He was yelling at Zac, but his words were lost in the excited murmuring of the lunch crowd. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We had baked chicken, carrots, mashed potatoes and giblet gravy, and rolls for lunch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It always took Mom a few days to get back to me, but when I heard from her, she sounded, as always, cheerful and casual, as though we’d had lunch the day before. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first and last time I see Kristina today is at lunch. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Listen, Tom. If you're such a snob, why did you invite him to lunch?" demanded Jordan crossly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Booker had an enormous blacktop where they had recess and PE and lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were going to ask me to come sit with them so I didn’t have to eat lunch alone. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t manage to wrap his mind around the fact that he had to wait in the food line to buy his lunch. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I went over to her when she was emptying her lunch tray. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She flipped the tabs on her lunch box. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone, including me, eats lunch with their own kind, and that’s that. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had spent the morning knocking down interior walls with a sledgehammer and was covered with dirt and debris as I ate my lunch on the curb. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I watch Soojin put her empty containers back in her lunch bag, looking for a clue to why she’s acting so bizarre. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As lunch went on, we got eleven more signatures. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I stayed in there until I heard the bells signal the end of lunch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Warders’ lunch boxes were known as “suitcases” and normally a warder would designate a prisoner, usually his favorite, to carry his “suitcase,” and then reward him with half a sandwich. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The riddle. The answer is a stamp. We should go to the zoo after lunch.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

As Brandon approaches, she is on lunch break, reading a textbook and eating french fries—which he leans over and samples without asking. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The three of us worked during lunch for the rest of that week. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

You will eat lunch at school with friends. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Finally she said, “I clear up at ten. I set out lunch at one.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking back to work along Third Avenue with two colleagues after a several- hundred-dollar sushi lunch. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Angel hated chicken soup, so Tiger had great lunches. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji “agreed” to the Monday lunch meeting because he didn't have a choice. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even lunch and recess were in slow motion. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She gripped a canvas lunch bag and moved along the wall, as if trying hard not to be noticed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I practiced it in my head at lunch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat at one of the empty tables in the back and watched as guests finished their lunches and went about their days. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After math class, I stayed in Mr. Harding’s classroom again for lunch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had this morning a breakfast which you could not eat; you must be hungry:—I have ordered that a lunch of bread and cheese shall be served to all.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I still needed to explain to her why I’d missed our lunch date. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“While I was waiting ... I ate your lunch.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With hands clasped over his heart, Tommy feigned a swoon; then, leaping like the Frog Prince, he went off to entertain his older fans behind the lunch counter. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t make it up herself,” James said at lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t because people were loitering in the hallway at lunch either. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Everyone makes such a big deal about the last day of school,” she tells me, stuffing her lunch into her new backpack. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I came to a lunch bar, I went inside and bolted four “Coney Island Red-Hots” and three muddy cups of coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Most people wouldn’t expect that, but during the school year you can get free breakfast and lunch and sometimes after-school snacks. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At the hotel we’ve hosted big, fancy lunch- eons and dinners before, but nothing quite this big. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ninety percent qualify for “free or reduced lunch,” which is to say that their families earn so little that the federal government chips in so the children can eat properly at lunchtime. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I had spent half the night massaging her head, but it hadn’t helped, and now she grimaced over lunch. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She did have a lot of questions about lunch, though. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A plain lunch box with no ponies or rainbows. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was the name of choice back in third grade when I ate peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches every day for lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Go to Mary’s. Get us a couple of orders of barbecue. Meet me in the park across from Mercy. We’ll eat lunch there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hears Kat at lunch one day, saying, I like his smile, though. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The next day when I went out to the playground after lunch, the gang of girls started toward me, but Dinitia hung back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I still felt dizzy when we took a break to eat lunch. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then we came back in time for lunch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often visited him there during his lunch hour, and made a point of sitting in a Whites Only chair in the Whites Only waiting room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bill took orders for lunch and stood in line while Kelly and Melissa waited for a table. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

After lunch the next day, the boys wandered through town, joshing one another, poking into shops, taking pictures with their new cameras, buying a few souvenirs, exploring corners of Kopenick they hadn’t yet seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We weren’t going for the lunch the Ladies’ Circle was selling. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Annie and I walked there together every day, lunch sacks in one hand, book sacks in the other. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I had not seen him since we disappeared in the lift the day before, for wisely he had avoided dinner in the restaurant, possibly for the same reason that he lunched early now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Annie Pattridge was an awkward, shy girl in my high school, a kid with gentle eyes who kept to herself and ate her lunches in a corner of the school’s little library. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were never more than two servings of lunch on that train, and always plenty of places for both of them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In a little over two hours, the protesters had shut down three lunch counters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see Matt walking past on his way to the lunch line. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I give him a wave and start to turn the corner since I have to get my lunch bag from my locker. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"But I left my lunch in the locker room over at Building No. 1." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered my lunch and slipped out of the room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early sixth period, right after lunch, my brother is called down to the principal’s office. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Zero took his turn before the lunch break. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go out for lunch recess?” said Mrs. Baker to me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At school I skip lunch period, and go over to the library and hand in my stuff for the contest. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Having all the crowd to lunch was the trouble,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached it, I dialed in the combination and grabbed my lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Thank you anyway. Miss Reilly. I had me a big lunch.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had left him after lunch, still lying on David’s bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I dreamed about that lunch often and when I did I was glad to wake up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the early afternoon they spread their tarp on the road and sat and ate a cold lunch. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I said, “I guess I better get my bags in the car. Smells like lunch is about ready.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Right after lunch there was a game of blitzball which took most of the afternoon, and right after dinner there was the meeting of the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you finished ironing? Come help me make lunch, and then we’ll bring it to the wheat field.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fadi carried his lunch tray through the rowdy cafeteria, oblivious to the noise around him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When they went into the kitchen for lunch, their grandmother was not there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she wished Megan had invited her to come over before lunch instead of after. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Savo told me to relax, I was spoiling his lunch. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then there’s just everyday tasks; Dr. Atchley got lost heading to his lunch talk and a phone came in handy in finding the correct steakhouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a rest they had a good lunch, and then more rest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We all did, and we began enjoying our lunch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This must be the cold lunch that was put out in the dining-room yesterday and I had not eaten. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Today we sat out on the green at lunch because it was such a beautiful day. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was not really enough for lunch, none of them was satisfied, but Dicey pushed them on, to get out of the city. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For solos, right after lunch. And Zara, please save your barf for outside.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So she put my lunch in a brown paper bag and off I went to Vacation Bible School. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was noon, and nearly everyone was home for lunch. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I need to know if Holy Angels will still be feeding the girls lunch every day.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Often during lunch my friends and I hung out here and just talked. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The dead monkeys began coming in after lunch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at lunch recess—during which we all sharpened our three Number 2 pencils again—the power came on. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After lunch, when the dishes had been cleared away and we were talking about nothing in particular, Julian asked, out of the blue, if I’d noticed anything peculiar about Bunny recently. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She says sometimes a flock will wander into the orchard and they get a decent lunch that day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Afterwards we could go to the Eagle for lunch, leaving the afternoon free to discuss how we could all proceed with the final phases of the problem. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He sometimes came to school with no lunch pail and I’d share what I had. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I need to be dry at the lunch table. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Little of both, I guess. Ruthanne’s lunch and this old Mississippi sun pretty much wiped me out.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every time you turn around he’s got three or four hanging off his arm or following him around during lunch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I brought my lunch. And you don’t need to buy me anything.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he and Hermione arrived at Snape’s dungeon after lunch, they found the Slytherins waiting outside, each and every one of them wearing a large badge on the front of his or her robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And there they stood in the dead city, a heap of boys, their hiking lunches half devoured, daring each other in shrieky whispers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I have been eating lunch together. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I went into the lunch bar, sat down in an end booth, and kept my left hand over my black tie while I ordered soup, rolls and black coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as my mom showers, I stack the frozen plastic containers inside an insulated lunch pack, which I place in the bottom of my backpack. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you still sitting in the lunch pit? Or have you gone over by the basketball courts yet?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I wiped the corners of my mouth after lunch, crossed my legs, drank the tea, and listened while Mama talked. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then lunch period is over and they don’t know you haven’t eaten anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At lunch I don’t even bother going to the cafeteria. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I toss my half-eaten sandwich into my lunch bag and feel myself starting to get angry. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Even in a dark room, with the windows closed and the curtains drawn, the shadows descend, circling like buzzards over a reeking lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Most of them bought their lunch, but I always brought mine from home. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We drive through the city of Faridpur and decide to pick up lunch at a market. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Happily, now we knew that this was not true, and so we had lunch, telling each other that a structure this pretty just had to exist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I joined the Squires Club, and our main duties were to keep order in the lunch line and stop students from littering. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

On his way to lunch, Jake saw an extremely lanky kid he didn’t recognize. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Park had gym class right after lunch, and he ran so hard during drills, he'd started to retch up his fish sandwich. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Buoyed by the evidence of Miele’s recovery, they would head out to lunch in downtown Manhattan. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was picking at my tuna fish sandwich, trying to ignore the smell while everyone else ate their nonstinky lunches. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s not much fun when you have to eat, say, sauerkraut every day for lunch and dinner, but when you’re hungry enough, you do a lot of things. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“We have first period, which will also be our homeroom, plus lunch and two more classes together. It’s perfect ’cause, you know, it’s all new for me, too. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Julian, of course, had made the lunch himself, and we ate at the big round table in his office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for your most excellent lunch,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This day she packed a lunch of bread and jam for Maisie, took the boy for a walk, and cleaned the silver and glassware. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Windy has ordered that our group meet at lunch on Monday. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ames often drank alcohol at lunch, came back to the office in a fog, and would sleep at his desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For Gogol’s lunches they stand at the deli to buy cold cuts, and in the mornings Ashima makes sandwiches with bologna or roast beef. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d blurted on the very first day we met, watching him cap off our lunch with a smoke. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nicole invited me over for lunch, but I was going to have to pass. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Mama lives in the country, so she’ll probably make me a fancy lunch like English tea and watercress sandwiches.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Haymitch takes me into the sitting room, directs me to the couch, and then just frowns at me for a while. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had to lunch with Mrs. Van Hopper in her room, because the nurse was going out, and afterwards she would make me play bezique with all the tireless energy of the convalescent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Having lunch with you hardly qualifies as play,” he says, grinning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But today he felt too uncomfortable to pick out the rest of his lunch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing and breathless, she touched the tree just seconds before Jojo did, her lunch bucket clunking against the trunk. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Here,” Mami stood over me, holding a drowsy Héctor, “put him to bed while I heat you kids some lunch.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were some ten feet from the main trunk, and Mrs. Frisby could see, just above the place where the branch joined the tree, a dark round hole as large as a lunch plate. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

If the girls and I are lunch friends now, we’re probably on track for tasteful matching BFF tattoos by next week. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My peers were not particularly friendly, but I weathered their silence, their stares, their whispering, and even the “one-some” lunches. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

During lunch, when my friends are discussing all the aspects of the coming assembly, I can barely focus. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Finish your lunch,” I said, “then we’ll go for a ride.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The top splits and from below rises a second tabletop that holds our lunch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The two women scheduled a lunch date, and Mrs. Richardson hung up the phone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d sit down to dinner sometimes and wonder where and how lunch had happened. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At lunch the next day I stay in class. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There were two fifteen-minute rest periods in the work shift and half an hour for “lunch” at nine o’clock. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climb to the top of the highest dune when it’s time for lunch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every day for the last week, he scouted the route, noting when the mail arrived, by what hour the parking lot filled, when the guards went on break and took lunch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

For the Woolworth’s lunch counter, like similar restaurants throughout the South, was reserved for whites only. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Would she not be forced to seek welfare, and food stamps, and school lunches, would she and her child not become a drain on the community’s resources? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the way there he was handed a note by Bridgitte that read, “Have fun at lunch and I either will see you before lunch or after lunch. Okay! Smile! Love you!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my keeplocks began shouting at me that lunch had never been brought to his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Here’s money in case you want to buy something else. Later you can choose whether you want to pack lunch or buy it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was eating his lunch all by himself. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was looking for Eric, who had gone home for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, Molly’s already agreed to come, and she’s bringing Cherish. Unless I’m back before lunch, which could very well happen. I don’t know.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly pack up my lunch bag and wave goodbye to my friends, who are all looking at me with similar expressions of concern. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They took their time and went to grab some lunch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since everyone had the same lunch period, the cafeteria was beyond packed, so we exercised our rights as seniors and drove to Wendy’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I take the lunch pack to the girls’ bathroom and stuff it in the garbage bin, covering it with crumpled paper towels. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She’d started last night after they got back from Bayside Press, and now it was almost the end of lunch period and she still wasn’t done. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My daily routine is riding the bus in the morning and eating lunch with Sam. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch chewed ferociously on his lunch and eyed his niece, who was arranging lettuce, hunks of avocado, green pepper, and onions in a neat row on her plate. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At least he sometimes checked whether or not I needed lunch money or what I was up to on the weekends. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The officer takes a cursory peek inside my lunch bag—the contraband check. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around the cafeteria, people were doing the exact same thing we were doing at our lunch table: staring at Auggie and Summer eating together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No lunch from home could compete with pizza. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What did they eat for breakfast—and lunch? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob the seagull had gotten a little too demanding about his bread, so on Friday, Emily went back to spending her lunch in the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If it’s fine, I’m going to pitch my tent in Longmeadow, and row up the whole crew to lunch and croquet—have a fire, make messes, gypsy fashion, and all sorts of larks. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon near the end of term, when I was eating lunch in the library cafeteria, I recognized a group of students from my program. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I worked out in the arena with Apollo’s cabin. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately assumed it was the carpenter and went to warn Bep, who was eating lunch, that she couldn’t go back downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon we scarfed down our lunch in record time. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wrapped six gingersnap cookies in wax paper and tucked them into the top of my lunch sack. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Or my mother, telling me that she’ll be in London next week, she’ll drop by the office, we can go for lunch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ms. McCrea says her goodbyes, and we’re back to the starting lineup. It’s been a pretty slow lunch, and the shot clock is ticking.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Finally after a few days, the kitchen phone rang while me and Bertha were out on the porch eating egg salad sandwiches for lunch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At lunch when Mrs. Bishop asked if Ivy had talked to them, she had mumbled a yes, embarrassed that her family had forgotten her on the most important birthday she’d ever had. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our, class would be in the school media center after lunch. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Citra avoided Rowan at lunch, afraid that being seen together more than they already had been might raise suspicion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When she was five, no more than five, Zeitoun came home from work for lunch one day and found Nademah playing on the floor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Theresa stayed with me when we passed through the lunch line in the cafetorium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you just happened to end up with a group of girls because of the class you had right before lunch. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The guys are big, muscular, wear gaudy jewelry and belt buckles big enough to eat their lunch off of.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet walked to them and saw the Chinese food they had brought back for a late lunch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Poor whites from west Texas, her family was so badly off sometimes she’d come to school with no lunch and no money and we would split whatever I had brought along. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They packed together at the two far tables in the cafeteria at lunch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And so from then on I wouldn’t eat anything but peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches for lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We had dinner, then lunch, then breakfast, in a diner. He owned it.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I need lunch money. I have to eat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And, underneath the note I had left for Seanie, I wrote one more line: When Mr. Wellins dismissed us for lunch, Annie sprang out of her chair and rushed out the door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ball up my lunch bag and toss it in the trash bin. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

R.C. was waiting for me on his rickety front porch, and the first thing he noticed was the canvas lunch bag I had slung over my shoulder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“This is what a rat brings his lunch in.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the only time, and the last time, that Summer, Ximena, and I sat at a lunch table together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice is sweet and makes me think of whipped cream, which reminds me that I was too upset to eat lunch today and could use some food. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At lunch, The Taker saves a place next to him, and she sits there. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Oh, a neighbor could be napping, and I need to peel the beets for lunch," she protests. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That’s where we were going, to Thunder Beach, when a squall rolled through after lunch. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

However, the less expensive coffee shop that opened on the parking lot was kept busy serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner to tenants "ordering up" and to workers from nearby Westingtown. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

At my old school, almost all the kids got free lunches, not so many here. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He talks to the lunch ladies more than he talks to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tells you to take the leftovers for lunch. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nathan briefly thought of Joyce, who he sometimes saw at lunch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hot lunch at school cost a quarter, and we could usually afford that. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, it hadn’t seemed right to hang out in the library without James, so she went to the cafeteria, which was about as loud as a marching band practicing in a bathroom. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

You think, I now choose to go to lunch, when that monotone beep rings from on high at 12:37. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Bushy, who regularly gave me lunch money and paid for my school trips, said about the same. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch another worker said there was someone else she wanted us to meet, but Luke took the opportunity to bolt toward the baseball diamond. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Stomach Cramps Boy, who went swimming right after lunch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. Just let me get my lunch.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was his denim-covered binder stuffed with falling-out papers, a paperback, and the cheese sandwich he hadn’t eaten at lunch, soaking through its paper and smelling like pickles. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

To the boy, the sounds were alarm bells ringing off the bricks of the school building, making his stomach ache as he forced down his lunch of a browned biscuit smeared with lard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed he made no mention of lunch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d always sat together at lunch, only in fragments, never the whole team together, but with the impromptu gathering out front, everything had shifted. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a cold, hurried lunch eaten in silence, Ash stood on the front stoop, waiting, and felt like her entire world was being erased. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read it to him during lunch one day, and he listened better than a child at story hour. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to hear the word naked while they ate their lunch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Robert rather lost his head, and kept forgetting things, napkins at lunch and handing vegetables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I skipped going to the cafeteria and ate half a bar of chocolate as I made my way to our lunch spot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Looked like she may have had crackers for lunch. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

If Benji could buy pizza lunches for the school, he could buy doughnuts. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did he want to see me at lunch?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

More than anything he wanted the camaraderie of the road men: the lunch buckets, the hollering, the body movement that in the end produced something real, something he could point to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Having an operation in the late afternoon meant having to skip breakfast and lunch. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I take out Perks and let myself get lost for the rest of lunch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I know your round isn’t until after lunch, but you feel like you’re ready ready?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After practice, they’ll all go to the beach or out to lunch at one of those fancy places where you can’t go barefoot like you can at my favorite place, Saucepan Lynn’s. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Finally came lunch, and after lunch there was reading. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

If they felt like leaving school, even though it was a closed campus, to go out for lunch or go home, they left school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Festus keeping watch for threats on the radar, the entire crew had decided to eat lunch on the hillside while they discussed what to do. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I missed lunch, so my stomach is rumbling. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Cinna puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me into lunch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch hour would pass and we would go back to work, but there would be in our faces not one whit of the sentiment we had felt during the hour of discussion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a senior, so I was allowed to go off-world during lunch if I wanted to, but I didn’t have that kind of spare dough to blow. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She said, “This is the lunch hour, Daniel.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the Transfiguration class had finished, they joined the crowd thundering toward the Great Hall for lunch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Upstream a school of baby tarpon rolled, also with lunch on their minds. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

—No lateness would be tolerated, whether in the morning, for assembly, or at lunch. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kazilly, who looks like some kind of bee in his yellow-and-black vest today, is practically buzzing with excitement when I walk into his class after lunch. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Though he would never go to lunch with his own first wife. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day he told me he would take me to lunch and I accepted. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch recess, Doug Swieteck’s brother lurched across the field, sixth graders scurrying out of his way as if he was a southwest wind about to blister them all over. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He got up, dressed, went for a last look at the Fire-bolt, and was just wondering where he’d have lunch, when someone yelled his name and he turned. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was one of four old ladies with white visors and whistles who rotated lunch and playground duty during the week. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’d be in the lunch line at school, and a pack of Ring Dings would catch my eye. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like we got ourselves a lunch guest,” one of them says, but I’m not interested in their lunch and they know it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Quite soon, a stout woman carrying a lunch sack pushed open the door and walked away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Within the first five minutes of lunch, over ninety people have crammed into Kyro’s room. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get to work on the ladder first and then stop for lunch.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I met some nice kids who sit by me at lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leaning back against the stained-glass windows they ate lunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Well, now I know why Brij and Matthew weren’t at lunch today. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When lunch ended, she would blanch whole almonds by boiling them just until their skins puffed up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then I did some more work, ate some lunch, and now it is afternoon. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just have a nice lunch together, okay?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I’d have eaten with Gale except, being two grades apart, our lunch never fell at the same time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chance came along before long, when I was lining up for lunch and spotted him a few places ahead in the queue. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We got 20 percent off on our meals, and for the first few weeks there, I had a cheeseburger and a chocolate milk shake every day for lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A chaperone handed out the bagged lunches everyone had prepacked. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stuffing a sandwich into your face in the bathroom isn’t lunch, Sparrow.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I have to say, “Free lunch,” the cafeteria has turkey and dressing again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

After we finish reading Lord of the Flies, Chapter Ten, the bell rings, and on my way to lunch I find Jenny Flick at my locker with Bill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The white kids stared at me in the cafeteria as I gobbled down the horrible school lunch. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed the steps into the entrance hall and went into the Great Hall for lunch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Forty-five million kids were eating healthier breakfasts and lunches; eleven million students were getting sixty minutes of physical activity every day through our Let’s Move! Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then I crumple my lunch bag into a ball and carefully fold Madge’s note into my pocket. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s like since I don’t sit at the right place at lunch, I’m different or something.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She’s returned from her lunch party, and it’s time for chai. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“She will show you the way. And here is money for your lunch.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama packed my lunch pail for school, Daddy’s for the field. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He and Anh had hurried to the studio at lunch the next day to check how their prints had turned out after drying. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Who was publicly craving a panini for lunch today. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

To help pass the time while I waited for Marcus’s second call the next day, I brought my macaroni and cheese ingredients to Grandma’s house so we could make Marcus’s recipe together for lunch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I zipped the kimchi back inside my puffy green lunch sack. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After they ate bag lunches next to the bronze lions on the steps of the museum, they fanned out in the European wing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was suggested the children study Morse code in the dining room, but the afternoon was so beautiful, and the shady courtyard so inviting, they begged to pack lunches and study outside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to hear a poem, Beowulf? You are in luck; I was planning to read more poetry today. After lunch, I thought we might have a go at ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus.’” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Forget the endless “getting to know” meetings and lunches, then. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The three of us are eating lunch in the courtyard at Lena’s spot, so that we can plan in peace. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She paid Delores the fifty cents a week she got for lunch money to give her lessons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I tell her School was good, lunch was good, coming home was good, I don’t have a lot of homework, and yes, I will make myself a snack. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We have our bus rides, and I started eating lunch with her and her friends. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But Aimee wasn’t hungry, and she hadn’t felt like negotiating the line, or trying to figure out how to buy lunch and where to sit or with whom. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I never see Silas during the school day except at lunch, but usually he’s in mute mode so that doesn’t really count. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The salesmen bought me perfume and invited me to lunch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my tongue, until lunch, when I told my friend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I’m not hungry now, and even if I were, I wouldn’t want to sit at a lunch table with Edna. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The house was always quietest now, when he could linger over nothing, with the lunch dishes in the sink and dinner far off and the kitchen bathed in incandescent sunlight. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Young, be sure to ask your mom if she can make it to lunch at our house next Saturday. She can’t be working every weekend.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was after midday when we began the walk back to the camp with a couple of rabbits and one patchy-furred squirrel for lunch before an afternoon march to the next bunking. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I said again, as Sycorax and Caliban ran over my foot—over my foot!—and headed into the Coat Room, where they threw themselves into the pile of fungused lunch remnants. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Onto each was dumped swiftly the regulation lunch—metal pannikin of pinkish-gray stew, a hunk of bread, a cube of cheese, a mug of milkless Victory Coffee, and one saccharine tablet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Look at him working away in the lunch hour,” said Parsons, nudging Winston. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Inside it were leftovers from somebody’s lunch: a deviled ham sandwich, a piece of Swiss cheese, part of a hard-boiled egg, and the core of a wormy apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to break up the drive. And I was hoping you’d take me to the Robert E. Lee for lunch,” Miss Fredericks say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It looked like the kind of dog that ate babies for breakfast, old men for lunch, and virgin sacrifices for dinner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I head for my locker to dump my books and get my lunch, Link is standing there waiting for me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Breakfast of champions. Or lunch of champions. Whatever.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She sits with the second-tier popular kids at lunch, she seems nice, but does she blast indie rock in her spare time? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After morning classes and lunch I went across to see Brinker, started into the room and then stopped. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his lunch with Alan Blunt and Mrs. Jones, he had been moved out of the manor house and into a crude wooden hut a few miles away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Connor never ate lunch, he wouldn’t eat ice cream with me, and now he didn’t want to have dinner at my house. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, baby. I tried calling after lunch, but I know it’s not the same. I know I messed up.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“At lunch in the picnic grove. She was practically in his lap.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Among them were the usual: take Mrs. Caruthers her breakfast and lunch and dinner trays as well as see to her various needs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

After a full five hours of walking through a minefield of Sadie Hawkins proposals—including a cheerleading pyramid during lunch—I have one hour to go. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He inspected it and then walked back to his station to continue prepping for lunch. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One day we sat on the grass after lunch, listening to the wind snap the sheets Rosaleen had hung on the clothesline. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our weekly lunch menu consists of brown beans, split-pea soup, potatoes with dumplings, potato kugel and, by the grace of God, turnip greens or rotten carrots, and then it’s back to brown beans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They were constantly scraping together enough money to pay for gas, to get me lunch money, to buy me a new pair of jeans and a few new shirts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The janitors, the laborers, the cafeteria workers themselves did not take lunch in the main cafeteria. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Papa had revised his schedule but not mine, and I could not wait to have lunch with him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch.The whole world has dinner in the middle of the day but they have lunch. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d just gotten my clean shirt on, my book bag still needed to be packed with my lunch and Catherine’s card, and I had to go to the bathroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His cell phone is $50 a month, and he gives his mother $200 a month for lunch and dinner, which he has at her house each night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Put the muck in a barrow and cart it out behind the barn. And then come on in for lunch when you’re done.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When Francie was raised to twenty dollars a week, Mama gave her five dollars a week for herself to pay for her carfare, lunches, and clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were eating lunch and I would bring out my jackknife to cut my sandwich, he would say, “You going to use that knife?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you forgot your lunch pail. You’ll get hungry plowing.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lunch monitor walks past and says to me, “Careful, or your face will freeze in that position.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We drove out to Belle Isle to look for deer and then stopped in for lunch at the family restaurant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s lunch period, and I need to switch books for afternoon classes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It would not be long before I got to the parts that could ruin anybody’s lunch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“So, Morales,” Kevin said as they ate their cafeteria lunch of boiled potatoes and canned carrots. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After that, everyone was sniffing the air and laughing as they ate their lunch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maurice had noticed that my sister was very pretty, and soon they were eating lunch together. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Let’s wrap for lunch and regroup,” the director announced. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The three of them stopped at the wide aisle of frozen foods and started taking inventory: black bean soup, lunch rolls, pizzas, bagels, pizza bagels, tripe, codfish, catfish, I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-fish fish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

While they ate lunch, Jason reported on his midair vision. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I had my fishing gear in the back of the truck and my lunch sack on the front seat, R.C. showed up, looking ragged and red-eyed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just before they had stopped for lunch the drill had found something thirty feet down that had mangled the steel as though it were lead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The lunch area was my idea,” Carlos said, plopping himself onto a bench. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared down at my lunch, slowly chewing the potato chip. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I put in long hours at Sidley & Austin, often eating both lunch and dinner at my desk while combating a continuous flow of documents, all of them written in precise and decorous lawyer-language. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Do you dunk I complained about picking up old lunches that had fungus growing on them and sweeping asbestos tiles and straightening Thorndike dictionaries? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I accept Miss Joe’s invitation to eat lunch in her office. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, my phone finally buzzes as I’m sitting down for lunch in the food court. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“After lunch, clean the five flights of stone stairs. I timed a boy who scrubbed one step and multiplied that time by the number of steps. You ought to be through at six.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch her other parents did the washing up, and Coraline went down the hall to her other bedroom. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a cinch that you can’t do that kind of work on an empty stomach, so I’ll send your oldest sister down with a lunch bucket.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all over in a few minutes anyway because nobody wanted to be late to lunch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He came back all week at breaks, at lunch. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana and Or made a plan to meet for yogurt at Abu Musa’s the next day, after discovering they had exactly the same lunch break. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the maid’s room, at the house in Pétion-Ville, I laid Rose on my mat and rushed to prepare lunch. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And we go swimming together and then have lunch somewhere and then she wants us to promise we’ll meet at the same spot the next day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I sat by myself and ate my rice, because Susie had been called into the principal’s office. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His free lunch was no better than theirs and there was no beguiling entertainment other than that spontaneously contributed by his customers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a decadent lunch of goose sandwiches and chocolate pudding, Emma began to agitate for the older kids to go swimming. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Get that idea out of your head. He’s eating lunch on the bench out front, so he’s definitely not under arrest.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A third of the students at the local elementary school skip lunch during Ramadan. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So Carol sits beside me on the school bus, holds my hand in line, whispers to me, eats her lunch beside me on the wooden bench in the cellar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s cool. Hold my spot in the lunch line. I forgot my notebook.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now the diminutive freshman waited nervously in his dorm room, dressed in his best suit and preparing to risk everything for the right to order a cup of coffee at a five-and-dime lunch counter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day, just after lunch, the hands were recalled from the fields, the washwomen and cooks and stable hands interrupted from their tasks, the house staff diverted from its maintenance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I get out my lunch, push my locker closed, and then lean against it for a minute, watching everyone hustle by. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Swing into Spring is a big deal. Everybody’s been getting ready for months. Too bad they didn’t have it yesterday, though, the weather was so great. Did you go to lunch?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We ate lunch out at least once a week and sometimes more often than that, always, of course, billing Sidley & Austin for the pleasure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then, when our table was called, they got their lunches and never came back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

After one particularly grisly stretch of Dr. Scott’s testimony, Holmes stood and said, “I would ask that the Court be adjourned for sufficient time for lunch.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ever since their conversation at lunch last week, Jack’s been like this. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The rest goes on a plate for our lunch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I think, “So here’s one: Did you know what was going to happen at lunch yesterday?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I found her at lunch, in the library, at The Table, the one that, for a few golden weeks in December—after the concert, before the movie—I’d dared to think of as ours. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We then ran back to the center to make it in time for lunch. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

An hour or so after the cops leave, Dad's on his way back to work, and I'm in the kitchen after lunch with Mom, and the phone rings. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have Emery Webber, who rescued me from having to eat lunch by myself on the first day of freshman year. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After the lunch break we even got matched up together, just the two of us, digging main line—eight inches wide, eighteen deep—where they were gonna install a fancy sprinkler system. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She fanned out a picnic blanket for lunch while I found the shallow creek and learned how chilly and perfect the water felt on my feet. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even come back for lunch at noon. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I went I found those leaflets—on the streets, in the trolley cars, in my classroom desks, on my lunch table, even in the school bathrooms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“With the man from the alarm company. Sorry, lunch will be ready in a minute,” she adds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Heather: “Look, you can’t eat lunch with me anymore. I’m sorry. Oh, and don’t eat those potato chips. They’ll make you break out.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three silly men who had drunk too much beer for lunch decided to climb over the high fence surrounding the pit, and of course they fell in. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, our class used up practically our whole lunch hour practicing for our Holiday Concert. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I may decide to play after lunch anyway.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was thinking all that, the girl next to me, the short one with the healthy-but-good lunch, pulled another thing out of her lunch bag. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But after lunch, when my meds had worn down, it was nothing but trouble for me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t ever finish my lunch, no matter how hard I try. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After our miserable lunch, I gave up the idea that there would ever be a good time to tell her the news: that Rich Schields and I were getting married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in a hurry to get to lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She took a lot longer than usual to make the tortillas and the lunches. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lets me sit and eat my lunch at the table in her office. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had to take a few drags after lunch in the bathroom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The whole other side of the lunch table laughed again. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He told me the catfish heads were free and that tomorrow we would have them for lunch—catfish-head stew over spaghetti. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen at all what Meryl Lee was doing on Valentine’s Day, while we were sipping Cokes at the lunch counter at Woolworth’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And the following morning I get to go to school with my mother’s letter and a rice sandwich because we don’t have lunch meat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, thanks. I’m going to have lunch with Brandy and Tressa.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And we don’t really have to buy our lunches there, do we? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They work in the morning and don’t after lunch.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From 11:30 to 12:00 we bide our time and then eat lunch. “ The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know enough not to bring lunch on the first day of high school. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the state superintendent of schools had made a special trip to Westfield to learn why this little town had the most successful school lunch program in the state. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't mean they got free lunch because they were special. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I look around for any sign of Ellen as I follow him up to the lunch line. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was carrying his books and lunch in a backpack. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was packing our lunch, with a couple of early tomatoes and some salt for them in a twist of paper. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, we ate about as far away from each other as we could, and she went outside early—even though Meryl Lee hardly ever went outside. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The next time I pass through the atrium, on the way to lunch, the wall has been repainted. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even before lunch on our first day back, we had all begun to experience a hell we could not have imagined. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get the free lunch and eat it quickly. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mama gave Francie instructions about going out to buy something for lunch. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we are late, Mr. Govind will be cross all day and will give us no time for our lunch.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she could spend just fifty cents for lunch, they’d have a dollar fifty for dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came by today to surprise her. I was going to cut down that mimosa tree she hates so much, then take her into town for lunch. Pick out some jewelry for her Christmas present.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I think he sat with some of the skinhead kids at lunch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When the other children saw my lunch they laughed and pointed again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s lunch at Inner Harbor, followed by a long trip to the aquarium. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

We used to share our fruit at lunch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Better not try to go out home to dinner. We’ll likely have another rush just before the show opens. Get you a lunch at Rogers’ and put a ticket in the drawer.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling like I need to be doing something, I skip the first few minutes of lunch and head to the Files and Evidence Room in the Department of Supernatural Investigations. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After lunch she’d allow us a few precious hours to run free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunch, I get a great idea. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then one day you leave the lunch line, and I think you are walking toward our table. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Junior considered the playground his own, and the schoolchildren coveted his freedom to sleep late, go home for lunch, and dominate the playground after school. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she took me to lunch at Pizza Hut, and we almost never eat lunch out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She says, “Whatever you were thinking about while you were eating your lunch, start there.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Rosa Parks and Fred Gray met for lunch nearly every day, often talking about what could be learned from Claudette’s case that could end segregation on the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Hey, here’s some lunch money,” he said and handed me a dollar. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"My mother will have cooked lunch. Did you want to pay now for the sausage, or have Mr. Kreuk add it to your account?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Sherry in the parlor before lunch,” Luke said amiably. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t know if that was because of June or herself, but she pretty much avoided June, spending her lunch time in the library. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After their amazing lunch, Johnny rowed them out to sea again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my brother made breakfast this morning, and my mother prepared our lunches, and my father made dinner last night, so it’s my turn to cook. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One of Bunny’s favorite ways to start a sentence had been to let drop, quite casually: “When Dad was lunching with Paul Vanderfeller the other day...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We went down to the Ben Franklin lunch counter sometimes and ordered chocolate milks and grilled cheeses. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Considering that the last place her class went to on a field trip was a museum of lunch boxes, a poison volcano sounded way cooler. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sells candy at school, mainly at lunch, which is the only time I see him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names and lunched with them in dark crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, sometimes in the equipment room, sometimes at a restaurant. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch By went back into the log cabin outhouse and came back with his pockets bulging with toilet paper. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before noon, when we would break for lunch, we would pile the lime into wheelbarrows and cart it over to the truck, which would take it away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long after that that Luke said he had to leave, because he was afraid Dad or Matthew or Mark might come in for lunch a little early. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And with blueberries or huckleberries, there might be pie and then muffins for breakfast besides and maybe pudding for lunch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I bought him lunch, then he headed home, went back online, and began playing Quake II with Eric to wind down. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Africans, lunch consisted of boiled mealies, that is, coarse kernels of com. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch discussion centered on the girl who was supposed to have been Alaska’s roommate, Marya, and her boyfriend, Paul, who had been a Weekday Warrior. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The girls dressed to go after lunch while Crowell and I sat on the bed in his room and read the past performances of the horses and the predictions in the racing paper. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I ask Malik, and suddenly, my heart beats super fast at the idea of lunch alone with him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So when she had grabbed him by the collar at lunch—he swore he could still feel the material bunched between her fists—something inside him had been altered. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We used to share our fruit at lunch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Anyway, after lunch my dad went to talk with the doctors. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the moist and uncomfortable creatures in the lunch pail ceased to exist, for the little red metal flag was up on the mail box, signifying that some postal matter was inside. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him that hospital food is not my idea of lunch, and besides, I have a lot of homework. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If she had to go on a horrifying solo quest, at least she’d gotten to have lunch with Percy on the banks of the Tiber first. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the 1963-64 school year began, Hudson High students organized Selma’s first lunch counter sit-in. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did, in September, have a pleasant overdue lunch with Hillary Clinton, the two of us sitting in the residence dining room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Corey comes over at lunch to say hi, but he doesn’t stay to eat with us, even though we make room for him at our table. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I remember this one time after lunch, when Stan and I went to class and Mr. Thorp, our math teacher with the huge head, sprang this surprise quiz on us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Whenever they had lunch, Mrs. McCullough could not keep herself from staring at Mrs. Richardson’s rounding belly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He circled the Top of the Pontch, where he had once taken me to lunch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In middle school, your lunch table group isn’t always the same as your friend group. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I get in the lunch line, I know what’s going to happen. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Citra found herself getting increasingly anxious after lunch, as the weapons manufacturers touted their wares and various motions were hotly debated. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"And do you usually put your lunch on the front of your shirt, Nigel? Is that what this famous doctor father of yours has taught you to do?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then were released for regular lunch with the non-theater civilians. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Charlie wouldn’t have stolen my lunch, and I wouldn’t have been forced to buy something to eat and sit at another table on the other side of the cafeteria. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Right after lunch he would head out again until midnight. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother says we’ll skip breakfast, eat hot cereal and bread for lunch and fried potatoes for dinner and, if possible, vegetables or lettuce once or twice a week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You just caught me. I was about to step out for lunch.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn't say anything about Alfred's leaving without breakfast or forgetting his lunch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean the rat in my backpack when you know I’m scared of them? The mayo in my shampoo? What about stealing my lunch money?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Zion and I ate the rest of our lunch together that day, hidden away on the far side of the office where no one could watch us. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before he made the tea, he fried some plantains for Baby’s lunch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of us have lunches from home, but Gavin doesn’t, so I ask him, “Don’t you want to go get something to eat?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Soon there would be a lunch break, with tables set up and lunch packets distributed, outside the Auditorium. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders, back, and hands ached when she stopped for lunch, and they hurt even more by the end of the working day. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When my mom was home, I would come home for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After lunch Phil wondered if I wanted to go to the mall with him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The girls’ basketball team practices in the next building, so they come here for lunch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I beat you carrying a lunch pail and a book!” he crowed victoriously. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I broke away from the college guide only for lunch. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You gotta tell Lola to stop packing your lunch. No one brings that to school, not even the Asian kids. Ask for bologna next time,” Gracie says. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday just as Shirley and her mother were about to wash the lunch dishes, Father suddenly burst into the apartment. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then we were having lunch near High Street. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I hide in a stall until lunch is over. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There would be no clams for lunch—you clammed at low tide, on the sandbars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of seagulls, screaming and swooping, circled above us as we ate, and a well-aimed dropping could sometimes spoil a man’s lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch they would sometimes arrive as much as an hour apart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s been holding her tray for this entire conversation, so her arms are probably getting tired, even though her lunch must be lighter without the soup. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mother took a break around midday to make a lunch of thin griddle cakes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trio slept late, wolfed down more of our lunch offering than was polite, and then retreated for an afternoon nap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

About two o’clock, after lunch, the director came in to the discing room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked it when she fixed a lunch if it didn’t slow them up too much getting started. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the shade of a sapodilla tree, eating our lunch. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy made lunches while the three girls sat at the kitchen table, eating and reciting, in English accents, scenes from Pride and Prejudice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Entering the sparkling city of Budapest, Fischer checked into one of the most romantic and elegant hotels in the city, the Gellért, right on the Danube, and had lunch on the terrace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

August looked at the clock, announcing we’d done so good with our time we had a whole hour left before lunch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminds us to put our homework in the basket and gets the class helpers working on lunch counts and stuff. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We purchased cups of warming coffee and took them to a set of long tables, where we sat with a sprinkling of other steamy hikers and ate our packed lunches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But James is hungry, and Tom is with him, and I am afraid that if he doesn’t get his lunch now, there won’t be anything for him to eat until dinnertime. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Later, as an adolescent, Wesley recalls other teens marching up to him in the hallways, demanding to know why he didn’t say hi to them at lunch or— Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We talk to half of them at lunch and catch the other five after gym. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s just something we do occasionally, like wearing 3-D glasses for a movie, like eating ice cream too fast on purpose to see who gets a headache, maybe even like stealing each other’s lunches. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

About gym class—You wouldn’t believe what the gym teacher’s name is—and about math, and lunch period. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’d hidden in the library at lunch again and had pretty much avoided or been avoided by all the people I didn’t want to see. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I walked into the girls’ bathroom with Maddie at lunch, expecting to have a quiet chat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When my sister came with the lunch bucket, I could have kissed her, but I didn’t. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat alone in the auditorium before classes and at lunch and snarled at Quentin when he tried to sit beside me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell sounded, Shirley raced to be the first in line and waited impatiently for the new girl. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Opening her lunch pail, she pulls out a biscuit. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the buzzer sounded for first lunch, we leaped for the doors. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They were careful about their work, protecting Theresa’s shoes with lunch bags, folding her clothes so as to fill their father’s old black trunk with precision. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force down my field lunch of soggy fish and beet stew. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You just write down your questions after lunch and I’ll see what I can find out.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

During lunch I sat at a table with some of my non-Hasidic classmates and stared at the section of the room the Hasidic students always took for themselves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mom made us tea in the mornings, and I walked to school with my brother Alex, carrying a lunch bag and a backpack. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I liked what you talked about at lunch,” I confess. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

"Your computer is fine. Leave the men alone. They'll be done soon and then we can have lunch." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had lunch along the creek—stewed mussels and wild potatoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to make conversation with a small boy, Kennedy asked him, “What did you have for lunch today?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After the best lunch and recess I’ve had in a long time, Mr. Daniels waves me up to his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Things are all mixed up inside me, and I need some time to digest more than my lunch. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I shared half my brownie with her at lunch and told her a really cheesy joke to make her smile. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But a few people took Gartler seriously: before leaving the conference, Stevenson met several of the top cell culturists for lunch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m done for the day, so I can get lunch or...?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She knew when to restock his office refrigerator with Dr Pepper, and the exact time he liked to eat lunch every day. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lark Creek Elementary was short on everything, especially athletic equipment, so all the balls went to the upper grades at recess time after lunch. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We were allowed out on our terrace all day long, except between twelve and two when the warders had their lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene reminded Leo of the invisible wind spirits that had served him lunch at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She hung the unused snowshoes in the shed and the lunch bucket in the pantry before she entered the warm kitchen. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The men crossed the tracks and I saw the glint of their lunch buckets in the tipple light, and I came slowly back to reality. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was alive and sizzling and could usually be found in the library, where I was still spending most of my lunch hours. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Where have you been? We have to leave the house soon, so hurry, go and eat your lunch!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wondered if she would tell them to me, sitting across from me at lunch. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma took charge of a small hamper full of our lunch, since they charge you two prices for everything at a fair. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At eleven thirty, Roberto carried the twenty lunches in a box and delivered them, on foot, to the workers who were given half an hour for lunch. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I remember once sitting at a table for school lunch, and hearing my teacher say, “Ooh!” like a happy bird and looking back and seeing my dad in a big coat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Jose brings me to his office in the clinic and sits me on a little bed covered in a tight white sheet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bathed and anointed themselves with the sleek oil, and had their lunch, and amused themselves with a ball which they threw to one another, dancing all the while. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma put on a Murder, She Wrote rerun after lunch, but she always dozed during those, and Irene and I had already seen it, so we quietly left her asleep in the recliner. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Desdemona packed his Greek lunch of feta, olives, and bread in a new American container: a brown paper bag. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Minny, I only told you so you stay out a her—” “She ever say that to me, she gone get a piece a Minny for lunch.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He treated us to lunch first, and then he took us. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In grades five to seven we had our own classrooms, our own lunch area, our own teachers, and our own deputy principal—our own little world inside the bigger school. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He and she always had lunch by the livestock pens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know the rules. This should have all been done before lunch.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She acts like them lunch ladies won’t cause her no trouble. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Students walked across the Queen Street Bridge to downtown Hampton and converged on the lunch counters at Woolworth’s and Wornom’s, the local drug store. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

This time when I try to stand back up to catch my breath, I lose my lunch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“My young ’uns forgot to take their lunch to school today,” he announced to the teacher on cafeteria duty as he walked toward us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In order to get to our lunch, we walked through a gauntlet of hot flashing lights and squeezed past people shouting questions. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So does Liam, but he saves me a seat at the lunch table when he can. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

It came just before lunch, as he was standing at his locker, and flew in with such force it knocked him back, making the row of lockers resound like a steel drum. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“She wakes up at noon and has lunch directly!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sneaky opens his lunch pack, pulls out the M&M’s, and waits for Aiden to hand him a dollar, which is what he charges for most of the candy he sells. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I go down to breakfast and see Dad packing lunches. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Hang on, boy, you don’t want me to drop this knife on some vital part, do you? Just set still while I get you some lunch.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the stoop with that and a mug of tea, I watch the sun go down as I eat my lunch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As Micah eats his lunch, Sara and I create a work schedule and dream up recipes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been anything she ate because she had forgotten to eat lunch. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After changing out of our wet clothes and having lunch, Frankie and I helped Mrs. Baxter peel some potatoes for the night’s dinner. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sat on my bed, talking with Mr. Savo, and couldn’t eat any of my lunch. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

People are all over the place, eating lunch, resting, talking with friends. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To prove to her younger sister how uncivilized I was, she invited me to the rectory for lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at lunch she gave me three red gummy bears. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, after my French class, I sat on the top floor of the library with my books spread across the table in front of me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She smiled and then got up, saying she had to go say hi to someone before lunch was over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When it was ready, the warders would join us and we would all sit down on the beach and have a kind of picnic lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some years later, on the day Ifemelu resigned, she went into the cafeteria for a last lunch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a free lunch without the part where I have to say it out loud. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I learned this trick the day Jay Cee took me to lunch with a famous poet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sits to my left during lunch, keeping his head down like his cheese sandwich is the most interesting thing in the room. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock, right after lunch, I was the first one in Miss Ehlis’s classroom. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, at lunch, she usually reads by herself outside. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then Ms. Owens blew a whistle, stopping the exercise and calling for lunch. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see her the rest of the day, even though we stayed at the carnival until after lunch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Besides, we’d had to tell Mom we were going for a picnic lunch after chores. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t, and he can’t, and his heart is on a plane over the Atlantic right now, coming to DC to seal the deal over a well-photographed lunch with June the next day. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And what this meant was that we were together—the four of us—exactly one period a day, which was lunch. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Heather from Ohio sits with me at lunch and calls to talk about English homework. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny that I eat lunch with these guys five days a week, but we never really hang out apart from the group. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Jack and I went to the microfiche room to look up press on John Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom fixed up some fried baloney sandwiches for lunch and called Quentin and me into the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the others buy my lunch the next day, which is great, since it’s pizza day and our cafeteria brings in from Angelino’s. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Afterward, the mourners were invited to Anna’s house for lunch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

This was Mother’s signal that it was time to have lunch. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear one thing Mrs. Robins says for the next three hours till lunch. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Twenty-four cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs—waiting to be eaten after lunch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After lunch my sister and I headed for Shelly’s place to deliver the food dye and review our plan. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m glad I don’t have to ask her to make my lunch today. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I hated the way she folded the wax paper from her lunch; she did not wad her brown paper bag and her school papers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, everyone files back into the courtroom. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I’d learned the hard way that I couldn’t eat lunch with him and his friends. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I know it ain’t fair to be mad at my dad because we’re poor, so I go, “Ready for some lunch? Today is grilled cheese day.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had taken a picnic lunch and crossed the bridge and eaten in a field on the other side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gently, she lifted the kitten and put her in the hamper with our lunch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sits next to me in the classroom and sits next to me at lunch and we both don’t talk to anyone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Lady Tanda expects me to lunch with her. No doubt she will roastme a fatted calf. If it's near as fatted as her daughter, I'm like to rupture and die. And how is your leg?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“New girl brings a termater for lunch and don’t even remember.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a backpack, water bottles, lunch pack, some shorts and T-shirts, other stuff.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I have a different lunch box now that doesn’t have a lock on it.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke sighed and said, “You can go to lunch.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The news came down to the prisoners that after lunch they would be allowed to go outside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She made me lunch, but I could barely eat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

For lunch we often received phuzatnandla, which means “drink of strength,” a powder made from mealies and a bit of yeast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, unable to stop himself, he’d walked to this address during his lunch break, wondering what her life had been like back then. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They thought I was lunch and dinner rolled into one.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In English I told Margie I had brought some tape I had shot and she found me at lunch and dragged me to the video room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh-huh. I remember that day, too. It had rained in the morning, but the sun came out after lunch.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They’ve been best friends for years, and for some reason, they invite me to sit with them at lunch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I duck out of more roller coasters because I’ve had enough g-forces for one day, thank you very much. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Over a barely digested lunch, the three scientists realized that this intermediate molecule had to shuttle from the cell’s nucleus, where genes were stored, to the cytoplasm, where proteins were synthesized. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

At lunch, just before Imani plunks down next to us like she always does, Heather and I jump up and give her another giant hug. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I’d make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids’ money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It took me the rest of lunch recess to carry the trays—one at a time—up to the classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Can you just give me my lunch money, so I can go to bed?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lanford was standing at the board, chewing the last bit of her lunch, as we all filed in and took our seats in our assigned-group clusters. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After a quick lunch of rice with salted fish, we climb in the truck and move again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crow floated out of the restaurant without paying for her lunch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t wait to see what you brought for our lunch,” she said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first Monday in May 1903, black waiters arrived to begin work at a popular lunch counter only to be told to go home, as the manager had abruptly declared them “incompetent.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Late in the night I pulled into a rest area, had a hamburger at the great lunch counter that never closes, and walked Charley on the close-clipped grass. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are still ten minutes left to my lunch period, but I don’t have it in me to be in the same room with Edna. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He’d catch people whispering as he walked by in the corridor or at lunch. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In my interview, I had been promised a thirty-minute lunch break, but this turns out to be a five-minute pit stop at a convenience store, if that. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate lunch in a famous underground Arabic restaurant, full of Oriental rugs, called The Philadelphia. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she was back working in the factory or cleaning apartments, she gave me money for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t have anywhere to go, I didn’t want to spend my lunch period with a teacher. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Hell, we only got half a hour for lunch. Who wants to waste time washing hands? Drink up, new girl.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This used to happen when she carried her lunch tray in the cafeteria. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I joined a group of about twenty students from different grades, set off in a self-contained classroom apart from the rest of the school with our own recess, lunch, music, and gym schedules. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Proud of myself, I went to lunch and promptly forgot about it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I realize the entire team is eating lunch, chomping away like horses at feed. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, just before lunch, a doctor and a policewoman and a technician came in. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky slides the dollar into his pocket and is about to close his lunch pack when Aliya Morris comes up and buys two Snickers and a Butterfinger. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

On the way to lunch, Joey’s whisper came again: “Rats don’t get scared of spiders.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed quite grumpy about having to wait for lunch, and they were all relieved to see the tardy guests arrive. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, she often stayed on task through lunch and late into the evenings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the thought of Sally talking about what had happened with Liz, so when it was time for lunch, I didn’t leave Mr. Harding’s classroom. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere just after the endless Highway 900, after a lunch stop for a bagel and water, Annabelle tackles the Coal Mines Trail, which parallels a railroad track before looping through a dark and fern-filled forest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nearby, the packed lunches trade their pudding cups for string cheese. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then, after lunch, I spent the rest of the day with Grub. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down for lunch, and my brother and dad left the table to use the bathroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Our new lunch boxes were the kind we had always dreamed of: bright aluminum with two removable trays, one for rice and one for a meat or vegetable dish. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the men did not finish their lunches, I would salvage what few crumbs remained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She invented “rest time,” a period of endless inactivity stretching out after school and lunch, in which we were ordered to stay in our beds, under our mosquito-net canopies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for lunch, Ms. Faraci caught me at the door and pulled me aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was sitting under my tree at lunch, reading a book, when a group of girls shouted at me, from across the quad, to come sit with them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t figure out why there wasn’t food on the table for lunch. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he tells Daniel to stop whining, lots of people at the lunch tables start laughing, and you bet that makes Daniel get a big frown on his face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He comes home with something hidden inside his lunch box, a gift from Ramu. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I said I didn’t want to be disturbed,” Parker said as he ate his lunch and read the newspaper. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the second grade, you can buy your lunch if you bring money to school. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She opened her lunch bag and pulled out a green wrap filled with more green stuff. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang for lunch, and the room emptied in what felt like record time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She worked from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a half-hour break for breakfast and an hour at noon for lunch. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And the next second, Summer, without saying anything to anyone, just picked up her lunch tray and walked over to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As we walked back to her classroom, students thronged the hall, the metallic ringing of lockers opening and closing as they gathered their books for the first class after lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sandwiches. Probably the best thing here. But it’s so popular you’ll spend most of the lunch period in line.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

If he did, he would've won because my legs were barely working, but he wouldn't test me, not after what had happened at lunch. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They ate lunch sitting on a bench at a bus stop on Route 1, finishing the bread and peanut butter, scooping it out with their fingers and licking it off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little after noon, men dressed in white streamed out of the building and began sitting on the lawn, opening lunch boxes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the river they eat their picnic lunch, then move downstream to shriek in the cool water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I wait at the cafeteria entrance until the first rush of sound drops. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

At lunch during the following days, Quentin and I worked on how to build a rocket, sketching out crude drawings and theorizing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that my mother always has lunch ready when I get home. She goes insane if I’m not hungry, I mean.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After I fish out my lunch, I slam the door closed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“My, my. Okra and pork chops for lunch. What’s this about?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had their lunches from a nearby tavern. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mama told me a long time ago, “Tyrone, if you want lunch, you better make it yourself, ’cause I got more important things to do!” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She suggested he and I take a walk after lunch. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Maybeth picked out the meat and put it in a bowl in the refrigerator, for lunch the next day. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab wasn’t coming; the Human Rights Club met on Tuesdays at lunch, and even a cupcake couldn’t persuade her to miss quality time with the Berperson. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just as I break the news to Kimberly at lunch, I feel a hard tap on my shoulder. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We traded him the lunch box. In your big investigation, did you even ask him if he liked it?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s really nice and we always go out for lunch together. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she set the spirometer on the side table by my bed, she announced, “For lunch today we’ve got chicken tenders, and fries, and a small salad,” while setting the tray down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So the next day I go to Room 402 at lunch and do my best to volley back right answers to Rosa’s ad lib math problems. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, run and get our lunches from the fridge. And don’t forget our favorite root beers.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When I got my lunch bag from the locker a while later, I saw that half the waffles were no longer there, and asked about it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth decides to return the book later, at lunch, perhaps, or when he's sent on another errand to file papers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Winning doesn’t sometimes. Now, I should leave. So dry your eyes, and get ready to go to lunch. You can call me every day if you need to. I’ll see you in four little weeks.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She re-converted him into the high-stepping camel that came to lunch on Thursdays. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow and brown stains of whatever curry or sandwich he’d eaten for lunch dotted the material. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, I went down to the kosher deli two streets over to buy the newsmen’s lunches. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Savanna had asked her to sit with them at lunch, and then arranged it so Amos and Ellie sat next to each other. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That would be from a picker who was taking his lunch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day back after every vacation, school lunch came with a cupcake, so Bridge left her bag lunch at home. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And as for my lunch box going off to college with me someday—well, to tell you the truth, I didn’t see anything so bad about that. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so real to me that I could scarcely eat my lunch, and I kept straining my ears to hear the telephone should it ring. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My brother pretty much ignores me throughout lunch. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I drained the glass and turned to leave, when there across at the lunch counter I saw Brother Maceo. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, there’s gonna be a game of marbles after lunch,” Ira announced. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Monday, without fail, they walked in rain, heat, or humidity to La Cocina to have lunch and get their week started. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I practiced walking him with the rope tied to his collar. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At lunch, we sat in the shade and took out our lunch boxes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every day she brought an orange for little recess and a blue tin box of lunch for big recess. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay! One slightly squished Butterfinger candy bar from my lunch bag,” the teacher said, holding it up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A bright spot of pink caught his eye—a Hello Kitty lunch box sitting on the sidewalk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Someone mentioned a bike ride and a picnic lunch along the river; apparently the kitchen staff would pack your lunch in a basket if you asked in advance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He made sure I was up, and had my lunch fixed, and was out the door on time. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not another word about the play was said until lunch, when the long lunchroom table burst into a flurry of excitement. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They marched, rested, marched, lunched on water and a box of stale doughnuts, walked, rested, and once again on the final lap, Dicey carried Sammy on her back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm not going to see him after lunch until the fight. His people come in and dress him. They're very angry about me, he says." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There is absolutely no chance for Fiona to help me during the morning classes, and at lunch she rushes off to some meeting. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang for lunch, I raced to my locker, but somehow Ben had beaten me there, and somehow he was talking to Lacey Pemberton. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You know. The shopping, this fancy lunch, accepting me into the pageant even though I fell flat on my behind. I don’t get it. Why me?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Muqtada! It’s almost lunch! Wake up. You have a new roommate!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon it was lunch and everyone came together in the clearing to eat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A man at the information booth tells him to wait upstairs, in an area filled with round tables, where people sit eating their lunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I’m jealous, ’cause his lunch looks better than mine. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They pick apples and have lunch in the old apple orchard, where there’s a little cafe now, or they take picnics down to the meadow beside the river. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After lunch Father sent me out to the woodlot with the axe. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran in and clattered his lunch pail on the sink. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me my lunch and ate his own, both of us busy with our thoughts, and didn’t say anything more about the treasure until I was ready to hide the second bundle on Cuttyhunk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Kids made fun of their lunch as they passed, but I kept my mouth shut. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I grab my lunch tray, I notice. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“My mother always has lunch ready for me when I get home.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go out to the garden and pick some fresh tomatoes to go with our lunch?” she said, then waited till May was out the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you keep that up, you’re not going to get lunch.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Miss Lizzy said I can have time to myself while she take a nap. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy for Blaine to find out, perhaps a casual mention from someone who had been at the lunch, but she never knew exactly how he did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s all right, I’m stuck right now. I might as well stop. Have you had any lunch?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The time I lied was here in Oklahoma when Mrs. Miller found me in the library during lunch. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At noon we opened our lunches to eat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the plastic lunch tray and go through the line. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, while Chou and I feed the children their lunch of rice and fish, we watch the father walk up to Kim as he waters the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl finished her lunch quickly and made off, while Winston stayed to smoke a cigarette. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Among the marchers were students and older folks, parents and children, carrying backpacks, bedrolls and lunch bags. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mac and cheese recipe! Grandma and I had it for lunch. It tasted really good.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ten-thirty, he shows up at my door to return it, and asks me to have lunch with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Fingers tight on my lunch bag on the way to the cafeteria, I hear someone shout, “Amelia!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But after lunch I felt as if I was sitting on a giant spring and it was all I could do to keep it from launching me head first up into the ceiling. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, gave an angry little sniff, and then began to eat her lunch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My feet were wet and cold, and I was still hungry—biscuits and beer don’t make much of a lunch when you’re working oxen along. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was playing basketball almost every lunch now, mostly with Liana and Ainsley, sometimes even with the boys. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Seven p.m. How long have you been napping? You missed lunch.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miig was holding a plastic lunch pail with a broken hinge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the lunch line, I peer over a girl’s shoulder. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We’d planned to meet up at the end of lunch to talk about the talent show. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom during lunch, I can hardly stand to stay in my stall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At noon she would rush home and fix Chester some delicacy for lunch, like a midget fruit salad or an entire vegetable dinner so small you could serve it on a silver dollar. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were scheduled to meet for lunch the following Saturday, she told me, just Amit and me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the day she drove him home, he sat with them at lunch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I did all my homework at school, during lunch, when other kids were talking and stuff. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was late to lunch, then late to English. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At last, when the sun is high and everybody is enjoying lunch—everybody but people like me—I beg once more, in a cracked voice. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sits with Taryn and me when we take our lunch, spread out on a blanket, watching the sun set. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Nick Young came over to me in the lunch room I didn’t know what he was going to do. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The remains of her lunch, egg salad and chocolate pudding, were still evident on Boots’s face and shirt. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘The road goes on for ever,’ said Pippin; ‘but I can’t without a rest. It is high time for lunch.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like, it’s very possible—in fact, it’s probable!—that you may end up sitting at a lunch table with a bunch of girls that you’re friends with—but who aren’t necessarily your friend friends. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I go into the fridge and give her the lunch she packed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe we’d start a new lunch table together, with Jack and Auggie, and Reid—and Amos!—at the table next to ours. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They became my lunch table from then on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I just want to make normal food,” she says, finally arriving at our table after spending half of lunch talking to Stephanie. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I close my computer, and in only a handful of minutes a woman comes into the room to tell us that lunch is being served. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The girl boldly seized the other side of his lunch tray, to prevent him from leaving. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you want to meet up for lunch when I get there? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Pasha’s Favorite burped as his stomach worked on the sardines he had had for lunch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she told me that Margie was in the cafeteria because she had a early lunch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had sisters, cousins, and aunts who called mornings and asked her to come for lunch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We met over lunch at a restaurant on the lakefront in Austin. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked about as forlorn and pitiful as I must have looked cowering in the bathroom stall to eat my lunch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

By 11:25, we had five more minutes in our lunch block and the mailman still hadn’t come. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or maybe not—those two ate lunch together every single day. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He had been busy all the morning about household duties and with the preparation of lunch. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone else is finished with their lunch, and they’re waiting on me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of Windy’s lunch lies untouched as she goes around the table, giving me the details about everyone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Math first thing in the morning, then science and gym, lunch and health, and finally, reading, language arts, and social studies in Mr. Larson's room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, Ben waves us to another lunch table farther back. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I’ll have to go through this every single time I want to have lunch with a friend. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Later Abbey and I packed a lunch and rode our bikes to Thunder Beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Noah holds up a cartoon his mom put into his lunch. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ramu and I sit together every afternoon after lunch period so we can practice our English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I told you at the beginning of lunch you had a lovely and unusual name,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I still had the cheese sandwich I hadn’t eaten at lunch. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, there they were in the lunch line, him with his arm draped over her shoulder, the two of them blabbing away like old buddies. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was lunch, but Audrey would be there, and now I knew she wouldn’t talk about it in front of Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Ooh!” says Elsie when she sits down to lunch with me in the food court. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And then, after lunch, we went to the hospital. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Close enough to the rest of the class not to be considered missing, but far enough away that Ms. Chenoweth couldn’t see their upgraded lunch. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the breakfast the sisters had brought her, nor the lunch. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She might be the lady with the dazzling smile who offered you a sweet from a white paper bag in the street before lunch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I held tears in for the rest of lunch, and when I got back to class, I raised my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She went on, “It’s a warm day. Help yourself to some water. I’ll have some lunch for you at noon.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, Teen Dreamers — start digging for worms. It’s what’s for lunch.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But every morning she made breakfast, gave me carfare and lunch money, as if I were going to work. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say another word until lunch ended. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the "gonnegtion" mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to talk about it tomorrow during lunch period. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of food makes me realize I’m ready for lunch, but we enter the mosque to pray. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“David, when you’re finished, get your shoes on. We need to go to the grocery store and buy something for lunch.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her window, she watched him in the yard, securing his lunch in the rear carrier pack of his bicycle, then walking his bicycle across the yard and into the street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

At lunch, Luke made another pot of spaghetti while Toby sat in the living room with the twins. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We shoveled gravel through sieves for seven full hours with a half-hour break for lunch.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anise Fowler moves to a different island, and the pack of hyenas slowly separates, and suddenly I find that I’m sitting at lunch tables where there are other people. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They become lunch, too, but it’s better than nothing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would swear definitely that there had been eight china figures upon the dining table when he laid the table for lunch. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I had been surprised during the last few weeks to see them sitting by themselves in the morning and at lunch too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch one day Russell tells me they've got a big cooler down in the basement next to the room where his dad gets the bodies ready. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

During lunch hour, if they were not off fighting a blaze, the men attached to the firehouse played cards. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I was so overjoyed that I stayed for lunch.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker had one more idea: he was going to volunteer to go over and swipe two dollars from the lunch counter. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Lelia’s busy in the studio with a student I’ll answer phones for her and schedule appointments and make lunches of soup and sandwiches for all of us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students were passing us by, oblivious, rushing to lunch or another class. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I dig into my lunch bag and pull out a plastic container that I don’t remember packing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Bran was supposed to come to my house at noon, and my mother was to take us to lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settle onto the couch with the chocolate pudding I saved from Friday’s school lunch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, after a hasty lunch, it was straight back upstairs for the Charms exam. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hate eating lunch alone too, and I knew that was the polite thing to say. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He followed me between classes and sat at our now-crowded lunch table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They would have gone to see Aunty Uju’s house and had a nice lunch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun occasionally stopped there for lunch, and was eating there that day when he saw an exceptionally tall African American woman enter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I will plait your hair after lunch,” she said, turning to leave. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had a few hours to kill when we arrived in San Francisco, so Mitra took me out to lunch and we roamed the crowded city streets. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, another girl from Irishtown visited after lunch and the two gossiped in the parlor for so long that afterward Fiona had to speed through her chores. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought it best to have lunch served immediately in the restaurant car,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was really nice to meet you, Helen. We should have lunch sometime.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock I went out and had lunch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But at lunch when I see her in the cafeteria with the laundry bags, I find myself drifting over there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together and looked down at the remains of his lunch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After lunch, we ride in a procession past the royal hourglass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At lunch she was alone again at her table. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The next time the water truck came it was driven by Mr. Pendanski, who also brought sack lunches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At two, they went into the teachers’ lunch room where there was a gas plate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But underneath it all she could not conceive that the boy the gypsies took away was the same lout who would eat half a suckling pig for lunch and whose flatulence withered the flowers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had left my knitting in the morning-room before lunch, and I went along through the drawing-room to fetch it, the faithful Jasper at my heels. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

From the truck he sold coffee and pastries, the hot lunches Mami cooked daily, and the bark cider he made by the gallon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The birds were all good because they fed on grapes and you never took a lunch because the peasants were always honored if you would eat with them at their houses. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some men were on benches with open lunch pails. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should all go for a swim, wash off before lunch?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Daddy leaves to get lunch, and Momma shows us the rest of the house. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Every lunch is your official favorite,” I say, grabbing one of his onion rings. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The actual model building would start right after lunch, and more concrete plans must be formulated to make the process efficient. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Lordy, I hope this foolishness is due to my having missed lunch. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The only meals they could afford were bread and margarine for breakfast, boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch, and cabbage soup for supper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now put me down and go eat your lunch. I need a little rest. Mice are supposed to be nocturnal, you know, and I need my sleep in the daytime.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some fifty NCC students, joined by four white students from Duke, walked into the Woolworth’s store on Main Street and filled up the seats at the lunch counter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of lunch, the three of us met at the cafeteria. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd literally goes wild after lunch; we’re shouting, “ENCORE, ENCORE!” and they play it three more times before they can get us to head to practice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This idea, however, came to nothing: The corridors, which were packed with people on the lookout for the lunch trolley, were impossible to negotiate while wearing the Cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’d checked out classrooms, poked our heads into a dorm room, and chatted with a dean before heading uptown to grab an early lunch and move on to the next tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I steal glances at her table during lunch that day while Fina is telling Skyler about her plans to initiate her into the New Kids Brigade, which include an elaborate secret ceremony, apparently. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell rang, we flew down the stairs in a big huddle, not knowing exactly how to get to the cafeteria. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She came into my apartment and asked what we were having for lunch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why not,” Alex said, quickly calculating how much food they had in the house and how long it could last if he and Julie didn’t eat lunch at school. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It was okay. I didn’t go to the library because my mom doesn’t want me to skip lunch anymore. It makes me cranky.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I untwist the top of my lunch bag. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If I had stayed away from Liz...I didn’t go to lunch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stout, grouchy Clock Watcher in a hardhat and a sleeveless flannel shirt, who carried an aluminum lunch pail, said, “I’m knocking off for the day!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to go to class. Eat a good lunch. Go home and get a full night’s rest. And then you’re going to come in here tomorrow night and take care of business.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I just realized that the biology teacher never returned the posters I let him use,” Dimitri said irritably at lunch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I was finished making lunch and got myself dressed, Dad had fixed his thermos of coffee and was ready to go, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

People rush home to seek relief from the heat, have lunch, take cold showers, and nap before returning to work at 2 P.M. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Bennett paid a visit to Montgomery, Alabama, for lunch with Julian L. McPhillips Jr., a wealthy Princeton alumnus and the managing partner of a local law firm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We were at the Blue Ben having some lunch,” said Davenport briskly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s also the myth about a python in the ceiling tiles, being fed by the lunch ladies. But that one’s not too interesting. Do you know about Red Witch Bridge?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We eat our lunches in the chilly dimly lit cellar of the school- house, where we sit in supervised rows on long scarred wooden benches under a festoon of heating pipes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each day we were left a dime apiece to spend for lunch and all morning we would dream and discuss what we would buy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wouldn't let Black people eat at their lunch counters in Greenville, I tell Maria. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If Dad stopped to explain the construction of a bridge, she would find the workman in his blue jeans, eating his lunch high on the top of the span. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked a bit surprised to see them—especially when they said they wanted lunch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Think about the absurdity of brushing your teeth, of arguing with your mother over the appropriateness of what you’re wearing to school, of homework, of grade-point averages and boyfriends and hot school lunches. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had tried hard to learn and they had laughed at me; I had opened my lunch to eat and again they had laughed and pointed at me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Ro Leap, when the sun hovers directly over my head, the lunch bell rings at one P.M. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fayette’s makes wicked good jelly doughnuts and I have lunch money in my pocket. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were only about a dozen people sitting quietly at Woolworth's L-shaped lunch counter when the four black students sat down and Blair ordered a cup of coffee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frank Crawley, who came to lunch one day, put me in a little fever of fear when he said something about the sailing races in Kerrith harbour, three miles away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The next day after lunch, the film projector stood on its cart in the back of the room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jetta pulled a single grape out of her lunch box and dropped it in Miles’s mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Employees sat elbow to elbow with the same people during their morning coffee, ate lunch in their designated time slot in the cafeteria as a group, and left together to catch the evening shuttle bus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Later, as I sat at the lunch counter in the five-and- dime to have a root beer, I could hardly eat for keeping watch all around me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are worse things. Than a free lunch, I mean.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Or you could just sit with her at lunch from now on if you wanted,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The McDonald’s restaurant we went to in Midtown Manhattan for lunch was so crowded we had to locate a corner booth on the second floor upstairs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For the rest of lunch we talked about my brothers and sisters, about life in Tempe, about the weather, his crops, and anything except his guilt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Or better yet, maybe you can just take me out to lunch or something.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It’s actually pretty chilly for Georgia, and it looks like it rained sometime after lunch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She has been waiting expectantly since after lunch, tidying up the patch of garden this American woman will be able to see from the galeria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valerian asks with mock sympathy as he kicks more dirt onto our lunch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The waiter continues to indulge us as we laugh and talk our way through lunch. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At lunch recess, I wrote a new Romeo and Juliet essay in the library. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After lunch it was on to creative writing, where Boobie spent a few minutes playing with a purple plastic gargoyle-looking monster. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I cleaned the pipes, swept off the floor, and started the boiler. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch he slept in his room while I started on the wheat field. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for making us lunch,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I had to promise to buy Tyson an extra peanut butter sandwich at lunch to get him to stop sobbing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs, and a comfortable silence settles over the both of us until she goes off to get some lunch. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the day shift, an escort officer usually spent about half his day supervising in the mess hall, during breakfast and lunch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands, small and fine, sift through jars of spices as she prepares lunch. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I spent lunch today talking with Miss Corrie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Meet me at the sandwich bar for lunch. We can eat together,” I say. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“So you come on out to the car after lunch and pick it all up, alright?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Harry looked up, saw him coming, and froze in place, clutching his lunch box. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Servants park lunch carts beside us brimming over with cheese towers, spires of tomatoes, and piles of sweet rope bread and sliced meat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Lumber and empty crates and the remains of workers’ lunches lay everywhere. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By the end of lunch, we had come up with a whole list of names of kids and teachers who could sit at our table if they wanted. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s lunch tray’s on the floor without a single bite missing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I saw him for the first time when lunching here yesterday.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see Mom at the kitchen table, her empty lunch plate still in front of her, banging her phone keyboard with her thumbs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At lunch at the Brasserie, a reporter had edged up to the Corcoran table to ask if they had any comment to make about the “drug paraphernalia” found in Bunny’s room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Well let us go and have lunch then!’ said the Dwarf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Now. You Dreams have a nice lunch, and then I believe you need to go shopping.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had missed his morning classes and most of lunch hour. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Papa to ask them to wait on the patio until we finished lunch, but he told Sisi to have Adamu let them in and to open the front door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Come to lunch some day," he suggested, as we groaned down in the elevator. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I stand in the middle of Target, pushing the cart while Oak and Vivi pick out bedsheets and lunch boxes, skinny jeans and sandals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sat in the same secluded spot I had sat reading on my first day, and I ate my lunch, hoping no one would notice me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since I’d gone home early after lunch yesterday, I hadn’t had a chance to talk to her about what happened, or hear why she had to go to the principal’s office. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t make it up herself,” James said at lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Please, Conor thought as he stared at his still full lunch tray. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We were not surprised when a man and a woman arrived for a visit before lunch. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They stay after school, and even come in at lunch. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At lunch the next day, Summer asked me what I was going to be for Halloween. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The bell for lunch rings, and Missus Wilhelmina slowly finishes her sentence, to remind us that we aren’t allowed to leave until she dismisses us from class herself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After two full years at West Oakland High, he’d stopped noticing how the lunch tables in the quad were splintered and falling apart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They shoveled coal in winters, fixed broken windows, scrubbed dirty floors, and prepared lunch. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Not all the time, and not in the hallways, but at lunch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For weeks afterward, we ate green grapes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two girls don’t even look at the cashier when they hand her their cash for lunch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Neither of us speaks much during lunch, but when our bowls are clean, Gale pulls up his sleeve, revealing his schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The soup returned the next day for lunch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“No. She was taking the children on a picnic with some friends. Please—go on. Unless you’re hungry. Would you like to stop for lunch?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The classroom was empty, but Mr. Creedy often let students work on projects during lunch, so I expected we wouldn’t be alone for long. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Grover’s lunch hit the skeleton and knocked his skull clean off his shoulders. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tanks seemed to be heading for the distant channel Matt had seen during lunch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on her bucket of coals she set her lunch to boil, and monitored the flame with a plaited palm fan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At lunch today, Sneaky told me the only barber he knows is Rock. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It tasted like the bread they served us for lunch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Get up. It’s time for Lit class. We’re almost through to lunch.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ah, so you were studying CPR, eh?” asked the instructor as he arrived in the room after lunch, looked at the chalkboard, and noticed what we’d been taught in the morning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He followed Sally’s chattering—clickl—through the lunch car— click!—past the luggage compartment— clack!—and down the main aisle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My ma packs us a lunch and lets us eat it out in the woods. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you still want to get lunch today?” she asks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“In that new Chevy. But she’s expecting to feed you lunch before you go. It’s her last chance to fatten you up before you leave Mississippi” He grinned. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Smokies all had lunch together, just like at an ugly dorm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then we had crisp bacon and biscuits before going to open more presents and have lunch with Adele’s grandchildren. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then she walked across the street, where she made lunch for Mrs. Farkas and herself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, they stretched out and fell asleep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Three days before the start of Christmas break, he just has a feeling as he walks to the main office after lunch to check his mailbox. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was a single slice of bread for each person now, and lunch was maybe half a boiled potato. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is always cool in the down-stairs dining-room and we had a very good lunch. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I let my tray smack hard against the lunch table before sitting down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When school let out for lunch, I went home slowly. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This time I thought lunch would be over before he stopped laughing. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Get up in the morning, eat breakfast, tend my crops, fix broken stuff, eat lunch, answer e-mail, watch TV, eat dinner, go to bed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my new lunch box and took out the things that Bertha had packed for me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I tell him about how I passed the cafeteria during fourth-grade lunch and heard some kids yelling that the food sucked. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Francie enjoyed the lunch period and was glad she had found out what they wanted from her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must be off,” he said, “thank you very much for lunch, Mrs. de Winter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to be skiing back and forth from Thessicher’s farm all day long, so I hung around Sassinoth, and bought a large, good, cheap lunch at one of the hot-shops. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt say, “Oh, why don’t we have Aibileen fix us lunch here? We have a real nice ham and some—” “I stopped by to go out to lunch. Not to eat here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Beef patty day is officially my favorite lunch,” Isaac says, shoving his tray next to mine. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I plopped down at the table while my mother started making lunch. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We had a nice lunch and a slice of pie that came in a white bakery box. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She was polite at the lunch of course; not too haughty either, but not paying close attention to things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I keep waiting for people to bring up Peeta’s appearance, but no one does. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Flying elephants on your lunch box, man. That’s little kid stuff.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after lunch, a boy came in from the other ward bouncing a ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I decided to spend my next lunch period in the library. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And after that weirdness today at lunch, I needed band. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably got a longer list of names than any of us.”We all nod, because what do we know, and Addie says she’ll talk to him right after lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about a girl and her older sister who get to leave school and go to the hotdog store for lunch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At work, her hands sewed hundreds of jeans before the lunch bell sounded and then boxed hundreds more before she left for her night job at Johnny’s Steak House. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

This would give them an excuse to poke around during lunch. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of lunch went much the same way. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We saw her sitting with him where you guys usually eat lunch.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear her grandmother moving around in the kitchen, preparing Jennifer's lunch, which Jennifer would soon eat at the kitchen table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s getting late. We should probably get lunch at one of those restaurants the tour guide recommended. Then we can find the Doors of Death.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl got busy quieting them down, feeding them breakfast, helping Charlene make the lunch sandwiches. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our program was strenuous: we trained from 8 A.M. until i P.M., broke for a shower and lunch, and then again from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to ask Jimmy if we can have meatballs for lunch,” she whispered. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Or if a restaurant was closed, he'd appear out of nowhere and offer to make people lunch for half the price. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Though I’d taken only forty minutes or so for lunch, both the Yoshotos were at their desks and at work when I got back. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We had bread and tea for breakfast, rice and soup for both lunch and dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So the next day, I came into Mrs. Bradley’s room during lunch. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d actually miss eating Pakistani food for lunch. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept watch on the DNA literature, there was a chance that something might pop out of lunch or teatime conversations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“He looks up to you. Spend some time with him. Take him out for pizza after. Once basketball starts we’ll never see you. Take him out for lunch.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He got an early lunch, stayed a bit longer than usual at the counter of Kelly’s Diner. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe they have to get free lunch tickets and deal with all the same shame I had to deal with when I was first in school. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione laughed, and, feeling slightly more cheerful, went off to lunch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll go on back to the house and see if lunch is ready.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his black lunch pail from the table, glanced at Roberto and me, and left. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A coffee break, lunch, tea, and dinner followed, nose to tail. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had hoped the weather would be cool for my lunch with Bunny, because my best jacket was a scratchy dark tweed, but when I woke on Saturday it was hot and getting hotter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Carla doesn’t say anything about it again until just after lunch two days later. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had two more classes to get through after lunch but I wasn’t sure my head could take it; I’d already surpassed my threshold for stupidity for the day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At noon, Papa invited Gabriel to join us for lunch in our Carcachita. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She loved eating out, so we agreed to meet for lunch at her favorite Chinese restaurant. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s grimier than when I clean my usual spot at lunch. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But after lunch when Melanie showed April her library, a whole bookcase full in her bedroom, she could tell that April liked books more than just a little. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eating lunch. I saw them opening brown bags.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tardy bell rang a minute later, indicating that lunch was officially over. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hotel was a five-minute walk from the White House and the favorite lunch spot of J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They wolfed down their food in the cafeteria at lunch, as if they were starving, and I realized they probably had little food at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We broke for lunch, and afterward, we were each issued a baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I propose we go get something to eat. Specifically, I propose that I buy Dill some late lunch/early dinner, since he hasn’t eaten a thing today,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Why, Beans. Your little brother’s hungry. I bet a nickel would buy a nice lunch.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he said, still smiling, “it’s almost lunch time. Eat with me. I want to hear about what you’re writing.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I arrive the period before lunch and park in my usual spot. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, at the beginning of the year, each student received a paper lunch bag to decorate with crayons and stickers and stamps. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Today she seems embarrassed when she sees me: “I probably shouldn’t have done this and you’re going to think it’s really silly ...” but she’s brought me a sandwich for lunch. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was humiliating for a warder to carry his own lunch pail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, Deb-and-Kiki head to the table where they always sit. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After lunch we worked until four, when the guards blew shrill whisdes and we once again lined up to be counted and inspected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t believe them but the bell rang and lunch was over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least the skrewts are small,” said Ron as they made their way back up to the castle for lunch an hour later. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they crossed the station floor, Tucker pointed out the local sights of interest, such as the Nedick’s lunch counter—Tucker spent a lot of time around there—and the Loft’s candy store. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom started making our lunches at night, and leaving them in the fridge for us to grab before school. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After lunch she allowed Agnes to follow her around the playground like a stray puppy. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to control his panic as he worked through the options if Julie no longer got lunch. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"I always have lunch at home with my parents," I say. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I was in fifth grade, walking to school. This guy asked for a dollar, and when I pulled out my five singles for lunch money, he punched me in the face and took it all.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tangled in each other, they couldn’t escape from the tarp’s canvas hold fast enough, and Sigurd wrapped them back up in it like a picnic lunch, forming a bag around them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

On the third day of training, they start to call us out of lunch for our private sessions with the Gamemakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After lunch the family dispersed while a few of us, like Martín and Mari, stayed behind to prepare for dinner service. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I liked them, and would carry the leftovers in my pockets for lunch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She added and subtracted endlessly, determining what she would need and not need, cooking rice and beans each week, and heating up small portions in the microwave for lunch and dinner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When it was time for lunch, I put a marker in my place so I could begin again quickly just where I’d left off. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one came to the gas pump, so I went into the lunch room. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go. But we can work on this at lunch tomorrow.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A lunch with an architect who’s interested, possibly, in hiring him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a lunch of white wine and tongue-size cutlets, we would retire to the gentlemen's lounge and talk about money. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I saw Reb Saunders again at lunch, he seemed to have forgotten the incident completely. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was sweating down in the ER, but I wasn’t sweating at lunch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Did I eat dinner the night before, or lunch, or anything? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I looked at my friends, both shivering as they took bites of their lunches. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would forget lunch, and Rosaleen would come find me, bearing a tomato sandwich. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't even really thinking about sunflower seeds, but I did skip lunch, and since he brought it up... Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When my sisters and I are lying down after lunch and my mind is idle, I think of these scenes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spread the lunch on a newspaper, and uncorked one of the bottles and leaned the other against a tree. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Grampa would likely be up and ready for lunch by now. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I clear breakfast at ten o’clock. I set on lunch at one. Dinner I set on at six. It’s ten o’clock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pigeon wanders out of his room right before lunch, looking sleepy. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her room looked cosy and warm, and Joseph wondered if her parents were awake downstairs, reading side by side in their bedroom or preparing tomorrow’s lunch for her. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The truth was that Washington confused me, with its decorous traditions and sober self-regard, its whiteness and maleness, its ladies having lunch off to one side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You kids in the mood to eat lunch out? Maybe burgers or pizza?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We watched the video again and again, until the bell rang and lunch was over and it was time for math class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their relatives had kept away and lunch would be the usual rice and stew. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I have to wait until lunch to talk to Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Denna and I took the opportunity to eat some lunch of our own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Ma, I ate. Breakfast and lunch,” I said with a groan. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I cut through the lunch line, loop around a couple making out by the door, and start down a hall. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I assume we’re going to get lunch, too, but instead he pulls me into a hip clothing store and spends the next hour trying things on, with me giving my outside-the-changing-room opinion. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After that she thought it best to bring bag lunches to school. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

At two, having eaten a lunch of fried eggs and Jerusalem artichokes, canned pears and bread spread with clover honey, he went out to change the oil in his tractor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were lonely big slides and microscopically out of line desks and lunch tables that survived gravity shifts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Or when we poked at the moldering lunch remnants. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The small combined store, repair shop, and lunch room behind the gas pumps was as unprepossessing as any I have ever seen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch and after school they often gathered at a wooden table in the hallway that people called the hex table, even though, as Ian pointed out, it was an octagon, not a hexagon. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a distant kitchen, because of the heat of the day, someone was preparing a cold lunch. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was packed, so Dad asked if they could sit at the bar, just for lunch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I have finally arrived at Little Compton, and at this moment, am sitting in the dining hall of the Rose Garden Hotel having recently finished lunch. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves him a pitcher of beer and a paper sack filled with sandwiches for lunch. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My lunch was in my mouth a second time and I went outside and relieved myself on the bed of four-o’clocks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching a little girl on the opposite curb lunching on the snot pouring from her nose when I heard a familiar cry: “Fatman! Fatman!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

These were my thoughts as we sped down the highway putting away our fast-food lunch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang for lunch, and I found Omi in the cafeteria line to get yogurt. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We were going on vacation to Crater Lake and we stopped at a resort on an Indian reservation for the buffet lunch. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed him back, though for today all she cared was that the calculations laid before her like a nice cooked lunch should turn out digestible. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, marking the end of the lunch period. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I tried one day to get some guys to play with me at lunch, but without Scout, they wouldn’t. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I actually managed to speak to her when she came into the tavern while Mother was in the kitchen getting some bread for some travelers who were eating lunch. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie and Sticky went up to the counter to order their lunches. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my protests about the risks involved in sitting together on a balcony in a crowded section of Johannesburg, Helmut insisted we have our lunch of tuna fish sandwiches and tossed salad there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go put together some lunch before you have to go to work.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My cousins who we called cousins but weren’t really cousins were working the Saturday lunch shift while the rest of us took to the streets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the last class before lunch, I headed for Mr. Muse’s office. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Karhiders eat four solid meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, along with a lot of adventitious nibbling and gobbling in between. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left our picnic site, Dad would insist that all of the sandwich wrappings and other trash be carefully gathered, stowed in the lunch box, and brought home for disposal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would, in fact, be the last lunch the two women ever had together, though they would remain cordial to each other for the rest of their lives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tuna salad her mother had given her was warm and mildly fermented by the time lunch rolled around. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“That note in your lunch box?” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When I walk into the classroom, Mr. Flores is eating lunch and watching a video on his lap top. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Also, when lunch was over, he went to orchestra without saying good-bye to me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My father bought it for me,” Jenna says, tossing her bag lunch into her locker. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

For the past three weeks, since we arrived in Lahore, we’ve been rotating through our relatives’ homes for lunch, chai—which basically turns into a second lunch—and dinner. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was having lunch in the White House when he got the news. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in with his lunch, prepared to feed it to him as before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was now past mid-day, and they felt it was high time for lunch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I responded, picking up my lunch bag and closing the locker. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I ran afoul of one of the rules in this charming place. I ate one of the mealies meant for your lunch.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She touched on silver lunch trucks and designer labels and enchanted places, and when she said her best friend gave her pet rat a ride on his shoulder, tears came to my eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At lunch hour, the girl soccer players were sitting together in the cafeteria, but Beatrice wasn’t among them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacher, Jake Wexler, visited her in the kitchen before he sat down to his daily lunch in the Chinese restaurant. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good thing we had that big catfish lunch in Indianola today,” Grampa said as he handed me the note and opened the front door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I remember Mother telling me I was on dish duty, because she was leaving for Utah after lunch to consult for another midwife on a complicated pregnancy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I left the store to walk downtown to the bus station, Mameh handed me a bag lunch and kissed me and I was out the door and gone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Emily hadn’t just sat next to James at lunch and listened to him break down his new cipher and explain how it worked, she might be swayed by Maddie’s performance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like a healthy lunch, but loads better than mine. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We could have the bread for breakfast and lunch if we planned it right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch I also solved the problem of carving out my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you eat them now, you won’t have anything for lunch,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Breakfast, lunch, and everything else churns in my stomach, ready to come back up my throat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

So Wilson began driving to the Best Yet Market in Astoria at lunch to troll the salad bar. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s been less than a week since the blackmail conversation, but Martin intercepts me on my way back from the lunch line. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When the lunch break was over, Abby and Jenny led the dogs to the new location for the alley scenes. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An invitation to eat lunch with Anise, Marie Antoinette, and the other hyenas, no doubt. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

During lunch break, I got to talk to a few of them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, they trotted through the drizzle to the Smithsonian to see the dinosaurs and the Indians. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and get settled in your room. I’ll get lunch together.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We made sure we got on each other’s team when we played ball during recess, and we ate our lunch together every day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama always packed a lunch for me, but after such a breakfast, sometimes I was not hungry, so I would give my food away to some of the poor children who attended our school.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, when Link said he was Jewish, I figured he was just being dramatic about how anti-swastika he was. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday it rained—the kind of chilly, windy rain that made the trees sway, and meant we weren’t allowed outdoors during lunch. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down next to Ollie while my mother brings lunch. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry was relieved to hear the lunch bell. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

June was funny like that, talkative and loud in class, but at lunch and during gym, she got quiet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Trouble Coby comes up to you at lunch and asks if you knew the twins were back at school. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Saturday morning, Dad Wants us to go to MoMA, which is the Museum of Modern Art, which is “just across town” from Mom’s hospital, where he says we can “pop in” for lunch. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Styx puffed on his candy cigarette and scrubbed at the lunch box like it was going to save his life. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He finished hauling the buckets, then went home for lunch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just like Cole, he barely makes eye contact, and probably only knows I exist because I’m taking up space in front of him in the lunch line. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I also find out that she’s only a freshman, loves sushi, thinks math is easy, and eats lunch in Room 402. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes. This is Belet. We came to help serve lunch." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"When he went down to call the General to lunch." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

My sister also said nothing for three years, silent in the playground and silent at lunch. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch later that day the girl was crying with her friends as she showed them the drawing. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They tried to ignore the sign, push it aside during their lunch hour, pretend it wasn’t there. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

With all of us here for lunch today, it looks like every dish in our house is in the sink—pots and pans, plates, bowls, glasses, silverware. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Martin Luther King, Jr., had been confined to a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell since Good Friday, April 12, arrested in a fierce effort to integrate that city’s lunch counters and other facilities. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You leave after lunch. We have a lot to discuss.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Moss didn’t care that there were other people waiting for lunch, that some were staring at the two of them, that in any other situation, he’d probably be embarrassed to death. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t offer a lunch pail, and I don’t ask for one. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope there’s something good for lunch, I’m starving,” she added, and she marched off toward the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chaol always came for lunch, and afterward, she joined the other Champions for a few more hours of training under Brullo’s watchful eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When we were kids, S. and I once had a beautiful lunch with John Barrymore. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We filled our lunch baskets with wild plums from a tree at the creek bank, then rejoined the others and visited some more. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They ate a very good lunch, all three of them, in the shade behind the house. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a week of painful lunches where all they would do was talk about people that didn’t interest me, I decided to make a clean break for it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Albert adds, “It depends what we have for lunch that day.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They ate their lunch there in the shadows of the hemlocks and gathered salmon- berries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, some of the girls began to call, “Ralphie, where are you, Ralphie?” as they gathered up their lunch boxes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Remember the feeling that the great public gardens, the long lunches, might all be undone by a physics, cousin to our rules and the reckoning of our own country, that we do not fully comprehend. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m going to sit here for lunch.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In the middle of lunch, she got up from her table and walked over to Star- girl. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then Thursday morning there’s a message in the announcements: All track team members are to report to Coach Kyro’s classroom at lunch. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I knew he did not want to lunch with me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Except for lunch and recess, I listened to tapes and worked with Catherine the rest of the day. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I got to the lunch table, I dropped my messenger bag on the seat with a crash and rested my forehead on my hands. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He would have already had lunch by now, and would be outside with his friends having recess. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Girls cried because so-and-so wouldn’t sit by them at lunch, or because their best friend had a new boyfriend who monopolized her time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had no clue there was something between them, and then all of a sudden I’m the third wheel on what I thought was lunch with my best friend. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, when he was ready to scream with impatience, a girl showed up with lunch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After eating, we’re free to go outside to the courtyard for the last fifteen minutes of the lunch period. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunch, Liz showed up with a schedule. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He addressed them for hours before they were released for lunch. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At four in the morning, she would prepare breakfast and lunch for her son and for herself. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then, the last time I asked, he told me, while standing in our lobby and looking at his feet, that he didn’t want to have lunch or walk home together for a while. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

While we were surreptitiously hatching our plan, Major Keller-man himself appeared and walked into our lunch shed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This assortment scrabbled unhappily against the tin of the lunch bucket. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped lunch would be better, but it wasn’t. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was rushing around in her usual morning ritual, making breakfast and lunch, putting on her eye makeup while looking at her reflection in the toaster oven. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as she turned her back, I tossed the sack lunch into the garbage can. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I was visited by Mrs. Flagg and a frowning clerk with a spotted face who carried an account book, an ink pot, and quill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was something she couldn’t back out of, either—her grandma and uncle were visiting and they were all having a special lunch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized how hungry I was, and, of course, Ruthanne had packed us a sack lunch better than most people’s suppers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Saw that he had nothing but his lunch pail, coffee thermos, and college books. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A few years after meeting my mother for lunch, I attended a drama camp at Duke University. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So every day that week right after lunch he took the subway to Manhattan, and I went alone to the library to be with Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We had lunch on our layover in Miami.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, we can have something else after lunch. Steward!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She dropped sandwiches into the girls’ lunch boxes. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Our lunch conversations quickly centered on how genes were put together. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you about talking with your mouth full? And for your information, no I did not. I had a meeting on my lunch break. Now, tell me about y’all. How was school?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Every day, we left school for lunch but came back for last-period baseball practice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Ready for lunch?” she said, reaching for her handbag, but Mrs. Richardson did not move from her seat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That morning, I decided to count the number of times I said no before lunch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dashed out the door after breakfast, Matthew and Mark complaining about their packed lunches, Dad calling back, “I’m going to that auction up at Chytlesville. Won’t be home until supper.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss K promised personally to deliver the letters to the paper during lunch period. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go to one of those check advance places on my lunch break.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

By now it was early afternoon, and they were hungry—they had missed lunch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him to a table with a couple of free seats, and watched him tear into his lunch while I dumped mine out of its paper bag. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Now we know why Gorgeous loves school lunch!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tucker found me after lunch and reassured me that Miles had been running a job. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I do not think I ever really hated him until he had that little spell of superiority at lunch—that and when he went through all that barbering. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The following day, I give Ramu one of the sweet pastries at lunch. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At lunch, outside, we’d play marbles together, sometimes climb the tree in back of the school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t come out all morning, but then after lunch she was there, as if she had been there all along. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jimmy said at lunch that same day, happily slapping the counter with both hands. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I'm laughing at their jokes at the appropriate times, which I guess means I'm having lunch with them. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He watched as I carefully opened my bag with my toes and pulled out my lunch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s pork chops in the icebox and I’m not eating lunch today,” I say and stomp out of the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, he must have gotten some good sense, “I d-d-didn’t mean nothing. My friend here was sharing his lunch, and—” R.C. shoved him in the chest “White folk don’t share nothin’ with colored, boy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

One lunch period she gave me a flat, brown-speckled shell from her collection. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She'd hand in her basket and then go someplace swanky for lunch. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t slept much the night before, and Ruthanne’s lunch combined with the heavy afternoon air hit me like a sleeping drug. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He’d miss Friday Mass at Vincent de Paul, but he could still do his work and get to school in time for lunch. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a friend for lunch.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the biggest amenity of all was the free lunch that almost every saloon offered in order to lure customers and increase the sale of beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The lunch bell rang while the principal was yelling at me, so when he finally let me go I grabbed my things and bolted. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Benji stepped into the cafeteria for lunch, someone grabbed his shoulder. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, Henry, Richard, here we are. Lovely. Fine. Thank you so much—beautiful lunch—well, toodle-oo, yes, yes, goodbye—” The door slammed and he shot up the walk at a rapid clip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She says, “Done with lunch, Mason? Good! Come on back here. I have something for you to try.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

About as dull as a lunch box gets.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school Mr. Paul, the lunch aide, let me into the cafeteria kitchen to get the cupcakes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We met the day after the event, right before lunch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And the next thing I know, he’s put a game together at lunch. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I say you have to lick the lunch tables clean?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, we're holding hands and eating Oreo mush, and it’s the perfect lunch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Audrey shook the soda from her hands, not caring who she flung the drops on, and stormed out of the cafeteria, leaving her lunch tray on the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just before eight in the morning, the Colonel announced to no one in particular, “I think there are bufriedos at lunch today.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She open the back door, say, “Thanks, Aibileen, for lunch,” and she gone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With those two thoughts in mind—neither of which really gave me the sort of lift I needed—I left the lunch bar and walked rapidly back to school. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Shoot, it was probably the face I made at lunch. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I would sit on a rock or a log, take out my packed lunch, and examine the contents. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

How do you think I felt at lunch on Tuesday when I walked out of the food line with my tray and found Cap Anderson at my table, in my seat? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We remained in class until 12:45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, she rejected an invitation from the Committee on Ceremonies and instead, on a whim, went to lunch at the German Village. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Researchers were breathing in the air around HeLa cells, touching them and transferring them from vial to vial, even eating lunch at lab tables beside them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"You can get your lunch now. Let him through, you brothers around the door!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nod from Grandma sent me back to the Hupmobile for our hamper of lunch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the more powerful a demigod you became, the more you smelled like a monster’s lunch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then there was lunch to make and, after lunch, work to be done on the bridesmaids’ dresses for Beverly’s wedding, which she had designed and was sewing herself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. Actually, my dad makes me a lunch every day. I’ve been throwing it in the garbage on the way to school. He’s pretty mad.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The first was that I hadn't had lunch because of the whole running-out-of-school thing, and I was starving and wouldn't be able to eat until after practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“That is a shame. Because today the lunch special is two for one dollar.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Darren glared at me the whole time, like it was my fault he threw a potato chip at me and got in trouble, and the whole other side of the lunch table glared too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow morning we could get a boat. Go out to French’s Island,” he said in a calm voice, as though it were as simple as going to lunch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

While we worked, both of us ate out of my lunch bag. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’d rub against me as ape payment, and then lay back to enjoy their lunch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How is this lunch suddenly so important? You hardly even know this Boubacar’s colleague!” he said, incredulous. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So, this date of ours. We never figured out the details. I was thinking we could leave campus one day this week and go somewhere around Midtown for lunch.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Booker had an enormous blacktop where they had recess and PE and lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After she had finished puffing, we picked up what was left of her lunch off the street and made it back to the subway at 125th and Lex. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The typical peasant in traditional China ate rice for breakfast, rice for lunch, and rice for dinner. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not sure whether they had just come over for lunch, or to spend the day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly before lunch, Mrs. Weasley detached Harry from the others by asking him to help identify a lone man’s sock that she thought might have come out of his rucksack. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Roy nodded hi and Garrett nodded hi, and then both of them went back to eating the gooey macaroni on their lunch trays. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know who ate lunch the same time I did? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All the windows in Cuddledown are open when I come down after lunch. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

This afternoon he had eaten lunch there with some of the Tizerkane, including Ruza, who taught him the phrase “You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Taking her out to lunch at a restaurant with views of the harbor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every day is the same: movement therapy, homework, lunch, group therapy, art therapy, individual therapy, then “closing circle.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was a short break for lunch before resuming work. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bandits haul mattresses up into nearby trees, eat lunch, and wait for their prey. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was the tall kid I’d met in the lunch line on my first day. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I looked up, and a girl I never saw before was standing across from my table with a lunch tray full of food. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of on my way to lunch and—” Ms. Faraci picked up a Scantron sheet and set it on the edge of her desk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

During lunch, April talked a lot about Hollywood, and the movie stars she’d met and the big parties her mother gave and things like that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, he puts one of his hands in her back pocket while he eats, and then pouts when Margaret doesn’t do the same thing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“So, why did you hate lunch before that?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At recess, kids clustered up to eat their lunches, some of them chattering away in funny words I couldn’t understand. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Having guzzled almost a whole pitcher of iced tea during lunch, he now felt like his belly was about to burst. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and there was Clarissa pushing my lunch cart in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was sure that if all the kids stopped buying lunch, sooner or later someone would figure out that it was all Nick Allen’s idea. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wished the Germans hadn’t taken my lunch. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Late September is the first time the lunch ladies serve carrots. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the date was made—Egypt, the day after Christmas, right after lunch. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine my father, a grown man, sitting next to Jeanine, a grown woman, at a lunch table in my old cafeteria, a book between them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He and Oppenheimer chatted at lunch, then Oppenheimer invited Groves back to his office for a longer talk. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We tried hard to build a cooperative community and a local food system, but at the end of the day it wasn’t successful. This is just lunch for most people. Just lunch.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We had lunch with Connolly at Skyland, and then he left us to hitchhike back to his car at Rockfish Gap and return home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I just sat, surrounded by abandoned lunches, staring at the cup of Jell-O and letting terror crawl through me until my arms and legs felt like they would be frozen to the table forever. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there’s much sense in hanging about here,” said Frank, “we can’t do anything. I want my lunch.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They sat at the kitchen table, and Coraline’s other mother brought them lunch. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And then after a few rounds of that, they stop for a while and have lunch or something. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I tell Kristina at lunch about how Ellis saw Jeff walking around Unity Valley on Saturday night, and she says, “So?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We stop for lunch, which takes place at the food truck in the parking lot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Remember how he moved out of the way to let you get ketchup during lunch yesterday? What if it’s you that he likes?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maya had eaten a lot of lunches alone those first few months. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I would buy their lunches, take their suits out to have them pressed, pay their light, telephone, and gas bills, and deliver notes for them to their stenographer girl friends in near-by office buildings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after lunch at the Devon Inn I walked back toward the school. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sabeen is Muslim, and she and I always have lunch together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were in our religion class and sometimes sat with the Colonel and me at lunch, but I didn’t know them well. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling an emergency meeting. Today. At lunch. I need you.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of coming home for lunch, I now ate with my classmates in Mr. Bennett’s room at school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s hard when you’ve been invited to a better lunch table. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Unless I count the time Matt Drinker and Lance Pierson got me to eat dog treats at the lunch table. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I still had a little juice left over from lunch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had stopped in the New London restaurant for lunch, and it had seemed a respectable enough place. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I say, the craze really took off that summer, and during the lunch breaks you’d see all these clusters of students lying about the grass around the Walkmans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It comes to the point where, one day passing by her lunch table, I hear Anise ask, “What is wrong with you, Marie Antoinette?” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Devon shook his head when he saw me standing in the lunch line yesterday, fingering an imaginary fret, making the appropriate sound effects. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings, I packed the girls’ lunch boxes with Lunchables and Capri Suns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was the only resident who didn’t eat lunch or do any chores. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And stretched out on the long tables, far from Whatever Surprise was being fed to Camillo Junior High for lunch that day, were a dozen trays of cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he slipped the cricket back inside the matchbox and took him over to one of the lunch counters. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she is cool,” I said when we were all grabbing our lunches from our cubbies. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the kid from the lunch line sit down at a table with other kids who had instrument cases. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I want to take the bride and groom out for a nice lunch,” I said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

After lunch he returned to his log to keep carving. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She slams her lunch tray down on the table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Joe was in the lunch line, grabbing another carton of chocolate milk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When the examiner got into the car, I honestly thought I might lose my lunch. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

So now it’s Catherine who helps me at lunch so I don’t make a mess. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I wish I was seven. Ryan’s biggest worry is what flavor of pudding pop Mom packed in his lunch.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am, ya shank. Let’s go look for some leftovers from lunch. We need to talk.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was more interested in the encyclopedia than in the domestic problem, even when he had to content himself with a scrap of meat and a little rice for lunch. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He always sat at the kitchen table and did his math homework while she cooked his breakfast and wrapped up his lunch for school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We gotta clean up that old lunch box so we can trade it for a motor.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Were on our way to lunch with Mr. Gideon, who sent us a note stating he would meet us at the door to his lab. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Sahil and I talked about our movie project and how we were going to watch Dracula together tonight at Maddie’s. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Remember to meet me at lunch tomorrow so we can sign each other’s yearbooks,” Ethan says. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At lunch at the Eagle a bad headache came on, and he went home instead of returning to the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Zero took over the digging again, and Stanley returned to the wheelbarrow. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At breakfast and lunch and dinner my father and I called her “Ah-juh-ma,” literally aunt, but more akin to “ma’am,” the customary address to an unrelated Korean woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay then,” he says, crumpling up his empty lunch bag. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was never any money left for food, just enough for Top Ramen noodles; it was our breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shrug and pull my lunch out of my backpack. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At PacificVista Middle, the sixth graders had a separate building and a different lunch period, so we never had to run into Conner and the Morons last year. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After lunch, we went outside to the backyard. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And why did Julia have to bring him to our lunch table? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then he laughed like that was so funny, and so did all the boys next to him, and practically the whole other side of the lunch table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hold up my lunch bag for her to see. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

During lunch period, I got called to the principal’s office, where I sat for twenty minutes and worried about the unknown emergency. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was nearing noon and my mind was drifting toward my daily lunch of a hamburger and a bag of peanuts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday is really far away, and we have a double period of math after lunch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I make a mental note to pack my lunch tomorrow. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Be at lunch in ten minutes, or I’m coming to find you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

When we’re finished we walk up the hill, leaving these arrangements behind us, half wreath, half lunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The art teachers signed on first, followed by the social studies teachers, so now paper links are under construction all day, not just before and after school and at lunch. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Before leaving the office to go to lunch, I washed my hands. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You can stay for lunch. Maybe hang out with Susie after.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Not specific enough. How about later at lunch?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then I threw my lunch in the trash and hid in the library until the bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I stand on a seamstress block in a slip and hooped petticoat in the Royal Dress Salon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As the woman told my grandma—now my mom—in the lunch break room all those years ago, God never makes a mistake. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance had walked past it without a second glance, but Penelope made a mental note to return as soon as Lady Constance left for her lunch appointment. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I can sneak off with my lunch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Hate to do this to you, but why don’t you stand me lunch this time.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when McNeil returned to Greensboro after spending Christmas with relatives in Wilmington, North Carolina, the waiter at the lunch counter in the bus station had refused to serve him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve worked on them every single day at lunch and after school all fall long. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make you take me to lunch in there one day soon. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner in the shelter was even better than lunch at school because I could have as much as I wanted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I ask, scooching my lunch over as she pulls out her own brown bag. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Get along, and eat your lunch, warrior mouse, or I’ll show you my deadly aim with a piece of this cheese.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then the three of them held up their papers in a kind of circle on the lunch table, so that their animals could see one another. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Carefully I tucked the letters and the check back in the lunch basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I have to go. But we can work on this at lunch tomorrow.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Like, why are lunch periods thirty-seven minutes long instead of fifty? Or twenty-two? Or whatever?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was baking hot in the square when we came out after lunch with our bags and the rod-case to go to Burguete. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mama’s dressed up for the lunch party at a cousin’s house she’ll go to after we visit the mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Bri doesn’t. I can stay home with her if you want. We can study together. I can skip lunch. It’s okay, really.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“She and I eat lunch together every day and test each other on questions for the quiz team. Melody is a lot smarter than she looks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My first job was carrying lunches to the men who worked in the roundhouse, for which I received twenty-five cents a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the clatter of lunch trays and cutlery is loud enough, so I let go of the tension in my shoulders. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I crumple up my lunch bag even though it still has an orange in there. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Insulated lunch bags—hip way to save the planet, or sign of an overinvolved mother? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, about...well, you know. That you get the free lunch.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Jonathan will be here at half-past eleven, and you must come to lunch with us and see him then; you could catch the quick 3:34 train, which will leave you at Paddington before eight.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

So I walked down Main Street to the south end, where there was a pay phone in front of the lunch counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she wouldn’t get Jackson back until after lunch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

During lunch an announcement was made that the whole school should go into the Assembly Hall and be seated as soon as the meal was over. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small lunch cooler out of his backpack and became completely engrossed in pouring out individual portions of raw almonds and golden raisins into cereal bowls he’d wrapped in plastic. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had finished lunch and washed and dried the plates and glasses by the time Father Joseph arrived. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Colin is eating his lunch at his desk again. And I despise the smell of pickles.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, if we were in a canoe and had a lunch and a cooler full of pop, we’d think this was the most beautiful place in the world.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I stand there awkwardly until the bell rings to signal the end of lunch and fidget with the straps on my bag. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“He’ll probably miss you entirely. Now, we still have a little time to kill—the bank closes at midday on Saturdays, after all. Would you like lunch?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered I had taken my wallet out of my pocket and put it in my locker after lunch. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After homeroom came English, then science, and right before lunch I had math. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, a number of people did respond, inviting me to have lunch or come in for a meeting, even if they had no job to offer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He says it should be enough to get me there and back with a little left over for lunch. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mrs. G call my name, but I pretended not to hear and just kept walking to the other side of the cafeteria, behind the lunch counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We had lunch on Howard’s front porch, sitting on the couch eating Vienna sausages and cold pork and beans off of paper plates on our laps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It would have been hard to persuade Jumpsteady to work in the daytime if a millionaire had gone out for lunch and left his front door wide open. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My daily routine included lunch with Alexia and the girls, minus Danielle and Anna—they sat alone—and then recess. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

If you were “cornered” by three “squires,” you were “neutralized,” which meant you were “dormant” for the rest of the lunch period. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a daring, impulsive move on which the chaplain decided after quarreling with Corporal Whitcomb again and washing down with tepid canteen water his joyless lunch of a Milky Way and Baby Ruth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The first day of rugby, a possible reason for rising from the grave of lunch. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She put her lunch tray on the table, plopped her backpack on the floor, and sat down across from me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The ball of excitement in my stomach won’t let me eat much lunch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

El asks me a few more study questions as we finish our lunch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I am a—scholar. I do my homework every day. But right now—I am—eating lunch.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was preparing lunch for a meeting with her Catholic-Church-lady friends. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know the other day at lunch I might’ve seemed like I didn’t care too much, but...” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There is no such thing as a free lunch, and even if there were, there’d be no guarantee against indigestion. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were probably going to meet Mother for lunch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she reserved a table for lunch at the Four Seasons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper lunched in the restaurant for the first time since her influenza, and I had a pain in the pit of my stomach as I followed her into the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On a Tuesday noon, I carry my lunch on out to the back steps, set down on the cool concrete. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“And besides, I have to make some lunch.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn't think to eat lunch before I went out, so I've been running all day on a few bites of eggs and a glass of juice. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked myself up off the ground and hid from them for the rest of lunch, but when I got back to class, some of the kids were still calling me cripple. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We walked instead, so that people would see us carrying our perfect new schoolbags and our dazzling new lunch boxes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime after lunch, she developed a terrible headache and started vomiting. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, I know that a little earlier, some guests had actually commenced lunch out there, only to be interrupted by the appearance of ominous storm clouds. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So now I knew where Gregor went the last ten minutes of lunch. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the rains stopped and Uncle decided it was time to head back—he did not want to dip into their larder by having lunch with them, as Miss Whitlaw urged— we made our good-byes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the end of another busy lunch at 3 Guys in the late spring of 2003. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The afternoon light made mirrors of the windows of the office and lunch room. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you dress nice, and have tons of comics, and you always have homemade lunches at school. I figured your parents must care if they make those for you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I drink my coffee outside on the patio, watching the half-empty trains rattle past, and think about lunch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom chased after me, her housecoat pulled tight against the cold, and caught me just in time to hand me my brown-bag lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Shoot,” he said, “I d-don’t want to stand out there with that old sun b-beating down on me eating my lunch. No snakes up around that tree, is there?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She found him behind a row of timing belts when she brought a lunch of scallion pancakes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Workmen from the estate were everywhere, and Frank came to lunch nearly every day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to the animal shelter when Mom gets home after lunch,” Dad said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Breakfast and dinner are served on our floor, but at lunch the twenty-four of us eat in a dining room off the gymnasium. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, when I looked over to her table at lunch, there was Dori Dilson, as usual, but someone else was sitting with her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We only spend time together on the bus or at lunch. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting across from me, rummaging through her reusable green lunch bag. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“This card gets you a free lunch, so present it to the cashier in the cafeteria after you get your food.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And Nick and Abby are back to their obnoxiously happy normal, holding hands in English class and discussing corsages over lunch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Today at lunch Tommy and the only other Mexican kid, Rene, walked over to where I was sitting, on a cinder block in the far corner of the yard. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That’s when I notice that, in addition to his brown bag lunch, he’s carrying a folder with Hebrew writing on it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then they sat down to a lunch of rice and tsukemono—pickled vegetables. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That day at lunch, she’d attempted to create a bit of a family moment by reading aloud from the local paper, something of a Saturday ritual in the Hunter household. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The children were instructed to “go” before they left home in the morning and then to wait until lunch hour. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one we stopped for lunch at one of those inevitable old-fashioned hotels in the main street of a county town. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Close to 70 percent of the kids were on the school lunch program. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Usually he went to his room to read before lunch, but he had not come upstairs today; he had been in the kitchen the whole time, with Mama and Sisi. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you'd ditched class after lunch or something,” I say with a grin. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At school, much of the furtive talk during lunch break was over such “suicides,” as the police labelled them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

During lunch breaks he would often give impromptu lectures; he loaned me books to read, recommended people for me to talk to, meetings for me to attend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to eat lunch with friends, plural. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She left during the lunch hour to go to his room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And even though Axel was in her office just before lunch, the whole place looks different. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The next time Farmer returned to Boston, White took him to lunch. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I check the clock, during dessert, canned pears with cinnamon, standard for lunch, and look for Moira in her place, two tables over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seat across from her is free, so I slide in with my bought lunch—crispy dog and potato wedges with orange slices. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

On the banks of the Hidden River, Tiller and Florida were finishing their lunch. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

With her lips flapping like a flag, she reminds us that the “Community Concerns” meeting is Wednesday night, to discuss a sit-in at the Woolworths lunch counter on Amite Street. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I—I mean, she said to say that lunch is ready.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Only getting to see my friends at break and lunch is the worst. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

After we had lunch in the main cabin, we all went on a two- hour guided nature hike through the woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That sure made it more tempting to go over and get some lunch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, Hazel sat in a corner, stirring her macaroni and cheese with her fork and studying the people around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Your Uncle Eugene is coming up soon so we can have lunch.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes expressly focusing on black and brown children, theorists suggested that America would soon be overcome by "elementary school youngsters who pack guns instead of lunches" and who "have absolutely no respect for human life." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, he was back a couple of hours later when the R side returned from lunch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is quiet again, the lunch crowd has come and gone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch I wander up to the fifth floor, to an adult surgery wing where waiting family members concentrate on the television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he was good for it too because he wasn’t on free breakfast and free lunch, so I knew he had food money on him. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the awful part about lunch was the eating part—school food. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was quiet while we ate our lunch; no one else was in the office this week, except for Candace, Hoagland’s secretary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

First day after lunch I work like a demon dragging traps to my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had people to eat lunch with and pass notes to. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At lunch time the other two again shared a table and again they both completely ignored the third passenger. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still have 17 minutes left of this torture called lunch. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Following their morning class, there was an hour for lunch, and from one o'clock to two o'clock the men read American magazines and newspapers so they were familiar with current events. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

And another, firmer voice—her mother’s—added, “Come in now, Winnie. Right away. You’ll get heat stroke out there on a day like this. And your lunch is ready.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more important to me, children from these families bought new schoolbooks and uniforms each year, went on all the school trips and spent lavishly during lunch breaks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t be able to walk to school, so she couldn’t get lunch there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I told people that I had forgotten to bring my lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the first time I met him, that first day of mine at Manderley, when he, and Beatrice, and Giles had all been at lunch, and Beatrice had been tactless about Maxim’s health. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I plan on making a token visit to my family every few months, for Sunday lunch, and then returning to the comfort of the Hotel Otavalo. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because BHS has some two thousand students, they have us divided into three different lunch periods. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad,” I said, picking at the rug, “but I’ve been eating lunch in the library.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But last week, I was standing in the courtyard after lunch and Jennifer S. walked up to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mother was putting out a cigarette and starting to make pound cake for lunch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bill’s girlfriend made lunch while Bill made the salad. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary ate her lunch, which consisted of a hundred pounds of ground beef and several dog biscuits the size of trash-can lids. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His family was going to the boat show the next day, then out to lunch, and maybe to the mall. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As the lunch period was ending, she got up but did not head straight for the exit. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his wallet to pay for lunch. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

We had the same love of reading at every opportunity, so we sometimes ate lunch together. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We were between the lunch and dinner shifts, so the place was empty except for a few cooks preparing for dinner service. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Later, at one of the round rusting metal tables in the comer of the warehouse that served as the lunch area, I found out more about my new writer friend. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, Mrs. DiAngelo fed me lunch—a sandwich, chips, and lemonade—on her patio. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If you have questions, you can stop by at lunch tomorrow.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Osh didn’t say anything else all morning, but when he brought bowls of mutton stew to the garden for our lunch, he said, “Tomorrow we can go out there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m late for my hair appointment. When you’re finished polishing, go ahead and walk that silver on over to Hilly’s for me. I’ll be back after lunch.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch bag in there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch lady pauses, and I think she’s gonna say no, but then she puts an extra roll on my plate and winks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Did I go to the bathroom before lunch?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the lunch break came, Arlin took her lunch sack from a pocket in her tool belt and went off to meet some friends a few tunnels away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get up to sort my lunch trash into the recycling, compost, and waste cans. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

As I grab a carton of chocolate milk, I remember I don’t have lunch money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

By following this principle, the movement would achieve its short-term goal of integrating lunch counters, theaters, buses, and motels. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I heave lunch into the toilet, then wash my face with the ice water that comes out of the Hot faucet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they served grilled cheese or chicken sandwiches for lunch, I would cadge extras from the children who hardly ever cleaned their plates. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After lunch, Brave Orchid asked her husband if he and the children could handle the laundry by themselves. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd already seen it, and the way he talked about it at lunch, I was anxious as hell to see it, too. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sitting together in the Big Creek auditorium at lunch, we taught ourselves trigonometry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their last meal had been lunch beside the standing stone the day before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I left my lunch in my locker," I said, my mouth dry. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, a half dozen other young men and I were pulled away from our scant meals of watery soup and hard bread. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Guth has remarked, “It is said that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed the box, picked up his lunch pail and trotted over the ridge and down into the cup of the ranch. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to swim, paddle canoes, and go to the aquarium to see all the beautifully colored fish. And then we’ll have a picnic lunch.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He found Ron and Hermione in the Great Hall, already halfway through an early lunch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew the lunch was soon to be over. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We brushed off and went in to have lunch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what time it was, but she must have been on her lunch break. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When all four of us were seated for lunch, Swart came out holding the two bottles and turned to the guests and said, “Gentlemen, which wine would you like?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I didn’t think she got long for lunch. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She emails me and says she’ll be able to leave school at lunch. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As always on Tuesday the hot lunch was chili, which Minnijean loved. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lunched on a cold collation of duck and mutton shortly after noon; then betook ourselves to the instruments to observe the Transit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He must get one of the free lunches. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Three days later, while Cole was cooking lunch in the fire pit, a rock struck the ground only feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I explain my two scenarios; I start to fidget when I get to the part about sitting with the other kids at lunch, mostly so I can hide the fact that my hands are trembling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be cool and act like I shared my lunch with cute guys all the time. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A bag of food each, plus five days’ worth of lunches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I expected the room to be empty, nobody lunched generally before one o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had food, Alex told himself, plenty of canned goods, and starting on Tuesday when school reopened, they wouldn’t have to worry about lunches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After we had finished burning the old picture, we sat down to a lunch of meat pastries and dumplings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His first Gymnopedie of 1888, as well as sounding like a long, hot afternoon in the Midi after a liquid lunch, can be seen as a deliberate attempt to debunk pomposity and de-clutter music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“If were going to battle to the death, I want lunch first. I found the perfect place.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And although his father and mother often went without their own share of lunch or supper so that they could give it to him, it still wasn’t nearly enough for a growing boy. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bubble of happiness I had for this lunch pops like bubbles do. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I stashed my lunch box and sat down. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The campus was big enough that I shouldn’t have to run into them during lunch and after school. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I have Hindi Club at lunch on Wednesdays, remember?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad’s secretary says something nice to me when she drops off my lunch, but I don’t answer her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I smell lunch cooking on the gas burners in the kitchens, I’m hungry and fed up and already dreading the long afternoon ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t sit at the same lunch table anymore, ever since she switched to Savanna’s lunch table around Halloween. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It sucks we don’t have any classes together. Maybe you can stop by the library after you eat lunch, even if it’s only for a few minutes.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All morning I nervously waited for Mr. Becker to leave for lunch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please return your application as soon as possible, because I have to get the team lunch.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We didn't spend every moment together; we didn’t even spend all our lunches together. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After lunch, when we went back to the drawing-room, he said to me:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I remember every detail of lunch that day clearly, not because I was sitting across from Grace at the table, but because she was the first, and because it wasn’t supposed to happen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They decided to join a school group for lunch at the snack bar. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had lunch with us here just a day or so ago, didn’t you, Father?” he asked meaningfully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They begin to unpack their lunches, which are both in the same cooler with a sea turtle on it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, I knew someone else had to get a free lunch, but I didn’t know who. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You disturb my lunch with this nonsense? How can you expect to learn calculus when you didn’t understand algebra?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning I would rise at dawn, put my lunch in my pack, and drive over the Connecticut River to Vermont. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

John wasn’t at the bus stop that morning, but we finally got together during third period lunch. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The first one is about a change in tomorrow’s lunch menu—not chicken patties but turkey cheesesteaks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After lunch, he once again returned to the monkey house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t mean out in the open; they just didn’t include me at lunch or in games at recess. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took the ring, and as I searched the rest of the counter, I found the guy's packed lunch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once I’d wolfed it down, I retrieved an old plastic Star Trek lunch box I kept hidden under the van’s crushed dashboard. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And to be out to lunch, to not return messages, and to keep folks on hold till they get gray and die. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after each of the lunch ladies gives me a spoonful of mashed potatoes or green beans or fish sticks, I make sure to say “Gracias.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A plate and bowl on the bedside table had the remains of her lunch—mashed potatoes and soup. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The kitchen began to fill up as other servants filed in for their lunch. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Which is great because we can meet once a week during lunch in her classroom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What did she talk to you about out here, after lunch?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We had lunch and lay out on the lawn, and then when it got too hot we came inside and ate ice cream while Tom watched the Grand Prix. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a productive morning, and it was time for lunch. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel from the past took her ruined lunch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Coming right up,” said the barista witch before walking back to the counter to make their lunch. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the lunch hour I very carefully kept my eyes at my own table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We’d stopped at my locker at lunch one day so I could switch out my books, and he waited for me, leaning against the wall of ugly metal units, occasionally peering into my open locker. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lunches at school lately had mostly been canned vegetables and potatoes, but food was food. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"It will be," Ma answers, handing him the tiffin box of lunch she packs in the mornings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I do make my lunch almost every day—usually some slow-burning, high-protein combo like frozen chicken patties with melted cheese on top and canned pinto beans on the side. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also knew I could get past her if I gave her my lunch apple or my allowance money. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate her weird lunch at the other end of the long rectangular table where Taryn and Ivy sat, and she just...watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I watched them every day at lunch as they read to each other the accounts of the bloodshed reported in the Jewish press and then talked about it among themselves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, be back in time for lunch,” said her mother. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He liked to entice me into lies: “Gorgeous necktie,” he’d say, “that’s a Hermès, isn’t it?”—and then, when I assented, reach quickly across the lunch table and expose my poor tie’s humble lineage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She packs us some lunch and a few gallons of water for the road. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

So Danny and I resumed our old habits of meeting in front of my synagogue, of riding to school together, eating lunch together, and going home together. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the bell rang and I was able to escape to lunch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I could see miners moving up the old path, their lunch buckets glinting from the lights bolted high on the man-hoist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “You would be welcome at our lunch table tomorrow.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was out on the cliffs and went without my lunch, and I know Mr. Crawley was there earlier on. What will happen to her? Will tugs get her off, do you think?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I sang them silently in my head during lunch while the band goofed around. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s not like going back to work after a three-hour lunch and staggering through the office, everyone looking, Martin Miles taking me to one side, I thinkyou should probably go home, Rachel. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, right after lunch recess, the atomic bomb sirens wailed again in Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I laugh and look around the room, feeling lighter for the first time since lunch last week. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was a shock to me after the ogre of the lunch counter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy wondered if she was going to accuse him of something else, like stealing the lunch money out of her backpack. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has too many onions in it, and I push my food around on my plate with my naan, wishing I were eating the rest of my peanut butter sandwich from lunch instead. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The next day she skipped an official lunch at the Administration Building and again dined unannounced at the German Village. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Today, Melanie had been sent up to get Mrs. Hall’s granddaughter to come down and have lunch with the Rosses. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Micah drums his fingertips on his lunch bag. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The waitress pointed to a customer eating a late lunch. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

One by one they gave their lunch money to the store owner, whom they called “Mr. P.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

One day over lunch Ethel announced that when she was old enough, she intended to spread the Christian word to African primitives. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m so happy when Brandy calls me to ask if I want to come for lunch that I have to keep myself from cartwheeling into a wall. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And why was one sugar consumed first, and only then the second, like a two-course bistro lunch? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the merchant decided to delay his lunch for a few minutes until the boy moved on. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw her at the start of lunch, carrying her suitcase out to the parking lot, I imagined myself throwing my body in front of Kevin’s car, kicking and screaming, to stop her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he didn’t show up to my parents’ big anniversary lunch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And she always had the most bizarre lunches. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Siraj reminds us one day at lunch, even though I don’t really need reminding. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t ever be last in the line to go to lunch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He confirmed this after lunch, when he ran out of matches and I offered him a light. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big enough for people to have a seat while eating their lunch, or toss pennies in the fountain for a wish. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As the others get ready to grab lunch, I lock my door and log in to Warcross. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From being a mobile lunch counter, she set up a stand between the two points of fiscal interest and supplied the workers’ needs for a few years. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, on the way to New Hampshire, they stop off at Pemberton Road for lunch, which is what, in the end, he has agreed to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since, however, I do not cat at lunch counters and do not swim, I have ignored her advice. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. García, the school lunch matron, opened the door and stepped out, a bell in her hand. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The onion was small, but he ate it, thankful for part of Heqet’s lunch at noon, then poured the crumbs carefully into his palm and licked it clean. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Just as Genie was thinking he wouldn’t mind a bite as well—a bite of lunch—Grandma said, all excited, “Ooh, I want y’all to try somethin’.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Try putting that in the lunch pails of your children!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who had sat with me at lunch every day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The days quickly became routine: roll call, breakfast, work, lunch, work, supper, work. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took his bagged lunch and moved it to the far end of our table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s just real set in his ways. He collects those stupid lunch boxes.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After lunch, he got a small paint brush and a can of black enamel, and locked himself in the lavatory, where he painted the alphabet in code on the wall. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he did for lunch, who his friends were, what his social obligations might be, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to know yet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He noticed Brad was the last to leave, as if he were not eager to join the others for lunch. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The 7th graders eat lunch from 11:10 to 11:35. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She left the room without asking directions, as though she knew from former lunches at Sickler’s just where to go. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wave back but set down my brown-bag lunch next to Dana. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was a girl about her age, which made sense, since this was the seventh-grade lunch period. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Now that I was cool, I ate lunch with Darren and the other cool kids and played tetherball with them too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At school, the black girls were on top of the news, and we discussed it every day at lunch in the cafeteria. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z