Inside, the huntress was sitting at a square table, where a silver pitcher sat near a goblet and the remains of a meal. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped only for meals of grubs and berries, and whenever they did, Pax searched the air for any trace of his boy’s scent, for the faintest sound of his voice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He forced himself to arrange his papers and try to study a little before the evening meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at the corncrib as I pass it and hope that Alice did not help herself to a meal for Crystal. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His quality of detachment was peculiar to himself, and I knew that we might continue thus, without speaking, throughout the meal and it would not matter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could not see very well by the firelight—it had grown completely dark—but I could tell he was cooking a meal of some kind. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mouse Girl elbows her way ahead of us again as we line up for the first of our two daily meals. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As the meal progressed and the leftovers began to come back, I tried to get Alice to eat. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had become very thin with so much climbing in the mountains and only one meal a day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

So long as he gives us a hot meal and a chance to dry our clothes, I’ll be happy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I know not how she occupied herself before breakfast, but after that meal she divided her time into regular portions, and each hour had its allotted task. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In short, it was a grisly episode, that meal, and the little session of three that followed began in a gray, unhappy manner. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For their midday meal they had cold venison pattie, with mead, as did everybody else. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the meal was over the Faun told Shasta to stay quietly where he was. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s a pity you can’t stay for dinner,” his mother says as the meal comes to an end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rarely appeared at meals anymore, and Harry was sure Hermione was right in thinking that he was leaving the school for days at a time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He promised her three meals a day and a house but said the place could use more furniture. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

We took meals like this together many a time, before he sailed for Troy with all the lords of Argos in the ships. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have with him a bundle of food which The Giver would save from his own meals during the next two weeks. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

After two meals of this, the cook frowned and sent up half a loaf of salt bread, as instructed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stewed tomatoes with bread, maybe that would be a meal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind rustled the trees and the chickens clucked for their afternoon meal. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had eaten two meals on the plane—a sort-of dinner and a sort-of breakfast—and though neither of them left me that satisfied, I did not want Subway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It vanished behind a metal barrel, meal and all. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We follow him out and to the main level for our daily meal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were never worshiped in temples, but only in the home, where some of the food at each meal was offered to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an hour or so of polite, go-nowhere small talk, accompanied by a hot, hearty South Carolina meal, which we shoveled in appreciatively, tired as we were of dining-hall food. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Often, they don’t know where or when they’ll get their next meal. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The night before, we had sat down to the traditional Friday night meal. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew Wood did not come home for the good meal they had made ready. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Woolworth’s? They don’t serve meals fit for a pageant queen. Let me take you to my favorite spot.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But now, though I was the same person with the same appetite, the same appreciation and even the same wallet, no power on earth could get me inside this place for a meal. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are being sent to the dungeon. You are to take the jailer his noonday meal. That will be your duty from now on. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In a stove flue no longer used, she had hidden a little meal bag which she called her treasure. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They invariably came out at midday for their meal, and we would sit with them for a few minutes, talking while they ate their rice and enjoying the rest. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush, Lina. Let’s say our prayers and give thanks for that wonderful meal. Let’s pray that your father is just as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I fumbled my meal chit into one of the dull tin trays and collected a portion of steamed pudding, a sausage, and some of the ever-present beans. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the end of the meal the ice had melted and she had hanged herself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Each shelter had a nearby privy, a good water source, and a picnic table, so we could prepare and eat our meals in a more or less normal posture instead of squatting on damp logs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a lot of money on drinks and meals while reading books. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was a big meal at the hotel. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A player’s wife agreed to keep an eye on the boy and provide most of his meals. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only certain animals, including cows, sheep, goats, and bison, can make a meal out of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And he hated the food, so his mother used to take meals in every day. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The VC must have caught them by surprise, in the middle of a meal, maybe saying grace. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired of sleeping outdoors. I want to get a bath, a hot meal, and a real bed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Roast the best porker and prepare a meal. I’ll go to try my father. Will he know me? Can he imagine it, after twenty years?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe we could give him a meal or something. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meals were skimpy and there were only two of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch was the main meal of the day and was served at about one. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not wait to get back to Nsukka and finally eat a real meal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the rest of the meal was authentic, including the excess of chilies combined with tomato and garlic, and the side dish of traditional red rice. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It was a wonderful meal,” his mother said, leaning back from the table and smiling, “as usual.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The food wasn’t too bad, and his meals were brought to him in bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Olmsted had another reason to worry about high meal prices. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I started cooking Saturday’s meal on Tuesday morning, when I made the stock and started the wild yeast culture for the bread. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Going from meal to meal and guarding Mom. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were only eight people in Aunt Rose’s house, and every meal was as overcrowded as the 6:00 a.m. trolley, cramped and uncomfortable. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She put the meal sack over her shoulder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring it up because I dined on a meal pack today. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I really want is this meal called “The Hobo,” which is made of eggs, hash browns, cheese, and bacon—practically everything I love—but it’s $7.99. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every window rattled ominously against the wind, which increased in severity throughout the meal. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Many South African whites I met during meals in the dining hall thought I was a black American. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry did not stop them at the beginning of the meal to pray. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, the women prepare the meals and the husbands eat alone, or with their male friends, not with their wives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He ate his meals at a restaurant only two blocks away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I thought of the meager Inti Raymi meal the people back home would be scrambling to put together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

What are the chances, in picking a meal for me, that Argenon Hospital gets the one thing I can handle right now? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the time my family spent at the kitchen table eating meals. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our shifts were twelve hours, with no breaks for meals. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’s kidding, because the Parks already refuse to take any money from us, no matter how hard we or our parents try to pay for meals when we come in. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She did not try to make her meals nauseating; she simply didn’t know how not to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seems like a lot of money, but it can be ten little meals. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When but two meals remained, she made up her mind to tell Amaroq she wanted a whole shank of caribou. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three weeks’ worth of her complaining about dirty chopsticks and cold soup, three meals a day—well, it would be a disaster. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would have been better if she put her head down and helped the cook prepare the private meals for her uncles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

All the children were awake, waiting for their morning meal of rice water. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she prepared the meal, I studied the array of pickled salads and cuts of meat behind glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the machine has run its course, you let the dishes cool enough to handle, unload the rack, and reload the dishwasher—all the while continuing to clear tables and fetch meals for stragglers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As early as 1852 there was a restaurant at the summit and the proprietors were serving about a hundred meals a day. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I met people who owned entire collections of houses and spent more on one restaurant meal than my family had paid for 93 Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had begun working in neighbors' gardens and doing pickup work as a maid in town in exchange for mealie meal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, she kept cooking my favorite meals, even though she really didn’t have the time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They prepare an elaborate meal, fish and meat bought one bitterly cold morning at Chinatown and Haymarket, cooked as his father liked them best, with extra potatoes and fresh coriander leaves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She helped cook quiet meals for heartbroken families, and sparred with a black belt Bokator bot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Some stagger into the field, picking up firewood to cook their meals. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat on the meat, just as though it had been invited to dinner, and rubbed its hairy paws as it gloated over the meal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the meal Alexa and her parents joke and laugh and eat rubbery non-cheese in their cozy, interesting home. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Later, when we’d finished our own meal, we all walked by Usain’s table and apologized for disturbing him earlier, and he was super nice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

True, Edward’s ears barely cleared the tabletop, and true also, he spent the duration of the meal staring straight ahead at nothing but the bright and blinding white of the tablecloth. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

As usual they trade plates partway through the meal, but this time she doesn’t like the taste of his so she sticks to her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His doors in the crematorium attic were locked, and he only opened them to receive meals. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t mind, but I made you a meal. This is my usual time to eat, so...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Throughout the meal, the cold breeze kept blowing the candle out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She had her meals brought to her there, and chamber pots as well, and a small hard bed to sleep on, though it was said she had scarcely slept at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘Very well. I will report as much to King Porphyrion. Thank you for the, er, meal.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The door in the rock was solid iron, broken only by a narrow slot through which to pass the prisoner’s meals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She cooked his meals and absorbed his barrage of complaints and said nothing in her own defense. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If Momma’s mad and not cooking, we have to eat Daddy’s struggle meals, like spaghetti with ketchup and hot dogs in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He eats his meals off a tray in Commons, shares a bathroom with a floor full of people, showers each morning in a stall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cooking meals here requires half the day, and cleaning up takes the other half. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo made a final breakfast and scattered some of her precious mealie meal as a sacrifice to whatever ancestors might be present. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand it was the big American—a man with a decidedly unpleasant face. He sat at the table at meal times.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think that Peeta is the cause of the unease, but by the end of the meal, I realize more than a few unfriendly looks have been directed my way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They climbed aboard, laughing as they recalled their meal of horse meat, and how, on the horrible march to this last camp, they had been the horse. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fear settles in my belly like one of Mama’s heavy meals. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eat Dinner—Usually the best meal, as Tío Pepe has to have his pasta once a day, which is my favorite food, too. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I washed dishes, thinking, wondering; I served breakfast, thinking, wondering; I served meals in the apartments of patrons upstairs, thinking, wondering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept the passport, telling me I must call for it next morning, and gave me in place of it a permiso for meals and lodging at the Commensal Transient-House of Siuwensin. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first he tries to eat all of everything, but as the meal progresses he finds he must forgo some things to keep his appetite and his taste buds functioning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not acknowledge Aunt Queen, nor did he thank her for the meal. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as good-looking a meal as I can remember. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was halfway through her meal, shoveling meat and bread down her throat, when the dining room door opened. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The two spies had better luck in Concord, where they learned that the Patriots were grinding meal into flour for soldiers’ rations and were storing “powder and cartridges.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger, perhaps, more than mistrust kept him wakeful: he had begun to long for a good homely meal, 'something hot out of the pot’. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Halfway through our meal, I went to the bathroom. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In here you never wonder what’s going to happen. You know the meals will come in three times a day for instance.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can eat haphazardly now, snack on junk food and takeouts without worrying about balanced meals, go to bed when I like, let my dirty laundry rot, neglect the dishes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here I watch Mama in her kitchen, preparing the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They encouraged him to study constantly, to read through their meals together, to stay up late reading, to stop wasting time with his friends. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But if you ever need a warm place to sit and a home-cooked meal, you are welcome to visit. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some nights it was just the two of them; at other meals they crowded in with Moqorro’s guards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cook was as busy as the mistress and not eager to involve herself with a dirty new servant just when she was putting the meal on the table. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon Mo took her out for a meal in a little restaurant nearby. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Down in the lowest and most sheltered corner of the dell they lit a fire, and prepared a meal. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“For your kindness and the meal you served, I grant you one year immunity from gleaning. No scythe may touch you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He frowned and said, “You get three meals and fifty cents a day. It would be twice that if you had your own mule.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the meal, a group of men appeared at the door and demanded to be let in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good meal and I licked my fingers, enjoying the rich palm oil. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And then, once I had a nice chunk, I’d donate it to charity. Or use it to buy a holiday meal for a family in need.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And she did not pine: she added new material to her lectures, cooked long meals, read new books, bought new records. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The evening meal was almost done by the time he and Ghost reached the common hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The old cowboy ate his meals alone in the track kitchen and spent the rest of his time with the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cut the meal card into tiny pieces with nail scissors and flushed the pieces down the toilet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It seems impossible to imagine that there was a time when I looked upon a live sea turtle as a ten-course meal of great delicacy, a blessed respite from fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had no memory of eating those meals, and yet there they were, recorded in her neat proofreader’s hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Yoren counted the coins in his purse and decided they had enough for a hot meal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lunch bell sounded—two rings, for second meal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We have food for two more meals, but that should be enough. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Villages filled with children and old people, midday meals to break up the workday, churches, graveyards, farmers selling crops, town halls with birth records, death notices. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Both bars of candy, the birthday one and the one Grandpa Joe had bought, had long since been nibbled away, and all he got now were those thin, cabbagy meals three times a day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the end, I did feel it was a perfect meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mama was already stoking the fire, sweeping the floor, and warming up a few leftovers from the potluck meal when Stella woke up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Starting tomorrow it’ll be like this every day; that saves us a meal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All during this meal he talks about the caterpillars: their numbers, their ingenuity, the various methods of defeating them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One is good for ten meals and the other for five. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Your koi are a gourmet meal for the ospreys out on Route 89. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the wealthy were not the only ones whose meals were changing. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hand her my debit card, and when she comes back, I tip her triple the inexpensive meal’s cost. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Actually I'd've loved to stay, but Mum throws an eppy if I don't book meals at other kids' houses weeks in advance. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had been working from dawn to well after dark, and she had cooked a fresh meal at home as well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed away until it was time for the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With the sunrise warming her and the crash of the sea rumbling below, it was the best meal she’d had for ages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“My morning meal is still heavy in my stomach,” Mama said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I never finished my meal; sobbing, I slunk off to bed, my limbs afire with pain where the rawhide had raised welts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just too full to move after that fine meal we had last night,” Muthu joked, though his voice was softer than usual. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But the first chef in our block had been a gardener all his life and suddenly found himself preparing three meals a day for 250 people. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

That boy gobbled up the food like he hadn’t had a meal in a month. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He would eat hot meals, stand for long minutes in a shower, read his Bible, and wait for mail call. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy your last meal, Leatherneck,” said the cook who served me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It danced around its mother’s backside, bleating constantly for her to stand still long enough for a meal. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom agrees to let me stay home if I promise to eat three solid meals and take a hot shower. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He grinned, and I saw that even his teeth were etched in wave patterns, which must’ve made brushing after meals a real pain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Shin ate this meal nearly every day for twenty-three years, unless he was denied food as punishment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Every time her foot comes down, I think of the meal she’s taking away from me, from Ford. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Each member of our family is now so busy that we don’t even eat meals together anymore. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal was soon over, and they made ready to start. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

No matter how delicious it is, I’m tired of eating Pakistani food twice a day and have been craving a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch instead of heavy, spicy meals. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Steadily, Log-a-Log gave orders to the Guerrilla shrews to retire back across the field where they could rest up and eat a much-needed meal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s just not realistic for me to find and prepare meals like this more than once in a while. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had now forgotten the delicious meal which he had enjoyed, and all that remained was the burning pain from the blows which the people had inflicted on him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

So far, it ran to minute descriptions of the lush furnishings of Sherry’s house, rhapsodies over Sherry’s exquisite clothes, and course-by-course accounts of fabulous meals consumed by the heroine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mission in this one was to fill every moment of Kwang’s waking time with events and meetings and meals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eumaios, taking flesh from every quarter, put lean strips on the fat of sacrifice, floured each one with barley meal, and cast it into the blaze. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every other day we stopped to shower and eat a meal that wasn’t dried fruit and granola. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“This is my first meal as a free man. You won’t object if I wait until after I’ve eaten to read your page seven?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Look!” cried the Centipede just as they were finishing their meal. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Away from the office, Barack and I talked endlessly, over leisurely walks around Hyde Park dressed in shorts and T-shirts and meals that seemed short to us but in reality went on for hours. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Since Bobby ate every meal out—he never cooked—it was important that he live within minutes of a variety of dining establishments. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I saw that everyone was taking a portion of their meal and dropping it into the fire, the ripest strawberry, the juiciest slice of beef, the warmest, most buttery roll. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Throughout the meal he had been polite—not friendly but at least human. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her rations were—as he’d expected—not much better than his, but he pooled them together to make a sort of meal. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It had real cool covers, there were always drawings of smiling white people on it standing next to cars with wings or sitting in private submarines or eating a whole meal in one little pill. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Insulin injections encouraged Woolf to gain weight, and to manage his diabetes he needed to consume regular, high- protein, low-carbohydrate meals—meats were recommended—which also added pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant that there were some days when she simply could not cook a meal for the two of them when she got home. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But when he was ready to go back to the barn she brought him a pan of steaming meal. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

To test this assumption, a scientific team from the United States Public Health Service sampled restaurant and institutional meals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There he ate the meals that Visitación brought him twice a day, although in the last days he lost his appetite and fed only on vegetables. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I was responsible for preparing three meals a day for the marchers,” recalled Bernice Morton. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stay, finish your meal in peace. I will send for you later. At midnight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I nodded at my sister, and my family continued with the meal, trying to pretend all was well when it was not. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Of course Bacchus in granting the favor foresaw what would happen at the next meal, but Midas saw nothing until the food he lifted to his lips became a lump of metal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat the rest of our meal in silence. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

What pained me most was to see her so unguarded, to hear her burp after meals or expel gas in front of company without the slightest embarrassment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dinner here looks different from meals at my family’s, especially lately, since Mom’s always working double shifts. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She gulped the air like water, the night sky the best meal she had ever had, the stars made succulent and ripe after her time below. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Back home, where the house smelled of pork chops, peas, and potatoes—his least favorite meal, but there would be one less angel at the table, and that made Clayton smile. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

We sat for hours at our meal and makeshift table. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

How much corn did Judith, Isaac, and I consume in our McDonald’s meal? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Bando finishes his meal, and we leave the dining room, with me dashing ahead for the door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

For her services, Bibi received no income but was given meals, provisions, and sufficient meters of cotton at every October holiday to replenish her wardrobe at an inexpensive tailor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Yossarian got a tremendous kick out of the rude gusto with which Luciana ignored him completely while she shoveled away her whole meal with both hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

During the meal, I could tell that no one was enjoying the food. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely noticed he’d been hungry until he started eating Frypan’s hastily prepared meal of biscuits and tomato soup. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the oil stove in the kitchen Antonapoulos cooked all of their meals. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She told him what he’d missed, the poet and the meal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon they were roused by the watch, and took their chief meal: cold and cheerless as a rule, for they could seldom risk the lighting of a fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe some part of me remembered what Midwinter had been like with my family: warm meals and warm beds afterward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This bag of mealie meal will last forever.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need a hot meal after nine in the morning. And you need to stare wistfully into my eyes and blush when I try to hold your hand.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Life was communal: members shared living quarters, meals, and chores. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After the quick meal, the three set out across campus to the football stadium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also thought that if I could get the wall finished, I could build a fire after dark and cook a hot meal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She and Mama planned what meals they’d make from the stale bread in the week to come. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of you cook, and you cook quite well considering what you use to create meals. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to eat huge meals with wine. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate pickled mangoes with their meals, ate rice every night for supper with their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

An hour or two into the flight, they served a meal. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blanche and Louis could not be closer. So this is our chance. Tonight, during the meal, I will bring up the burning of the Talmuds. I will pretend to have no opinion on the subject.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ranee asks for his schedule every week so she knows which nights he needs a home-cooked meal. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At least he was saying thanks the right way, the way we always did after a meal. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fortune smiled on me, giving me enough time for a meal and a bath before one of Jamison’s errand boys tracked me down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The family spent most of their time here: they ate their meals, played games, and read novels and fairy tales together in the evenings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When the tender came with the morning meal, Kira asked that the lights be lit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Best free meal a person can get this side of the Tigris," I said to Belet. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was worried about his not eating his meals, till she found out he was having old lady Davis to cook for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

While they didn’t have a feast at every meal, there had always been enough food to fill her stomach. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We figured when she was playing, she could at least pretend to have clean clothes and regular meals. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma Jean was valedictorian of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s class of 1946, working her way through school serving meals in the dining hall and grading papers for professors. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It is a meal he knows it has taken his mother over a day to prepare, and yet the amount of effort embarrasses him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She liked how they started each meal with a bowl of fresh yogurt, how they squeezed sour oranges on everything, even their yogurt, and how they made small, harmless jokes at each other’s expense. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour made sure I ct a proper meal three times a day and let me sleep in the tiny attic bedchamber on the bed where I laid after my time in the stocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They skipped meals with increasing and alarming regularity. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rest of the meal was quiet, me pondering why anyone, even him, wouldn’t want friends, and him glaring, the lights of the highway reflecting in his glasses. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It had become a tradition for different crews to sing national songs during meals. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After we finished the meal, we put the rest of Miss Whitlaw’s valuables into the wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles finished off what was left of his meal, set the plate on the floor, and wiped his mouth with the back of his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

Fadi recalled the chilly night when the family had sat down for their evening meal and the Taliban had found Habib. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Poor Tía Mari has to think of meals on top of everything else! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The three were soon busy with their meal; and the two hobbits, unabashed, set to a second time. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By going back to a hunter-gatherer meal, I would have to solve the problem of what to eat the old-fashioned way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Each was nearly the size of an infant bonobo, and a few breadfruit were enough of a meal for the whole group. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only wanted the rice and I ate it at every meal. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every day, our friends Rudy and Pilar sent over a hot meal, and after they ate, the men were allowed to walk around in the prison yard for a half hour. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a delicious meal,” said Barbara as she set down her fork. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After the meal we lay on our shelves, trying to gather strength for the next day. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As wonderful as everything was, when I got home, I realized I’m missing out on a lot—not the material stuff like the fancy chandeliers and the full-course meals, but bonding with a dad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That evening Cole fixed his favorite meal for everyone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That way, I’d have enough for taxi fares, a bunch of meals, and maybe a few nights’ stay in a not-very-nice hotel. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When Enrique was a glue sniffer living in his grandmother’s home, she cooked his meals. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the epidemic, Rush used mild purges and moderate bleedings and urged patients to sit in cool air, take cold baths, and eat light meals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

More and more bodies were tossed overboard, where the huge gray fish waited hungrily for their meal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth waters at the sight of all the future meals and snacks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Making meal after meal of fried corn mush. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a better-than-average meal of spaghetti and fruit salad, I changed into my pajamas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The girls laid out meals and put them away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was nothing but a huge black maw with bad teeth alignment and a serious overbite, and she’d done nothing for centuries but eat without brushing after meals. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I can remember my mom ever making a meal, except maybe cereal. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She looked very tough as well, and very mean, like maybe she would kill Hanako for five US dollars and a meal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Even a condemned man gets a last meal. I’d say that fish deserves nothing less.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, he pretended to eat a full meal. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. P., a friend of Miep’s, has been cooking his meals. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To me, less than a span away from the streets of Tarbean, it was a marvelous meal indeed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We prayed before meals and attended Saturday services at the Tampa First Seventh-day Adventist Church. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When flour was scarce, the boy’s mother would wrap the leftover biscuits in a clean flour sack and put them away for the next meal. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute he rang his kiddy bell as he passed me on his giant tricycle with the red wagon full of meals trailing behind. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When you played a game you won, in the same way as when you sat down to a meal you ate it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always save something for later, case I need it. She locks up the refrigerator between meals.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There had always been staff to clean up after meals, both at school and at his parents’ homes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Leopard and the Lion were so excited for their meal they even started singing a happy tune. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell you how often the conversation at meals has been about an Annex wedding, should the war last another five years. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There must be a farm hereabout. Pay for a meal and the loan of a few blankets.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his bunk was a little metal can to hold food when he had a meal. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

While the women did the wash, my father and the other men, hoping to provide the meal for the day, hunted for porcupines in the areas surrounding the stream. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard that they are the color of our mealie meal, and you can see the sky through their eyes,” Kadiatu answered. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal, served on square white plates, is fussily arranged, the portions microscopically small. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She washed him and then fed him his first meal in weeks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be sitting safe in a booth and to have just eaten a good meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then halfway through the meal, Daddy picks up his coffee mug and taps his fork against it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Just enough for a couple of hot meals?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was as scared as the rest, yet he volunteered to bring all the meals. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Is something wrong, Jonas?” his father asked at the evening meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He's still sucking his meals through a straw. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My hunger, sharp before, was, if not satisfied, appeased by this hermit’s meal. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You slept soundly, Jonas?” his mother asked at the morning meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ate solitary meals, sitting at one end of the large dining table where his family had previously gathered for boisterous dinners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If she took on more hours, he reasoned, she would make enough for them to have a real sofa, real meals, perhaps a TV. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I asked Todd Dawson, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, to run a McDonald’s meal through his spectrometer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a poor meal, even with all the paper they couldn’t help eating as well. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So I am going to shoot us a fine meal as soon as we come across anything worth eating!” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that rate, they could have one more meal before they ran out of money, or maybe two more. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to thank God for this meal,” June said. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It could be very simple. You have only to sit down to a meal at a restaurant in the presence of witnesses, have your picture taken, and eat.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

To the family’s great amusement, Komla would sometimes sing to them in their small hut after the evening meal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to eat my main meal in the evening instead of in the afternoon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped eating my meals there and bided my time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal was fully paid for in every sense; there was no pollution or packaging left over. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They intended to travel in March to a state-owned farm to plant potatoes, a job that provided regular meals. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Besides, it went against my nature to pass up an opportunity for a meal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"That makes no sense at all. You may as well say a bad cook makes a good meal." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They all tore into Christmas dinner like it was their last meal, which it practically was, at least for a while. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her usual morning meal was coffee, sometimes paired with a banana. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A scolding or even a beating might be better than this, he thought, longing for the easy chatter and laughter that usually accompanied their meals. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi suddenly remembered all the little moments too, the times Mama had shared her food when meals were sparse, or shared her blanket on colder nights. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His mother would rise from her work grinding meal and walk around to the side of the house that faced the road. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins had been responsible for preparing the family meal on Tuesdays since they turned twelve earlier that year. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

You generally say this when someone has cooked you a meal. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe that Mama has cooked all those meals, enough to feed a whole block, in that tiny kitchen. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He spent a great deal of time making sure that he was smartly dressed for the meal so that his friend would be proud of him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, that is not something for you to worry about, Burke. I believe your meal is covered.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She hated restaurants and would not enter one even if the meals served were free. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So why did I want to make this last meal? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Or bring Georgie back here for lunch? You look like you could use a nice hot meal.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Furnished and unfurnished rooms and apartments are available at all times, with or without meals. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My grandfather had brought sugar and cream and two loaves of fresh bread so we had a good meal. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would leave me six hours to kill with meals, nature’s call, my memories, and the story about the Czechoslovakian. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Also all the slang, the “square-bashing” drilling exercises, and the boring meals and the uniforms, though Maddie’s group didn’t get issued proper uniforms at first. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"Ser Robin, see that he has a good meal and clean clothing. He's to ride at first light." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He collected and listened to music with it, used search engines to do everything from ordering an evening meal to resolving a technical dispute. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how long Booth and Herold have been in the swamp, scratching at wood ticks, shivering under thin, damp wool blankets, and eating the one meal a day provided by Thomas Jones. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evenings the farm got together for a common meal and diversions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Far from satisfying him, the sketchy meal only whetted his appetite; moreover, the onion had made his lip smart and burn. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

True it was piled high with fish meal and the smell of it was delicate and penetrating. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandmother was equally delighted by the meal and for a few moments applied herself to steady eating. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially now that I see the arena. Her fishhooks are probably our best chance of getting a meal.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi wiped her hands on her apron and lowered herself into a kitchen chair, wishing for Henry to be at work so she didn’t have to sit through a meal with him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, only a little ..." Jon spitted the carcass, banked the fire with a pair of rocks, and balanced their meal atop them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still, some of those plants were edible, and they found rabbits that made a tasty meal, and there was no shortage of water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remnants of her morning meal littered the table—sardine heads, olive pits, chunks of flatbread. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay. You’ve got options in the Mews. A talent will get you a bunk and a meal chit for the term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I get feathery when I ain’t had proper meals,” Olive said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was returning to the temple one evening, hurrying so that I should be in good time for the meal, when I heard someone running after me, shouting something I could not understand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach is full of six bites of this meal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They sweep me into the dining room and I get a real meal -roast beef and peas and soft rolls -although my portions are still being strictly controlled. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the night when Mama Killa was at her fullest, the entire village celebrated with a lavish communal meal, although no one spoke of how meager the feast would be this year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her meals were to be brought to her from Elsie Bell’s Rooming House down the street. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Most of the meals Thula managed to put before her children consisted of thin stews made from parsnips, rutabagas, potatoes, and chipped beef. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In fleeting clear spells of lucidity, when Amaranta would bring him his meals he would tell her what bothered him most and would accept her sucking glasses and mustard plasters in a docile way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

These were aunts and cousins and other relatives, and they all had large huts where they kept all their property and ate their meals at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

To her, having a fast-food lunch meant giving up a “real meal.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A meal has been sent up from the mysterious kitchen with a container of my medications for dessert. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One day, after a delicious meal prepared by Mr. Swart, I went into the kitchen to wash the dishes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the monks departed with their alms bowls, in order to obtain food for their midday meal, the only one of the day. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulders dropped, rolled back as if he just unbuttoned the top button on his pants after a big meal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They ate meals without water or soup, under the theory that liquid accelerated digestion and quickened the return of hunger pangs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t spoil a good meal with a lot of talk. We’ll get to it soon enough.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most had never seen the inside of a camp but then again, I had never cooked a meal, so it wasn’t like any of us were winning in the life experience department. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mama’s worried that our American stomachs won’t be able to handle anything but filtered water, home-cooked meals, and a handful of approved restaurants. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We always celebrate the Harvest Festival on the final day of the Victory Tour, but usually it means a meal at home or with a few friends if you can afford it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Gideon, so lovely of you to invite us to share the midday meal with you.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was a chef in the kitchen making special dog meals. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But Granddaddy never said a word all through dinner, and I spent the meal feeling lifeless. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Beetle slept on the cottage floor and ate two meals a day of onions, turnips, dried apples, cheese, bread, and occasional bits of bacon. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frypan and his cooks served up a grand meal of steak, mashed potatoes, green beans and hot rolls. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“A’ight well, just give me a three-piece meal. I know you got chicken.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Offering free meals, free stays in condos in Florida, even free plumbing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The room was too drafty; the meal was ill prepared; a housemaid had acted above her station; one of the other pupils wore rouge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“From now on,” Major Major said to Milo Minderbinder, “I’m not going to come to the mess hall any more. I’ll have all my meals brought to me in my trailer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"We just have a few questions to ask Don Carlos. Are you expecting him for the noon meal?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After the meal Pippin stayed a while, and then took his leave, for a strange gloom was on him, and now he desired very much to see Gandalf again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If we could get Mr. Jefferson to take his meals here, more business would follow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small meal waiting for them—simple fare but exquisite for being fresh. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Breakfast is eaten by seven, on the screened-in porch overlooking the lake where they have all their meals, homemade preserves slathered on thick slices of bread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silas slowed for a heartbeat, then leapt to the fence to gain access to the roof and his furry meal. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just had a wonderful meal of eight fat ladies. If you eat me too, you’ll get sick. You want to go back to sleep, to sleep off your big meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen put a beeswax candle on the table, and I believe that was the first candlelit meal of my entire life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swarmed into the house, furiously cleaning the kitchen, preparing meals, and taking phone calls with the efficiency born of experience and instinct. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I shifted my weight from one foot to the other and learned to make quick-cooking meals. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew because of Valley’s lessons that they sometimes stored their meals for later, but if there were already bones in the den, someone else hadn’t been as lucky. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

This was their front room, and behind was the big kitchen where Antonapoulos had cooked all their meals. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Soon after five P.M. we had another meal, consisting of a small mug of coffee, and half-a-slice of brown bread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, with many meals missed, my bones—like those of a starving animal—are nearly poking through my skin. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Ronan. Thank you for coming over to share our meal with us. It isn’t fancy, but it’s a favorite around here.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When I trod to the top of the stairs with their meals, I noted only the sentinels’ air of watchfulness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when I try to help two girls with their pounding of corn into meal, Kainta, Chief Sasenticum’s son, pulls me away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the end of our meal, I realized that Hopkins represented much more than a chance to attend a great school with a phenomenal reputation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

An amateur photographer bringing a conventional large camera and the necessary tripod had to pay ten dollars, about what many out-of-town visitors paid for a full day at the fair, including lodging, meals, and admission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me,” he said, “we spend money enough in this house to procure at least one meal a day which a man could eat and retain his self-respect.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He cooked the same five meals on school nights, week after week, in the same order. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Must we play the same fool's game with every meal?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. When was the last time you had a good meal?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the meal, Franklin tried to get Hiskey alone, with no success. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word would get around that the cook over in Block 22, say, really knew his stuff, and they would eat a few meals over there, to test the rumor. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were a few village people who had been brave enough to come out for a free meal. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I order my meal and step to the side so the man behind me can order. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When his meal was over, he’d pull a book from his vest, a collection of Keats poems. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner: May or may not be a hot meal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My parents discussed it with me one night over a dinner of buttered noodles, my favorite meal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As they drink their wine and eat their meal, he admires the light on her face, the faint pale hairs that shine against the contours of her cheek. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they all share a meal, each person serving food to the person on his left. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For the price of a modest meal you can ponder the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the origin of species, the interpretation of dreams, the nature of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate their poor meal cold and lay down in their bedding with the lamp between them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She welcomed him and made him an evening meal, just as any mother would do with her child. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But there is not that about three rooms and two meals a day to keep busy a woman who has been a slave in a great house and who has worked from dawn until midnight. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the main side dish in our house for all three meals. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Who makes pork and sauerkraut a traditional lucky meal on the day after the year’s biggest traditional drinking binge? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

People were looting all around, making off with drums of paraffin, bags of mealie meal, carcasses of beef still dripping blood, Primus stoves, boxes of canned goods, loaves of bread and so on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would fight for hours in between meals, for no reason at all. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They lingered by the road after their lunchtime meal, the white men smoking pipes by the horses and reminiscing an escapade. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Remembering the delectable meal the fisher had inadvertently provided for him, the young dog determined to repeat it. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authorities would be telling them that we were not participating in the strike, that we were gorging ourselves on gourmet meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between meals, Don José sketched rather than dissected the cadavers and caught up on his sleep on a bench below a Gauguin and alongside several Van Goghs in the Prado. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The best thing about Sundays is we eat our big meal at noon. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all remembered his desperate expression during their last meal together, and how not even Hornet had been able to cheer him up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would carry the bits and pieces of news back to Crane-man, so they could discuss how such information might lead to a better meal. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This was the meal that would give him the energy he needed to escape. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Yet according to her sister Elizabeth, Emma was being wonderful, crying at times, but also coming to the meals with the little children and helping them with their food, attending to their needs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Sierra Leone all that we had ever eaten was rice, pepper, mealie meal, cassava, mango, and banana. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was even harder to keep it on the table long enough for her children to eat a square meal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After lunch, business would die down, and that’s when we’d get our lunch, usually the cheapest thing we could afford, like a smiley with some maize meal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Most days, given all that Mother had to do to look after my four siblings and me, meals were pretty informal. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They sat on the green edge and looked out over the woods below them, while they ate their mid-day meal. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hiring a photographer cost the same as a week's worth of mealie meal, the cornmeal used to make sadza. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I saved five meal packs for special occasions. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no question of skipping this meal; on the contrary, for ten evenings the three of them are strangely hungry, eager to taste the blandness on their plates. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Phoebe whispered, “I am not too optimistic about the possibilities of this meal.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the table he placed three special plates of the last evening meal, two bowls of soup, coffee, and dessert. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I have a confession to make,” Citra said five minutes into the meal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We used to return home for Christmas every year, my brother, sisters, and I making it a point to call ahead, offering to bring whatever was needed for the traditional holiday meal. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was snoring as if he had just eaten a big meal. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meals provided by Min’s wife were simple, but they never failed to delight his friend, who opened the gourd parcel each evening as if it were a gift of royal jewels. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was tiresome having to smile and act interested, especially if they were chatty, but that was a small price to pay for a meal. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cora had just finished a splendid meal in her dormitory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On Sundays, a group of us would sometimes walk into Alice, to have a meal at one of the restaurants in town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the meals they’ve already shared, he is nervous about eating with her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse parks me in front of my meal. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I hate Effie Trinket's comment so much I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She would get up at four o’clock every morning, seven days a week, to make the tortillas for both meals. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had lots of time to cook and try mixing different plants with different meats to make things taste better— and I must say I originated some excellent meals. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house seemed like such chaos compared to Omi’s, like we went from day to day, meal to meal, with barely any plans at all. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had dark hollows beneath his eyes, and the fragile, trembling build of someone who had missed several meals and didn’t seem to care. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A cup of coffee, a free meal in his restaurant, a fine black cigar—policemen valued these gestures of affinity and grace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ruthie gives me a pitying look before taking off back down the hall, to a meal that I am beginning to fear I may never get to enjoy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And finally the falcon returned with their meal. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it felt a little like those times when they had opened the dinner delivery containers to find that the evening meal would be grains prepared with fish oil. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Afterward he searched, though without hope, for another bite of something—a forgotten onion, a mouthful of stewed lentils left from Gebu’s meal. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Everything cost more, including toll calls, phone installation, pizza slices, and meals at Arby s. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had seeds and petals baked into it in a pattern of overlapping circles—a light meal, maybe, but she must have spent hours on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And provide an alternate meal for whatever was hunting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Pickwell had brought home a down-and-out shoe salesman in sore need of sympathy and a good meal. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granddad's cook does the shopping and preps the meals, but the aunties plan all the menus. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They could steal a meal among the swedes, halt till darkness and cover the short distance to the farm after a good rest. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Wang Lung’s country a man, if he had a roll of good wheat bread and a sprig of garlic in it, had a good meal and needed no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was a classic meal of the French lords. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ebullient spirits prevailed during the evening meal at the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As for the dogs, they could chase penguins and run wild without going too far—on all sides was the frigid sea, where killer whales cruised in search of a meal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And once, during a supper meal, I saw tears come slowly from his eyes and disappear into the tangle of the dark beard. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They moored her stern by the stout hawser lines, tossed out the bow stones, and waded in beyond the wash of ripples to mix their wine and cook their morning meal. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he was fat and with hair as slick and shiny as a dog eating three square meals a day. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waiter quickly arrives with menus, explains the three-course fondue meal, and leaves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Such discomforts were not new to me, but lately I had become accustomed to regular meals and soft bedding. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If our buttons were undone, our hats unremoved, or our cells untidy, we were charged with a violation of the prison code and punished with either solitary confinement or the loss of meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the monster was sated after its meal; it allowed itself to be herded back to the tunnel, its thick body moving side to side in a lazy, sinuous roll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We finish the meal in silence, but when we rise to go into the sitting room, Cinna puts his arm around me and gives me a squeeze. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alba continued chattering about the cook who had stuck walnuts up the chickens’ tails for the evening meal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the work, there were great quantities of food—chicken, pork, vegetables, corn bread, fruit—better food than the herring and corn meal field hands usually saw so much of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There is much good in blue corn meal,” she smiled. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have to cook perfect pots of things every meal but ate up all the leftovers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop acting like it’s forever and you’re some kind of martyr. I wish there was a place I could go, where I’d be guaranteed three meals a day.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grant grinned like a shark about to have a big, juicy meal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the meal neared its close, he said, “Tell me about yourselves.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His hands dangled idly over his meal, as he looked down with a sober, thoughtful expression. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We passengers are only allowed up to empty slop buckets or get the stew pots for our meals. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was heavier than Tally was used to, the tastes too rich, like whenever her food history class tried to cook their own meals. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Splendid meals were served twice a day, but Siddhartha only ate once a day, and neither ate meat nor drank wine. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Healthy subjects spent the night in one tent with a swarm of infected mosquitoes hungry for a meal. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Her meals were left covered with a colander at the top of the stairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His dates with Joyce devolved into bleak meetings in the cafeteria, where they mixed catsup with hot water and called it tomato soup and rounded out the meal with soda crackers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He gives kids free meals if they bring in their report cards. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We had three meals a day, reliable medical care, and the protection of the US military. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stay in Regency England as meals are served, while Ma sleeps on, and throughout Starry's chatting and laughter. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I told myself that I was good enough to eat a meal with people, not dogs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over meals they talked about plans for a huge wedding in Cleveland Heights—a two-day bash, lots of flowers. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning back, teetering on the two hind legs of his chair, the way he always did after a meal, the way that drove my mother crazy. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When wages were down or workers were laid off during slow seasons, the family was often not sure where the next meal was coming from. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you insist on eating bland, unhealthy food instead of home-cooked yummy meals, then sure.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After my first few days the food service worker who had been delivering the special hospital meals took pity on me bouncing off my yellow walls like a cricket trapped in a box. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He talked a mile a minute the whole meal. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t had me a good meal in a long time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew came back presently for the noon meal. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The $1.60 a day I was paying for my steer’s meal may seem cheap—but it doesn’t include all the costs of the industrial farm, not by a long shot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And that’s when the hovercraft unexpectedly arrived to evacuate them to District 13, where there were more than enough clean, white living compartments, plenty of clothing, and three meals a day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This windowless little room, which also houses the time clock for the entire hotel, is where we stash our bags and civilian clothes and take our half-hour meal breaks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After -the meal had been cleared away, many of the guests asked leave to go to the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that lunch was all I had to eat all day, but I could get by just fine on one meal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal it was decided they would rest until midday. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Between meals, a ring for the porter would bring anything the heart desired, and late at night, the athletes raided the galley. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

That is where three meals a day for thirty-seven thousand animals are designed and mixed by computer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Despite their welcome, I could not bring myself to speak much at our meal, so sensible am I of my youth and inexperience, so anxious am I for their approbation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After a frugal meal he wrapped his habit tight about his body to ward off the chill breeze and settled down to sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Messmate—a person/friend in a military camp with which one regularly takes meals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They were eating the biggest meal of the year, and I missed them very much. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the chief issues us our meal bowls and spoons and assigns us our hut, we have only minutes to settle down before the 6 p.m. bell rings, signaling mealtime. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the impatient eye of the Warlord, Cluny’s horde gulped down a hasty meal and scurried about picking up weapons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We could see them in the moonlight, eating the ham and those raw sweet potatoes, breaking open cans, scattering coffee and meal—having just the best time you ever saw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The soup’s always on, and you’re more than welcome to join us for a meal. You and your brother need to put some meat on your bones. You’re so thin and pale, both of you.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Parents of such students need jobs and good housing; the students themselves need to grow up with three meals a day, in safe neighborhoods. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that the majority of the slaves worked in the cotton fields from six in the morning until nine or ten at night with only a fifteen-minute break for a meal and water. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thus a sparrow might make a meal of a butterfly or a grasshopper and refer to it as “wormfeed.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the dining room where First Families ate their meals and popped my head into the tidy kitchen, where a culinary staff was already at work on dinner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Foraging in the woods and rubbish heaps, gathering fallen grain-heads in the autumn—these were honorable ways to gamer a meal, requiring time and work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“What about the hot meal? Did you get it?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He kept hold of Minerva’s hand under the table all through the meal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversation slowed down as everybody dug into their meals. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Horace continued, “You know that place of mine across the track up there where the fish meal is.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one table counted fifteen, the women lost interest in the game—and their meals. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Each day Ackelow would send his eldest son up to the children’s room to call them for their meals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We were now in a slow climb up to 475 miles, and we had a chance to grab our first meal and some sleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She say this was a meal like a princess would eat, and we ought to pretend we in long dresses at a fancy dinner and use “company manners.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth was thus given the task of seeing whether Bertrand would be free to join us for a meal with the Cricks at Portugal Place. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She plucked another cookie off the plate and inhaled it like Sir Fig Newton used to do with his meals. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mom, however, is the one who has to toss out my unfinished meals. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Immie looked fresh and grateful to be eating such a gorgeous meal. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“This calls for a special meal,” Mamá said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

George had filled a meal sack with dirt and hung it to a limb of the tree for a punching bag. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they were washed and clad, and had eaten a light meal, the Hobbits followed Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

How we fed them, well, it was meal to meal. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha and her friends had taken a shine to cable cooking shows and sometimes commandeered the residence kitchen to decorate cookies or whip up elaborate, multicourse meals for themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My hair turned up in every corner, every drawer, every meal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As a young man he’d had half his stomach surgically removed, and now after dinner always drank a Pepsi-Cola to help digest his meal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Carried home little bags of meal and flour in his hand. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They yearned for the warmth of their home, the pets awaiting their arrival, the comfort of Mama’s nourishing meals, and the love of their friends and neighbors. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Odysseus the great tactician answered: “Courage, and leave the worrying to me. We’ll turn back to your homestead by the orchard. I sent the cowherd, swineherd, and Telemakhos ahead to make our noonday meal.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, every penny... but never a groat more, my lord. You’ll get the meal you bargained for, but it won’t be sauced with gratitude, and in the end it will not nourish you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yet again he had failed to share his meal with Crane-man. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They set off again after a quick noon meal that Taisin ate only because Kaede forced her to; she had sunk into a daze and had begun to murmur to herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was at the stage of a meal when one becomes philosophic. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about her a lot like that, as something’s meal. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby and his guards were given a small cottage at Nagymaros, but he ate all of his meals and spent most of his time at the large family house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It also means God lets people go without meals and get sick and get punched around. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And how could she force herself to endure another meal at the same board with Goodwife Cruff and her cowed shadow of a husband? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then he told me I should keep taking good care of her with no more long journeys and left behind a sack of meal and a bottle of vitamins. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Cora mashed the lumps with her tongue the way she did when one of Alice’s helpers had prepared the meal and not the old cook herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach growls as if in response, reminding me that I could use a proper meal. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Strange to see a New York where you couldn’t get a complete meal on the street. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But by midday all the daily chores were done; the evening meal was prepared and only awaited consumption. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead we make “meals” of protein bars and shakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They had fallen into step back in Alkonost, and taken to riding and eating meals together. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bought you a three-piece chicken meal and a biscuit, he says. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I take bread and cheese from our leftover meal and a bottle of water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The heat was making her bug bites itch and she hadn’t had a decent meal since yesterday. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jack’s fantasy was much more elaborate: My perfect meal, prepared by my mother, of course, begins with rich chicken soup brimming with fat handmade noodles. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you boys want this to be your last meal, or do you want to answer his question?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sighed, resigning myself to a term of sleeping outside and scavenging meals where I could find them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joe looked forward to the lean, scrappy end-of-week meals, but hated the Sunday one: a baked ham, a sweet heavy pie to follow it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And throughout the meal, the doc parents were both trying to talk to us, but our feet were twitching and we needed to get outside. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a long meal, and at the end of it, Shadow was still hungry. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Most evenings a meal was provided as well; otherwise, Min had given Tree-ear a string of coins to buy food as needed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The way sweat erupted on his forehead as he reached for his bottle of antacids after meals. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, the meals became even thinner. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abby’s family was a bit like the meal, over the top and then some. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But meals were nicer; and as for sweets, I won’t tell you how cheap and good they were, because it would only make your mouth water in vain. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ma picks up the meat loaf and passes it around, and the meal begins. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the men finished their meals, Joe hauled their dirty dishes back to the cookhouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Within days of Badenhorst’s appointment, our cells were raided and searched; books and papers were confiscated; meals were suspended without warning; and men were jostled on the way to the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had actually wanted to say something more, to express a wider gratitude for the meal we were about to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It makes it very hard to eat meals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even takes her meals on a tray there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After all this, it was time for a good meal and some sleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class goes one after the other: Always dreaming of my next meal, we all laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t had a good meal since I left Raleigh,” Spoon Man admitted. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The king handed Minli a pair of intricate gold chopsticks that weighed heavily in her hands, and with his urging, Minli began to eat what was easily the most delicious meal she had ever had. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We watched them make the morning meal for the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She entered almost apologetically and said, “I’m so sorry to interrupt such important lessons, but I burned my hand preparing the evening meal.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

People stopped trying to raise hogs because it was too difficult to get slop rich enough to feed them, and no one had the money to buy mash or fish meal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my attention back to my meal and decided to let it go for now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For meals they have cabbage and barley in the factory canteen at noon, endless ration lines in the evening. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Shin paid for the meal with the last of the money he had received for his stolen rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At every meal she would beseech him not to be selfish and to remember that his little sister was sick and also needed food, but it was no use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Imagine if we could eat every meal knowing these few simple things: What it is we’re eating. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s never done in my house,” my father screamed at me as he rose from the table where he had been sitting alone, presiding over our meal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kevin enjoys every meal, in part because of the need to maintain his weight for football and because, beyond that, he has a hard time sitting still. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So they talked until the sun reached its height, and suddenly the noon-bells were rung, and there was a stir in the citadel; for all save the watchmen were going to their meal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She changed the water frequently, but the mealie meal spoiled anyway. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t even know how to make toast, and I can cook, like, twenty kinds of meals, even stuff without recipes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, the orphans thought, if they made a delicious meal, Count Olaf might be a bit kinder to them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was bent over the table where Nana prepared her meals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a snowy Thanksgiving Day in 1943, after a large meal together at a local Manhattan restaurant, Bentley and Golos returned to her apartment, where he fell asleep on the couch—and never woke up. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grace Wexler, the new owner, offered free meals to the sports figures who came to town, and everyone wanted to eat where the athletes ate. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

A belief in God and the rituals surrounding that belief— church every Sunday, grace before meals, prayers before bed— were an important part of the Deweys’ existence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the villagers started playing drums, and we all joined hands and danced in circles under the moonlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Quietly, she fixes a special meal: tortillas, a pork cutlet, rice, fried beans with a sprinkling of cheese. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Over the past few days, every time Jason sacrificed a portion of a meal to Jupiter, he prayed to his dad to help Nico. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He’s home for meals, and bedtimes, but he works whenever he can. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I can tell. You look like you’ve been skipping meals. Once I’m done with this, we can grab a bite to eat.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, now for a meal. What would you like?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Customarily, restaurants never charged them for food, but that didn’t mean a home-cooked meal was not more desirable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A meal was out of the question: the water was gone, and their mouths and tongues were so swollen with thirst that they could hardly swallow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Looking at the rubbery white octopus chunks bobbing in the tarry mass of liver, I rejected an entire meal for the first time since childhood. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You're graduating from college next year; why don't you cook a meal for a change?” she points out, twisting the cap back onto her bottle of nail polish. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But I was determined to have wild mushrooms on the menu of my do-it- yourself meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dessert as the extremely sweet end to the meal was invented because so much sugar was available. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’ll happily invent a meal and make up a bed on the floor, just to hear the kindness in their stories. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compounding the problem was the fact that throughout the tense meal, all around them people were gawking at the trio and whispering. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After those first weeks were over, there was an official day when I cooked and we had a celebratory meal with other Sudanese friends. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to think what else he could do to make the meal special, Cole went to his duffel bag in the tent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I gag thinking about where they’ll get the liquid to hydrate the meals. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No more corn meal mush once she realized I didn’t like it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I insisted on paying for the whole thing: meal, drinks, and tip. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even sit down to the meal, just went straight from serving to washing dishes. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was usually past two by the time they got out of their Sunday clothes, cooked dinner, and finally sat down to their long, lazy meal. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her personal servants tiptoed in and out with meals she refused to touch. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

That’s the signal for the waitresses that there are meals to deliver. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“A good meal will make you feel much better,” Elizebeth said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Since this was the last meal with Edwin and Garvey, he fixed an extra good one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He sat in a corner of the kitchen as we made a late meal. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it took an hour, but eventually Toby would sit back like he’d just finished a big meal and sigh long and steady. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time they’ve shown up for a meal since her accident. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This nice man was going to take him someplace safe where he could eat two meals a day! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

While they make small talk, I concentrate on the meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rocky wasn’t even there, because he ate most of his evening meals at Paguate with his girl friend’s family. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"It certainly shows you the power of the Catholic Church. It's a pity you boys ain't Catholics. You could get a meal, then, all right." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was ten years old, and was not surprised that my parents, who were from India, and had a number of Indian acquaintances at the university, should ask Mr. Pirzada to share our meals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d try to give them part of his food at the next meal. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was about three or four days later when pork was served for the noon meal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs Wormwood sat munching her meal with her eyes glued to the American soap-opera on the screen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pick my way through the meal and when the timing seems right, I say: "I want to thank you all for what you've done for me." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I consider it, but I think going to church just for a free meal isn’t OK if you don’t really believe in God. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine assembling this meal myself back home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I interject, “It’s only one meal. Besides, three people won’t get much attention. How do we get other people to join in?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nor was she impatient with Corinthians’ undistinguished everyday cooking, for Michael-Mary ate several small plain meals. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed my meal as I watched the sun’s descent in a cloudless sky. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dismissed his efforts, saying that she could spend an amount equal to 60,000 pounds of gold on a single meal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They joined for a meal of tortillas and beans and chokecherry wine; they ate sheltered by spruces and pines. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking out some leaves of the horse sorrel I had picked for last night’s meal, I wipe away the blood. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal proceeded with a stateliness and underplayed grandeur. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had to have a last meal on my final night at home, I wanted it to be DaVinci’s with Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

All hands ashore went about skillfully getting up a meal. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Gregor immediately concealed himself under the couch, but he had to wait until the noon meal before his sister returned, and she seemed much less calm than usual. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closest two were circling a hemlock bough near the bank, probably judging the safety of returning to the meal he had interrupted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His mother had gone to the market to buy fish for the evening meal. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were so close I could see their hideous mouths foaming, anticipating a nice juicy meal of demigods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not because he wanted to be forgiven for missing the meal—that didn’t interest him at all, he might have rather enjoyed the punishment if it was done in some novel and unknown way. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having gotten that out of the way, we would shake out our napkins and do our best to ignore each other the rest of the meal. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sumac wasn’t the most polite companion with whom to share a meal, but he was fun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The entire set of these meals is now united as a single block of text which serves as an exemplification of herons eating things other than fish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the meal looked and tasted very much like airline food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We paid for every guest who came for an overnight stay or joined us for a meal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Danny and I said nothing to each other throughout that entire meal. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When people could not find or afford apartments, they sought rooms in private homes and boardinghouses, where typically the rent included meals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She made the fires that cooked their meals and heated their baths, and Minya, well, she was responsible for the ghosts, who did most of the work. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“These old ladies really love them for dessert, and since I can’t bake anymore it is the least I can do to help your mom out with those great meals she cooks.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Because that’s your mission. Your mission is to love the fighter pilot, cook good meals, police up the house, and raise superior children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for herself, she’d begun leaving the radio on all day, and cooking big complicated meals involving multiple bowls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spot some water plants with edible roots and make a small meal with my last piece of rabbit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shin did not have to worry about brokers, and his physical health was relatively good after a half year of rest and regular meals in the consulate in Shanghai. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Seeing Zeitoun as no threat, the horse returned to its meal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Across the table, Mom dipped her spoon delicately into her bowl of foraged greens, as though she were eating a gourmet meal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his meal in a hurry, then asked for his check and left. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many meals, so many dishes crusted with casserole. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the meal at the end of the shortest food chain of all. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Philbert chomped through the rest of his own meal, freshly silent. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My guess is not enough for a week’s worth of meals,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His bloodshot eyes fell upon Thomas as if he were seeing his next meal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Buckminster and Mrs. Hurd would try to keep them talking through the meal but would finally give up when the boys’ yawns got longer than their sentences. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Since the magazine was about a dozen pages long, she meticulously continued this task throughout the meal. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“My handsome men. You sure you can’t stay for a meal?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The people at the cafeteria were civilians, and they didn’t want any part of our meal tickets, even though a sergeant tried to explain to the head of the cafeteria that the U.S. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How amazing that Weylin had sold her children and still kept her to cook his meals. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He did not go back that day even for his noon meal, for the sky was heavy with thunder clouds and his rice lay dead ripe for gathering into sheaves. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about how my mom had smiled at me, how she told me that she was home preparing spaghetti and meatballs, how she even supplemented her original bogus meal with garlic bread. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Unwilling to face the loneliness of the airfield’s spartan accommodation, or a dour granite-faced Aberdeen landlady who wouldn’t accept her ration coupons for an unarranged evening meal, Maddie opted for the train. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jemmy had made many a meal on bread and herring, when he was in luck, and felt hungry enough to ask for seconds. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She became furious with herself for sleeping in the wrong position, for eating meals that were too spicy, for not eating enough fruit, for drinking too much tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were many gray mice on the island and now that I had food to keep from one meal to the other, I needed a safe place to put it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked her, therefore, to leave the meals on the windowsill and padlock the door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It takes her a long time to carry meals the five flights to Etienne’s room, wheezing the whole way. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At meals with the aunts, on the boat with Granddad, even alone with Mummy—I behaved as if those two critical people had never existed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Read in the paper, afternoon paper, what they ordered for their last meal? Ordered the same menu. Shrimp. French fries. Garlic bread. Ice cream and strawberries and whipped cream. Understand Smith didn’t touch his much.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Regardless, sir,” began Lanning, with a threatening obstinacy, “of whether you consider this matter serious or not, it will require only the meal I mentioned to end it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Diplomats traveling from New York to Washington along Route 40 were often rejected if they stopped for a meal at restaurants in Maryland. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of the meal, everyone washed hands again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first meal in Spain was always a shock with the hors d'oeuvres, an egg course, two meat courses, vegetables, salad, and dessert and fruit. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At meals, we often packed ten or more around a table, laid-back and laughing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I have been down a few times—they try to give me a meal in the farmhouse each day to warm me up and break the monotony. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

To me the best part about the meals was there was always enough food. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truth be told, I wasn’t really hungry anymore, but it galled me to be pulled away from a meal after all the times I’d been hungry in Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I had forgotten what it felt like to sit down to a proper meal,” said Joseph as he cut the beef on William’s plate. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I skipped a meal, he lectured me, telling me I shouldn’t listen to outsiders and their skewed views on beauty. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For example, fields of alfalfa are dusted with DDT; meal is later prepared from the alfalfa and fed to hens; the hens lay eggs which contain DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were a merry co-ed crew, congregating when we could in one downtown bar or another and catching up over long, lavish meals on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You exist from meal to meal, in spite of the fact that food means nothing anymore, because you have neither a feeling of hunger nor a sense of taste. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

On late Sunday afternoons before evening church services, old women who were carbon copies of herself came to the apartment to share leftovers from the Sunday meal and religious talk of a Bright Hereafter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bessie spent most of her time on that first floor, chasing after the children, preparing meals, and tidying up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Soon they turned back and went to the midday meal in the hall of the Burg. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The portions at breakfast keep getting smaller and smaller, and even dinner—the only normal-size meal we get—is getting leaner by the day. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Chicken strips, fries and a milkshake is about the best meal in the world. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We decide to meet afterward at the site where we ate our first meal together. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After we’d spent hours talking about politics over a traditional Bosnian meal, she wanted to take me shopping in Dublin and show off her adopted city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Enrique can count on one meal a day for fifteen days. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The rain started again just after noon, and I sat under a dense pine nursing my last tin of meal replacement, the last-resort tin with the expiry dated for the previous year. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He once told me that a guard had punched him in the chest just because he had asked a question about meal times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He watched while Mother tidied the remains of the morning meal and placed the tray by the front door for the Collection Crew. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their window overlooked our courtyard, the concrete floor painted peach, where our mother cooked meals when the weather allowed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was her first good meal for a week. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We laughed and drank our wine, and then after the meal, we each listed our gratitudes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Joseph helped serve the meal, and he made sure everyone’s glasses remained full. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But Reverend Mokitimi went ahead and organized the meals and every Sunday, I left the hall hungry and depressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was brought down to Base Camp, where, in the Buddhist tradition, his friends brought meals to feed the corpse for three days. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He kept delivering warm meals to Cole in the tent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Hot food was limited to once a day; the other meals were cold and comfortless. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I’m sweating more than normal and I take big drinks of water as Manchee finishes his meal. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Runt ignored the meal Bristle dug up for him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, knowing what Mother would advise me to say: fine strong kids, a husband to take care of, shiny new appliances to cook tasty yet healthful meals in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Talk between them was brief and confined usually to meal planning. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, she distributed behind her, rotating through the room, a record of her meals, a calendar in rinds and cores. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by men in sport coats and women in nice dresses enjoying their fancy meals, I did what I could to keep my voice calm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They did not say anything about wanting Frank to stay for the meal. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Usually Mami insisted the baby stay, bawling in her high chair, so the family could have one official meal together like "civilized people." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At the river, he dropped the ham and gulped down a meal of the salty meat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And so the pleasant evening unraveled—the noisy meal at which I even drank a little wine, the presents, bedtime for the younger children, while their bigger brothers and sisters went off to watch television. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Between meals he stored these green seedpods in damp, unclean Ziploc bags—an excellent culture for the proliferation of mold. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tasty meal and they were both very pleased with themselves for having made such a good start to the day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We were hardly talking then, sitting down to our evening meal like boarders in a rooming house, reciting the usual, drawn- out exchanges of familiar news, bits of the day. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” she announced, buttering her own third slice of bread. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They moored the ship some way off shore, and left her to take their evening meal there, waiting for night to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure that Sylvia was snitching, Louie refused to sit at the supper table with her, eating his meals in spiteful solitude off the open oven door. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I understand,” he said with a wink that could have meant that he knew something or merely that it was okay to skip the meal. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, from the next room Úrsula perceived the peaceful rhythm of her sleep, the serenity of her tasks, the order of her meals, and the good health of her digestion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was only halfway done my meal when the Pastor wiped his mouth on his napkin and nailed me with a real direct, real unwavering kind of look. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I ate a very big meal and drank three bottles of rioja alta. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the living room, she took in the aftermath of the previous night’s Eid visits: the overturned cups, the half-chewed pumpkin seeds stashed between mattresses, the plates crusted with the outline of last night’s meal. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Working with Akhi felt like having a gourmet meal after eating a steady diet of gruel. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Calling it our last meal was a way of wishing us good luck. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure this is my first proper meal since I got braces. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, square-shouldered first lieutenant gave out meal tickets, and we were told we could use them at the airport cafeteria. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin shot a glance at his friend, who held a quail daintily in his hands, his teeth gnawing at the bone in a vain search for a half-decent meal. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He was even more comfortable than Dunbar, who had to keep falling down on his face in order to get his meals brought to him in bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The second meal announcement comes over the loudspeaker, in German, English and Yiddish. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The meal had been turkey and they cooked it in the back yard in the barbecue over charcoal with the lid down tight. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On behalf of the other Messengers I want to congratulate you, and to invite you to join us at one of the Messenger tables for meals. You know—to mess with the Messengers, ha ha!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to the lack of hot meals, they slept on the filthy ground where state fair animals had been previously housed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They are pretend meals, but it isn’t clear who they’re for. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom plans meals weeks ahead; she irons the shirt she needs next Tuesday last Wednesday. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She talked to tourists—temporary people—and sometimes went to a meal with them or joined them at the theater. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It would never do to appear for his first working meal dressed in mud. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As we sat around our campfire that evening, eating a scratch meal from tins, I heard the distant, grunting roar of a lion. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I buy the cheapest sack of porridge meal I can find at the market, and a little hope pierces my soul like sun through clouds. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now, though, he wanted to cook a perfect meal, a savory jollof rice or his special stew with arigbe, to show her how well he could cook. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now I knew perfectly well you didn't serve two kinds of beans together at a meal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dad had started unwrapping his meal when Mom let out a growl and then started screaming at the midwife that she was ready to push. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that was short of the mark, for twenty guests were invited and there were several meals at which it snowed food and rained drink, as hobbits say. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I kept a giant-size bag of peanut M&Ms and Bazooka bubble gum in the glove compartment to help stave off hunger when I didn't have time for a meal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A family enjoys a day of water rides, followed by a meal and a hug from a raccoon mascot, and then the kids are tucked into bed by very happy parents. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never had a meal as fancy as this—I can’t even remember the last time I ate something that didn’t come out of a box. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So curry wasn’t a big part of our meals, but I could tell you what crab cake and barbecue are supposed to taste like. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And will there be awful meals, with food made from recipes, with garlic and tarragon and broad beans in?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I thought this meal might take me back to a time when the omnivore’s dilemma wasn’t as complicated, when we had a more direct connection with our food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She took her meals to her bedroom and annatto water for her to wash in and she kept her up to date on everything that happened in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In order from most corny to least, this is how the laboratory measured our meal: What looks like a meal with lots of variety turns out to be mainly corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I always complained about eating Iranian food growing up, and now I’d do anything to eat it at every meal. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

That night, Stick and I had gone to our room after the meal, where we were supposed to do our homework. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s enjoyed hot meals and the chance to wash and sleep. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How about I take you someplace nice and cozy where they’ll feed you two meals a day?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There are places to get a meal after hours, but none of these places particularly suit Chandresh’s tastes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I don't want to eat up your meal," I said when some one handed me a fork. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And when Eril-Fane rose to his feet at the head of the table at their first shared meal, they’d waited with hushed expectancy for the information that was their due. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Grandma works a very busy job and still cooks amazing meals. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I brought some dinner with me, Mr. Milton. You don’t need to go to the expense of buyin’ me a restaurant meal.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We recently put in a second small covered patio with a bar so that while my guests are enjoying a meal, their chauffeurs will have a pleasant place to bide their time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, the food at Pollsmoor was far superior; after years of eating pap three meals a day, Pollsmoor’s dinners of proper meat and vegetables were like a feast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant was run by whites, and in those days it was inconceivable for a black man to walk in the front door, much less take a meal in the dining hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I bet you're hungry. How about we go home and I make you a meal with just the right amount of salt?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In bowls on the floor were the remains of a meal, perhaps of several meals. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A meal of frozen possum stewed with lichens, snakeweed, and lousewort. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had other customers to yell at All day long at the Center I could think of nothing else but a home-cooked meal. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is emotional through the rest of the meal. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After his meal he needed to drink, and he could smell water not far off. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A short silence follows as we all dive into our meals. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would stir a little water into corn meal and give it to his father. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a few square meals, I’ll be as good as new,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had been by herself in the deserted village—and when Aunt Chipo locked her into a hut for being bad—and when she went off to cook private meals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Add Ma’s anger and I just wanted to eat and be done with the meal so I could head to my room and read. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

We always had the same meal on Saturday nights at Pencey. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Edwin had said that every day and every meal was to be savored, but tonight was extra special in Cole’s mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“The tourist industry has found this place! Too bad. It used to be so quiet and tucked away. Now the meals have biblical names.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of cold beer, three hot meals a day, a tin roof over his head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had only three silver KJs, enough to buy a few meals or a night at an inn. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s never do anything else. No school. No meals. No homework.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We washed our hands and dipped fresh naan from the tandoor into the shorwa—it was the best meal I had had in months. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning General Dreedle devoured all his meals in Milo’s mess hall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“First, I will order our evening meal. Then we will eat.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

We took it with every meal to calm the mind, give us stamina, and prevent fatal disease. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the entire mountain rumbled with a muffled BOOM, as if belching after a meal. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Samp and beans was the best meal that the prison prepared, and in this case, the authorities put in more beans and gravy than usual. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pass code they decide on for their ATM card, Lulu, is the name of the French restaurant where they had their first meal together. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She swept the dust outside and returned with a small pot of rice and lentils, still warm from the midday meal. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her cooks had promised her to serve the noble Hizdahr’s favorite meal, dog in honey, stuffed with prunes and peppers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Marie’s eyes went soft as the memory of just such a meal sometime, somewhere transfixed her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama divided up what food there was in the cupboard and called it rations and when the children were still hungry after a meal, she’d say, Courage, my men, help will come soon.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he’d moved in, he’d been to the grocery store, cleaned, cooked every meal, and even planted some sunflowers in front of the house. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They do speak of the circus, but spend most of the meal discussing books and art, wine and favorite cities. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, she used to cook dinner and make those “in a pinch” meals for people at church, but she’s turned into some supercharged chef version of the Energizer Bunny. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He thought there was a good chance this meal would end in violence. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I knew she would say “Breakfast” And once she did, I went home that afternoon and told my mom that my health teacher said the most important meal of the day is breakfast AR: Ahhh! The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

A week before, he came home to say that the company had offered employees to be paid either in Zim dollars or in cups of mealie meal. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Passing by, you could gauge the progress of the next meal—and Viola’s temper—by the level of pot noise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He had not liked eating every meal in front of so many other people. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They took their meals together, and Mrs. Dudley’s cooking stayed perfect. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t eaten a hot meal all day, but we didn't care; Mother and Margot were too tired and keyed up to eat, and Father and I were too busy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t afford salt for my meals, or drinks on my rare evenings out with friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Islands contain 20 to 200 private rooms; meals are communal; some are run as hotels, others as cooperative communes, others combine these types. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had a restaurant-grade tandoor oven in our own kitchen, which I’d leaned against as I watched my father prepare that night’s meal. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But he was also doing what we never did: he was leaving the table before Papa had said the prayer after meals. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rarely sits down for a meal, living off a chunk of chocolate in one hand, a bit of bread in the other. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She had hopes of seeing the nurturer heading back to his dwelling for the evening meal, with little Abe riding behind him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Help yourself to an alternative meal if you want,” she responded. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"We will want a fire tonight, my lady, and a hot meal would serve us both." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You think we care? All I care about is my next meal. And ... maybe something nice dropped in our laps today. A little surprise for me and the boys.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we were given permission to go back to our block and have our meal. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As May came back into the kitchen, August said, “Let’s enjoy our meal,” which meant Jack Palance was not a lunch topic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air is filled with birds flying south for the winter, and it is easy to shoot enough for a meal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He sees no one, not even when his meals are delivered to his rooms, appearing by the door on covered trays and disappearing in the same manner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I ain’t had a meal this good since I left home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She had multiple helpings of every course at each meal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t eaten at our house since before Granny took sick, and Grandpa hadn’t been there for a meal since they got married. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Spike concocts what looks like a gourmet meal out of the regular offerings of the cafeteria. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Poppy asked if the meal had upset him and he said, “Night brings on a brooding melancholia.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day when we come home from school these flower meals of ours are gone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the children fell asleep after the meal, I took a nap even though it was the middle of the afternoon. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal was still lying untouched on the bedside table when there came a knock at the front door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Fearful of the consequences if she showed her ravenous hunger, Kira willed herself to nibble at the tempting meal. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than normal meal kits, most of the food was cubed protein bar material, which would still be edible even if Iris failed to deploy its tumble balloons and impacted at incredible speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, after a midday meal of fried fish and oysters, we set out for the theatre. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl had left most of her meals untouched outside her cabin door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every meal began and ended with an offering to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new law added more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy to roughly forty-three million meals served daily. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She caught her own meal, we tied her to her perch, and climbed in the gorge until almost dark. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’s working on a project, she gets so involved she doesn’t bother to come to my tree for meals. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One near the downstairs recreation area—which, by the way, has a movie theater—and one for ordinary meals, I guess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And at the end of their meal there’d be nothing left to clean up, since the cattle would spread their waste exactly where it would do the most good. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I knew it was coming—I knew Evelyn would save him for last, would savor every moment she spent watching him squirm under truth serum like he was her last meal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

In the end, our meal cost less than thirty dollars, but we left Holly a twenty-dollar tip for putting up with us. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When anybody wanted a meal, they stopped him, got him to open his mouth, and fed from it They did not treat him as a person, and indeed, they were impersonal themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed at the window for the rest of the flight, spellbound, hunkered over a trash bag full of empty soda cans and half-eaten meals, my face pressed against the cold Plexiglas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The large noonday meal must be out of the way and the dishes washed before the housekeeper could spare a moment, she said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be telling me next that Luster’s not quite ready to eat yet. Quentin knows when meals are served in this house. Hurry up with it, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wine flowed from hogsheads like water from a fountain, and at each meal fish, fowl, and a joint of beef were served. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mark followed them inside and said in a loud, grouchy voice, “Kids these days got no manners. Showing up wet, with no clothes, expecting a meal.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Many a serving girl had been sent to the dungeon bearing the jailer’s meal only to return white-faced and weeping, hands trembling, teeth chattering, insisting that they would never go back. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

At night, while Gabriel slept beside him, Jonas lay awake, tortured by hunger, and remembered his life in the community where meals were delivered to each dwelling every day. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure to cover all the pots so that my Thanksgiving meal is a surprise. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It could be ten or eleven days before we had a proper meal or slept in a bed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When everybody had returned to their seats and finished eating their meals, Chiron pounded his hoof again for our attention. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My family always did that before the meal, and we all just rushed through it to get to the food. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the first meal of the prices being doubled for the fiesta, and there were several new courses. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"See that he's given a comfortable chamber and a hot meal. Send him a new pair of boots as well, good ones, courtesy of King Joffrey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After the meal, Skrymir said, “Here. I’ll carry your provisions inside my bag. Less for you to carry, and we will all eat together when we camp tonight.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He called me to share his meals openly, and he seemed to listen when I talked to him about freeing the slaves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man answered, “Well, he was walking all the way from Grand Rapids to Hint, it looks like he provided a pretty paltry meal for every mosquito on the way.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s more worms than grain in our meal.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She spent half the day cooking before the meal was finally served. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Adventures are all very well in their place, he thought, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

You could follow a sack from a farm in Iowa to the mill in Manhattan, where it was ground into meal, or to the dairy in Brooklyn, where it was fed to a cow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They help prepare food and, some evenings, even share our meals. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time to get a meal in me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He would cook a perfect jollof rice for their reconciliation meal. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just a light meal. I know you’re probably eager for sleep.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was an invalid, and it fell to the charity boys to bring him his meals. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs Spring looked after me and cooked my meals. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We’d clear the living room and roll them in there for meals. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant he could only come out of his bedroom for meals or to use the bathroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Amari could still smell the sweetness of the pineapple her mother had cut from its rough skin and sliced for the breakfast meal that morning. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you alive and so does Julie. Now don’t be a dramatica like Aunt Lorraine. Think about how wonderful it’s going to be living someplace with heat and electricity and three meals a day.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As much as possible I wanted this meal to be bar code-free. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At best, however, these three domesticated animal species provided only occasional meals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, aside from wanting to escape a beating, or wanting a meal, I had scarcely ever given any thought to what I wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A final meal is served, an herbed omelette topped with a slice of grilled tomato. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Louis Uchitelle has reported in the New York Times, many employers will offer almost anything—free meals, subsidized transportation, store discounts—rather than raise wages. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a big old spread of food after the service, which meant that one meal was guaranteed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even the white kids looked like they hadn’t had a meal for a week. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Talk halted as the men started in on their meal. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was carried down the mountain on a stretcher, and although she got up for meals on the boat, she spent most of the time lying down in our cabin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told my father that the meal had been delicious, and that I had enjoyed it when it came back up almost as much as I had enjoyed it going down. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Taisin tried to focus on her meal, but the fisherman’s words rang in her mind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the end I decided to buy a meal at a McDonald’s and eat it in a moving car. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It had been eight days of forced meals, stubbornness, and waves of tears. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They are a set of manners, customs, and rules that cover everything from the correct size of a serving to the order of dishes served at a meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was as shabby as ever but looked healthier than he had on the train, as though he had had a few square meals. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her cook prepared for Woody a special meal of teriyaki fish, its sauce enriched by the gift of sugar, and Toyo served it on one of her few remaining treasures, a fine set of porcelain. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called Celeste over and ordered her whole meal all at once, in a voice that was clear and very fast at the same time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Too many Chinese meals cooked in a too small kitchen, too many once fragrant smells compressed onto a thin layer of invisible grease. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I find it's an effort to finish the spare meal before me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

To him and his companions, sensing and acting was second nature; but these rabbits had never had to act to save their lives or even to find a meal. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having someone cook my meals made me feel like I was at a fancy hotel. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At every fall I had a full meal of algae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl with the tattoo, the one who had opened the gates to her, brought her meals on a tray: lamb kebab, sabzi, aush soup. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of her young hostages brought her morning meal, a plump shy girl named Mezzara, whose father ruled the pyramid of Merreq, and Dany gave her a happy hug and thanked her with a kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thus she was always forced to eat her evening meals out of TV-dinner-trays in front of the dreaded box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dog glanced at Felix, but he wasn’t about to give up his free meal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the evening meal, men would be wandering about some and usually collect by a fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Chief Elder skipped one Twelve,” Rolf explained to Claire at the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rue contributes a big handful of some sort of starchy root to the meal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

With the seeds I had gathered in a ravine, we had a plentiful meal, although I had to cook it on a flat rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Useless went to the black bull and sprinkled mealie meal on his head. ‘ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new idea: during meals I talk more to myself than to the others, which has two advantages. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The blue-green room, the orderly apartment, the meals cooked, and the blankets tucked in cozily at night—all this gave her a feeling of comfort, almost luxury. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Really, it’s not a bad meal for our first night in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Picking at our meal and waiting for it to be over. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But... I don’t have a toothache . . .” “After your meal. Without fail.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a sated look about her, as if she had just eaten the most wonderful meal in the world and was now quite full. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We ate a fist-sized piece of fish meat at each meal, accompanied by dark green leaves, rigid as cardboard, that Wello foraged for us out of the underbrush. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you . . . ?” As he listened to him go over each detail of meals, clothes, tombstones, he wondered if Guitar simply could not resist the lure of something he had never had—money. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My meal would be an extreme experiment in being an active and conscious eater. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They had a TV lounge across the hall, with games and newspapers, and a small room next to that where they received meals. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not luxury, which was beyond his ken, but simple comfort: a wash, a shave, a meal, a bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I put on a loose dress and went to the kitchen to see what we could make a meal of—if I could get Kevin to eat. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We ate almost all our meals in the drawing room, journeying to the dining car only on those infrequent occasions when Mother yielded to our complaints that scurvy was threatening to set in. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly found a meal station on the map just past Tiger Mountain. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A bright, shining, beautiful future, where I didn’t wear blue and gray stripes, where I ate three full meals a day, where I wouldn’t work until I passed out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Big Anthony was whipped for the duration of their meal, and they ate slow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Blunt glanced at Mrs. Jones, who had finished her meal while he was talking. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“He does that at every meal,” the girls told us in English. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl who served the meal had been upset by all the crying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He grimaced as if in excruciating pain, sucked in air through his teeth, rubbed the elbow, and claimed he couldn’t use his arm for the remainder of the meal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the count slip, the classroom inventory and, finally, the meal evaluation form. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley fussed over the state of his socks and tried to force him to eat fourth helpings at every meal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

"Wait," Lu said, clearly fearing that his meal would be held up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"That was a superb meal, I must give my compliments to the chef." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This should cover seven full course meals, right? Plus tip? Just keep the change.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I just push the chicken or the pork pieces off to the side and then later transfer them to a napkin, and then at the end of the meal I sneak them into the trash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She declared she was at her wits’ end to come up with a presentable meal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They offered to buy me my meals each day, but I refused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It told the story of some poor devil who had come there, closed himself in the cubicle and eaten his meal of half a loaf. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the peak, Mother was making the Thanksgiving meal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The meal ended with wine brought from the rocket. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the meal, he talks nonstop about ancient Italy and the Italians’ love for clean, simple cooking, which means my project and this boy are forgotten. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As awaiting-trial prisoners we were entided to two half-hour visits a week, and one meal a day could be sent in from the outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Call the Community Center and get on the home meals delivery list.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They prepared no meals themselves and depended on other people to feed them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Apprentices, assistants, the lowliest workers in every trade—no matter what their status, it was the master’s duty to provide a meal for them in the middle of the workday. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"You are still going to brush your teeth after very meal," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

During the meal she was quiet and cool: but I could not undeceive her then. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I figured it was my last meal before my execution, and I was going to have a feast. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu enjoyed the Sunday ritual of those meals in the ornate hotel dining room, full of nicely dressed people, silver-haired couples with their grandchildren, middle-aged women with brooches pinned on their lapels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had gotten him a breakfast tray from Sarah, and he had invited me to share the large meal she had prepared. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well then, maybe you should pick your own meals instead of grabbing sweets and snacks.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As he was finishing his meal, the phone rang. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many times, Annabeth had tried to call on her mom anyway, pleading for guidance, sending up burnt offerings with every meal at camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The meal began with everyone saying what they were thankful for, and predictably, everyone said they were thankful that I had joined the family. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was quietly squawking a tune Mama liked to hum while she prepared the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I do not ask such things,” he answers, already nearly finished with his meal. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The price of the meal was set at a deliberately hefty fifteen shillings to discourage those whose qualifications were merely cerebral. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I waited eight hours, knee deep in slush, to grind my meal and give the lord his share. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

His voice was overpowering, like the smell of the schnapps my father sometimes drank after a big meal. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rode all day, stopping only for a noon meal at the side of the road, eaten cold. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I did not break the habit of stealing and hoarding bread until my faith that food would be forthcoming at each meal had been somewhat established. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would've ordered takeout, but I just felt like we needed to have a real meal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

These “fast food” flavors make a lot of fast-food meals taste the same. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You lack a set of spinnerets, and you lack know-how. But cheer up, you don’t need a web. Zuckerman supplies you with three big meals a day. Why should you worry about trapping food?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

John tries to say something comforting to Mom, but she just brushes it off and apologizes to John for our lost meal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When she finally got a fire going, she set about trying to cobble together an evening meal for Harry and the boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And she say she would buy the food for all our meals. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the time it seemed like a lark: just a way to satisfy her curiosity, and get a nice meal in the bargain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t show up at meals and wasn’t answering the telephone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Family and friends gather for a meal or bit of cake, if it can be afforded. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Death row prisoner number five forty-one, you have a visitor. “Please make this a short visit, ma’am, the priest will be here any minute to give the prisoner his last meal and his last cigarette. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before it got dark, she boiled water and added it to the leftover mealie meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore colorful, billowy clothes and served meals at a massive table in the dining room, hosting anyone who turned up, mostly people who belonged to what she called “the movement.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas was able to eat the rest of his meal without another word from Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It crawled out from under the veranda on its belly and crept carefully up to me to take the bit of food I had saved from my meal. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Corn was roasted to make chicos, blue corn was ground into meal, and the rest was stored for the animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man once asked a friend to have a meal with him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Before he was tortured, confined in the underground prison, and exposed to Uncle’s stories about the world beyond the fence, Shin had been uninterested in anything beyond his next meal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’ll eat more later,” he says, realizing this meal isn’t happening. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“If you hadn’t already missed nine meals in the last two weeks ...” he broke in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom gets up and throws away her paper dinner plate, even though she’s barely touched her meal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I offered no defense, and was sentenced to three days in isolation and deprivation of meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of another meal of raw meat made Amari feel utterly queasy. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can say that my forager’s meal is unrealistic, but I would answer that the fast-food meal is unrealistic also. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The end of the meal finally comes and he and William split the check. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Rice and soy meal help when we can get them, to balance our amino acids and keep our muscle tissue from digesting itself in the process known picturesquely as kwashiorkor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa, as usual, was not at tin- table; he always had his meals in his room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a look, shall we? Poultry by-product meal, soy protein isolate, corn gluten meal, soy flour...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Good. I’m glad now that I had the sense to start a chicken roasting. Fresh bread and chicken should make a pretty good meal for a couple of hungry bachelors like us, eh?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Palace was only a long bare room, lit dimly by two small windows, walled with unpainted wood smelling strongly of fish meal. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny gave me fuller meals and made me take naps in the afternoon and gradually my sleepwalking passed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an abundant Vermont lunch, more like a dinner, and at first it had no more reality than a meal in the theater. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He knows it’s his last meal,” a scythe she didn’t know suggested. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Because Thanksgiving was going to happen while we were doing surface operations, and NASA's shrinks thought it would be good for us to make a meal together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt exhausted and was thinking not of defiance but of a hot meal and a night’s sleep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can make a very good meal off a traveler, I understand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This meal would be silent and would never end. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each morning Mrs. Derby, dressed in white, as she usually was, came to Teenie’s kitchen, greeted everyone with a cheerful hello, and planned the meals for the day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen revulsion on the faces of visitors who’ve caught us at meals. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a meal they couldn't have eaten in Nazi Germany with the strict food rationing and meat shortages. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

If being left alone yesterday had affected them, it didn’t dampen their excitement for the coming meal They jumped around, asking if there was garlic bread. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Every time I finish a meal, the leftovers go to the compost bucket. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the grandchildren went into my bedroom to watch a video of a horror movie while the adults stayed outside gossiping in the lounge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watched over by armed soldiers during the week, they left the briefing room only for meals and sleep. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She and Levi opened their house to them if they needed a home-cooked meal, or simply a place to go when they felt homesick. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Never had such a plain meal brought such satisfaction. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His meals had always appeared on China plates and silver trays as if by magic. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He found us in the drawing room, in the middle of a meal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you expect to keep goin’ when you didn’t more than touch your meal tonight?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An understandable concern, sir. But not to worry. An anonymous donor has very generously paid for all of your meals already. To include desserts.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘More than a meal! A feast!’ said Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“She can comb my hair and keep house. She can wash the dishes and serve our meals. And she can take care of the little boys.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the midday meal, I contrived to overturn the pitcher that held the tea water, dumping it on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s almost never there, taking her meals and sleeping at work. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We’re about to settle down to our meal of raw fish when the anthem begins. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It helped, too, that gas and electricity were included in my rent and that I got two or three free meals each weekend at the nursing home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The midday meal was near over by the time I had rewashed the tablecloths. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A typical meal consisted of raw salt pork, bread, and soup, and sometimes molasses. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We had a good meal, a roast chicken, new green beans, mashed potatoes, a salad, and some apple-pie and cheese. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A few days after the book episode, Manuel Gustavo arrives for the noon meal, and since Fifi is still at her Spanish class, we decide to have a little talk with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Oakes came in every day to look after the house and cook the main meals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad’s quiet like me and avoids eye contact during the meal. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Mom had been helping serve meals at a shelter for people who had lost their homes. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Drink and meal prices were posted on a wall or chalked on a board. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, order as much as you want. I invited you here for a chat, so it’s good manners that I treat you to a meal.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We could have been having a great time sharing meals, playing cards, and talking about women and soccer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There the ways of civilization prevailed, and the meals in this hospital were found to contain as much DDT as those in the most populous city. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray would’ve said to take her out for a meal, of course. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We’ll be staying in the dorms, eating meals at the school cafeteria, watching a play, and taking a tour. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Major Major submitted meekly to Milo’s tugging and cowered in disgrace at his private table throughout the whole meal. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We had a huge meal late in the day, much bigger than usual, because Timothy said we might not be able to eat for several days. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pious man who worships the Seven so fer-vently that he eats a meal for each of them whenever he sits to table. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead she fasted or ate vegetarian meals in her room. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

That one meal never varied: hot water with a little salt or pepper, and if we were lucky, bits of potato skin and slivers of other vegetables. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen and drank some milk, then mixed some meal and water for Granny’s chickens and went out to dump it in their pan. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You had better have a meal here before you go.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told the incredibly dramatic—and highly improbable—tale of their escape from PSF custody over our shared meal of fruit snacks, stale Pringles, and Twinkies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dany would make a poor meal for a wolf or lion, but even a poor meal was better than none. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sat on the steps of a bakery across the street from the inn and watched people coming and going as I enjoyed my best meal in months. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he was gone, Missandei brought the queen a simple meal of goat cheese and olives, with raisins for a sweet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was determined to try every single inn on this side of the river before I resorted to paying for a bunk and a meal chit again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Oh, green joyous rush inside my mouth, my head, my stomach, my toes, my soul—the best meal of my life. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong inhaled almost his entire meal before he stopped and held one hand over his mouth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The staff told prospective parents something about a child, then permitted them to observe her or him during meals, campus events, sports, or talent shows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Thereafter he made his wife recite the prayer at the start of each meal, even on formal occasions, when there were guests in the house. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a place where neighbor loved helping neighbor, based on a long-standing tradition that ranchers always left their homes unlocked because you never knew who might need to borrow something or cook a meal. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I arranged it so my mother would want to cook a meal especially for him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what I gather, Mitch and his mom eat dinner together every night while his dad takes his meal on a TV tray in front of his recliner. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You get your meals through a slot, you do not see other inmates, and you never touch or get near another human being. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The women gave her a small amount of mealie meal and took her to a road running along the far side of the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All the rats in the Dreadfort belong to my lord father. How dare you make a meal of one without my leave.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was getting, he judged, three meals in the twenty-four hours; sometimes he wondered dimly whether he was getting them by night or by day. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Besides the rare kids’ meal, it’s pretty quiet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There, in a loud and cheerful company, they ate an excellent meal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, I snuck out to the forbidden part of the property where the servants' families lived in their little shanty shacks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Only later did he sit down at his desk to do his accounts and order a meal brought in to him on a tray. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince her to stay the night, or at least take a meal with us, but she was determined. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t stop touching for the entire meal. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best meal I’d ever had, and when it was done Miss Tyla brought me a dessert she called “On the House.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The three Domishmen broke their fast in the predawn chill—a simple meal of fruit and bread and cheese, washed down with goat milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had enough food for maybe one more meal. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part I’ve always eaten my three meals and two snacks exactly on time every day. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To this day, no riverside table is complete without a bowl of farofa: crunchy, toasted manioc meal, vaguely resembling grated Parmesan cheese, which Amazonians sprinkle on their food with abandon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If she started in Typical Day on the Plantation, she could get her two plantation shifts finished just after the midday meal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was friendly, in a treacherous sort of way, smiling into one’s face the while he meditated some underhand trick, as, for instance, when he stole from Buck’s food at the first meal. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I resolved not to humiliate myself again, but one day I was in need of a proper meal and dropped by. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion marked time by the comings and goings of the cabin boy who brought the meals he did not eat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We decide to save the strawberries and bakery bread for this evening's meal, to make it special we say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The courtyard was where we had our meals and where we slept on warm nights. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I had visitors, which was increasingly often, he would prepare gourmet meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had spent the entire meal purposely making things miserable for her. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved eating meals with my friends every night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They built a fire and cooked a meal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clothes left out of duffel bags were instantly filthy, and all of the meals, which the crews ate outside while sitting on the ground, were infused with sand. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not far away, other women knelt by other outdoor hearths, preparing the evening meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came to visit her, we settled on the warping floorboards, where Felicia ate her meals with a serving spoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had begun to eat their evening meal together each night. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her supper was a simple meal of fruit and cheese and fry bread, with a jug of honeyed wine to wash it down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She counted herself lucky to be on days, seven till eight with half hours for meals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Why did so many people think that they could confess the most shocking things to each other over a meal? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the meal, my father, turning to me as though peace had brought with it some great change to our meager fortunes, said, “Well, Louise, what will you do now?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I was allowed to appreciate the oars on his walls, I was expelled with a prescription for a large bottle of white fluid to be taken after meals. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

This journey began with him, you suspect it will end with him, and everything between is the powdery meal of windmills that might be giants grinding bones to make their bread. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I feel it in the kitchen, where we jostle for space when cooking our evening meals. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each meal, before I eat these beautiful foods, I remember times of hunger on The Beast journey. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It has thrown off its disguise as a meal and has revealed itself to me for what it is, a large dead bird. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our meals improved markedly, and when his contract was fulfilled he signed another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he finished his little meal and fell asleep, just like that. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slept out Sunday mornings and forced herself up for dinner, which she ate, as she ate all her meals now, automatically and without conversation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would get two meals at the cafe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they began to take their meals together. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She cried while she nursed Maha, changed our clothes, and cooked our meals. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“This is my plan to scrounge a meal before I meet my contact.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I have since learned to cook it more, but never have I enjoyed a meal as much as that one, and never have I felt so independent again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get two dollars a week and my meals. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, at the morning meal, one of the workers would recount an amusing dream. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hunkered down into my sleeping spot as soon as we finished our meal, before even the first stars ripped through the black. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There must be tons of human bone meal in the ground. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d cooked my favorite meal of salmon and rice that evening, but I had no appetite. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Isabelle Derby sat pale and quiet, her eyes cast down through most of the meal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale, who’s not usually much of a talker during meals, makes an effort to keep the conversation going, asking about the makeover. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They paid for two meals, then went through the line slowly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in a long time, I feel myself looking forward to a meal. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of home-cooked meal people are supposed to have but never do. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the man brought him water he drank eagerly, and later bolted a generous meal of raw meat, chunk by chunk, from the man’s hand. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a big meal for France but it seemed very carefully apportioned after Spain. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lyra ignored completely the Librarian on her other side and spent the whole meal talking to Mrs. Coulter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But did he go out after the meal?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had fallen asleep after the evening meal. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Made of elm and built by her father when he married her mother, the table was large, sturdy, and dependable—and so much more than a place for meals. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad sits down, with his own low-carb meal, the kids may have gotten up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

By now, the roads were filled with children swinging their fathers’ meal buckets and workers returning from saloons for the night shift. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Such restless nights make them sleep late, and Violet has to hurry to get a meal prepared before getting ready for her round of heads. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits under the spell of Tom’s words may have missed one meal or many, but when the food was before them it seemed at least a week since they had eaten. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Will I serve the Lord Commander's meals, help him fasten his clothes, fetch hot water for his bath?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The insects had made a meal out of their feet, causing them to swell up painfully. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The wind grew cold, but fearing that those on the ship would see the smoke we did not start a fire, though we had meal to cook for breakfast. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie followed the rest of the household staff as they went to the kitchen to finalize preparations for the evening meal. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Disappointed at the lack of anything to mock, the soldiers returned to their meals. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But my cousins and aunt devour it as if it’s their last meal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“But when I got here, and started helping, I realized that most of these people are kind, and just grateful for a hot meal and someone to talk to. We all can relate to that.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is carried in whispers by those who hurry to the chapel, and it passes with the bread and cheese shared at the midday meal. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He shared the occasional meal with roommates in his group apartment, but he did not have a girlfriend or a best friend. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

God didn’t cook the meal, God didn’t harvest the rice, God didn’t grow the broccoli. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We ate healthy meals cooked by the White House chefs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A talent for two month’s worth of meals and a dry place to sleep was as good a deal as I could hope for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see it just to your left,” she says, “and it is part of the meal plan.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Arranging the hollows’ meals is what wights spend most of their time doing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

To make my hunter-gatherer meal, I needed not only hunting skills, but gathering skills as well. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“To see how many pieces. If I cut properly, from this fish I will get three meals.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, the meal was over, and the last of the dishes were being removed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am. I suggest we take a break for a meal.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The owner of the Afghan restaurant near here donates meals to welcome new families. Let’s go there,” Salma Auntie agrees. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

An hour and a half later sixteen-year-old Bobby was having his first meal of the day: filet of sole and a large glass of orange juice. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He seized one man and tore him on the spot, making a meal of him; the other two leaped out of doors and ran to join the ships. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can get a good night’s sleep,” I said, “and a couple of meals under my belt, I can do a lot of chopping.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I measured out one day’s worth of corn meal every morning and gave it to the chef of the day. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize these are the first words I’ve uttered outside my head this entire meal. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, supper was a pleasant meal. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The quantities in such meals may be enormous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sailors and dockworkers began to filter into the inn to get the morning meal, and the room slowly filled with the gentle buzz of conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The chief elder’s two wives chattered cheerfully together as they pounded cassava fufu for his evening meal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other demons ran up to help force the meal down. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wrapped her around me with my apron as I fried some plantains for the evening meal. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, perhaps, but I’d rather wait to discuss it when both of you are present. I know I’m being terribly forward, but would you and Miss Deveraux consider joining me for the noon meal tomorrow?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A meal here, gas there—the one real contact was the buying of the car, and the seller needing a buyer would naturally be friendly under those circumstances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all I remember the three of them operating during that time as if they were a single person, sharing a single meal, a single body, a single silence, and a single fear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It may be the best meal I ever ate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He said the prayer after meals while we still had food on our plates and then asked us to keep eating, he would be right back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the beginning of a chronic problem for Seabiscuit, who loved eating so much that he often followed up his regular meals by consuming his own bedding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mum boasts to visitors and relatives how, no matter what, we sit round as a family to share an evening meal. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A relatively large number of officers—eight to a dozen—were assigned to each meal because of the prison mess hall’s well-known reputation as a place where in-mates can “go off.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of walking steadily on or even eating, I faded into dreams about the meat meals my mother used to cook, my monk’s food forgotten. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After four days of Mother’s drawing room cookery, with only infrequent trips to the dining car, what we wanted most was something good to eat; a real home-cooked meal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family and I were going to share our separate processed meals, from a fast-food restaurant at the end of the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I can see this is going to be another pleasant family meal,” he said facetiously. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He returned from Azkaban, expecting to find his daughter dutifully awaiting his return with a hot meal ready on his table. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t slept since the ache began, and I started skipping meals because chewing was unthinkable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Having regular meals had filled out his once hollow cheeks, and he was three inches taller than her now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He reached for his bag for another packed meal and devoured it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At last the Mistress said, “All right. You have until the evening meal to make your decision.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They’d brought slabs of hard salt beef, dried cod, dried beans, turnips, carrots, sacks of barley meal and wheaten flour, pickled eggs, barrels of onions and apples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ate the white meal, drank the white water, received the white smiles and wondered how it could all be. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One for my appetizer, one for my meal, and one for dessert.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to have to forage every meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It might have been the breeze making the fires dance or the bright stars frosting the sky, but Tendai thought he had never eaten a better meal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Miss Preston's was bad, but now I long for the days of hard cots and meals served with cutlery. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Joe and Violet wouldn’t think of it—paying money for a meal they had not missed and that required them to sit still at, or worse, separated by, a table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led a ghostlike existence between the tiny, dark shop and an even tinier back kitchen where he prepared his meals and which contained, among other things, an unbelievably ancient gramophone with an enormous horn. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Deborah and I would eat our meals sitting directly on the table because we were too short to sit in the chairs. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled into a small town named Holtville Springs, where there were some tiny stores he could light up at night and restaurants to sit in, ordering meals. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie had never had a meal that way before and she watched them carefully at first, to see what rules there might be that she did not know about. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Daniel she enters the lions’ den, but lacking Daniel’s pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not enough that you ever missed a meal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Nico, you can’t miss every meal. If you don’t want to stay with Hermes, maybe they can make an exception and put you in the Big House. There’ve got plenty of rooms.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Tree-ear that his friend spent the entire day figuring out how to transform a handful of weeds and bones into something that resembled a meal. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This was the first meal she had cooked for him, and Mariam wished she had been in a better state when she made it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, when they were quite clean, he returned to the hut and found that the host had already started the meal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Cora saved her last meal for the Hob women. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Our meals consist entirely of potatoes and imitation gravy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Every day after Mamá bought food for us from street vendors for our meals, she and Papá went to the immigration office to check on our petition for visas. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We’d fry it in meal and egg batter, you know, and when it was all brown and crisp—not hard, though—we’d break open that cold beer. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I end up stuck in the storm and doomed to die, I'm totally eating the other earmarked meals. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn't eat fancy meals like some of the ones I saw on TV or even at my friends' homes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The meal was ending as silently as it had begun. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had crossed a newly repaired hanging rope bridge and stopped for a midday meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I shall honor the spirit of the moon with her own meal, since she will be keeping me company. It is only fair.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It looked a poor enough meal to set before one’s father. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Whhhooo’s going to be my next meal?” she screamed, brandishing the panga. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were very hungry and the meal was good and we drank a bottle of Capri and a bottle of St. Estephe. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She retreated to her room, refusing to come out for meals or even talk to anyone through the door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to fly across the table at him, but instead I frothed in silence through the rest of that interminable meal. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say another word the whole meal, not even when the cook and Mrs. Jones were clearing the table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, they were the main part of the meal. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Fiver, why not do as I say? Have a meal on those roots and then go underground and sleep. You’ll feel all the better for it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I talk, he tucks the gloves in his pocket and occupies himself with turning the food in the leather bag into a meal for us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luke and Nigel finished their meal and went to the fireplace to say something privately to Sarah. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

People drop by, neighbors come for dinner, there are three meals to get, the shopping to do, the cleaning to accomplish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could use some of the cooked mealie meal and have it ready tomorrow. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lobster had always been one of the meals that my dad had prepared on his own. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I make a meal out of the smaller, bonier fish that inhabit the stream down here, fill every water container and purify it, and clean my weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He always was one to want a big meal in the middle of the day, and he told Miss Love so. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For now, it would be a meal of leftover Sunday ham and cold biscuits. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell her that my meals are free and part of my scholarship package. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I find two trays and arrange our meals on them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Foster kids, along with others who qualified, received two meals a day at school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lindsey rolled her eyes and made faces every time Ruth looked away, and that was enough to get me through the meal. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He clapped the receiver back and crossed the diningroom, where the scarce broken meal lay cold now on the table, and entered the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized him from Miss Peregrine’s album, though I hadn’t seen him at meals or around the house, and we’d never been introduced. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

You leave with enough calories to take you to the next meal, no more, no less. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We were glad Lassie was on her way but sorry for the old man and woman, left alone in their cottage, too sad to eat their evening meal. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It sounds edible to me. Maybe you spread it on crackers for a light meal?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Instead they eat with family or friends, and their meals are long, leisurely affairs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His mother enters the kitchen and prepares their meals once again; his father mows the lawn and drives the car and returns to the university. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the meal is over, Taft and Will duck into the living room to avoid helping with the cleanup. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Their last meal had been lunch beside the standing stone the day before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lunch of soup, bread and jam, and cocoa was at 1:00 P.M., tea was at 4:00 P.M., and dinner, the most substantial meal of the day, was at 6:00 P.M. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Even better was the meal of fried eggs, toasted bread, and a fruit compote of pears and apples topped with strawberries and cream. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even after the most substantial meal, he can look you calmly in the eye and claim he could have eaten twice as much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah,” I heard him say, even though I couldn’t find him with my flashlight, “Janet, the older one, she loves cereal. She’d eat it three meals a day if we let her.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we’re careful and eat only two small meals a day, there’s enough here for three days. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Plus, it was more of a bed-and-breakfast, so they’d be able to use the kitchen and have at least one meal guaranteed a day. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“My mother makes special vegetarian meals. Low-calorie and no cholesterol. We eat a lot of sal-ads and vegetables. My mother’s an excellent cook.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If my mother were here, she would quickly start gathering ingredients to make me a meal, to make everyone a meal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the guards began rounding up groups. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't let me stop for meals or to rest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“We can stretch the rice and beans for two meals each,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the people around us return to their meals. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The meal was delicious, somehow better for being cooked on the old stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered briefly, though, how to deal with it at the morning meal. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Evening was falling, and it was time to start thinking about where to get their next meal and bed down for the night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The com meal had to be added to the boiling kettle a pinch at a time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The crew received a scant meal of hardtack, a strip of dried meat, and a half-pint of water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The evening meal was distributed, an especially thick soup, but nobody touched it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gave the inmates twenty minutes or so to finish their meals, then set back down the gallery wearing latex gloves and bearing huge trash bags. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept swatting her away with his free hand as he finished off his meal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mamita is stirring the soup with a long wooden spoon, and I’m thinking what Modem Etiquette would say about this meal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s face it—I eat my meals with a seventeen-year-old dog. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed that every meal had pork at its center. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, thank you, Mr. Alan; it made for quite a lovely meal,” Katherine says, a polite smile on her face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That’s a hefty price compared to the same meal from the industrial food chain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She’d hardly have a minute to eat her meal if he didn’t go. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would eat dinner with cabin eleven, scrape part of my meal into the fire, and try to feel some connection to my real dad. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I poured myself a bowl of cereal, Fruity Pebbles, because that’s what I had for about every meal that summer, which caused the roof of my mouth to be constantly coated in a sugary film. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Having a last meal, Potter? When are you getting the train back to the Muggles?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the roof and we shared our meal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I can cook you a good meal. Come over.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of the Passover meal was tempting, but Hannah had eaten so much at Rosemary’s, she only picked at her food. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Oakland, they started a free breakfast program so that poor kids can have a meal before starting their school day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fried bread, fried eggs, blood sausages, and barley porridge made up the meal, washed down with thin yellow beer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Camping in a clearing that he knew well from previous journeys, Matty sat on a log that he had often used as a seat while he cooked his meal. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And then I type, Obligatory family meals suck, especially when meat and denial are involved. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The two men were squat ting on their heels, eating their evening meal, shoveling rice into their mouths with chopsticks, dipping into the large bowl of vegetables and meat that sat between them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My papers and my presence were at last approved, and by Fourth Hour I got my first meal since early breakfast—supper: kadik-porridge and cold sliced breadapple. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

After that there was no shortage of food and the cubs spent most of the time when they weren’t eating, sleeping off their huge meals. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They rested and had a light meal, talking quietly and listening from time to time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Make a good dinner. It will be your last meal in Tashbaan." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And when Grayson told him he was a rookie just picking up his free first meal, the owner got even madder. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the meal was finished in silence until the king, wiping the gravy stains from his vest, called for dessert. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Often he would lie from one meal to the next almost without stirring, sometimes asleep, sometimes waking into vague reveries in which it was too much trouble to open his eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Inside the dining-car the waiters served the fifth successive table d'hôte meal. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You could be Italian,” Lydia remarks at one point during the meal, regarding him in the candle’s glow. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know, breakfast isn’t always a chatty meal.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghosts are noisy and full of air; they talk during meals. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many riders were “heavers,” poking their fingers down their throats to vomit up their meals. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dividing one chicken so it stretched into three full meals by using the back and wings in her lemon-rice soup. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs, Iambs, and little pigs suddenly disappeared under waves of heavy goo, and some s.orytellers said you could actually hear the landscape burp contentedly sifter such a meal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when the boat was as dry as she could manage, she took Mother out of the pot and propped her against the sack of mealie meal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My midday meal had been one of information instead of food. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Five dollars a week got Dorothy a place to lay her head, two meals a day, and the kind attentions of Frederick and Annie Lucy, a black couple in their sixties. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

However, when I sat down to a venison steak, that was a meal! My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the marvelous meal is consumed, we step out of the restaurant and into the late afternoon light just as a pickup camper pulls up to the library. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night they dined at a rustic table made of planks, their meal lit by a kerosene lamp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go,” he said between chuckles, “stay for lunch. You can count on it. Always three meals a day, war or peace, in this room.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gather around the baskets and find ripe red strawberries, purple mulberries, and round loaves of bread made from some kind of coarse meal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They ate their scratchy meal in an old feasting hall. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“It has been so long since I’ve had a decent meal,” the thing said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But also friendship with other girls, three meals a day, school. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They all grew very solemn, then, and finished their meal in silence. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Food was scarce and he would be glad to get a full meal in Gorizia. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of it all, night after night, my parents and Mr. Pirzada enjoyed long, leisurely meals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

What not to feed chickens: Avoid desserts, citrus peels, coffee grounds, moldy food, and junk food, and limit scraps to a small portion of your chickens’ meals. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He and Werner eat their first meal in their starchy new uniforms at a long wooden table in the refectory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Never knowing where she’d get her next meal or spend the night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Still eat a meal, even if it’s tasteless. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see her mother dust chalk from her hands before she prepared the evening meal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I guess this will bump up their edible meal percentage.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He yawns at meals, is short-tempered with the younger children. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each day I was allowed to select meals from a preset menu of healthy, low-calorie foods. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Parvin made all our meals and put us to bed for at least a week. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Cooking the meals I could not do, since that would mean going into the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the meet, and over meals, talk between the Warners and Furfaros was about the kids and gymnastics, not the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And the family devoured the chocolate cake with a passion they hadn’t shown for the rest of the meal, as if a great pall had been lifted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He began to name over parts of his coming meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes filed off, two and two, upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A fine midday meal to produce before Heqet’s already pitying eyes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

That extra quarter-dollar would mean two more meals for my sisters, a fraction of a train ticket, or part of a bribe to pay off corrupt officials. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Brian found a clam bed and they had actually eaten one meal—clams steamed around the fire, nuts, and berries—that left them full. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If that was the reality, then every meal would have the poten-tial to be a perfect meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And also Matty continued in a loud voice as he headed for the garden just beyond the door, “it would be a nice end to a meal. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A man might lose his meals for a sidelong glance or be sentenced for failing to stand when a warder entered the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three square meals or little snacks all day? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I personally think no meal’s complete without them,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to make too much of it; it was just a meal, after all. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Making them also takes effort, so I know she’s trying to impress Kareem’s family, even though I overheard her assuring Salma Auntie that she was only preparing a “simple home meal.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I impatiently wait for Bando to finish his meal so I can go outside and talk to him without being overheard. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very tasty meal too, I don’t mind saying. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I ask as I dig into my two-piece meal. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A pinch of corn meal lay white on the palm; he breathed on it, murmured a few words, then threw it, a handful of white dust, towards the sun. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I divided the meal into two piles: one for me, and one for grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate matching meals, perched on the stools in their kitchen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After our short rest and meal, we get back on the truck and remain there all through the night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons were greedy eaters with terrible manners; if they found some food they liked just after finishing a meal, they would vomit what they had previously eaten and dig in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was happy with the lobster that was now on the reef, but it was quite small, barely a meal for Stew Cat and myself. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, following the meal came songs, epic poems, and speeches in praise of the princesses and the three gallant adventurers who had rescued them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You could make it up to me by telling Mom you’re craving carne asada. She also always serves really boring meals when we have kids here, and that bugs me, too.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Goodwife Willingson had packed a cold meal for us, and we chose an inviting spot in the shade of an ancient oak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As we were reaching the end of the meal, Barack smiled at me and raised the subject of marriage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Using all the French I could muster, I tried to tell the waitress the meal was magnificent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Is Lexie still doing theatre?” she asked, and for the rest of the meal they made superficial chitchat about the common denominators of their life: children, traffic, the weather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the badger hurried off to find a less disgusting meal. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hesitated a moment, like a diver on the brink, then lost my nerve and my tutored self-possession, saying, “Yes, I believe so—he comes into the restaurant for his meals.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Turn your sister loose and run ahead to prepare the meal.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway up to the next gap, Shackleton called a halt for a meal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Climbing the Kargav foothills the caravan halted briefly but often for meals at roadside inns. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she completed the ritual, she asked Iras and Charmion to prepare her bath and arrange for a meal to be brought to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They lived by day and she by night, and they shared one meal in between. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They dined together in his office, on meals brought in from the restaurant below. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She had not had any appetite for the bountiful meal downstairs, but now she was feeling a hunger she knew nothing about. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His mother would be preparing the evening meal now, pounding akpu in the mortar, the pestle grasped tight with both hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s meal had cleared his senses and fueled his muscles, but now the eggs were gone from his belly and the smells of the warming valley brought on a powerful hunger. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We caught the bus back home, and when we arrived, my mom started preparations for Enrique’s favorite meal, which was pork tamales. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At a slaughterhouse, the guts would end up being turned into “protein meal.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They would sit together at meals and go in groups to attend community entertainments. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’d never had lobster or cottage fries before, or had a white man play the piano just to make my meal go down easy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has to remind her father to come out of the parlor for meals, though lately he has refused more and more often, barely leaving the room at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This meal was my way of thanking all the people who had helped me with my hunting and gathering adventure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So you eat all dairy one meal and all meat the next. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He moved into the hospital after they cleaned it up. Used to come over from time to time for a square meal and a chat, though he hasn’t been lately.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Carlos was probably someplace warm, eating three meals a day and sleeping in a real bed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“They just not sleeping on the street or going hungry in this neighborhood. Plenty of hungry people here. And they don't know where they gonna get their next meal. You put your mind on that.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We used the money to buy sugar and salt to help flavor our meals. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of their own earth had his grandfather in his youth fashioned also the oven, baked and black with many years of meal preparing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t all sat down for a meal like this in a while,” my mom says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

At every meal, the campers would burn a portion of their food to honor their godly parents. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t understand our tears, couldn’t know how amazing such a simple meal was to us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And their ability to eat nonfishy meals is, in turn, an elaboration of their being opportunistic hunters. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She smiled and said, “That’s better, we all make mistakes. You know what, Bud, you look like you could use a good meal, so why don’t you sit right there and join us?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s almost Christmas and I am planning to cook a small meal of Haitian and American food. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He left only to soothe his burned lip in the cool river mud and make a meal of the small fish he found lying on the bank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The little table was set for a meal Gran and Ivy would never share. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once, when he had been a Four; he had said, just prior to the midday meal at school, “I’m starving.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason it hadn’t dawned on me earlier that I was cooking a very difficult meal for a group of very picky food experts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When Atal had had enough, she set herself on the wheels again and moved away to help with the evening meal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Next to the window was a table with an evening meal already laid out for him: ham, cheese, salad. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We’ll need to get you cleaned up and find some clothes and a decent meal for you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost weight but he was still a pampered house tiger, glad to get a meal without too much effort. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mom comes in and starts taking things out of the fridge, like she does every morning, to assess the day’s offerings for meal options. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Now that the meal's over, I'm fighting to keep the food down. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We went into a village about six months ago; I guess we surprised some VC. They left their meal, their cards, and this bottle behind. You want a drink?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meal was served in enormous helpings on damask tablecloths by the skilled Italian waiters Major de Coverley had kidnaped from the mainland and given to Milo. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She gave me a pouch of the powder with instructions to take a couple teaspoonfuls with my meals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s humming as though he’s happy at the sight of the meal I made. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“A light meal it shall be,” roared the bug, waving his arms. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

By six o’clock they were in the house and by eight they had a meal of eggs, bacon, and tea. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pictures made of seeds were now hanging above the blackboard, but enough split peas and lentils had fallen to the floor to make a good meal for Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

On a footstool sits a half-eaten meal of soup and a hunk of bread and cheese. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When the server set down our fortune cookies at the end of the meal, mine was blank. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Dinner, then. My wife and I can explain everything to you. Look—the Four Seasons. Seven o’clock? At the very least, I promise you’ll get a good meal.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

While the older boys went off to the fields to look for the biggest pumpkin, the mother made a special meal for her youngest son. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I surely don’t. But she’s had use of the room, and meals, and I had the doctor out to patch her up.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Liyana sat with Rafik on the edge of the bathtub, considering aloud details of the last three meals they had eaten, to his horror. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could’ve eaten a full-blown meal despite having had lunch just two hours earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If you knew Count Olaf, and he suddenly served you a meal, wouldn’t you be afraid there was something terrible in it, like poison or ground glass? The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He just slapped butter on a plate any old way and didn’t even try to make our company meals special. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trick she and Etienne have learned over a hundred insufficient meals: before you eat, drink as much water as you can, and you will feel full more quickly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We shared most of the meal in silence, simply enjoying each other’s company. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was drawing out the inevitable, a predator playing with his meal before eating it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, I wish to be alone in the garden with the moon. Have a meal brought to me in the Clasping the Moon Pavilion and do not disturb me until morning.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It shouldn’t be that difficult to make a simple meal.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

We began eating nourishing meals, and my mother talked about getting some new furniture. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t speak for the rest of the meal, which isn’t much longer, since I’m just picking at my mac and cheese now and she seems to have lost interest in her kale salad. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt performs the service, and we have a good meal afterward, with several chickens sacrificed for the celebration. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, Jones goes in and returns with hot food, telling the two fugitives that this might be the last meal they eat for a while. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

On normal days, of course, Lord Darlington took his meals, as does Mr Farraday today, in the more intimate atmosphere of the dining room, which is ideal for accommodating up to a dozen. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt suggested it was probably some monkeys or big birds, but either would be a welcome meal. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Meantime, Francis’ mind fastened on a more amusing topic until, the meal over, he remembered that he had to rush to a 2:30 appointment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

To be “charged” meant that a warder claimed that a prisoner had violated a specific regulation, which could be punished by isolation or by loss of meals and privileges. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should have offered us forty to play for the evening, free use of the public hall, a good meal, and beds at the inn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I told everyone that this was probably the most local meal I’d ever eaten. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We’d talk about the meals Mom burned and the popcorn Dad made. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Remember now, we all three started this meal happy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t worth anything anyway. So skinny and tough the coyotes had to kill half of them just to make one meal.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We dug in and, as usually happens during a good meal, there was little talking at first, just a few murmurs of satisfaction. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

This time, since it was after high noon, the gates were ajar and the keeper of the gate idled upon the threshold, picking his teeth with a bamboo sliver after his meal. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He made a mental note to watch out for nasty black hairs in his meals. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were all French and Belgians, and paid close attention to their meal, but they were having a good time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fast-food meal seems cheap, but as we have seen, the costs are actually enormous. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Yar ground some of the corn into a powder, and that day we had a meal. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides class, we ate all our meals together, and on weekends, he'd asked me over to his dormitory for parties in his hall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Something to keep you going as if it were your only meal for the day. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Because their stove and toaster and pressure cooker and imported spices were left behind in Nsukka, their meals were simpler too, and Ugwu had more time to play with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I know, babe. Why don’t you go on back there and show them how it’s done. That way you can feel better about it, and we won’t have to pay for this meal.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This time I knew exactly what was out there—a lot of long, taxing miles, steep rocky mountains, hard shelter floors, hot days without showers, unsatisfying meals cooked on a temperamental stove. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

For ten years, Mother had been the primary breadwinner, while continuing to cook meals, clean the house, do the laundry, and I had never once heard her express anything like resentment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He spends his days cooking meals, reading, listening to classical music. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were poor and uneducated, and the researchers offered incentives: free physical exams, hot meals, and rides into town on clinic days, plus fifty-dollar burial stipends for their families when the men died. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“She makes it formal whether she wants to or not. Every meal is a kind of occasion,” Adam said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see over Barack’s shoulder to the hallway outside the dining room, where aides dropped off our nightly briefing books on a small table, usually as we were in the middle of our meal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A waitress disappeared from Holmes’s restaurant, where his guests ate their meals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She coaxed her out of bed for baths and meals. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It had been exciting at times when Conrad and I had gone to Miss Lisa’s house with Grandma and ended up playing with her children while Grandma cleaned and cooked a meal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the onions are sizzling in the pot, Mama throws in fresh ginger, tomatoes, and spices to create the masala that forms the base of all her meals. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As usual, he had eaten half his meal at midday. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she poured rice into the boiling water and, as she watched the narrow basmati grains begin to swell, she wondered if they were failing at this, their reconciliatory meal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were already on dessert, or maybe their entire meal consisted exclusively of desserts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But wrapping them up in the napkins you asked for earlier—extending this meal for days, if possible. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Treat your taste buds to a scrumptious meal while feasting your eyes on the stunning snowscape before it melts away. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the midday meal we practice shooting, and even though I’m hitting my target, my aim is off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rufus came out to play hero for providing such a good meal, and the people gave him the praise he wanted. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't going to be an expensive meal—even if they upsized everything. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Stephan nodded at the ogres, who were struggling anew at the sight of our meal. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the silent meal, Papa put his hand on Rashid Uncle’s shoulder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We just stay there fidgeting until the meal announcement. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe the others would have accepted their meals, but Di, who is deep into her third Michelob, insists that everything else go back while they work on their starters. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining even turned the cold pancakes, mushy apple, and handful of dried fruit into a tasty meal. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the meal was finished they stopped by the cash register for a few minutes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only explanation she could think of was that he had just finished a very large meal and was feeling so stuffed and lazy he did not want to take the trouble to get up. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bread served at meals and the bread served at Mass look and taste the same to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My colleagues even jokingly accused me of not wanting to miss a meal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All during meals, we watched each other, and particularly Dad, for an opportunity. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We adhere to a strict schedule for meals and bathing, exercise and sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But we eat meals in the same room at the same time each day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Depressed by the turn of conversation, people started gathering the leavings of their meal, dousing the beach wood with sand, and getting ready to return to whatever families or caretakers or safe flops they had. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Brother Taylor had been taking meals all over town, ever since he buried his wife in the summer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved watermelon; when it was in season, he ate it at all three meals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mom wore a black dress and pearls, and she cooked this fancy meal. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, when other kids unwrapped their sandwiches or bought their hot meals, Brian and I would get out books and read. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been a gardener most of my life, and have made countless meals from my garden. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in every meal, and in every word and song. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Crosby and Lin worked on Howard for the rest of the meal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her the elegant meal, with its many plates, goblets, glasses, and silverware, was gone. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were mad at each other, so we didn’t talk much for the rest of the meal, and by the time Ruthanne cleared the dishes, I was itching to get out of there. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the meal was left in scraps and ruins, Miles checked his watch and straightened up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It’s gratified her to go to all this effort— to make a final, celebratory meal for her children, her friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gives thanks for the meager breakfast, for living to eat another morning meal. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of all the food it might buy: delicious food, sweet food, juicy and fresh food, not the bland, tasteless meals they always had at the Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was just finishing my meager meal when Uncle Moshe found me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening we had the traditional Greek meal followed by a game in which we would toast one another with blood-colored eggs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I won’t ruin your meal. I didn’t invite you for that.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a fine meal for two bachelors. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even if they skipped more meals, there was hardly enough left for two weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

All meals would be halal, prayer would be observed five times a day, and hijab would be observed for the girls when they came of age. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The first time he tried to smoke it made him sick, but he persevered, and spun the packet out for a long time, smoking half a cigarette after each meal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And, in truth, my do-it-yourself meal did not come out exactly as I hoped. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He cleaned and cut up the six beasts, hung some of the meat to freeze, stewed some for our meal that night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just like in Marshall, we broke for a meal right in the fields. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people grumbled because they knew once the meal was over, they were going to have to start cleaning the restaurant for service the next day. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He would compliment me as though I had prepared a gourmet meal. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and one of the things Abuela would have wanted was for you and me to cook a wonderful meal together for the entire community. So, we need to plan.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After the meal the two of them talked while Antonapoulos watched with a slow smile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I could not pay you. I hoped that perhaps my thanks in the form of a meal...” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Three days’ worth of food, maybe four if she skipped a meal or two. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s old news. Do I look like I’m missing any meals?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Of one thing he was certain: The feast-day banquets in the palace of the King could never better the modest meal before him, for he had earned it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Though he had dining rights for one meal a week at Caius College, he was not yet a fellow of any college. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

‘They give them one with each meal and the chloroform makes them sleepy and stops them rioting.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went around the table and spoke of each person’s contribution to my foraging education and to this meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

What buys a full meal on day one buys a cracker on day twelve. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he always had such simple meals, but nothing had seemed so perfect to me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He ate the biggest, brownest and best parts of the chicken at every Sunday meal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

John started shoveling in his food as soon as the door closed behind Pa. His plate clean in a flash, he stood, saying, “Thank you for the meal, ma’am.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the bread and offered it as my contribution to the meal. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meat alone does not make a meal, though, so there were fruits and grains and vegetables as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas said, “Ophelia, please sit down and enjoy this meal.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’s always called me Mama, since he spent most of his first year strapped to my back with a shawl as I washed dishes and made meals and cleaned the apartment. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little taste of the meal he cooked for me, Tyrion thought, yet he found that he could take no pleasure from the big knight’s mis-eries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I set to and enjoyed a hearty meal. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As an insult, Booth enclosed a small sum of money as a payment for the meal they had eaten, but not enjoyed, at Stuart’s. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, and I have a four-course meal in my pocket, too,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

On holidays, there were festivals, and there were Saturday soup prayer meetings, and meals were prepared for the sick and then delivered. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham, amused, watched them go at their first meal and then wired home a story about it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Some days Captain Reed sacrificed one of his meals to Harison, the ship’s boy they’d picked up in the Paradise Islands, or Jigo, the oldest man on watch, but they were all going hungry. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My feet hurt, I was light-headed with stress and bad meals, and the idea of perhaps eating real food and sitting in a chair — or even sleeping in a bed! — sounded like bliss. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A plastic container of some sort of meal that he did not recognize. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He remembers those meals eaten in complete silence, the television turned off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All around us, the field lights up with small fires illuminating the faces of women squatting by them to prepare meals. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were just finishing up the meal when all five bats jerked their heads up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the two of them sat together in the kitchen to discuss meals and go over the household accounts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When they had finished their meal with the delicious strawberries, Sam got deer hide from the mill house and cut off long strips for Alice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Last night, she even sat listlessly with us in the courtyard for our evening meal. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I'd known her for a while now; she came around the deli on Wednesdays—at eight thirty exactly—and Mama would always give her a meal and bag of fruit. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The English public, now consuming some eighteen pounds of sugar a year, knew little about the lives of the enslaved Africans whose labor sweetened their meals. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Passed out with his mouth open, like a little bird waiting for the next meal. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had not understood what our mother had gone through to get square meals on the table for the past year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one of Enrique’s meal cards is stolen, El Tirindaro gives him the unexpired card of a migrant who has crossed the river successfully. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She studied in her rest periods and ate her meals with a book propped up on the table before her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to church every morning of the week and she said grace before every meal, and somebody who did that would never tell lies. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Vultures perched above him, expecting a hearty meal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your apology is accepted. We will both change our clothes and begin our meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a habit at meals of telling things he’d heard at the store or read in the paper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They arrived in Wichita on Thanksgiving Day and ate a meal of turkey with Nancy’s father, Curtis Dunn, who was living with Nancy’s brother. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon I could eat a meal without making Ma cry. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

"A room, a meal, and a flagon of wine, that was all I asked," he reminded her with a sigh of re-proach. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

These trees had been growing there for decades, and David wanted to use them just to cook a meal? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of furniture polish and long-ago meals seasoned with garlic and onions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Three meals a day ?” He waved her questions aside. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warrant Officer Swart prepared a final meal for all of us, and I thanked him not only for the food he had provided for the last two years but the companionship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to sleep his autumn meal off, and I resented him because he did not need my apples. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me too at first, for I was thinking, Hooray, a halfway decent meal at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the festivities, the cook from the inn makes the wedding meal. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Max needs a shave and a bath and a month of meals, but he doesn’t look like a starving Jew to me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a meal, they’d play cards, smoke cigarettes, maybe a cigar, and drink a snifter of brandy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He worried that if he spoke he might start to cry, and so said nothing throughout the meal, and plugged his mouth with bread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lifting the sack of meal to the back of my old mule, I started for home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers gather wood to build a fire, while Ma and Keav prepare our meal. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the usual meal in multiple courses, with wine, cigars, coffee, and cognac. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When Momma saw him she invited him to stay for supper and told me to stick some sweet potatoes in the ashes to stretch the evening meal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, beans and maize make a nutritionally complete meal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at his untouched meal with distaste. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one will know if you wear the same sweatpants for the entire month, if you eat every meal in front of television shows and use T-shirts as napkins. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After the meal, Adam took a quick peek at Teddy’s fossil finds, and then we went upstairs to my room and closed the door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She devoted herself to the kitchen after that, preparing meals that she spooned into plastic containers and the tins usually reserved for Christmas cookies. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I can smell an excellent meal being prepared, but it doesn’t block out the odors of mildew and rot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had the grain bag packed with mealie meal, yams, and dried kudu meat, plus a few tightly stoppered calabashes of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s about how Isaiah gets locked out of the Beans and Rice Room, where he goes for his superhero meal. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was ready for a very long rest after a hot meal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Jake’s mother got home from work, she was so impressed by the gourmet meal that greeted her, she didn’t ask anything about how much it cost. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We all stare at our meal and then at each other in silence. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After the meal, there’s the hush of a surprise, and then someone turns out the lights, and the owner of Bambino’s, Sue, appears in the doorway with a cake. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Not a very substantial meal,” said the Humbug, rubbing his eyes, “but quite an attractive one. Perhaps you can suggest something a little more filling.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the thought of a grandson had made him forget his meal, so now the thought of food freshly before him made him forget the child. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

His own handmills were there, and twelve maids had the job of grinding out whole grain and barley meal, the pith of men. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was done at last, even to Amy’s arranging different colored soaps to match the different colored rooms, and Beth’s setting the table for the first meal. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit busied herself to prepare a meal which none of them could eat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph made a nutritious meal of split peas, rice, and lentils before moving on to another room where he found an open jar of library paste—delicious! Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

They call these meals "traditional," yet they're rarely the American dishes I remember. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I also hadn’t added up how many total hours of oven time the meal would require. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Or your tortoise has just had its last meal.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guards imposed harsh discipline, consisting of compulsory physical exercise, denial of evening meals, solitary confinement, and corporal punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Reggie ate a meal at Coach Dub’s house, he was sure to sit as far away from her as he could. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At home Toño rinses our mysterious meal, grinning grinning with wicked glee all the while. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My fantasy meals grew to be the size of India. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes after a meal, Dad’s stomach would rumble and, when there weren’t any guests, we’d tease him about it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Families that live too far to go home between services cook their meal there on Sunday, and in the winter they can warm themselves at a fire.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that when you take food from the garden, there’s a chance that it could throw off the meals we have planned for everyone.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When you went through the line, after you got the hot meal, there would be a pile of fruit, and you could take one apple or one banana. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was one more meal I wanted to make. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Before the meal was finished and the story ended there were three friends instead of two in the little green-walled chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Because of the bread shortage, we eat potatoes at every meal, starting with breakfast, but then we fry them a little. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She handed Nya a bowl of boiled sorghum meal and poured a little milk over it. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gay created piles of filthy pots as she cooked the holiday meal. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the meal. I hadn’t eaten all day. The Forest Park PTA is meeting tonight at seven to discuss the firings. I hope you’ll all be there. Now if you’ll excuse me...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She cooked a meal for Abuelo every time he dropped her off at home. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Because the lodgers sometimes also took their evening meal at home in the common living room, the door to the living room stayed shut on many evenings. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the meal, Effie Trinket keeps reminding us to save space because there's more to come. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We made the most of the gaps in his schedule, having meals and seeing friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

You can eat your meals in peace and comfort with Burt’s Bottoms Up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was freedom of movement within the dorms except during the three daily counts; inmates washed their own clothes and could cook their own meals, and there were television rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the morning meal was over, Pong would make his way to that southbound boat and head for the sea. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was predictable when it came to his gestures of kindness, putting down Dovid’s bullying in an instant or bringing home extra meals if he knew I hadn’t eaten. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My first meal in America is one that I make for myself and eat by myself. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her very special marinated goose, smoked turkey, and honey-glazed ham and all the trimmings made the base of a meal that everybody contributed to. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I despised most of the meals Gay cooked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t imagine James faking nausea and missing a meal. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat tells Grandma he met a man who is looking for a place to stay that will let him wash himself morning and night and give him two meals a day, dinner and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed and resumed his eating, a meal he had started forty minutes earlier. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fair damsel came in with the next meal, she showed signs of wanting to talk to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He delivers us our fortune cookies at the end of the meal. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was setting as Iorek finished his meal, and the air was cooling down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was, as always, barely time to swallow the meals, though the food was not as ample as it had been a year ago. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sun would glance off the white snow, the birds would fly through the trees, and I would come home with a fresh meal from the valley. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at it this way: If there was only a set amount of food available at a given meal, we had to control the portions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I peeled back the film from the bowl, I felt a little like a flight attendant serving meals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, after a quick meal, Pa sits quietly outside by himself and stares at the sky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want explosions with every meal,” he said tightly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Can we keep that? You know I always use the corn crop to fund my meals for the elderly.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Our meetings and meals were held in a big airy room with a large picture window. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mechanic drove up in the buggy in time for the midday meal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never expected to be the sort of person who hired someone to come into my house and prepare meals for my family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There they sat and made such a meal as they could. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She would have eaten her meals alone in her bedchamber if they let her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The meals were all watery potato soup and occasionally bread, hard and crusty. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Our last meal at Bag End!’ said Frodo, pushing back his chair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But tonight, the Gladers ate like dead men resurrected for one last meal before being sent to live with the devil. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Their meager meals left everyone still hungry and cranky. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The meal was over, and the men began to sway slowly, in unison with the melody. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z