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, Bobby donned a wide-brimmed brown leather visor, the rationale for which was so that his opponent couldn’t see what he was looking at. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The mail was gilded, finely wrought, the links as supple as good leather, the plate enameled, hard as ice and bright as new-fallen snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She flips halfheartedly through hangers of leather jackets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While Eilonwy held up the suffering creature’s head and gave him a drink from the leather flask, Taran and the bard moved a little away and spoke quietly between themselves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They got there bread, and butter, and cheese and apples: the last of the winter store, wrinkled but sound and sweet; and a leather flagon of new-drawn ale, and wooden platters and cups. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As quickly as I can, I scuttle underneath one of the large leather chairs, folding myself into a tight ball. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Two beds, a washstand, and a wooden trunk with frayed leather straps nearly filled it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of the box of mildewed hymn books was a small leather suitcase, a miniature twin to Silas’s own. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The hide shrank and pulled joist and rafter tight together, and the leather ropes became hard as iron and nearly imperishable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They turned their eyes upward again, for the fight was coming lower, and the firelight glaring up showed a swift-rushing swirl of black silk, pale limbs, green pine needles, gray-brown scabby leather. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran slept on the leather seat of the coach, his head on a sack of oats; he dreamed of ghosts, and of the moon and stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a battered old thing of green canvas, with leather patches on the corners and edges. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A movement caught his eye as he pulled on the leather gloves to start work. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Nin buckled, as if someone had taken a sledgehammer to all her supports and she were bursting apart, falling, fading, and then...gone, her hands as limp as leather gloves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They cut apart birds to trace the structure of the avian skeleton, and, masked in leather hoods, they dissected a skunk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were the shining brass appointments, the gracefully curved mudflap, the tufted black leather seat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Over the last two weeks, she’d learned that his jacket was actually made of leather, real dead animals, but she’d gradually gotten used to the idea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back of the car, with Dad’s leather suitcases, and our cardboard boxes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Many a time I have longed to see you. Now at last you come,” and I bent down to kiss his feet, shod as they were in leather shoes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They owned leather jackets, had girlfriends, and talked about things like Malcolm X and “soul power.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All these years and still she shivered with fright when he was like this, sneering, tightening the belt around his fist, the creaking of the leather, the glint in his bloodshot eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair, however, was as gray and dusty as moth wings, and her sagging wrinkled skin almost hung off her face like a worn leather sack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Val was clad all in white; white woolen breeches tucked into high boots of bleached white leather, white bearskin cloak pinned at the shoulder with a carved weirwood face, white tunic with bone fastenings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I squint my eyes so that everything looks blurry, I can almost believe that the skirt is fancy leather and the shirt has sequins and my skin is fair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an invisible sophomore and he was a Tech sophomore, just without the leather jacket yet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got my old set,” he said as he dug out a pair of heavy gloves and a stiff leather apron; both were charred dark in places and stained with grease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had exchanged his armor for a red woolen tunic with a leather dog's head sewn on the front. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her son was dressed in boiled leather and ringmail, she saw, and a sword hung at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We sat in his study on stuffed brown leather chairs, surrounded by stacks of dusty, incomprehensible books with huge formulas inset artistically on the page like poems. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I dug my fingers into the braided leather and yanked Grigori from his mount. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His leathers bound so tightly around his legs and under his arms that he could scarcely move. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He holds the unopened leather bag of food, the flask, Cinna’s gloves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to wear a well-worn thrift - shop leather aviator jacket and black jeans, otherwise, smart dark suits tailored to make her look leaner than she was. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His black leather jacket, that had a round US Marine seal on its right arm, hung over his right shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was bawling like a lost calf as I grabbed her thick leather collar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She sinks into one of the soft leather chairs provided for people who have to sit and approve of others who are trying on clothes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You could have Cadillacs with leather interiors! Air conditioning! Automatic windows! You wouldn’t have to move your arms in the heat!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actress carried a leather tote bag over one shoulder, and she wore high heels, a black skirt, and a pale silky blouse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amil started to play with the thin, frayed leather on his sandals. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The minister placed the Bible in his leather satchel and pulled it up over his shoulder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scabbard was soft grey leather, supple as sin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The servant strikes twice, the slap of the leather echoing loudly in the still air of the room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Connell calls me to her desk to give me a black leather belt and pouch. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The old one was Garth, huge and bald and taciturn, who wore the same greasy leather jerkin every day and always seemed to have a glower on his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My favorite was The Violent Years, about a gang of teenage girls dressed in black leather who robbed and molested guys like me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He removed the flight jacket and held it up for a moment, the odor of leather mingling with the coffee smells. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather had grown scratched and wrinkled, but they were very comfortable and still pretty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His father had just lit his pipe, and the sweet tobacco scent of it was curling around the room and mixing with the smell of leather and polished wood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The leather is cracked and flaking, the thick shoulder strap leaves a brown mark on my blouse where the leather stain is rubbing off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still, every time he saw Charlie Bombay, he imagined him beating his wife with a thick leather belt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or what took a stain out of a leather skirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under roofs of bent wood and stiffened leather, the wagon beds were heaped high with old weaponry and armor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a bulky gray sweater with only a few light stains, and black leather men’s shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring ... bring ...” Viserion launched himself from the ceiling, pale leather wings unfolding, spreading wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly, timidly, as though entering a shrine, the boy’s fingers crept into it, flexed, curled the cracked leather, brought it back to shape, to life. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silas closed the lid of the brown leather trunk, and began to do up the straps and the buckles. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Luce in his leather chair, with his longish hair and ankle boots, was the kind of adult a kid might open up to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A cowboy leather belt Brother Vu sewed on Mother’s machine and broke her needle. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She looked plump as she crouched there, but most of that was layers of fur and wool and leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His hair was dark and his eyes were dark and he wore black leather gloves of the thinnest lambskin. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She stole a glance behind her, imagining the creak of leather boots, the pounding of feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He shoved some scrolls aside to reveal a dusty volume bound in rotted leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A man tows a leather armchair on a handcart, a black kitten cleaning itself on the center cushion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She pulled out the school notebook that she’d stuffed under there after school, as well as a package wrapped in a piece of worn leather. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s actually wearing a tight-fitting leather motorcycle jacket. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His arms looked like bleached leather pulled over sticks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I see them struggle with a brown leather sofa. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This time I’m inaugurating my patent leather shoes and a baby blue poplin dress with a little jacket to match. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his hands that drew her attention as he shucked off his leather gloves and dipped a cloth in the washbasin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Piled in a corner, his hiking gear—boots, alpenstock, leather knapsack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He walked out of the closet carrying a stack of oversized books with thick leather spines and dark green cloth covers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kempsey's cubbyhole has a leather chair, an Anglepoise reading lamp like my dad's, and a picture of Jesus holding a lantern by an ivy door. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He wore high leather boots, leather breeches, and a pirate-style shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His brown leather boots were long and somewhat pointy at the tips. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A black bell hung beside the door, with a leather thong dangling from its center. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wiped his black hands on his leather breeches and stepped out into the sunlight of the tiny back yard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

From it he took out three balls, each made of stitched leather. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His face is like leather, and he usually keeps sunglasses on, even inside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Alice’s eyes flitted from mine to the phone on top of her leather bag and back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Coach Susan had spotted me in practice the day before, standing level with me on padded leather blocks stacked on one side of the foam pit. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Petra Cotes helped him pack his clothes and bade him farewell without shedding a tear, but she forgot to give him the patent leather shoes that he wanted to wear in his coffin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For accessories, we got a black leather band for one wrist and about two dozen silver bangles for the other. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden clubs, stone axes, mauls, spears with fire-hardened points, knives of bone and stone and dragon- glass, wicker shields, bone armor, boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They startled him and he leaped to his feet, whereupon the sole of his right shoe split away from the soft cordovan leather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knelt down and took pinches of cornmeal from Josiah’s leather pouch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped in front of us and took a telegram out of the leather wallet that hung against her skirt. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The parrot flies across the room and returns with a small leather sack in his beak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about a scared grieving boy in a tough leather jacket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was funny—we would walk into one of those stores with alarms and bells and electronic wires on the leather goods—you know the type I mean. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub the leather music portfolio on my lap and take a deep breath. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Black leather with gold-edged pages, each one thin as a bit of onion skin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All wore heavy blue overcoats, thick leather gloves, and fur caps. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I walk over to the desk because hanging on the chair is Oscar’s leather jacket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Major was standing in the doorway, his muscular hands clamped to his wide leather belt. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the fangs of these serpents—unlike those of the pit-vipers—are too short to penetrate good leather.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Right by the window sat a huge leather armchair and a spool table holding a lamp for reading. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For instance, he wore soft black leather boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On a large red leather couch Dad lounges. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Esteban unfastened his broad leather belt and she stepped back, but he grabbed her with a single stroke of his hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I am," called Cutjack, the plump stonemason, pulling his hammer off the leather apron he always wore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Peering through the glass, I saw a table with a leather chair beside a large window. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

To Neal Harris, now one of Terryl’s close friends, it was a powerful example of the leather skin underneath her bubbly exterior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was jostled from behind by a man in a leather apron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A leather handbag, extremely worn, but with a label inside it as impressive as the one inside Mrs. Snell’s hat, lay on the pantry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A cockroach emerged, and the landlady stepped on it, squashing it under the heel of her gold leather sandal. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His porter, staggering slightly under the weight of the solid leather suitcase, indicated Vera and Lombard. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Fin unfolded the wings of the leather case; within it were about a dozen knives. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pale and unsteady, he carried his flat leather satchel under one arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On pegs were also pieces of harness, a split collar with the horsehair stuffing sticking out, a broken hame, and a trace chain with its leather covering split. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped drinking and tipped the leather bottle down a few drops ran down his chin. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He didn't sleep a moment and just scratched on the leather for hours at a time. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner picked up the book—Lives of the English Poets—and the red dust of its leather cover came off in his hand. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

To protect himself, he bought a heavy coat made of horse leather that weighed more than thirty pounds; he hoped it would be thick enough to deflect a knife attack. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the polished fa£ades, bouquets of teased cloth, buffed leather, cunning silver trinkets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The large wooden chair was built in the 1930s, and inmates had painted it yellow before attaching its leather straps and electrodes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At a small stream Taran halted to fill Gwydion’s leather water flask. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Two of the men had cowhide drums suspended by leather straps from their necks, and two of the women had pairs of tambourines. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all her layers of wool and fur and boiled leather, Asha felt naked standing there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wore skinny jeans and a long white gauzy shirt cinched around her tiny waist with a wide leather belt. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She opened the diary, a small, red leather book. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the gloves on slowly, and she watched his pale, vulnerable hands disappear beneath the leather. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A tall, skinny, coltish girl, all legs and elbows, her brown hair was woven in a thick braid and bound about with strips of leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He brushed the shining red leather with his fingertips, and after a long time he said, “It’ll look pretty on him though.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the table beside him stood a bowl of steaming water, a leather strop for blades, and a cup of lather with a brush in it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, it’s still surreal that Alex is cruising somewhere over the Atlantic, snacking on pistachios in a high-backed leather chair with his feet up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But as Lyddie’s eyes followed a leather strap upward, she saw, above the fireplace, the mechanism from which hung a huge metal pendulum. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It still fits—one of the rare nice things I own that does—but I folded it up anyway, and put my favorite patent leather shoes in a bag. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A stylish sandal lay on the ground and he picked it up and looked at the leather straps, the thick wedge heel, before he left it where it had been. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All four of them gasped when they saw the scratches on the leather and the dents on the tin. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

His armor was iron-grey chainmail over layers of boiled leather, plain and unadorned, and it spoke of age and hard use. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To my left was a darker room, another sitting room, this one filled with foreign furniture: dark green leather sofas, paintings with hunting dogs, armchairs, and mahogany desks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, I can sit on the leather couches for as long as I want and watch all the movies in the world as if I’m at the cinema. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before him stood a tall, attractive, muscular man, well dressed in fine leather boots, black pants, jacket, and hat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, men in mail and leather and crimson cloaks were making the morning ring to the sound of swords, and riding down mock warriors stuffed with straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

These crews—always, in my experience, made up of young black men—were watched over by tough- looking armed COs wearing wide-brimmed hats and leather boots, their pants tucked in at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s leather and it holds your pants up!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ancient-looking bronze and leather conveyor belts trundled along with stacks of weapons and armor, sort of like the Amazons’ warehouse in Seattle, except this place was obviously much older and not as well organized. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The front door opened, and Granddaddy came out onto the porch, an ancient leather satchel strapped over his shoulder, a butterfly net in one hand, and a malacca walking stick in the other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They were shiny and reminded me of the black patent leather of Mama’s pocketbook. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Multicolored tattoos—of eight-pointed stars, lush-leafed vines, a hammer and anvil, a bird, a woman's eyes, scales—run from his wrists up his arms and into a black leather jerkin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There he was, waiting for us, in his black leather duster and his sunglasses, an aluminum baseball bat propped on his shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching his new leather suitcase, he rang the doorbell and waited. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She walked like a soldier—straight back, her feet, in tight black leather shoes, rapping against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We were sitting in the deep leather chairs, the champagne in the ice-bucket and our glasses on the table between us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged him to her chest, whirling and laughing aloud as his claws raked at the front of her leather ierkin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was about to select her favorite throwing knife—a bright steel dagger with a black leather grip—but Fin bent down and pointed to a different one. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I make my way over to him and stand near enough that I could touch his black trench coat or his leather briefcase. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a black leather couch in the center with a giant flat-screen TV along the wall. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They'd been issued a pair of khaki pants, a khaki jacket minus the shiny buttons, black leather shoes, gray wool socks, a black belt, and a hat with a swastika on the front. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He motioned Chronicler closer, and the scribe saw he was wearing thick leather gloves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing dark jeans, a Polo rugby shirt with the huge oversize polo-player-on-a-horse symbol, and a cool leather jacket—no robe, cape, or helmet. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center, taking up most of the room, are two worn leather couches and four sling chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She trembled at feeling the thin soft bit of smooth leather. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His leather boots were shined and reflected the torchlight from the riders near him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Horrible, it was horrible," Otis Amber said with a shudder that sent the loose straps of his leather aviator's helmet swinging about his long, thin face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fresh-cured leather and new material mixed up with fancy powder and soap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s gotta be a million leather briefcases in the world. They all smell the same. Like leather!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the mask and the boots, the black coat and his black leather gloves. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I unwind the leather reins from my forearms and nervously slide one leg up and over Friday's saddle while I inch myself to the crates. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wears leather pants and loads her pockets with gadgets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I look over at my notebook on the white leather seat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat back in his leather chair and folded his arms across his chest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She sat in one of the green leather armchairs. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Perry, who could never find trousers to fit his truncated lower half, wore blue jeans rolled up at the bottom and a leather windbreaker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squirreled away in them I had string and wax, some dried apple, a tinderbox, a marble in a small leather sack, a pouch of salt, hook-needle and gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I held up one foot so she could see the sole, as black and hard as if it were made of leather. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My feet itched inside my wet leather sandals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before lying down, I grabbed my leather- bound journal off the nightstand and turned to the first blank page I could find. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The upright of the frame pressed tight against the lower strip of leather, but it held smooth and firm, offering no purchase for teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, leather gloves and a welding shield. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Those boots might almost have been of human leather, so deeply wrong were they. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She heard the rustling of clothing and the quiet creaking of leather. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Just realized I have an extra,” he says, pulling an orange out of the pocket of his leather jacket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A longsword had been thrust through her heart, and its leather grip was alive with flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re experiencing a transition—from a town to a city,” said I. David Porras, a developer who tooled around in a Lear jet with red leather seats and painted black on the outside. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The contents of her tooled leather purse with the rose designs had spilled all around her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The initials CHB were etched into the leather strap in the center. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fin levered herself up from the stool, reaching for a long leather case on the shelf bolted to the wall above her head. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was more atlas than map, bound in quilted leather dyed a deep burgundy, each page drawn carefully on what looked like parchment. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe all she packed was books and fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A braided cord of black leather wound around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Worn. The leather soft and supple, lovely to the touch.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under his mail and leather, his shoulder was throbbing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Neither, in their soft leather footwear, made the slightest sound. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I watch the commotion, safe in my favorite leather armchair, where I’m curled up with a worn copy of Life on the Oregon Trail. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As Smith cinched the girth of Woolf’s kangaroo- leather saddle around Seabiscuit’s belly, Marcela stepped forward, clutching a medal of Saint Christopher, patron saint of travelers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like making sure you could take care of yourself,” she said, touching the soft leather of his handmade jacket. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The heat was so intense that his leather hat began to twist out of shape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, every time I touch it, I’m careful to avoid the leather strings. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the two leather satchels from the donkey’s back and tossed them into the dirt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wore leather gloves and some kind of heavy canvas apron beneath an open fur coat that stretched down to his ankles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A jerkin of boiled leather and a pothelm at his feet were his only armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I made a list in my red leather Notebook of everything that moved. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But seeing him in those leathers was the first time I really melted. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He drew his sword and showed it to her; a longsword adroitly shrunken to suit a boy of twelve, gleaming blue steel, castle-forged and double-edged, with a leather grip and a lion's-head pommel in gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Around her waist was a belt of glassy rosary beads, from which dangled a leather purse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold resisted the urge to hug his leather satchel firmly to his side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he had seated himself in his black leather armchair Cockerell placed himself behind it, legs planted wide apart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Benji jumped up, knocking his laptop to the floor, and covered Felix’s mouth with his giant hand, which smelled like basketball leather. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The furniture was black leather, and every seat was taken. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The men stood in their mail and fur and boiled leather, as still as if they were made of stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The grip was virgin leather, soft and black, as yet unstained by sweat or blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her shoes and purse are probably real leather—very fancy looking. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“What would I do with a leather boot in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific? Do you think I go for hikes in my spare time?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every bit of really first-grade leather was taken for officers’ boots and for Sam Browne belts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Medium rare. Keeps it juicy and tender. If you cook it all the way through, you might as well eat shoe leather.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We were alone in the club sitting back in one of the big leather sofas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I yanked the laces out of both, so the floppy tongues fell forward like drawbridges coming down out of beat-up, leather, no-named fortresses. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He sat down in one of the black leather armchairs and little by little drew the child toward him and sat her on his knees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a little time to kill before our bus left, so I dragged Rondell with me to another pay phone, pulled out the leather petty-cash envelope and dialed the phone number on the front. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rider's helm was made from the broken skull of a giant, and all up and down his arms bearclaws had been sewn to his boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Beneath the tunic, hanging diagonally across my chest, is a soft leather satchel filled with flatbread, nuts, and fruit sealed in oilskin, along with a canteen of water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He also wore a heavy leather belt, and Stuart realized that he must be a repairman for the telephone company. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you looked closely, you could see that the leather twine was actually a finely written list of the festival bands, interspersed with the concert date—April 27, 2003. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She held it between her teeth while she used her knife to cut through the fabric of the pack itself and made a strip of the leather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had on a nice pair of gray slacks, a white shirt opened at the neck, and a leather jacket. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a flamingo pink shirt, a navy blue suit, a camel overcoat with gleaming leather buttons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With it she could, like her father, freeze leather and sinew into sleds, spears, and harpoons. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a statuesque woman nearing middle age, her fine body covered with a black leather overcoat that glistened with mist. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, as he stropped the razor against leather the harsh whisper made me cringe. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There are more notebooks, a worn leather wallet with his driver’s license inside, more shirts and jackets, CDs or DVDs, hard to tell which. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m seated in a leather chair, in the center of a small room lined with white cabinets and glossy counters. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shopwindows were alight, filled with displays of gleaming silver or leather goods. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He leaned back in his leather chair, his bossy stomach opulent. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside he finds a small bottle of bourbon and a red leather flask. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came to New York after high school, I worked in my Aunt Mary’s leather factory and stayed with Buheh, who had moved to the Bronx. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the chief mate stood behind them, Reed unrolled a leather packet and took out a set of tools, lining them up in neat rows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Crosshatching a thick birch-bark cylinder, thin strips of leather held the skins in place at either end of the drum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We didn’t need them; our bags and brown leather sandals were still new, only a term old. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His other hand was missing, severed at the wrist, the stump bound up in leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You see knockoffs everywhere but these are original, worn-out by now, the black leather browning at the edges. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After a moment passed, Detective Hayes sat next to me on the red leather sofa. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Steel whispered against leather as he drew his sword. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She left the seaweed on the throbbing gash and retied the leather strip around it, using her teeth and her right hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was beautifully bound in leather with gold letters stamped on its spine. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing what appeared to be a golfing sweater and a very old pair of jeans, slightly too big for him and held up with a thick leather belt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her legs were crossed, and a brown leather sandal dangled off her big toe. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would come in with a commissary officer looking for lime or nails or leather or all the hundreds of things armies need. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old leather satchel that she used to carry her paint supplies in. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Harry put the leather case aside and picked up his last parcel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Shelves rose forty feet under an astonishing painted ceiling, and the spines of books glowed in jewel-toned leather, their gold leaf shining in the glavelight like animal eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But remember at the Siege of King’s Port they had to eat rats and boiled leather until King Targhaer’s brother broke the siege. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The sword-handlers opened the heavy leather sword-cases so the red wrapped hilts of the sheaf of swords showed as the leather case leaned against the fence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Trip gave me a belt knife with a leather grip, claiming that all boys should have something they can hurt themselves with. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t look much at the towers though, or the people passing me in their fashionable getups, imports, handcrafted leather, suede, whatever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that I’m small for twelve, but I’m wearing Lucinda’s hand-me-down patent leathers with the little heels that bring me up to almost five feet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The troops from Andover appeared in their dashing red uniforms, every button shining, leather gleaming. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Key goes into the pocket, and then I reach down, quick as lightning, and grab the brown leather notebook that’s been haunting my thoughts. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He wore his black Marine leather jacket like a blanket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

City clothing only used seams and stitching for decoration, but David’s jacket seemed to be cut together from a dozen patches of leather, all different shades and shapes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Gaheris, perched on the long table, was fiddling with the braces of a leather hood for a hawk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he went on dawdling and dragging the sides of his shoes along the pavement in order to scratch the leather. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Davos touched the little pouch that hung from the leather thong about his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then out would come leather manicure sets for the girls and pocket knives for the boys. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A corpse in a doorway dried to leather. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Of course my feet are like hog leather from these twelve mostly barefoot years of my life. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since the Lilienthals were supportive of Bobby, he reciprocated with gifts: a television satellite dish, a vacuum cleaner, leather goods that he’d buy on trips to Vienna, and special gifts for birthdays and other holidays. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The leather jacket belonged to the days of the Corsair when men dueled in the skies for possession of Pacific atolls and for airspace above the gray, endangered fleets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head is covered with a leather hood, and his movements seem slow for such a magnificent living thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Oils from the bison’s brain were rubbed over the hide, which was then transformed into leather for robes and lodge coverings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She saw that he wore a bracelet of braided leather on his right wrist, and that his arm, bare above the bracelet, was sinewy and muscular. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big and bald and burly, he wore a heavy cloak of plush brown velvet trimmed with fur and a brown leather belt ornamented with silver moons and stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And her warm leather shoes, while everybody else wore handmade straw slippers, or even nothing covering their feet at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The red leather cover was creased and the deckled pages were getting grubby. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sohrab smelled nice, like rosemary and leather, but he hadn’t overdone it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She donned thick black breeches, a quilted tunic, and a green leather jerkin covered with overlapping plates of steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last thing she put on were her own leather sandals; his tennis shoes were too big for her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Five men in frontier leggings and leather shirts sprinted past us, rifles at the ready. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret looked over the bill, took a credit card from her wallet, and slipped it into the leather folder. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the girls at school would own leather shoes, purple coats, or plaid skirts, so she wouldn’t fit in the way she liked to do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The basilisk’s blade had scarce slipped from its leather sheath when the hammer’s spike slammed into his temple, crunching through the thin brass of his mask and the flesh and bone beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If he had had the use of his claws he could have dragged it down easily, but with the leather foot covers it was not so simple. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I don't even sit down on the giant leather couch that wraps around the whole living room where a wide chandelier hangs from the middle of the high ceiling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The leather binding of Eddie’s journal lay open and empty on the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The boots had a white panel with little red roses stitched into the leather. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her legs grew stronger; her blisters burst and her hands grew callused; her soft thighs toughened, supple as leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The electric light made high lights on the dull oiled leather. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The great pearl was wrapped in an old soft piece of deerskin and placed in a little leather bag, and the leather bag was in a pocket in Kino’s shirt. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore spiffy leather hats, bright white shirts, and belts with brass buckles. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Reb Saunders go to the leather chair at the table near the end window and sit down. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even through the leather, she could feel the dense heat of the bricks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was about a shoemaker who used the last of his shoe leather to outfit a trio of fairies. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was leather and kind of crude, but it did the job. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

This splendid fountain pen came in a red leather case, and I showed it to my girlfriends the first chance I got. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He could see them in their leather flight jackets, their dark mantles, having just come down from doing things that smaller, punier men could never do, doing things that only gods could do. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I grasped onto the leather hoop hanging from the rods overhead, my skin prickled with the disquieting sense of being watched. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just so you know, patent leather shoes should only be for men who are getting married. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I declined and he stuck mine in the pocket of his leather. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each had brought a tail of fighting men—five for Old Flint, twelve for The Norrey, all clad in ragged skins and studded leathers, fearsome as the face of winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lamar got a leather case containing a steel protractor, a ruler, and a compass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Gilly ran a finger over the wrinkled brown leather, which could almost have been a piece of Mr. Randolph, but the observation seemed too raw, so she kept it to herself. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The leather covers on the round bar stools are worn to tearing from use. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes in the padded black leather door. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My palms sweat against the leather handle of the case he left at the vigil. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some lay in pieces: broken gears aller than a man, leather straps gone brittle with age, great vooden beams that were now explosions of white fungus, tuge as hedgerows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She watched David repair his leather clothes and decided she would never be able to manage a needle and thread well. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of the Street of the Cup Makers, Beetle was told, just before the Church of Saints Dingad and Vigor, she could find the best prices on leather flasks. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the third year my feet were like old leather and I could run barefoot for hours over the rough stones of the city and not feel it at all. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, still frowning, she climbed onto the leather bench of Father’s rickshaw where the canopy provided some shade. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Its black leather covering warms to my body, and I cry myself to sleep, right in the middle of the morning. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Next, we see a black guy in a leather jacket and baseball cap walking into a diner. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I close the root cellar door, I find a piece of paper tucked in one of the leather hinges I made from my brother Jake’s old belt. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The archers would climb the high ships’ towers to shoot their arrows; slingers would use leather thongs or catapults to launch huge rocks and flaming missiles onto Octavian’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The leather seats began to vibrate and Desdemona took hold of her husband’s arm. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a straight-backed red leather chair with intricately carved wooden arms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Eddie basically dove into his backpack—while still wearing it, which was impressive—and pulled out a battered leather journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This one was red leather, with a “D” on the front. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from District 1 has several knives, two spare spearheads, a flashlight, a small leather pouch, a first-aid kit, a full bottle of water, and a pack of dried fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Its lid was wrapped in a leather harness. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Edwin handed Cole a pair of leather gloves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ben put his nose into the leather sleeve and breathed in rich memories of his own life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the gleaming leather with satisfaction, removing a scrap of charred paper from the toe of one boot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He always arrived around nine or ten at night carrying his flat tan leather briefcase which along with his scholarly look gave him a resemblance to a hard-working lawyer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nice leather furniture squeaked when we sat down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But its lucrative nature was evident in the white Continental with red leather seats and in Presto’s gold watch and jeweled rings, his newscaster’s hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A vegan avoids all animal products, sometimes even leather. wash. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia looked eagerly for the familiar rectangle of the book and was relieved to see its outline straining against the leather. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The interior of the car is black, the leather seats cool and slippery. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Arya was wearing the same riding leathers she had worn yesterday and the day before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The leather was soft and smooth and somehow felt important. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swung the strap backhand, lazily, but the leather caught Tyrion high on the arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her mother hurriedly wrapped gold-rimmed goblets with newspaper and packed them into a scuffed leather suitcase, all the while listening to the warnings on the radio. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled of baby powder and wore a plaid bandanna and a leather collar. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seated in the chair was a man in a tight-laced leather jerkin and breeches of roughspun brown wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It smelled of old leather, parchment, and forgotten secrets. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On die wall beside the door hung a basket, stoutly of wicker and leather, with holes cut for Bran's legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The green leather case was his mother’s most precious possession; he would never dream of looking through it, and he didn’t even know where she kept it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his arm was a burnished shield, at his waist was a sword belt of black leather and silver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were comfortable leather chairs in the bar and I sat in one of them and read until the barman came in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He plucked them out one by one, cursing the holes they had made in his layers of mail and leather, and yowling like a babe at the few that had buried themselves in his flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Shiny leather boots lace up to my knees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Next I pack a leather bag with a shift and a knife, throw a thick velvet cloak over my dress, and descend the stairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The leather satchel he carried looked familiar, worn and oily dark with handling, the edges frayed and repaired with duct tape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I put the leather journal Olga gave me for Christmas in my backpack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hauptsturmführer Goeth showed up and on a whim demanded that the guards lash each of us twenty-five times with their savage leather whips. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had my mama just about ready to buy me that leather coat. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prayers were finished, Robin pulled on the faded hood, tucked the leather thong inside it, and followed the friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I combed my hair, put on my socks, buckled my leather shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A young officer, a trim black- uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sight of him cross-legged on newspapers spread on the floor, intently whisking a brush over the leather, always reminds her of her indiscretion in her parents’ corridor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that we were at least a hundred feet below ground, they were filled with a steady, rushing wind that smelled of dust and leather. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The book has a purple leather cover with a gold hibiscus flower embossed on the front. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is hard, so hard, but she sees Dr. Mann in her brown leather chair, urging, and so she takes this kindness, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Where all had looked so shabby and grey before, the wood now gleamed with rich browns, and with the smooth black-greys of bark like polished leather. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"And now, little brother, pray excuse me. I need to bathe and dress for the feast. I wonder if I still have that chainmail gown I like to wear over my boiled leather smallclothes?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘And there’s knives and stray arrows. That Gollum isn’t dead, for one thing. I don’t like to think of you with naught but a bit of leather between you and a stab in the dark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even in sleep she wore ringmail under her furs, boiled leather under that, and an old sheepskin under the leather, turned inside out for warmth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Venia helps me into a pair of flat leather sandals and I turn to the mirror. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the hot, green leather of the seat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had me go to the bathroom in a little jar and he put it in his black leather bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was made of stout black leather and was so stiff she had difficulty forcing her gnarled hand into it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was the section of pole with the leather collar attached to it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It wore a leather collar attached to a chain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding court in her brown leather chair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were good boots, as befit one of Lord Tywin's men; heavy leather, oiled and supple, much finer than what Bronn was wearing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We duck into the amphitheater's armory, which is packed with men in red leather practice armor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Part of it was to be made of iron, then it was to be finished with padding and leather at the saddler’s. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The veterinarian barked, and the dogs fell on a squadron of Business Hours, chewing through their briefcases and shiny leather shoes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Be sure to get the leather bag safe. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

By contrast, everything about Marcus screamed superstar in the making, from his red Jordans, gray jeans, and leather jacket to his all-AP class schedule to his talent on the court. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He put the leather trunk against the wall, walked over to the door in the far corner. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She has stitched dozens of leather slippers for me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My leather boots squeak against the floor tiles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Johnny was already in his leather breeches, pulling on his coarse shirt, tucking in the tails. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of cold and horse and oiled leather filled her nose, and she could see the lacings of each small plate of their armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was a leather pad called “the beat” that you’d strap to your palm, like a percussion instrument. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a T-shirt and leather jacket, and I didn’t know him from school. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off with the coat, the scarf, the leather gloves—all piled into Dad’s arms. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But it was the roughly braided loop of red, black, and blue leather that made Gregor’s heart stop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Angry, Father reminded me of a carnival toy, a leather fist attached to a coiled spring used in puppet shows. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The huntress handed her a cloth bag cinched shut with a leather tie. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wearing an old- fashioned Greek tunic, which was a litde too breezy downstairs, and laced leather sandals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s almost dark when I fasten two cords to a strap of leather I cut from one of my moccasins. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my early images of him are clear and sharp and Technicolor: his baggy-legged shorts, his striped T-shirt, his raggedy hair bleached by the sun, his winter breeches and leather helmet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mercy demonstrated on two pieces of thin board to which were fastened strips of leather set with hooked wire teeth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But now my brothers are asking, What'd you bring me, and my uncle is pulling gifts from his pockets, from his leather briefcase, from inside his socks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Poppet Murray stands on the front steps of la maison Lefèvre, a leather briefcase in hand and a large satchel sitting by her feet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, without any warning, he spat—right on the bald knight’s leather boots. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She wore a white blouse and a full skirt gathered at the waist by a wide leather belt, and stylish, crescent-shaped spectacles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was Marissa banging on his head with her leather book bag. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia dug her fingers into the leather casing and ripped it away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’d found himself in the courtyard of a burned-out mansion in the middle of the woods, wearing shorts, an orange T-shirt, and a leather necklace with a bunch of strange clay beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Doctor Gordon had a photograph on his desk, in a silver frame, that half faced him and half faced my leather chair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

While everyone watched, Kilvin donned a thick leather glove and decanted about an ounce of dark liquid from the metal canister into a glass vial. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The furniture was oak, steel and white leather - impersonal and masculine. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The seats were made of real leather, they weren’t sticky or smelly like some restaurants I have been to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Papa had kept the matchbooks in his small leather medicine bag, so they stayed dry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And, with his help, by spring I have a 112-page thesis, researched, footnoted, documented, and neatly bound in black leather. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would sit in the alcoves of each floor reading to each other and eating sheets from the book of fruit leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Italian in the black leather jacket stopped and pointed down an alley behind the white Methodist church. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He pitched the sweatblackened piece of leather into the woods and sat holding the photograph. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the small door unlatched, something—some heavy rectangular thing wrapped in soft leather—fell out of the crack in the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She set it with the lumber splints and tied it all together with the leather straps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn't very old, but her skin had a weathered look to it, almost like leather. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There were a leather divan and a number of easy chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamt of footsteps on the tower stair, an ominous scraping of leather on stone as a man climbed slowly toward her bedchamber, step by step. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He tied the leather thong around his own neck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My jaw was clenched shut around the leather muzzle they had strapped to the back of my head, and hands kept my head still as wires and monitors were hooked up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In the harness room he lifted down a little saddle of red morocco leather. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

One, dressed all in leather, stood next to a handsome black horse that stamped its hooves on the soft grass. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances down at the tan leather Indian khussa slippers he wears inside the house, like he’s measuring them up, as if he’s wearing them for the first, and not the millionth, time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The man in the dusty coat said something to the man in the leather apron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them are in armor—just heavy leather tunics and boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Perry felt inside a pocket of the leather windbreaker he was wearing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted Charley in his arms and carried him out and laid him in the front seat of the convertible, and the tufted tail twittered against the leather. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to take off his worn leather belt but fumbled with the buckle. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A black leather valise covered in mold with papers inside. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hermione rummaged for a moment and then extracted from the pile a large volume, bound in faded black leather. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the gray haze of half sleep, I processed them in small, terrifying pieces: the gasoline reek of shoe polish, the creak of stiff leather, the twist of disgust on their lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe even the boots they have in the window with shiny black leather and thick, strong laces. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A man in a leather coat and breeches led a cow along the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The office smells of sweat and leather—like an old baseball glove. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is tucked away behind a row of counters to the right, and an L-shaped leather couch sits in front of a wide television on the left. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Magnar of Thenn stood waiting by the fire, clad as if for battle, in fur and leather and bronze scales, a bronze sword at his hip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He came with Momma at Christmas, dressed in embroidered Western shirts and pointy-toed leather boots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Men from the green lands liked their women soft and sweet in silk, she knew, not clad in mail and leather with a throwing axe in each hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His deep sapphire armor is finished with steel shoulder plates and leather straps along his arms and waist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wynn wore dark jeans and a white Western shirt with bright yellow panels surrounded by brown piping, paired with matching brown leather boots. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The saddle’s leather was cracked and dry, so probably not a lot there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His face looked like leather, and his eyes were big and glassy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Brown Ben, white-haired, grizzled, tough as old leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers flexed around the leather grip, probably itching to give me a cut to match the one I’d dealt across his face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No cause for alarm, Brother Alf. Ambrose Spike is made of leather and needles. Tough as a boulder, this old ruffian is. Look, he’s beginning to come around already.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The seat was leather—but leather that looked like .. . well, Caucasian human skin. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Accompanied by six guards and a prayer-murmuring chaplain, he entered the death place handcuffed and wearing an ugly harness of leather straps that bound his arms to his torso. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the waist down, he wore standard Greek battle gear—a kiltlike apron of leather and metal flaps, bronze greaves covering his legs, and tighdy wrapped leather sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Not until they saw Kuwei produce a little leather pouch from his pocket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pulled up his trouser leg, and Adam saw the contraption of iron and leather and hard wood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also kept his leather necklace with the beads, the silver ring, and the probatio tablet, and of course he had Riptide in his pocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In response he reached into his sack and pulled out the leather balls again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a yellow knapsack strapped across his back, gray herringbone trousers, a red V-necked sweater, and black leather shoes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a leather couch in his room, right in front of the flat-screen TV and video game systems. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I had made it myself from a Simplicity pattern and cinched it at the waist with a white patent- leather belt borrowed from Mrs. Baxter. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Its brown leather was all creased and soft, and it had a yellow woolly collar and yellow woolly stuff at the ends of the sleeves. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The leather of their knee boots is wonderfully soft, like suede. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Halloween, I put on Daddy’s black leather coat, which of course is huge on me, but that’s okay, and then a black beret Momma got in Paris. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Lola’s attention was drawn to the black and white leather of his brogues, and he was aware of her admiring them and waggled one foot to a rhythm in his head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was covered with flies, all crusty with dried blood, might be why no one else had touched him, but under them he wore this studded jerkin, looked to be good leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She led us into an office with a thick carpet and leather chairs and gestured for us to sit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At least thirty wizards, seven or eight to each dragon, were attempting to control them, pulling on the chains connected to heavy leather straps around their necks and legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was not the rat-faced man; this gaoler was stouter, shorter, though he wore the same leather half cape and spiked steel cap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They are fine English boots of soft, yellow leather which reach to the knees and lace up all the way—they are things to be coveted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would not be her kind of book, or anyone’s really, but she had handed it to him from the library steps and somewhere on its leather surface were her fingerprints. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was like a piece of soft, grayish-white leather, all ridged and rough on one side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His large, callused hands felt like old leather gloves. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His black hair was tousled, his cap and rude leather shoes thrown on the ground close by. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One of them fitted Frodo well enough, a black cap with iron rim, and iron hoops covered with leather upon which the Evil Eye was painted in red above the beaklike nose-guard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stood, and his mummified skin cracked like old leather as he moved. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She wears a pair of nicely faded jeans, brown leather boots with yellow laces and thick rubber soles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sciron kicked off his leather boots, one after the other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The living room was centered on two huge leather couches. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were white leather chairs organized neatly in two corners of the store, and a large table with several laptops for browsing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As they unrolled the leather ground cover to sit at the side of the road, they found a package with a generous supply of rice balls, most likely smuggled in by Sifen or Old Sai. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He toes off his soft leather shoe and puts one pale foot directly in front of me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each was eight feet tall with tattooed arms, leather armor, and spiked clubs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a nickel, they had their new leather shoes shined and gave their old ones away to the shoe shiner. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The shrieks and whistles of huge leather belts on wheels. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Layla is sprawled out on another leather couch, and she looks a hot mess too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A third pile of leather goods lay not too far away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All were lovingly ornamented with Spanish leather in scarlet, and with gold tooling. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he selected another pencil from a leather cup, broke it, and set the pieces in a row on the wide green blotter, and selected another one to break. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were pots and pans, spoons and hashi, cigarettes and lamp oil, tea and leather. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a swatch of oiled leather in one hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Celia stands alone in the rain in her leather pumps and jade housedress waiting for her twin granddaughters to return from their camping trip to the Isle of Pines. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath his black sur- coat and golden mantle was a shut of well-oiled ringmail, and under that a layer of stiff boiled leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They sat on leather sofas that felt cold to the touch, and talked in low voices, until Aunty Onenu appeared. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the back seat, away from the notice of Macon and Ruth, they slipped off their patent leather pumps, rolled their stockings down over their knees, and watched the men walking down the streets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Luke was raising his sword to rally his troops, a centaur shot a custom-made arrow with a leather boxing glove on the end. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still up in the branches, she fits a stone from her waist pouch into a thick Y-shaped stick with a leather belt. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He raised the sword and brought it down upon the dead man, grunting as the blade sheared through wet wool and rusted mail and rotted leather, biting deep into the bones and flesh beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She took the wallet out of the bag—it was a man’s wallet, brown leather—and grabbing Sammy by the hand, ran back to the long beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a rich red leather, with a pattern stamped in gold. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half-dozen men in black leather jackets are sitting at the bar drinking beer. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood gathered darkly, like fruit, and rolled down my ankle into the cup of my black patent leather shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

On knees still shaking from the cow episode, I knelt by the trunk and ran my finger over the leather straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled some acorns from a leather bag for Pretty Pig. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nor did I care that my leather shoes, catching roots or stones, kept tripping me, causing me to fall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the largest black turtleneck Percy had ever seen, black pants, and black leather shoes with points so long and curly, they might have been jester slippers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A black leather sleeve poked out of the bag. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The watch part might have been waterproof, but the plain brown leather band didn’t care for soap and hot water. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was smooth like leather, and there were parallel lines on it that ran up and down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I imagine the more they bleed me, the more I become like jerked meat—a dried bull, a hard leather. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The paving stones felt warm beneath his feet when Quentyn climbed down from the hathay, even through the leather of his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I got into the passenger seat, in her place, running my hand across the leather before I sat, as if I were brushing away her ghost. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a big leather chair, all wrapped up in that blanket I just told you about. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were black, leather, and even heavier than they looked like they would be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Kaisa’s dark brown boots were comfortably worn and scuffed, the leather lined and aged. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his dad, a leather duffel still hanging off one shoulder, looking harried and exhausted. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the twentieth of May, Yutar handed out a dozen blue leather- bound volumes of his final speech to the press and one to the defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time we got to middle school, Ma had the newest car on the block—a minivan with leather seats. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The midwife, needing to replenish her stores of leather flasks, nutmeg, pepper, and the water in which a murderer had washed his hands, made plans to attend the Saint Swithin’s Day Fair at Gobnet-Under-Green. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather seat was warm from the sun and had a rich and expensive smell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the scrape of iron against leather as he drew another arrow from his quiver. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As the adults continued their gloomy conversation and Zalmay played with a handheld video game, Fadi shrank back into the fading brown leather seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then softly spoken words, and a leather hood, and medication. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He took to wearing a leather jacket and a porkpie hat like legendary tenor man Lester Young, joined a neighborhood R&B band, and Ma had increasing difficulty in getting him to go to school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill’s clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert, except that Harry recognized his boots to be made, not of leather, but of dragon hide. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He gestured at Mike, who reached in his pouch and fished out a lead probatio tablet on a leather cord. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We went in through the heavy leather door that moved very lightly. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted to watch Mo giving Elinor's books new clothes, pressing fragile gold leaf into the leather with his stamps, choosing endpapers, stirring glue, fastening the press. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He went sprawling again, freed from the leather embrace, a thin line of blood under his chin where the whip had cut deep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sort of wrote things down in this little leather book I bought, filled with blank pages. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He fumbled around his leathers and then turned to me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He hands me a small pair of leather gloves and whispers back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hans and Herribert examine the man’s leather pistol belt with dazzled eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, that was a wild night,” Alex says, reclining back against the tall leather headboard and pushing his glasses up his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing black gloves, the leather warm even through the silk over my fingers, and a black suit of clothes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a thick checked wool coat with a white apron tied over it, a long scarf, and a leather top hat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what happened to my leather jacket or my sweater. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lifting it from the detritus, she ripped aside its wrappings, revealing leather covers, edges stained with age, clasps that locked all its secrets inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He is, instead, bathed dramatically in a sweeping and resplendent sunset, wearing a crisp black jacket and riding pants tucked into tall leather boots, looking every inch an actual fairy-tale prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Beside it was the pilot in a leather helmet with goggles, and puttees wrapped around his legs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had new white leather roller skates, and I couldn’t help feeling a little envious. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put on quickly some old untidy garments, and fastened round his waist a worn leather belt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old instinct made him reach for his chest, where once he’d kept his fingerbones in a little sack on a leather thong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Doctors come to the house in the evening with stethoscopes in black leather bags. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His big wrinkled hand reached for her, soft as old leather, and Dany wanted to take it and hold it and kiss it, she wanted that as much as she had ever wanted anything. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sells the few things he owns: his bed, a gift from his mother; his leather jacket, a gift from his dead uncle; his rustic armoire, where he hangs his clothes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Frank leisurely removed his coat and donned a leather apron while Bob, the horse, patiently shifted from one foot to the other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the mail there was a shirt of soft leather, but at one point the rings had been driven through it into the flesh. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She gives it everything she's got, and I swear it feels like her words come down heavy and hard, beating on us just as bad as a leather strap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She was wearing stone-washed jeans and a pink V-neck sweater with fringed leather boots. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They stood among rumpled leather sacks, and they clung desperately to rope handrails on the sides of the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I watched dumbly as a shutter of recognition clicked across the blur of tenderness and the wide pupils went glossy and depthless as patent leather. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

So we rolled poker dice out of a deep leather dice-cup. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

With his salt-and-pepper hair, denim clothes, and leather jacket, he reminded me of a TV actor, but he was just an English teacher. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His suit, she could see, was expensive, fine silver thread running through the wool, and his shoes were, too: cordovan with tassels and smooth leather soles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had on leather helmets, but there wasn’t no window over them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was sitting in his own leather chair, sipping his customary glass of scotch. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Its leather binding and marbled edges proclaimed to all the world that it was about as dull a book as could ever have been written by any one human being. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He never thought he’d miss sleeping in a giant’s leather bed in a drakon-bone hut in a festering cesspool, but right now that sounded like Elysium. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Percy strung it on his leather necklace with the strange beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Against that: Syrio, in a leather vest, with a wooden sword in his hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were clad in shabby skins and boiled leather, with long hair and fierce heards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We did not move more than two steps away from the leather belt that swished through the air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He produced a small leather bag full of tobacco. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Polly watched her tie a leather string around the boy’s neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a makeshift tunic of drakon leather over his shredded T-shirt, but it did nothing to keep out the chill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Except for his designer glasses and brown leather Italian loafers, he oozed corporate respectability. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Pushed up against the back wall was a wooden chest fastened shut with three heavy leather straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And jeans and underwear and a thin leather belt and a T- shirt with a windbreaker so tom it hung on him in tatters. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the leather sofa closest to her, close enough to reach out and straighten her wrapper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped his hanjari’s leather hilt in one hand and tapped his fingers against his side with the other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Haider took hold of his longsword with both hands and brought it down so hard the blow split leather, even on the flat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Though he was wearing a soldier’s quilted canvas jacket, red leggings, and high leather boots, somehow he seemed familiar. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph, overwhelmed by everything, slipped the leather case with the photograph into his pocket and said, “Frankie, you should go now. My uncle might be back soon.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

HotCock007 was a hulking bald barbarian with studded black leather armor and lots of demon tattoos covering his arms and face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He hid his old leather belt in the mattress. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The coward in the tough leather jacket has made it very clear how he feels about the coward in the invisibility uniform. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With the car doors closed, we settled into a cozy cocoon of black leather and wood trim. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dutchy and I are standing together talking quietly when a man approaches with skin as tanned and scuffed as old shoe leather, trailed by a sour-looking woman. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She sat up, dazed, pushing the cloak aside; it was softer than any velvet or leather she had ever touched. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy let herself imagine they were at home, sitting on the worn brown leather couch in their living room, and there was no such thing as tornados and lost notebooks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later, that red leather shoe starts pumping up and down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Everything was leather and wood, and not that regular wood you see in most people’s homes—that light wood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had on a dirty leather jacket and some greasy butt pants. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of old-fashioned, with Roman numerals and a leather band, and I hadn’t been sure Sal would like it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘Richard,’ the nun repeated more slowly, writing my name down in her black leather book. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After accepting a glass of wine from a passing waiter, I sat down in one of the leather and chrome chairs that line the perimeter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She pressed into my hand a Book of Hours with a tooled leather cover and gilded pages. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Nearby is a black leather examination table with thick, webbed, restraining straps. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingers over the worn leather, stopping at the buckle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He bent down to draw another line, quickly, with a fierce determination that shook the flesh on his arm, which was hanging low like a brown leather pouch. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The leg had a leather socket that covered my stump. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And two delicate slippers with the softest leather soles and two giant pearls on each toe, to light her way to nirvana. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Derek each had a knife, the kind that folds like a pocketknife but is bigger and is worn on the belt in a leather case. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

A Basque with a big leather wine-bag in his lap lay across the top of the bus in front of our seat, leaning back against our legs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The painted leather burst into sudden flame as she skipped closer to the fire, her breasts bare to the blaze, streams of milk flowing from her red and swollen nipples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s made of gold fake leather, and it’s shaped like a cat’s face, and even I have to admit it’s adorable. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had little interest in running around in circles while drunk, brawny boys in leather trod on my toes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows near the ceiling were small and dirty, the old leather furniture spilled its innards, the tables were mutilated, the walls ash-colored, the floor concrete. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her feet she wore flat-heeled brown brogues with leather flaps. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in the front seats, the dark leather already cold through my jeans even though the car has only been off for a few minutes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

By now, big blisters had formed on Cole’s hands, and, with a sheepish grin at Edwin, he pulled on the leather gloves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His black leather Chuck Taylors are also a good match to my silver sequined ones. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I didn’t need my leather jacket after all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The oars were long and there were no leathers to keep them from slipping out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The gentleman in the bow tie opened a leather briefcase. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A scrap of leather fluttered down into her lap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Whitby didn’t answer, on account of having his tongue pinned by Italian leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some built new mounds or maintained the old; others hauled wood for fuel and houses or carried water in leather pouches or weeded the maize fields with stone hoes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The chair will be my desk, lock, bed, and entertainment center for the night, so I want to make it as comfortable as faux cracked leather allows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When they discovered his new leather briefcase, they picked the lock and uncovered the enormous amount of cash he had stored inside. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Part of her was tempted to run, but Bob had already placed Percy in the giant’s bed, where he nearly disappeared in the wool and leather. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All scuffed, worn-out leather, like something Keith Richards might have worn way, way back in the day. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Meir drummed his fingers on the leather cover of a book. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Goeth was coming closer, all shining black leather boots and crisp black uniform. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered himself into the leather sofa, put down his drink, and propped me up on his lap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The leather boots were as black and polished as jet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like one of those fancy leather diaries. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Standing on a table in the center of the ruckus, the man held a wide leather volume open, while raising one hand high and calling for calm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Momma made sure we got real leather gloves with real rabbit’s fur on the inside of them, and I’m not bragging, but we got to go through two pairs a year each! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were plenty of people who looked like they’d dressed up for the Renaissance Festival, with wool cloaks and tall leather boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wander over to one of the lounge chairs, sink cautiously onto the soft leather, and inspect the armrests. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he reached suddenly for the leather thong around Kira’s neck. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue shoes, white shoes, leather work boots, Nike sneakers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“A man ought to have a real belt,” Dad said at breakfast on the day Luke was well enough to return to the junkyard, handing him a leather strap with a steel buckle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Clothed in leather, some wore tiny pieces of turquoise in their necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But he chose a cap of iron and leather that fitted well upon his round head; and a small shield he also took. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They walked arm-in-arm; he in his patent leather dancing shoes and she in her high laced kid boots. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s arm was thrown over the seat, and her hand bit into the fake leather upholstery behind my father’s head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘Down, down!’ he gasped, clutching his hand to his breast, so that beneath the cover of his leather shirt he clasped the Ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Admiring her idea, gloating, planning, Omakayas turned the leather sewing kit and bead packet over and over in her hands. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s soft to the touch and the binding still gives off a faint whiff of leather. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The wildling wore a sleeveless jerkin of boiled leather dotted with bronze studs beneath a worn cloak mottled in shades of green and brown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He gripped the leather steering wheel with one hand and fished around inside his jacket for another cigarette with the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The style of the clothing and the vintage leather boots suggested that the victim was European and that the corpse had lain on the mountain at least ten or fifteen years. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The light glinted off a piece of metal embedded in the leather tip, a shard to slash and disfigure. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Catelyn had ordered garments sewn to her measure, handsome gowns to suit her birth and sex, yet still she preferred to dress in oddments of mail and boiled leather, a swordbelt cinched around her waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needle went through his leather jerkin and the white flesh of his belly and came out between his shoulder blades. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The puppies played with bones like Eskimo children played with leather ropes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a thick volume bound in black leather and propped it open on the mantle above the fireplace, holding it in place with a heavy pewter candlestick. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He studied the fake leather binding and gold lettering. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Treasure meant gold, silver, and jewels, not dust, spiders, and rotting leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was staring at the leather foot covers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I listened to the music, relaxing against the light gray leather seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I've just started to say the T in Tiny when he comes running out of his room, one black leather loafer on and the other in his hand, shouting, "Go, Grayson, go go." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anything special about it—just a white-and-silver dock face, a black leather strap—but as soon as I saw it I realized that this is what I’d seen him tinkering on all summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of jeans with a leather belt, a pair of flip-flops, a Winter Park High School Wildcats baseball cap, and a baby blue polo shirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He can tell she is nervous, dressed in one of her better saris, wearing lipstick and perfume, in contrast to the khakis and T-shirts and soft leather moccasins Gogol and Maxine both wear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The knife had come back with me because I happened to be wearing it in a makeshift leather sheath at my ankle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are seven masters in Leamy s National School and they all have leather straps, canes, blackthorn sticks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For Loki, the pain of being unable to talk hurt even more than the pain of having his lips stitched into the leather. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He sat back in a corner of the basket while his dæmon perched on the suspension ring, her claws dug deep in the leather binding. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore leather gloves and a fur coat that looked warm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

With belts and long leather laces from their boots, the hunters made a stretcher. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her ankle-length marigold skirt and white blouse were pinched together with a large leather belt, giving her the narrowest waist Percy had ever seen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It sits in a tasteful leather frame on top of the television set. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before Eddie’s death, the cover of his brown leather journal had always been blank. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’s raided my mother’s closet and is wearing her favorite black T-shirt and a black leather jacket from her “punk phase” in college. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“We were eating leather from the seats and bows of saddles,’’ rims one all-too-typical reminiscence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It delighted him always to find the mirror in the shoe’s face, to rediscover the dark reflection released as the finger thinned the polish on the hard, good-smelling leather. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the leather brim of his cap, his pale eyes looked me up and down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

You could see where the holes in his sole had been patched up with sap and scavenged leather. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"He had ninety silver stags in a leather bag buried be-neath the straw." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

These shelves hold books bound with red leather. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But it was hot in the gym, always hot in the gym, the leather headguard squeezing his temples, the metal protective cup pinching his thighs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the desk there is a large leather volume. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shorty straightened up, removed a hunting knife from the leather belt-sheath tucked into his back pocket, quickly skinned the coyote, and walked back to the horse with the pelt tucked under his arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves of happiness washed over him as he ran his fingers over the worn leather braid and the metal snap that allowed you to attach it to your belt loop. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pol took off his shooting glove—an odd, three-fingered leather glove with a bulging, padded thumb—and showed her how to strap it onto her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley wore a black shirt and pants and black leather boots with a silver zipper up the side. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Across their backs they bore round wicker shields covered with hides and boiled leather, displaying painted images of snakes and spiders, severed heads, bloody hammers, broken skulls, and demons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Out there the wind was stronger, a cold north wind that howled across the lake, knifed through their layers of wool and leather, and set them all to shivering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The scent of leather, paper, and glue drifted around him, making him smile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

James makes himself comfortable on a leather sofa across the room. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And she answered in the same dead way, “I was beaten with a leather thong which had been halter for one of the mules, and it hung upon the kitchen wall.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They were the same clothes the nurse in the first hospital had been packing into the patent leather case when I broke the mirror. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gaines walked inside the restaurant and immediately went to the back, past the red and yellow leather stools that ran down along the white countertop like pieces in a checker game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark leather almost matched the dirt on her skin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was a young fellow and he held the wine-bottle at full arms' length and raised it high up, squeezing the leather bag with his hand so the stream of wine hissed into his mouth. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the stable yes, but under leather a cur. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a gift, the salesman said, the store would give me a narrow leather belt with my initial “L” on it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper was sticking a lot of new stamps into his green leather album. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw struggled to get down, and for a moment, caught the leather satchel against the gear handle of the tractor and was trapped. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Maud was poised elegantly on the edge of her favorite leather chair, and I saw that she had changed out of her silk pantsuit and into one of her favorite embroidered Tbnisian tunics. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bounding across the still water at the foot of the old white one, he caught the scent of a stranger, the man-smell well mixed with leather and earth and iron. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Over the rush of falling waters, Jon heard a soft sound of steel on leather that could only mean that the Halfhand had drawn his sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My trousers are tom and smeared with dirt—my boots’ leather is flaking off. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He set a black leather case down on the back of the Mustang. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in a Balkan costume of vest, ballooning trousers, and high leather boots, the immigrant carries his possessions bundled on a stick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He went to the bedroom, took out the green leather writing case, and handed her the sheets of airmail paper. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a dull ring of metal hanging from a leather cord. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut again, my fingers curling into the soft leather of Liam’s coat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Susan opened a cabinet and took out a pair of leather straps. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Out tumbled her belongings—pans and candles and the biscuits Cooky had given them—and then the book rose from its depths, shedding its leather wrapping as it floated toward Tanin’s outstretched arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Good,” I said, and I imagined two leather chairs near a fire in a paneled room, where two old soldiers could drink and talk. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of neo-black in here, some of it leather, some shiny vinyl. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Richie's head, hanging from his neck like a leather bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She wiped her knives on her leather breeches and returned them to their sheaths, then backed up and took a running start at the nearest cargo container. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this older kid, who was really tough-looking with a leather jacket and long hair and everything, went up to the little boy and asked him what his name was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled while she cleaned the lids and pulled them off, stashing them in the leather cross-body bag she wore every day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The wrangler wore a Stetson hat on his greasy hair, an extra-large set of jeans, and a pair of black leather boots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not to mention wear the leather jacket or sport the cool shades. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Well, anyhow it was hardly the church for crinolines and patent leather. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their new weapons they hung on their leather belts under their jackets, feeling them very awkward, and wondering if they would be of any use. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wore a pair of soft leather construction boots, tight jeans, and a black Led Zeppelin T-shirt, and was chewing gum and blowing bubbles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Italian, whose head covered with patent leather curls aroused in women an irrepressible need to sigh, dealt with Amaranta as with a capricious little girl who was not worth taking seriously. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His skin was pale leather, his beard cropped so short that it might have been painted on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In preparation, he went out shopping and bought a leather briefcase. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a leather shoulder bag like a professor. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

An eerie, hair-raising creaking of riding boots, a crop striking leather, a peremptory footstep that makes me shake myself awake and turn on lights all over the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He actually looked pretty smooth and official, dressed up in his black leather jacket, combat boots, and beret. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A vendor with a basket of fruit and another selling leather bottles of beer wove through the crowd. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cole opened it to find a large hunting knife in a leather sheath. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She dreamt of a young, handsome man dressed all in white, with patent- leather shoes and a straw hat, walking across the desert bathed in sunlight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d plunged his hand into a pile of stinging nettles in one hole, and into a clump of mashed blackberries wrapped deceptively in a leather pouch in another hole. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was a nice man in his way—for he stood still solemnly, and took off his leather hat. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That is so. Once it takes fire, the substance will bum fiercely until it is no more. More, it will seep into cloth, wood, leather, even steel, so they take fire as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I spot blue-checkered pajamas under Imam Malik’s brown leather jacket and figure that he rushed out of his house as soon as he heard what had happened. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Fat Tom's blade dropped from nerveless fingers as the wet red point burst out through his ribs, piercing leather and mail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Into the suitcase went the cameras, the leather wallets, the rings, the belt buckles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned back against the white leather seat. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A Heuer with a brown face and gold numbers, on a black leather band. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“A scythe’s journal is traditionally made of lambskin parchment and kid leather.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The black leather shoes I had bought for fifty cents at the Dollar General Store were held together with safety pins, which I’d tried to blacken with a Magic Marker so you wouldn’t notice them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s replaced the leather bags with the black shirt and brace of knives he was wearing the first time I met him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he had already bent down to cut through the leather thong that Basta wore around his neck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Winterfell had been awake for hours, its battlements and towers crammed with men in wool and mail and leather awaiting an attack that never came. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I set it on a tray and pull on leather gloves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was as rough as the wood grain of the table in the dining hall, the skin along his thumb as hard and dry as leather cracking with age. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jon could feel her heat, even through his wool and boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While I talk, he tucks the gloves in his pocket and occupies himself with turning the food in the leather bag into a meal for us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both wore shirts of worn leather beneath cloaks of dark brown wool, but their swords were sheathed and the fat man did not look to be in danger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She laid the book on the desktop and stroked the worn cover, her elegant inky fingers tracing the discolored leather. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before them marched the clansmen from the hills; chiefs and champions astride shaggy garrons, their hirsute fighters trotting beside them, clad in fins and boiled leather and old mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the piece that he cut out he fastened leather hinges; then he fitted it into place, and that was the little door, with the bark still on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came home together in the evening, Zalmai’s head bouncing on Rasheed’s shoulder, both of them smelling of glue and leather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He got out his leather covered notepad with the graph paper that Mom bought him for Christmas one year, and he started making a list of potential clients, and Mom rubbed his shoulders. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The temples were not much larger than apples, but when Diana asked her to move one, she felt as though someone had tied a gigantic field stone to the end of the leather cord. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in Dr. Throckmorton’s office, sinking into a padded leather chair, facing the headmaster’s hulking desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“And why the hell do you have ten pairs of shoes here?’’ he asked, pointing to the sandals and leather high heels my mom had lined up along the baseboard in the bedroom. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And yet, she felt curiously guilty as she slid the supple black leather over her hands, as if she had crept into his rooms without his permission, read his letters, lain down in his bed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Inside were a wallet of dark brown leather, two tampons wrapped in plastic, a pack of gum, and a lipstick. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The scent brought me back to my childhood, visiting trade fairs and markets with my father as he pored over bolts of linen, wool, and leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She knew he was working in low light, by touch alone, in those cursed leather gloves he always insisted on wearing, but Inej didn’t think that was why he seemed so agitated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought my task was impossible, I felt the hook slide under the tough leather. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fly balls fell from the sky and smacked into leather gloves. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And when I was done, Otis would write down my time in a notebook that he had marked on the outside, “One red leather collar, one red leather leash.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wet leather of Tayo’s boots and the hunter’s elkskin leggings made steam rise around them like mountain fog after a storm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The glossy leather on your shoes, or the document that protects your invention, is pronounced PAT-ent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put Oksi inside his shirt against his chest, then tied a leather thong around his waist so that she wouldn’t fall out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was a thin strap of charcoal-tanned leather that held a rectangular plate of sterling silver. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The leather was creased, heavy, and still warm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The soles, made from rubber tire treads, had already been reduced to shreds held together with a little leather and a great deal of hope. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As his tunnel grew deeper and wider—and more precari-ous—Stanley was able to feel latches on one end of the box, and then a leather handle. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The leather grip pulled on my hand like a bowling ball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He looks down his thin legs his knobby knees his worn leather shoes no shoelaces the grass the dirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to see the naked English guy, except he’s dressed in a leather jacket and jeans and boots. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, Benji and his parents were escorted to a room with a large wooden table surrounded by leather chairs. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lady opened her pocketbook, took out a red leather change purse, and scooted coins around, searching for the right amount for adorable, well-behaved colored dolls. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even got a spot that sells TVs, Jamaican flags, leather jackets, and incense all in the same place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Gertrude reached into the folds of her skirt and drew forth a leather purse, which she placed in my lap. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She wanted to throw her arms around it and plant kisses on the leather, tin, and tassels. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She found she almost didn’t mind that leather and cedarwood smell...Ekon stepped back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The leather bundle stuck to the doll’s face swiveled left and right. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was clad in black from head to heel; high leather riding boots, roughspun breeches and tunic, sleeveless leather jerkin, and heavy wool cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Both me and Jay were surprised when Mama came out of the house with her black leather Sunday pocketbook. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He unbuckled the leather belt he used to keep up his underwear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the woman returned half an hour later with a stack of books piled in her arms, Celaena laughed as she swiped the note that crowned the column of leather. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He wore a military pilot’s flight suit, with tiny bird’s wings fluttering on his helmet and his black leather boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a red muscle shirt and black jeans and a black leather duster, with a hunting knife strapped to his thigh. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was that god-awful diesel Cadillac with a red leather interior. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a leather jerkin sewn with overlapping iron disks, and carried a dirk in one hand and an axe strapped to his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The girl, a scrawny thing in soiled leathers, was dodging and managing to get her stick in the way of most of the boy's blows, but not all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She stared at the fire, at the hearthstones, at the candlestick holding the black leather book open, the words crawling like worms across the page. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Supple leather that has molded to my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There it was, supple shining black leather, chased and trimmed with the purest silver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He moved his fingers around the soft leather, then ran his thumb slowly across the bumpy stitches. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, there’s a leather reclining chair. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I take them quickly, my heart racing, my leather shoes soft on the stone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sat in his straight-backed, red leather chair and looked at me from behind the desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’s walking briskly, dressed in distressed jeans and a white T-shirt, her black leather purse slung over one shoulder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled a faux leather bound album from a stack on the table and flipped to a sketched portrait of me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

This was the year my mother and father left China with one stiff leather trunk filled only with fancy silk dresses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brown leather sandals looked new and he carried a staff with carvings of birds, canoes, all sorts of animals, and a lion’s head on the handie. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He’d been followed around stores, and stared at on buses by women who clutched their purses tight enough to poke holes in the leather. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A woman wearing the Panther leather jacket walked in, holding the hand of a girl about three years old. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The air is dense with the chattering of shoemakers and the gamy scents of leather and tannin and dye. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But instead he drew out a small book bound in red leather. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was relatively light work compared to pushing coal carts, but it required that he wear a kind of harness with a leather strap that chafed the tender scars on his lower back and tailbone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

By then, his pup was snuggled inside his leathers, warm against him, safe for the long ride home. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A brown leather tool belt hangs low on his waist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The nurse taught her to oil her skin as well, and to buff her fingernails with a piece of leather. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the sound of feet on the spiral staircase, saw the leather shoes coming down before he saw the man who wore them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The red cloaks wore mail shirts over boiled leather and steel caps with lion crests. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Is there something wrong with your shoes?” he asked, glancing at the soft leather sandals set side by side on the ground. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z