The boys gulped their milk and hurried after him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was a long time with the milk, and gazed fondly at the silhouette of Shirley Temple’s dimpled face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was good at milking contacts and finding recruits. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You can get absolutely anything you need in the stores: Breck Special Formulated Shampoo, Phillips’ milk of magnesia, Campbell’s tomato soup, honestly you name it! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small enough to dodge, but big enough to catch all the milk she would need. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The table held more pill bottles than ever—Selestone for his asthma, Ativan to help him sleep, naproxen for pain—along with a powdered milk mix and laxatives. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bring him down the hill to the house, feed him the heels off a loaf of new bread, all the leftover sausage from breakfast, and a bowl of milk. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a bowl down and got the milk from the refrigerator. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For example, this morning for breakfast I had Ready Brek and some hot raspberry milk shake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My milk can I left at the barn; I would come back at four to milk again and would fill it then. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He forgot that he was trying to eat carefully and took a loud slurp of his milk. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She poured more milk into his empty cup. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And a slice of apple pie and a glass for milk for my son.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But Pascal is always more interested in poking through the flour sacks, and he sometimes takes small handfuls of Carnation milk powder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shoots bullets the size of milk cartons and if you hit a deer with it, all you leave is red mist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Put the kettle to boil, take out sugar and one Lipton tea bag from the pantry, milk from the fridge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was one small icebox that held milk, butter, eggs and cold cuts in plastic packaging. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve only got tinned milk,” he said to Call while returning to the kitchen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, two carrot sticks, a mound of lime gelatin, a tin cup of milk, served on a cafeteria tiay. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had seen many wonders in the forests, and was responsible for many of the passing freaks of my academicians: their scheme to domesticate the moose for transport and milk, their commitment to edible lichen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Toby and Pete ran outside to find the crate, and Mrs. Monroe went to the kitchen to get him some milk and lettuce. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He eased himself onto the stool and began to tug; the warm milk pinged into the pail. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The boy took the fish, and for the next hour the three of us sat around the kitchen table eating pickled herring and crackers and sugar cookies and milk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Two Oreos and a glass of milk each. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I dunno. Have to keep ‘em a while so they can drink Lulu’s milk.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was good, although no more than a poor artisan could afford—milk and ale, gruel, sausages, and corn bread. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we bought the toys, Mom and I got lunch at my favorite restaurant, which makes the best foot-long hot dogs and iced hot chocolate milk shakes on the planet. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hot chocolate with fresh, sweet milk tasted different than a cup where the cream had been taken out of the milk first. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mundane details of life impressed him too — the neatly made milk cartons, the spring-loaded window shades, the electric iceboxes everywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a man put two pieces of bread and a apple and a big glass of milk on your tray and said, “Please read the signs to your children. Thank you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Here in Paris the best milk one can get is a veritable poison,” he writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Defeated, I sit cross-legged, not caring about the spilled milk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, what about that peach pie you did that time?” she says, pouring a glass of milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I smelt a mingling of Pablum and sour milk and salt-cod-stinky diapers and felt sorrowful and tender. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He made his way around Old Fishfoot, past where a young girl was selling cups of fresh milk from her nanny goat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Lots of monsters. But underground smells like that. Monsters and dead milk people.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I put the top of the muffin next to my milk and the stump back on the plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It must be his baby milk name, the name used to discourage ghosts from stealing children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew she was going to give us a pile of trouble when we set out to milk her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slam its tail in the door of the milk truck, and a stray cat could easily yowl out a single certain to top the charts back in Sparta or Thessaloniki. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We went on, avoiding the broken bottles as now the spilling kerosene splashed into the pale spilt milk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bellowing, distressed cows lumbered among the stumps until they were exhausted and stopped giving the milk that was the farm’s principal cash product. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't let Meggie out of the house before she had eaten a roll and swallowed a glass of milk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After putting the milk in the icebox, I turned and had just reached the front door when I heard, “Ritie.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and returned with a small white thingamabob that had thickened cow’s milk in it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug through the food for a box of cold cereal, retrieved a jug of water, then mixed some powdered milk and began to eat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her father was out in the barn, forking hay to the mule, taking care of the chickens for her, and milking the cow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The children lapped at the milk like puppies and sniffed at the cakes for a long time before deciding to eat them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Her skin was white as mare’s milk, her hair so thin that he could see the scalp beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tonight it’s pizza, a fruit cup, soggy green beans, and milk. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I filled a bowl with Rice Krispies and milk, trying to think over the snap-crackle conversation it was having with itself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only had to milk the final 6,760 possible points from this last garbled maze and then I would finally have the high score. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He dunked the peanut can into the milk crate and drank. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would light the stalls and warm them in winter, and would also run a circular saw, a chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer, and an electric milking machine. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She mixed a can of milk into the condensed soup in the pan. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the cows were milked at night, Ma set the milk away in pans. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bags were gathered on the kitchen floor, I started pulling groceries onto the kitchen table—half a watermelon, a coffee cake, milk, and ground beef. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He purposely didn’t look at the milk shake machines lined up so shiny against the back wall. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the mug out toward the creature, wondering if it would sip the flavored milk or just climb inside the cup. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“As in my childhood, warm milk smooths the edges of the day,” the scythe had told her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As Grandma tore down the bumpy hill, then over and through the winding roads to get to the hospital, Genie did his best to hold the glass of milk steady. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pumped milk from my breasts so that I wouldn’t leak and put on my best dress, light blue with a cummerbund and a V cut. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita downs a glass of banana milk, then pours another. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not gonna lie to you, people. This place could use a major face-lift. Maybe some new lockers. And a new refrigerator to keep the chocolate milk from curdling.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up so quickly, my milk spills all over the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The attitude of the two had a terrible resemblance to a child forcing a kitten’s nose into a saucer of milk to compel it to drink. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She fed me a vanilla milk shake first, then my vegetables and noodles. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Holton said, “Ooh, girl, they told us the same thing, the land of milk and honey!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After three days of weeping, one afternoon as she was stirring some sweet milk candy in the kitchen she heard her son's voice clearly in her ear. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The saving to Lee Chong in cans of beans and tomatoes and milk and watermelons more than paid the rent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put down the glass of milk and touched the little girl gently on the hand. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He held a carton of cold milk up to his nonfevered head. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the milk bottle that nobody had noticed, though it stood on the kitchen table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Milking,” Jonathan said, speaking carefully, first pointing outside, then making milking motions with his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve got that same feeling here on this roof tonight, and I know it’s not the milk punch.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the anger in Sunny bubbling like milk on the stove. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Suppose we let you pick your missions and fly milk runs,” Major Major said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Me and Kermit had dug through steaming piles of garbage from one side of Key West to the other, looking for milk cans. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let her near the milk. She’ll curdle it. And don’t get used to her presence here. Elihu will soon sec reason.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl junior looked at them, the apples in one hand, the glass of milk in the other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bennie went to the counter and came back stirring milk into a paper cup. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You’ve pro­duced, and how! What a delicious milk. Mind you, a little rubbery, but I’m not complaining. Why, look at me drink!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the coconut milk was mixed with sweet evaporated milk, sugar, egg yolks, and rum to make coquito. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“So you weren’t taking that milk to the house.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her tail had healed nicely, her nose felt fine, and she gave milk pretty good. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma was at the dining table when I came out, dissolving a few spoonfuls of dried milk in a jug of cold water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Carmine, drunk on sweet milk and bread, splays in my lap, his dark head in the crook of my arm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Not here. He went out again last night. Here is a dollar. Run to the all-night market, and buy us some milk before you go to school.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There remained plenty of milk, cheese, and eggs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, I discover a hidden treasure when I find four pieces of bologna wrapped in wax paper behind an empty carton of milk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She hands me the milk in a plastic bag along with some coins. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can have the good teacup. There wasn’t any milk in the kitchen.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They passed the milk container around, and Dicey halved the tomatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his spare time, Louie crashed society weddings, worked as a movie extra, and harassed his housemates with practical jokes, replacing their deviled ham with cat food and milk with milk of magnesia. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a cup of milk, and I sat down to drink it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t have to drive six miles out of the way when we got fresh milk over the creek,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My father looked at the pail and the spilled milk. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m always misplacing stuff. Probably left them in the fridge when I got the milk out this morning. Really, they could be anywhere.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the grass behind the hedge rested a large pie tin full of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As I did, the Cloverland Dairy milk truck pulled away from where it was backed up to the school for delivery. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He saw himself take the top off the white botde, with some of the warm milk spilling over his black fingers, and then lift the bottle to his mouth and tilt his head and drink. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the air smelled of milk and sweat and baking bread. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a loud bark she rolled onto her stomach and cut off her milk from him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adrienne comes back, holding what looks like a glass of frothy milk with brown and green stuff floating in it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She forced glass after glass of milk down him, and she didn’t leave him alone for a second. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she cared as much about hurting Fern’s feelings or finding her missing watch as she cared for a bowl of cereal swimming in milk, most of her problems would be solved. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

From a near-by cow shed he heard milk spurting into a pail. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her eyes were too hollow, too depthless, to be just about her anger at his milk theft of weeks ago. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cheese tasted O.K. to me and, except for a big powdery lump every once in a while, Dad’s milk was all right too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you thirst, my lord? I have your milk, your good milk. You must not fight, no, don't try to move, you need your rest." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The dining-room table was set for five; there were eggs, bacon, toast, jam, butter, milk, apples . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon, the meadows were full of milking cows and the sties were full of pigs and the chicken-run was full of chickens. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

TaShon rises to his knees, grabs his milk, and drinks it gone. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But many would die inexplicably. And actually, they could see the cow, even without the milk, because Viola remains a mortal being.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“For instance, you had orange juice, boiled eggs, toast and jam, and milk for breakfast,” he said, turning to Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drink tea with sugar and evaporated milk and eat shrimp cutlets fried in saucepans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then we unlocked the front door and the screen door and reached for the milk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut a lump of sugar off the loaf and added it along with a healthy dollop of milk to my mug. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew she was fond of the Shirley Temple cup and took every opportunity to drink milk out of it just to handle and see sweet Shirley’s face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mountain of hard-boiled eggs that turned into children when my hands touched them, dark-eyed children whose faces begged me for a handful of powdered milk, my clothes, whatever I had. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he did; propped up in bed, he ate most of a boiled egg, some more milk, and a bit of toasted biscuit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And yet so great was the cry for milk for children that the cow seemed to materialize from the very hunger of the people, until one could almost see the animal loping down the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When we can't find my sister, we know she is under the kitchen table, a book in her hand, a glass of milk and a small bowl of peanuts beside her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next morning, though, when the three of us went out to the Big Barn to milk, Joseph went to Rosie first, and he reached out and rubbed her rump again. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

At suppertime he took his ax, felled a dandelion, opened a can of deviled ham, and had a light supper of ham and dandelion milk. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

That evening when the cows got back from grazing, we had a lot of milk to drink, so we were well fed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh that we had known it before!” he said, “for then we might have reached him in time to save poor Lucy. However, ‘the milk that is spilt cries not out afterwards,’ as you say. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The gallon jug and milk crate were full. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tired from crying, he had fallen asleep after soiling himself and dropping and breaking the bottle of milk. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how to milk a cow?” he asked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And he said I should just give you what you wanted, even fit was just a plate of lettuce or a strawberry milk shake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounces each syllable carefully, then points to the milk on our counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Kendra tried to pretend she was on a surreal playground, where the kids waded in milk instead of sand and slid down thick, meaty poles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Seth dipped a finger into the milk and put it on his tongue. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He found a can of olive oil and some cans of milk. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her hands had rolled dough and chopped potatoes and milked cows and prepared slides and made things grow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘Elves are wonderful folk. It looks a bit thin, but it’s tough; and soft as milk to the hand. Packs close too, and as light as light. Wonderful folk to be sure!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She carried the milk to the front steps, and on her way back to the culvert she gave the mower another tug. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The milk gave the drink a gray-blue sheen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But most of all her hand was like the painted hand, curling and fine and white as milk. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Rancid milk is stinking up the insides. That’s what happens when milk and sugar are left to pool for three days. My own classes haven’t even had a chance to use it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The milk pail reminded me that in my concern over choosing a new route, I had forgotten to bring my own pail, and also to bring anything to carry my eggs in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rudyard had packed a tall thermos of milk and a package of tall biscuits slathered with butter and bright strawberry jam. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything felt squishy, and the answer sheet for my test had turned soggy, sort of like how cornflakes left overnight in half a bowl of milk look, with about the same smell. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A milk producer in northern Japan cannot hope to compete in southern Japan, because transporting milk there would take an extra day or two, a fatal disadvantage in the eyes of consumers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sent a stream of warm milk straight into it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Sophie gave all that she had for the afternoon, JimmyTrotter said, “Let’s make a run to town to deliver the milk. Last stop will be Aunt Naomi’s and her two quarts.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He'd been drinking it heavily these past three days; when it was not poppy wine, it was fermented mare's milk or pepper beer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke appeared at her side drenched with milk, for the pitcher had been upended when the squirrel made its dramatic exit. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Making sure no one was watching, he grabbed a handful, as well as another bottle of milk. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

You cows that I see before me, how many thousands of gallons of milk have you given during this last year? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That milk is drunk by the children of men alone and without it they will not wake to life. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She poured us two tall glasses of cold milk, and Twig and I made our way down to the basement. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We take turns sitting on plastic milk crates and aiming flashlight beams up at the building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We’re issued small bottles of milk which we drink through straws stuck in through a hole in the cardboard bottle tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The arrival of the Capitol attendant with the warm milk is what breaks us apart. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. There’s no milk or sugar that I could find,” Jennifer said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She poured warm milk into the bottle, fitted the nipple over the top, and handed it to Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I fill my bowl with chocolate cereal and pour milk over it before anybody objects. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I can still see us pouring dry cereal into our bowls and then putting water on it because we didn’t have any milk. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were extra rations of fresh meat, and during the hot part of the afternoon he and the others were served chilled fruit juice or chilled chocolate milk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’s still surprised to catch me drinking tea, and has asked several times whether I wouldn’t prefer milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother pointing out that we had no money for milk. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mother tried her best to furnish me with four cents each day, and often I would bring my brother and sisters leftover pieces of peanut-buttered bread, and some skimmed milk. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We eat without complaining or whining or asking our mother when there will be syrup, butter, milk . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The fact that milk comes from cows has probably occurred to them, but they prefer to think of it as recycled grass. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The milk is opened. I’m not taking it back.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sandwich tastes fantastic, and the milk after it is even better. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He really does look exactly the way I imagined him. ‘Colorless as a glass of milk.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We ate our fill that night, washing down the sandwiches with big glasses of milk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because ‘duodecimalthon’ sounds a lot like ‘Dewey decimal system’ if you say it real fast with a mouthful of malted milk balls, don’t you agree?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I started to make our daily rice instead of my mother, and I put a bowl of fresh milk and treats. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still yelling, the khaki babies were loaded on to their dumb-waiters and wheeled out, leaving behind them the smell of sour milk and a most welcome silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed a granola bar in three bites, chased it down with milk straight from the carton, and then hurried out the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A wide-mouthed milk bottle filled with gladiolus was perched on another table under the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her plate and said, “No, I’ll have some cereal. There’s still some milk in the fridge that’s all right. They can’t have been gone very long, the people who lived here.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning he asked for a glass of milk, the first sustenance he had volunteered to accept in fourteen weeks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is you’d milk it so hard it would turn into butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was just one rule: We couldn’t use an ingredient that would spoil and stink up the classroom, like milk, or something that wasn’t good for us to breathe, like gas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Besides, the relief centers have nothing. And did you not hear that all the children in Nnewi died after drinking relief milk? The vandals had poisoned it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every time I come over, the first thing she does is ask if I want milk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The head custodian keeps a milk crate jammed in the door frame so he can read his paper in peace when no one’s looking. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

By itself, the milk was actually pretty yummy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She holds her in her arms and gives her a last bottle of milk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He disappeared and didn’t come home until late that night when we were way past the point of needing the milk or the bread. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In treated fields the grasses will inevitably carry residues of heptachlor in one of its forms, and if the residues are eaten by the cows the poison will appear in the milk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I can tell she knows, it’s like a smell, her knowledge; something gone sour, like old milk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would attribute it to measureless wellsprings of piety or stewardship of the phantom herds that bled out the milk of human kindness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I sucked salty milk from it, as if from the sea itself. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Those who stayed brought things: a pallet, a pot, some pan bread and a bucket of milk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I get you a chocolate milk? How are your parents? I read that your older sister will be having her coming-out at the Colony Club this fall. How thrilling for her!” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dyedka patted the goat he was done milking on her rump, and she walked away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She ate her cereal dry, like a snack, and chased it with milk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a hundred white meals of fufu, bread, Potato Buds and Carnation milk, it was too much taste and color for me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held it with both hands, took a sip of the Lipton tea with sugar and milk, and placed it back on the saucer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She drank a lot of goat’s milk—almost a whole bucket full.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jab a spoon in my cereal, which has absorbed so much milk that the pieces look like bloated life jackets bobbing in a speckled ocean. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“To shake hands,” mused Werfel, holding up his cereal bowl so Skardebek could slurp the extra milk. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She braids my hair and gives me cardamom milk when I’m sick. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not always a cup of warm milk with a dash of cinnamon. And Little Jimmy is more than just apple juice!” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s big on traditional breakfast, so there’s sausage, toast, and scrambled eggs, plus orange juice and milk. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

After a skimpy breakfast of milk, they started out and soon were crossing the Thames River on a bridge that arched like a rainbow, high enough to allow huge cargo ships to travel under it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena opened the refrigerator and poured two glasses of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly,” I mumble, getting up to pour myself a glass of milk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But long before, it had been codified into law, digested in the guts of children along with their biscuits and milk: we weren't humans, but infectious vermin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s all. Maybe by Monday. No point buying milk before then.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The dull tinkling of broken pottery echoed around the barn over and over, until the last milk bottle remained. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She put this in a little pan of milk on the stove and when the milk was hot she poured milk and carrot into a cloth bag. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poured Maybeth a glass of milk and got one for herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It was a big thing. You know. Anyway...does this place have chocolate milk?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I finish my last bites, drink my milk, and get up from the table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There I am,” said Dumbledore brightly, pointing ahead of them to a tall figure crossing the road in front of a horse-drawn milk cart. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Not as good as the flan I used to make in Cuba. The sugar isn’t the same here. And the milk is so watery.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A man would come with a wagon for the extra milk and take it to town. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today she would not be milked until the evening and she would be very heavy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna went inside to count the cans of dried milk, tea, biscuits, Ovaltine, sardines, the cartons of sugar, the bags of salt—and she could not help the gasp when she saw the toilet tissue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were using the washroom next door and carrying water over in empty milk gallons. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She downed the glass of milk and set it on the nightstand, so that in the morning the scythe would see she had brought it and that it hadn’t been wasted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After breakfast I milked the cow and planted some more of the garden: melons, beets, and several rows of beans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I like milk in my coffee, so I said yes, and he came back a few minutes later with a tray. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The name was garbled and the milk dribbled down her chin as she spoke. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The trick was eating them fast, before you actually tasted them, and before they turned all slushy from milk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe soaking a page in milk would make words appear. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But when there was no milk, we went hungry. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one was fitted with a cloth bag over her udder to keep the milk from being stolen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

People say the Khmer Rouge buried corpses next to them and now the palm milk is pink like thin blood and the fruit tastes like human flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the flavor of canned milk, but Mami had told us that when somebody gives you something to eat, you eat it, even if you throw it up later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he milked, she thought she was giving just for him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ginia sets the milk and water down, and turns to go. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was trying to ignore them, concentrating instead on a plan for my escape, when a milk carton came flying at me, hitting me on the forehead. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ema picked up her milk shake and took a deep long sip. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t keep her when you need the milk more,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

While we are talking, Mrs. Thompson arrives home with two boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts and milk for us, and we sit around the kitchen table as Patrice tells us her new idea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She balanced the milk bottles in her arms and stepped carefully down the stairs into the cave-cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The whooshing of the milk steamer and a banging noise came from behind the espresso machine. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Thankful, Jonathan filled the cup with milk by dipping it into the bucket, then drew it out and drank it down in two quick swallows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rebalancing, his hand swipes and the milk falls to the floor. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They kept a can of condensed milk in the cupboard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would buy fresh-salted fish, and milk and lentils, and a honey cake—many honey cakes! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In addition, Shackleton allowed hot milk and sugar at regular intervals: the only way to keep going was by fueling themselves constantly. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

After that, I or Mary Toy, one, had to take the pig and feed it some cow’s milk with a baby bottle so it wouldn’t starve to death. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I always hate to have to tie up a heifer to break her for milking. But I guess there’s no other way with this one.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maester told her the pain was just starting now, and gave her milk of die poppy to help her sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We sit at the kitchen table with our coats on, eating our sandwiches and drinking our milk, and waiting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within three days after we started, I could drive Spot into the pen, go right up and milk her, and all she’d do was stand there and stare at Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze kept flitting to the shotgun The uniform he had on was all white with a cap to match In his hand was a wire holder for milk bottles. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few months later Miss Mitten was killed by a milk van in Hobart, across the road from a cricket oval. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the table he placed a gigantic stoneware pitcher full of milk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using a pointer, he pokes languidly at the twisted intestines of a dead salt-and-pepper milk goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Next morning, Ma would take out the round, pale yellow cheese, as large as a milk pan. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mm-hmm. Miss Sadie told me. I take a little milk over to her on my way back from town a couple times a week. Did you two have a nice visit?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He yearned for a bed and sheets-but the only whiteness here was the slow spilt milk, luminous round the rock forty feet below, where Piggy had fallen. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The temptation of the sour milk had clearly been too much for him, and he had given himself away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

At night she ate milk and bread alone in the stairwell. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Crops grow, and cattle and goats are well fed and produce lots of milk or meat or babies. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch is crackers and orange cheese and a glass of milk, and a bowl of alphabet soup. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A big, lumpy package bounced off Neville’s head and, a second later, something large and gray fell into Hermione’s jug, spraying them all with milk and feathers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Ama climbed the path to the cave, bread and milk in the bag on her back, a heavy puzzlement in her heart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What is going to happen to all that milk?” said someone. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They brought in great platters of fried cod, hash, potato balls, pumpkin mush with huge pitchers of cream, toast and butter, apple pie, and pitchers of coffee and milk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I cancel one of the milks and put the carton into a bag. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to talk while your daemon's attention was somewhere else, so Lyra pretended to look glum and rebellious as she sipped her milk with the other girls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The kids were in the back with the books and a minifridge stocked with chocolate milk, pop, and six different kinds of juice. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She handed me a plate and a glass of milk and said, “Boy, you can take it over to that chair along the sideboard.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took one sip of milk and made a face. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This time, Fern ate ten bites of toast and milk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sits with the milk and wraps his arm around it like he’s protecting it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I barely have any breakfast, just some wild rice pudding made with goat’s milk and maple syrup Mr. Grote tapped the day before. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Once they had been six, five whimpering blind in the snow beside their dead mother, sucking cool milk from her hard dead nipples whilst he crawled off alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I have coffee with him, but we have to drink it without milk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Finish up that milk and get to bed, I know you and your mama have a long day tomorrow. How was your first day of work?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Somewhere down there a hungry child was crying for milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sat at the kitchen table eating the cake with a glass of milk, but I couldn’t finish. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Would you girls like some milk and cookies?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I want to do. Sell butter and cheese and feed the milk to pigs.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He washed a plastic container in the sink, poured in a dollop of milk, and placed the container in the microwave. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The system, known as servi-cha, or service car, was invented in the late 1990s by government and military elites to milk cash from traders who needed to move themselves and their goods around the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

All Chinese food — a bowl of sweet, hot soybean milk, and two long, twisting oil sticks to dip in it; also two onion cakes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There's milk and cereal and twenty dollars on the kitchen counter, so you can order pizza one night,” Mom says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

People had to lug their own water, in buckets or milk jugs or soda containers. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Squeeze the milk into the cloth,” she said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I grab a carton of chocolate milk, I remember I don’t have lunch money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With enough feed, we figured to get some milking cows when we saved enough from selling more ribbon syrup. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pigeon feathers drifted onto the windowsill, and one evening, when I poured milk over my cornflakes, I saw that it had soured. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Shall I fetch my prince a thimble cup of milk of the poppy?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I watched JimmyTrotter milk Sophie three years ago, he didn’t seem to like milking any more than I liked ironing white sheets in the heat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

‘Snake people know how to make Bundt cake. Kind of orangey, with a hint of honey. Needs a glass of milk.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was no quickening of milk glands, no physical planning to feed the newborn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ate ice cream, drank milk, talked with football star Jimmy Brown and other friends, and some reporters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dandelion stems are full of milk, clover heads are loaded with nectar, the Frigidaire is full of ice-cold drinks. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She walked around the table, holding the milk container with two hands. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom set two glasses of milk on the table. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mother’s voice sounds as smooth and soft as her creamy curtains and her skin glows as white as the milk she pours into the cereal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blog had unveiled itself and shed its milk teeth; by turns, it surprised her, pleased her, left her behind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are two eggs and half a cup of milk left for breakfast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But that's a dark and creaky thing that moves like a snail and smells of sour milk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Never happens. I’ve spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother served them bowls of hot oatmeal with brown sugar and milk to put on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Barb says, bringing me not one but two milk shakes, like the queen she is. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A doctor, James Alonzo Gannon, then shoved a hard feeding tube down their throats and poured in a concoction of two raw eggs mixed with a pint of ice-cold milk. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the elevator doors eventually open, he sees a cart stacked with breakfast trays, most of their contents hidden under domes, and tiny cartons of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed two bowls from the cabinet, two spoons from the drawer, and the carton of milk from the refrigerator. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She would send me out to buy groceries, and I wouldn’t come right home because I’d be using the change from the milk and bread to play arcade games at thè supermarket. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's this big, falling-apart place with a bunch of apartments, and it looks sad and smells like fish and sour milk. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers nowadays find it difficult to obtain uncontaminated fodder for their milk cows, though the Food and Drug Administration forbids the presence of insecticide residues in milk shipped in interstate commerce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I knew the southbound train would cross the trestle over Blind Tillie Creek about when I ought to head home to milk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Typically, it included fruit juice, hot cereal with milk and butter on it, a roll, cheese, and perhaps smoked fish, along with a boiled egg served in a little cup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ema sat in a corner booth nursing a chocolate milk shake. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The milk. You rang it up twice, Starr.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I had two with a glass of milk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Phineas patted me on the shoulder, consolingly, as we both sat on a makeshift bench of milk crates in his tiny shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“You got her chocolate milk?” he asked, pointing at the bottle in my hand. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They kept the fires going, looked after the animals, milked the cows, fed and watered the livestock. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk would dry almost immediately, and the paper would look blank. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was rattling the tray so hard that the milk glass was threatening to jump the edge. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Or when she comes home from work and sees me rummaging through the cupboards: “Why don’t you just pour yourself a cup of milk?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Into the hole four calabashes of sour milk were placed and then everybody was ordered to stand in a line. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He was headed for the kitchen, where he would open the refrigerator and swallow a quart of milk to quench his football-practice thirst. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

First thing the next morning, while they munched apples and passed the milk carton around, Dicey told the others about her encounter of the night before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid both trays—sandwich, milk, cupcake—onto the table, and then she grabbed Em’s hand and led her out of the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t milk this cow, we could end up with a new disaster on our hands.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Cereal and milk, toast, bacon, fried eggs—the smells of breakfast seemed to hang over the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward we’d all go to the malt shop for cheeseburgers and milk shakes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A tray held giant tins of dried milk and Boumvita, near a study table with a reading lamp, bottles of medicine, books. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was the color of strong coffee with skim milk—not cream—added; the undertones were decidedly gray. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We were hoping Sophie was carrying a female. We could sure use a young milking cow, especially with Sophie getting older. No such luck.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You need milk this bad, there’s probably a store where you can get some like normal people,” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I have to run to my office anyway. Ask Hélène if you want some milk.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mothers with infants have no baby clothes, no buggies, and very little cow’s milk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then they sat down in the kitchen and drank some milk. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said this in such a funny way that the milk I was drinking came out my nose when I laughed, which made us all totally crack up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bessie put the salt beef and milk and the rest of the supper makings on the family’s account. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The cows on these “farms” spend their time in a fenced lot eating organic grain except for the three times a day they are hooked up to milking machines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

No matter what is going on, there’s something good about the rhythm of streaming milk, and the warm smell of it, and Dahlia’s mooing, and the sounds of her chewing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And Melanie noticed a strangeness in her voice and that her hand shook as she put milk and cookies on the table. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way was to write messages with milk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to the bird and tried again to milk it, but once more all that the bird gave was water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I take a sip of the milk and tear open the package. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

One of the servers scooped a dollop of peanut butter into the bottom-heavy glasses, and another filled them with warm milk from the urn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She squeezed the fluid far back on Faye’s tongue and held up her head so she could drink a little milk to take away the taste. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gives you some money and you go buy milk and bread. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I had gathered the eggs, I took them to the back porch and saw that he had set out the milk pail and also one of the water cans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I want milk,” complained the old man, but unfortunately none of the cows was producing at the moment. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May I get a drink of milk? I think there are a few drops of milk left in my trough.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He spilled the milk, or he spilt it? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he was going in he said: “It was thoughtful of you to bring your knife along with the milk pail. But then, how else could you have cleaned the chicken?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Always with a pail in my hand I would walk across the fields to get some milk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we go down to the kitchen for a glass of milk, her mother says, “What’s that on your face, young lady?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybeth reached across the cereal bowl for the pitcher of milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was clean linen on the chair next to the stove, and on the shelf there was water, atole meal, sugar, milk, kerosene, and other things. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sought refuge in a Negro drugstore and drank milk shakes as an excuse to stay there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think now I must have considered it one big level cow pasture because of the state’s enormous yield of milk products. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale was placing the milk behind a small, round bush. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Your husband needs milk and vegetables and butter, not plain rice day after day.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You milked that young cow dry last winter. If you milk this one dry, they aint going to be no more milk.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And whilst I’m mighty fond of butter, it ain’t nowhere near as good tasting if the way it gets into your belly is as milk. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“We have condensed milk and I brought bananas to slice on top.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kali and Janaki between them had to show me how to milk the goat, how to plant seed, how to chum butter from milk, and how to mull rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and took a long drink of her milk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The rain pounded the metal roof of the shed so that the plink of milk in the pail set up a counter-rhythm. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Toward the end, the hens stopped laying. It got harder to milk the cows, too. I pray for the sisters and the girls who stayed on. I think we have it easier.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible thing to lose your milking cows because it meant no more milk or butter or cheese. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got there, Audrey was holding Lyra, who seemed comfortable enough, even if a little doubtful, while Alice prepared the milk. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If I let these children take the milk themselves, it will not last a week,” she said, before taking the tin of Carnation dried milk back to the safety of her room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn't eat and the glass of milk spilled from his trembling hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had milked a goat, she realised with a start. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"My head is still heavy from the milk of die poppy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Scrap slurps the rest of the milk from his bowl. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She poured him several cups with lots of milk and sugar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That I could not make her eat fills me with sadness, even as I joy to watch my baby grow fat from my milk. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After a few more soothing words and caresses, Rupa was able to milk her until the pail was more than half full. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you and Jack end up at the edge of the woods in the first place?” she said, pouring the milk into a tall glass. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

After checking on the chickens and collecting eggs each morning, it was to be my job to milk the cows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took JimmyTrotter aside and said, “Fern is right. Maybe you milking her isn’t enough. Maybe she needs her calf to get her milk and then she’ll give more. Have you thought of that?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“All this talk about where milk comes from,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I order my usual green milk tea with tapioca pearls. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then, as she picked up the milk bottle to pour some into the jug, she let out a shriek. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He took a long, appreciative drink from the milk jug. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried an enormous wicker basket laden with jugs of milk, with cheese, honeycombs, and fruits that, in the lowlands, would not be in season for another month. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I need to run to the pharmacy. Do you want to come? We could stop for milk shakes.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And we’d smile and order hamburgers or chili dogs and milk shakes and big plates of onion rings that glistened with hot grease. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the men were drunk on clotted mare's milk, yet Dany knew no arakhs would clash tonight, not here in the sacred city, where blades and bloodshed were forbidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She slips her hand over mine and grabs the bag with milk and water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

This brief sucking of the pups had started Silver’s milk flowing. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad poured two glasses of milk and we sat at the table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the plants lay a large pie tin full of milk where a crowd of hummingbirds were feeding. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She was milking it for all it was worth, and judging from the blank stares of Kevin and the jury, Mr. Robineau and I were the only ones who got the joke. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

What kind of mother has no milk to feed her children? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The waitress brought the food to the table and poured the milk shakes from a sweating metal container into our glasses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pours some coffee from a full carafe, but instead of offering me some, she reaches right through my navel and retrieves the milk from somewhere behind me in the refrigerator. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She asks him to get her a bag of potato chips and a cup of tea with milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I told Calista, and I grabbed my bowl of mini-donut cereal and went to the fridge to get the milk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The pan of hot milk still rested on the stove burner, just enough there for a second mug. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boys made the drums from empty tin cans of Nido, a powdered milk drink made by Nestle. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Viola mooed thunderously, apparently upset at having her milking abruptly halted right after it began. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After practice, he drinks a half gallon of milk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The same milk shakes we need to have together for another decade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

That night, I tell my mom I want to start buying milk and a snack in the cafeteria. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever really seen them, and Robin was right when she told me they were enough to curdle milk. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly I ain’t tall enough yet to steer Rose by myself, but if I stand on a milk crate I can see good enough. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They think any use of animals for food is morally wrong, not just killing them for meat, but using their milk or eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I would say by the second spring since the farm got bigger, we traded some ribbon syrup for a couple ol milk cows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled the milk before putting it into the pot. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, the stove has been perfectly cleaned and my mom is pouring milk into cups for the kids. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the icebox and pulled out a jar of milk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did was pour some of the cereal into a bowl with milk to soak. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Straight from Sophie,” he said, placing a heavy quart bottle of milk on the kitchen table. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I took the plates and glasses from the table and left them to fuss about milk and milking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ethan swigs down a big gulp of milk and brings the bottle down like a gavel. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She used it to push the broken ceramic of the milk bottles into a mound by the wall, and then she picked up the tools and returned them to their spots. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I saw it in the bottom of the milk crate. Bring the hammer too.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook made her special milk tarts from a recipe provided by Dr. van Heerden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she ate, the man and the nurse talked quietly at another table, and when she had finished, the nurse brought her a glass of warm milk and took the tray away. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to have a bowl of cornflakes with milk as soon as I get inside!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Poe laughs midsip of his milk shake, but he sputters and begins to choke. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

During that final year in Atlanta, Chris had lived off campus in a monkish room furnished with little more than a thin mattress on the floor, milk crates, and a table. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gagged, and the glass fell out of my hand, spilled over my uniform, and crashed to the tile floor where it broke into large chunks that gleamed in the pebbly milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He picked up a milk bottle from the bottom of the stairs and started back up to. his attic flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And I suppose they’ll be wanting sugar and milk on top of everything or they might be banging on my door looking for an egg if you don’t mind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cookies and milk have filled me up, and the fleece blanket is warm, and the couch is comfy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was milk in a mini fridge in my mom’s office, so that’s where I headed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting with his back to the doors, he wolfed down a chili burger and a carton of lukewarm milk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her and the boy. We will need to find another wet nurse for his milk brother.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At home, his only topic of conversation was the way Drummer, the milk wagon horse, treated him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure your boys could handle beer, No Nose? We could chug mother’s milk or something so your boys won’t get nauseous or anything.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour poured me a mug of fresh milk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go back in the house, pass Mother at the kitchen table drinking warm milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“If from the milk,” asked Dr. Poitevint, “why were not special precautions taken to protect our children who drank milk from local dairies?” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Was she really as wholesome as whole milk? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pouring milk over a huge bowl of Frosted Flakes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“She won’t have had milk like that before,” said the woman. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knowed I was leaning over and throwing up my supper from Ma and the milk from Cooter’s ma. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He held out his cup, and a slave filled it with fermented mare's milk, sour-smelling and thick with clots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to give me my driving lessons at the end of the day when he was sure his dad was out on the farm, milking. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can say that again. I doubt Grandpa will be running out of milk anytime soon.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I give up,” Seanie said, and took a drink of milk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With all the running her face should have been bright red, but it was as white as a bowl of milk. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She whispered a spell to keep the milk from spoiling and tried to ignore the degree to which the spell drained her energies and spirits. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

You need cows and people to milk them and more people to churn that milk into butter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird’s nest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s always asking us at the end of dinner: “You guys finish your cup of milk?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back in California, when Papa wanted something really fresh for the restaurant, he sometimes took them with him to a farm, where he bought butter, milk, or meat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning the woman went into the hut, and after waiting a few moments for her eyes to become accustomed to the darkness, she sought out the bird and milked it again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The milk came in hard streams, foaming white and frothy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lena poured the milk from the pot into a pair of mugs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Some sat sharpening their weapons; others sacrificed to queer gods, or dulled their nerves with milk of the poppy before going out to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bastian says, “This man escaped from a work camp. Tried to violate a farmhouse and steal a liter of fresh milk. He was stopped before he could do something more nefarious.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That same morning I had gone to get his water from the pond—in the same general direction as the store—and reappeared carrying things of mine, milk can and knife. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” ordered Neeley, “don’t mix my condensed milk with the oatmeal. Let it stay on top.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another cupboard are a box of tea bags, Peek Freans shortbread biscuits, a five- pound bag of sugar that has not been poured into a bowl, a tin of evaporated milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He adds milk, stirs it noisily, rests the small silver spoon on the rim of his saucer, and takes a long slurp. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He snorted like Daisy, our milk cow, when she had seen a booger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that he wasn’t their main milk supplier, but the bakery used only family-farmed milk and the grocery store still had a few customers like Ma Charles, who didn’t trust big dairy farms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They also feasted on ham and sausages, canned milk, biscuits, coffee, pickles, parsnips, and peaches. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

This hoary tidbit found its way to the dinner table almost as frequently as the odious glass of milk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whereupon the alcoholic, who was not yet an alcoholic back then, turned over the bottle, and, as if pouring nothing more dangerous than milk, sprinkled the spiders onto his bare forearm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times, he asked for tea and then went on to examine the sugar bowl and the tin of milk, muttering, “The capabilities of bacteria are quite extraordinary.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There came a night when he was so exhausted that, although there were other calls to make, he drank hot milk and went to bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fletching arrows, milking goats, gathering firewood, mucking out our stables ... the work is endless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was black, and it didn’t have any sugar but I didn’t want to get up and get the milk and sugar next to the marine colonel. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they stopped drinking the milk, then they would surely lose all the fat which they had put on and which made them so much admired by everybody else in that place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They put on salt-rising bread and butter, bowls of stewed pumpkin, pumpkin pies and dried berry pies and cookies, cheese and honey and pitchers of milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby seems to have gotten sick from cows milk, which they were using to supplement Jo’s nursing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sheep and alpacas were selected for retention of wool and reduction or loss of hair, while cows have been selected for high milk yields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when it came time to swallow, I panicked and reached for the milk, taking large sips to wash down the pie. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You got to do this milking. I cant use my right hand no more.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They milked Hazel’s refrigerator for all it was worth, then went door to door collecting from their neighbors, dumping their spoils into the plastic pool. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As milk they melted, and the milk ran into the mouths of the sleepers, and the sleepers woke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She poured milk into a thick cup for him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The word rattled the cereal bowls, and the girls came up with milk on their noses. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting at the kitchen table with a glass of chocolate milk and one of the blueberry muffins Mom brought home yesterday. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

This morning I crumbled some of the remaining corn bread in some milk and took it to him for breakfast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, she spit up some milk on Dad’s shoulder. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she realized that her family would need milk as well when she found them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I failed to find Spot with the rest of our milk cows one evening, and when I went to drive them up the next day, she was still gone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had walked back to shore and hitched a ride on a milk truck home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were laughter on hot city nights hot milk on cold city mornings, good food and good times fancy dancing and soul music. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a big flat pan of milk, too, with a cheesecloth stretched over the top and held down at the sides with stones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They cracked some for Mother, and pretty soon she sent out fresh cookies and milk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The milk takes a while to heat up, and I have to melt the chocolate bar first.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Well, there was the horse and wagon full of empty milk bottles to be gotten back to the stables. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In small spoonfuls, it went down smooth with a glass of milk and it made me feel full, which had become a foreign concept. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She watched it the way one watched a heifer, hardly patient for the time to come when you could milk it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

To make the lotion, women would fill jugs with milk and shake the jugs until the fat separated from the milk. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She reached into her backpack and pulled out a thick bar of milk chocolate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

John had already picked out a carton of tiger’s milk and a box of chocolate-covered ants. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I make two egg-salad sandwiches and drink an enormous glass of milk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mother prepared mashed beans and canned milk for the infant. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop at a depot for sandwich fixings and fresh fruit and milk, but only Mr. Curran gets off. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, good ol’ Mom, the queen of good taste, brought a quart milk carton and told him to do his business in it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I did want to go down as usual, get my eggs and milk and do my work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I got out cereal and milk, and it was so quiet between us that I was getting grossed out by the distinct sounds of our food-chewing processes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I took them out some milk, but I remember being particularly careful to close the door.” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s still a quart of milk and orange juice left. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

If I don’t keep an eye on them, they start giving their milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tested the temperature of the water as Sister Fenella had done, and then sprinkled in some milk powder and stirred it up well. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Reynie finally settled on lasagna and chocolate milk—and ice cream, since Sticky refused to do Constance’s bidding. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every night I gave him my milk as if he were my lost child, and afterwards I let him do things I never would have before. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They give us milk and blood and sometimes meat to eat and hides to wear. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Dad purged our fridge of milk, yogurt and cheese, and that evening when he came home, his truck was loaded with fifty gallons of honey. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Barrett! Go in the kitchen and fish up some milk, please. We have visitors and they’re just babies, it seems.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you can, TaShon. You like sundaes? I like milk shakes best.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

After that they fetched a milk cow, belonging to Rafael Maestas, that had bucked like hell last year if you zapped her in the udder—just before the chute gate opened—with a cattle prod. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would gobble down his milk and then scoot for the timber. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend to knock on the door so that I can see what’s in the box, a bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, cheese, tomatoes and, oh, God, a jar of marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Another method is to keep the calves and kids near their mothers, but prevent them by various stratagems from suckling too much milk. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To fill a typical order, one person grilled the hamburger; another “dressed” and wrapped it; another prepared the milk shake; another made the fries; and another worked the counter. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Aravis couldn't help making a face when she tasted it, for goats' milk is rather a shock when you are not used to it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She hung a milk bucket on the fence post and started toward the darkened house, where the two small boys stood at a window and stared outside. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milk production in Japan always starts at one minute past midnight, so that the milk that goes to market in the morning can be labeled as today’s milk. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’d been no breeze off the harbor that day, and a gray milk fog had wreathed the city’s canals and crooked alleys in damp. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She filled a large jug with skim milk, but the Mellower’s mother measured out the sugar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t be needing a delivery tomorrow, neither milk nor cream. I’m going away.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny was at his shoulder then, pouring more milk into the tin cup beside his plate, resting her hand firmly on his arm. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not understand why she didn’t just give up the milk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was light-skinned, but her complexion was from bleaching creams—her hands were the dark brown color of Boumvita with no milk added. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joe was in the lunch line, grabbing another carton of chocolate milk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

To the twins there was hidden justice in the fact that the milk van had been reversing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put away the breakfast tray and rinsed out the milk saucer before slipping into the library to get a book. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At that moment in Macondo Úrsula took the cover off the pot of milk on the stove, wondering why it was taking so long to boil, and found it full of worms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the oatmeal was cooked, Katie filled two soup plates full, set them on the table, punched two holes in the can of milk and set a banana by each plate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too tired to fuss with supper, I ate a bowl of graveyard stew, breaking up chunks of bread and covering them with warm milk and molasses. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She had the bag for it, too, and Mama was certain this time that she’d get a milk cow to replace Rose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping for a big breakfast, Hannah was disappointed when all Gitl put on the table was a jug of milk, black coffee, and a loaf of dark bread. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She came back with a box of pancake mix, eggs, and a small carton of milk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Two blank white eyes stared back at them like cold milk, unblinking and unmoving. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They ate mostly porridge made from sorghum and milk. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I got up and went into the kitchen for a glass of milk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured myself a mug of coffee and Mr. Whiskers a saucer of tinned milk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She swirls her arms like scarves, milking the moment. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But once when she was chatting with some stupid boy online, she described herself as the color of coffee with not enough milk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jonathan set the milk bucket on the table, now very much aware of his hunger. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he goes to the fridge, takes out the milk, and pours himself a big glass. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Then she took a second job milking cows at four A.M. every morning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I indulged in my self-pity, the nastiness inside me curdling like putrid milk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson helped himself to a freshly baked blueberry muffin and a glass of cold milk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even if their Oreo milk shakes are giant vessels of frothy deliciousness. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We drank every drop of the coconut milk, and feasted on the fresh meat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our only material goods from the outside world of late were comic books, which my sisters cherished like Marco Polo’s spices from China, and powdered eggs and milk, to which we felt indifferent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Flo stopped him—she did not have enough milk for two youngsters—he became very depressed. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was enough food to fill them, and they kept back some bread and milk for breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cousins tried to slink in; Aunt Rose shooed them away, but not before they realized that Ophie was getting a treat of warm milk with honey and cinnamon and they were not. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"It is wisely said that it is easier to milk the Stone Cow of Faros than to wring gold from the Purebom." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She’d milk up a storm if her baby calf was here to drink it,” Fern said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She gave him water and tried to nurse him, but she was not producing enough milk so she prepared him a bottle. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, who had her copy of Voyages with Vampires propped open against a milk jug. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I want you to sit right down there and pour yourself a glass of milk,” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But she showed no sign of having heard, and so he put down the crackers and milk and put his hand on her shoulder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sharp-eyed fellow was suggesting that only a black man would place milk on the ledge like that and what was a black man doing living in a white area? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody’s sick and needs more blood in his body, we give him more blood than milk in the mixture. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I drank some of my milk shake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dri took the peanut can out of the water distiller box she had made from the tarp and milk crate. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the glass was empty he lay upon his back and stared at the white ceiling; the memory of Bessie and the milk she had warmed for him came back strongly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the table is a peanut-butter-and-jelly waffle sandwich and a tall glass of milk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I get there, she setting at the kitchen table drinking a glass a milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She’d told me once that she sang in church, and I believed her—she had a voice that made me think of warm milk and honey. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It means she’ll see me on the couch tonight, tossing and turning and sweating as Mom brings me warm milk. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but you eat first,” Lola says, shoving the milk and dessert in my direction. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I also went and milked the cow; I am afraid of her going dry immediately if I neglect that much more, since the calf is beginning to graze. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Even when you’re food shopping, death is hiding right behind the milk.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t so bad—it just tasted like stale beer and milk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the boys were begging me for the raisin and offering me everything, a slug of their milk, a pencil, a comic book. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That night the strange animal again nosed about the dark corners of the hut and drank all the sour milk, turning the calabashes upside down to empty out the last drop. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not near her as I was in the lunchroom, when she was spitting milk at another table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A year later, he was breeding maggots by the thousands, in milk bottles filled with rotting fruit in a third-floor laboratory at Columbia University.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Gloria would make me a peanut-butter sandwich straight off and then she would pour me a cup of coffee with half coffee and half milk and that would refresh me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then his mind immediately shifted to what awaited: his favorite Chinese meal of Egg Drop Soup, Chicken Chop Suey, pistachio ice cream, and inevitably, a large glass of milk. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been huddled in their homes for four days, hoping they wouldn't run out of milk or bread or need a prescription filled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I grab a sandwich, apple, and carton of milk. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I warmed some cold milk in a pan on the stove. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Vinny got milk out of your fridge and poured some into a dish. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally Arion zoomed between two mountains into a valley of ice and rocks, like a massive bowl of frozen milk with bits of Cocoa Puffs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And on the way they’d find somewhere that had the supplies Lyra needed, which would include milk now, because she’d had nothing but a biscuit. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A whole coconut apiece too, in which my husband nicked a hole with his scythe for me so that I might drink the dear milk. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The replete and satisfied Labrador had eaten ravenously that evening, cleaning up bowls of fresh milk and plates of food with a bottomless appetite. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk bird did not attempt to escape again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, thousands of years after the beginnings of animal domestication and food production, the animals also began to be used for milk, wool, plowing, and transport. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am very fond of this sour milk, which is known as amctsi among the Xhosa people and is greatly prized as a healthy and nourishing food. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weird how I don’t have to drink the milk anymore,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Fern cheered when she saw that our snack was a slice of pie and warm milk and had nothing to do with animal meat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Speaking later to a reporter, Moore disingenuously explained, “We just decided we wanted to cool off, to get some ice cream or milk shakes.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I always say, there’s nothing like fresh hot cake and cold milk to make a body feel better on a funeral day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny was the only one of us who ever drank malted milk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She filled the rest of each glass with beaten egg and milk mixed with a little sugar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My ma died when I was born, and being my old man was a government packer in the mountains, and no cows around most of the time, why he just gave me mostly mare’s milk.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So do I,” he said under his breath as he ferried Matt to the kitchen for a glass of milk and cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's filthy and impatient, but the goats are clean and their milk is rich if you can afford it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not she, however; two drops of milk were scarcely life-sustaining. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and pour myself a tall glass of milk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Could you please reach two tins of milk from that shelf there?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A container of milk in a U.S. supermarket bears only one date: the expiration date. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One rich woman answered the door herself and invited him into the kitchen for cake and milk and bread and jam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The newspapers tell you what you can purchase: five hundred grams of sugar, two liters of milk, two kilograms of potatoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

An extra thick milk shake with two straws? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bread that was fresh and soft, plenty of honey and butter on the side, and a glass of milk not two days from the cow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The creature offers you a carrot, but all you know how to deal with is milk. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

George wouldn’t finish her chocolate milk until she was ready for Mom to kiss her good night. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jemmy drank the warm milk down in unbroken gulps. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita starts clanking around in the kitchen, blending together bananas and sugar and milk in a mixer that shrieks like the wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He purred with Gray under his silver mother’s rough tongue, tasted her warm milk, felt the weight of her chin resting over his newborn skull. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he got home, he would have a bowl of fresh milk, which would keep his belly full until suppertime. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“William,” said Mr. Pumblechook, mournfully, “put the salt on. In happier times,” addressing me, “I think you took sugar? And did you take milk? You did. Sugar and milk. William, bring a watercress.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

One woman led a milk cow with a little girl on its back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His brain was crammed with information about tractors and machines and cows and milking. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Shomari’s accusation curdled inside him like bad milk, leaving a sour taste in his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only stale bread and wormy meat, hard cheese, a little milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While JimmyTrotter milked Sophie, I told him what happened earlier with Big Ma and why she was anxious to get rid of us for the day. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And although they ate the same oats as all the other Cuttyhunk cows, hers gave the best milk on the island, so her butter was the best, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah! The doc said a pig would really get her milk goin’.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Food and Drug Administration, although frowning on the presence of any pesticide residues in milk, has little authority in this situation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was tucked in, surrounded by all my favorite pillows, and a glass of milk sat on my bedside table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I forgot my list at home,” she says, “Remind me to get milk.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Often as not, there would be a glass of milk to wash it down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the closets they found a variety of tools and equipment, but no obvious gear for milking gargantuan cows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then she took her place at the fire and drank the rest of DufFs coconut milk, drinking till she was sated. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He tells me babies should be drinking milk not water and when I tell him Mam doesn’t have the money he empties the baby bottles and fills them with milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So, feeling worried and quite depressed, I took my milk can and my sack and walked to the house, going the long way around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Holler when the milking’s done and it’s in a bottle,” Vonetta said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Letting the little cows get their milk takes about an hour. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presto paid for the hamburgers and milk shakes and I decided he was all right, friendly enough, and not after anything physical from me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our milk cows were all old-time longhorn cattle and didn’t give a lot of milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I finished the whole plastic row, four neat towers next to the sugar and the milk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother’s milk. Darkness will make you strong.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They won’t eat the bread and goody till I kill the taste of the sour milk with sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gallons of lard, flour, salt, powdered eggs and powdered milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gobble up our sandwiches and chug down our milk while Mami stands over us trying to get us to slow down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Are bums a cure for that? Some warm milk and a lullaby might serve you well. Or better still, I could take you to the Temple of the Graces and find a girl for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He tips the bowl to his mouth and gulps all the milk. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Naomi and Tommie sat at the kitchen table in Henry’s house, studying their empty glasses of milk as if the answers to the problem of Tommie’s project might be there. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad cracks open the eggs, pours the milk and pancake mix. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The girl would drink a botde of warm milk, rub her mother’s belly, and slip into a deep sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If one of them bought a gallon of milk they drank it until it was gone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Out of milk? How in the hell can a cafe run out of milk?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Or rather, that I was, but now I’m here in this new world, where nobody puts out ale or milk for an honest fellow, or a loaf of bread come harvest time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I can leave to buy the milk and bread without them knowing what time I’ve left. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There will be tea, sugar, flour, milk, butter and a separate docket for a bag of coal from Sutton’s coal yard on the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A stewardess came over and gave them each a mug of warm milk. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He refused cow’s milk in any form or container and took to drinking black coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the bottle against his mouth, poured some milk on my fingers and tried to dribble it in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sucked contentedly, refusing all other food, and lived off his mother’s milk until he was nearly two years old. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reminded her of our cows. And when she still wouldn’t take the milk back, I poured it out right there and gave her the bucket.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last the milk wagon clattered out of the yard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nielsen’s is a large open space divided into aisles, with a pharmacy in the back, a candy section up front, clothes, books, and magazines, shampoo, milk, and produce. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He painstakingly poured the milk into his Shirley Temple mug. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held in one hand a slice of freshly baked white bread spread with butter and in the other a stone jug filled with cold milk. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mice came with instructions to feed them bread and milk. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had they warmed themselves with the milk then the wind shifted and brought dangerous chunks of ice crowding and bumping up against their floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He poured milk for her in the lid of an old enamel coffeepot, and then he opened the pen and let them run, greedy for the tender green shoots of tumbleweeds pushing through the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I was in kindergarten and first grade, Bennie would slide a plastic milk crate under the counter for me to stand on so I could see the candy better. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She must be milked every morning so that she will produce milk, and the milk must be boiled in order to be mixed with coffee to make coffee and milk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Just a few cubes of bread soaking in warm milk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If he had that bottle of milk now he would make a fire out of a newspaper and hold the bottle over the flame until it was warm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ordered a milk shake and two plates of fries and needed to ask for a second bottle of ketchup. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the milk were produced at 11:59 p.m., the date on the container would have to indicate that the milk was made yesterday, and no Japanese consumer would buy it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She went inside to buy peanut butter, bread and milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to make his escape, but Grandma was saying, “I hope ! have better luck with your milk today than the last batch. I found a dead mouse in your delivery yesterday.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as he wrapped the sacking firmly around and her mother pried the clenched teeth open, Helvi poured a little warm milk and precious brandy down the pale cold throat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coffee is even more interesting, for when the hot black fluid has ceased, a squirt of milk comes down and an envelope of sugar drops beside the cup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table had already been cleared, so we got some water, made coffee and tea, boiled the milk and set the table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Hot and with plenty of milk and sugar in it.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wiped the dust from our toes and settled down for schoolwork, cornbread, clabbered milk, prayers and bed, always in that order. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I add milk and sugar and act like I always drink coffee. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

From time to time, they privately admit to excruciating cravings, for hamburgers or a slice of pepperoni pizza or a cold glass of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then you could trade your sturdy military men’s underwear with local people in exchange for potatoes or milk. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Jaja poured the cereal from the carton on the table, scooped in powdered milk and sugar with a teaspoon, and added water. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The children were fed in a haphazard fashion, a bit of com bread here, a scrap of pork there; occasionally they received a cup of milk, sometimes potatoes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For filler we had ham and some of that fermented cow’s milk that the demons call cheese but that I always thought of as stuff made out of a cow’s pale urine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were stationed near a village, they could exchange soldier’s luxuries such as tobacco, cigarettes, and sugar for milk and eggs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Wash held on to the milk and grinned. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But just then, Shady brought me a cold glass of milk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch as Jane Kitty finishes lapping up the milk and Fuchsia scoops her up into her arms. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He stands at a lectern in the front of the room, wearing a suit that is several years out of fashion, rambling on about organisms and spoiled milk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It is an amazing sight to see as many as thirty young chimpanzees all gathering around the Congolese staff for their morning mugs of milk or their evening balls of sticky rice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t complain—I was grateful for the school and the missionaries—but I was a nomadic kid, raised on milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carrying a bottle of milk, Fern sat down under the apple tree inside the yard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

On their way to get the powdered milk by the baking supplies, they passed a stand containing packets of seeds. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But even if I had what would I boil the milk on? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The cow that lowed, the man who milked, the chickens that came running and the woman who called them, the fragrance streaming from the plowed land and the plowman. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Our mouths were probably open and full of pie and milk when we saw it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Were you collecting milk cans again?” my mother asked me one evening when I came home stinking like a dead animal. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were empty barrels all around, in and out of closets, which Kendra figured must be used for catching milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We also mix cow blood with the milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This bonobo has lost the taste for milk,” my mom said, her arms still around me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was slow and not all that steady, but Joseph was milking, and soon the sound in the pail wasn’t the sound of milk on metal, but that foamy sound of milk in milk. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was no time for a proper milking. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I worship your nipples, from which the milk of life flows. Your kiss is honey and your touch scorches like fire, and I worship it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of the villagers would remain behind to care for the children, although Aunt Shuvai’s baby was being taken along in hopes that they could buy milk at the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tasks were simple but many; I milked the cow under her supervision, gathered eggs, swept, and was through in time to serve breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a lot, but it’s cash, so you can spend it right away for milk or gas or whatever. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She recognized a few of them—milk vetch, aralia root, sage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother sipped at her cup of tea and Dicey drank at her milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get my treatments, I take my medicine, I drink my body weight in milk shakes, I get to see Barb and Julie, I leave until my next flare-up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was our job to take the cookie orders and then go down to the first floor to get the cookies and milk from the teacher who had charge of them for the day. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Slowly, as she sucks on the milk, Jasmin loses her grip on the bottle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She quickly fetched a calabash and began to milk the bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t even let me milk that day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In addition, Carl Tiflin taught him to milk and put a cow under his care, so that a new chore was added night and morning. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Real potatoes are backward for him. Remember this is our newly middle-class world. We haven’t completed the first cycle of prosperity, before going back to the beginning again, to drink milk from the cow’s udder.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We like to drink their milk, and we use them as a form of money. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then I had grown fat on tinned milk formula. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, he gives me a bowl of dried fruit and granola and a glass of milk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A case of milk chocolate, good for an invalid’s stomach. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He haunted the house, making fresh milk curdle and stealing the bathroom soap. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, milk coats the area above his lip. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He measured out flour and lard and milk and yeast and was putting it all in a bowl when it occurred to him it might be okay to turn on the radio, very softly. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put my shopping list away before he can ask me what soy milk has to do with Zora Neale Hurston and the book he’s been reading to us, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank quarts of warm milk and ate all the meat I had in the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my glass, stared at the curiously beige and grainy milk. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You get to scoop up cups of milk shake whenever you want. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s tell her we need milk and bread and stuff,” I said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

‘They learned to walk with a milk bottle in one hand and a gun in the other.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A hyena walked past, sniffed at the milk, but did not drink it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was grateful to the boy and his sister and from that time on gave milk which was sweeter than ever before. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"Wine, thank you," I said, finding the idea of milk strangely repulsive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after the bath, a warm drink with milk and herbs; and a new flannel nightdress with printed flowers and a scalloped hem, and sheepskin slippers dyed soft blue; and then bed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was wiping down the glass fronts of the refrigerators of soda and beer and milk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Alyce and the boy, who said his name was Runt, got back to the midwife’s cottage, Jane was out seeing to Kate the weaver’s daughter, who was having trouble with her milk. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child is above in the bed bawling and roaring for his milk and you’re drinking the pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The winter mantle had gone, taking with it Sir Grummore, Master Twyti, King Pellinore and the Questing Beast—the latter having revived under the influence of kindliness and bread and milk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curdled the milk and tied the cheese cloths for the rasmalai. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Albert gulps it all down and asks, “May I possibly have some more? We switched to water at home. I really miss milk.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

At sunset, after the second milking, I would go back to the cave, always by way of the road and the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had discovered that he had given some of the condensed milk to Eberechi. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I inhaled the sweet scent of milk rice that wafted through our apartment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In those days they were all milked by hand, and I loved to watch the dairymaid squirt the white milk into her pail while the cow placidly chewed its cud. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah took a sip of milk, pulled a wry face and reached for his October ale. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A moment later, he ordered the chicken sandwich and the glass of milk for Franny, and snails, frogs’ legs, and a salad for himself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what you call me. I’m getting my milk.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When she brought that he’d ask for milk, then water again, ice, no ice, then juice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was growing up, and was careful to avoid childish things, like sitting on a milk stool near a pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

While I waited for the milk to boil, I wished again for the stove. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We kept it so long on its mother’s milk. We’ll get a good price for it.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cup lay in a small pool of blue-white milk. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When it was time to add milk, I dipped a clean spoon into the Froot Loops milk and tasted it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Milligan returned with the milk, a pot of tea, and a jar of honey. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then you mix the blood with milk, more milk than blood. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji yanked out the milk and dropped a yogurt on the newly refinished floors. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He relaxed now that the goats were loose and the yellow cat had her milk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know she bites her fingernails, and she hates milk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I was at Grandma’s eating the forbidden cornflakes and milk, I’d ask Grandpa to tell me how he got off the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey poured the tea and added a little milk to both cups. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

"There, cousins," he said, "dismiss it all from your minds and be comforted. Here is water and there is grass. You shall have a hot mash when I have milked my other cousins, the goats." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She brought a bowl of hot oatmeal and milk to him and he began to eat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s told me about eight hundred times. Which seems kind of young to be milking goats.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The milk here tastes different and feels thicker somehow. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The store smelled like sour milk, though the drink cases were still flickering with intermittent electricity. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They snacked on milk and cookies on the lawn while the martial arts instructor reported on their progress. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy says, I’m hungry, and I’m hungry, too, but Mam says,Ye’ll wait till Oliver has his onion boiled in milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’ll be allowed to nurse the baby, for a few months, they believe in mother’s milk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could push a plow, milk a goat, and, most important, think for herself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting up behind him, bearing a large silver tray laden with a teapot, cups for Harry, Ron, and Hermione, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A challenge to drink unprocessed cow’s milk—what purpose could that serve? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Lena poured some milk into a pot on the stove and began adding ingredients. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In a fresher one, there was still some milk, but it was rancid. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were getting ready to milk, and I was cleaning the stalls in the Big Barn when suddenly he was right next to me, standing by the manure traps. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Russell made us both sit down with a glass of milk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Finish those cookies, please, and drink a second glass of milk. You can’t run errands for me unless properly nourished.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or when Mother turned her head I’d scoop up a fingerful of molasses from the jar and stir it into my milk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew I’d rather be bagging groceries at Stokes than driving the loader in Blackfoot, the dusty town an hour north where Dad was building a milking barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He modernized the dairy, which was just an old shed filled with flies and manure, and forced the cows to produce enough milk to meet his needs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chase handed them to me, and I added the milk slowly to the flour mix, as the recipe said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Trucks were venturing back into the neighborhood, delivering a much-needed supply of fresh vegetables, milk, and ice. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At one Illinois mental hospital, new patients were dosed with milk from cows infected with tuberculosis, in the belief that only the undesirable would perish. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

There is a sign on the mill, next to the door, milk for sale. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Theresa, keeping out of range, sought refuge on the milk box near the driveway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all four of us, Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill, Mrs. Wilcox, and me, were in the swaying milk wagon behind the galloping horse. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the unsanitary presentation, the milk was ambrosial—fragrantly nutty, delightfully heavy on the tongue, unlike anything I had encountered before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Katie nursed the baby, not only because it was the instinctive thing to do, but because there was no money for fresh milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This milk is thick and creamy, and its taste sweetens my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I made some—milk, egg yolks, sugar, salt. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Told me not to worry about the milk spoiling no more, that Ruth was headed to Nevis, sold to a physician’s family.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crucible began to settle—collapse, the silver was running over the top of the furnace like spilled milk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She angrily placed the milk on the counter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of their faces, the last moment she’d seen them, made her feel like she’d drunk a bowlful of sour milk. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They grunt, drink the milk with their left hands, stuff in the cookies, their eyes never leaving the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The animals come to the door, and in the morning he receives warm milk, always from the same animal.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Nana brought her a glass of milk and honey, understanding in a flash the reason for her grief. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk I churned would not turn into butter. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His face curdled like old milk as he looked at the great wooden stairs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You shall all go and help me, and when we come back we will have bread and milk for breakfast, and make it up at dinnertime.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations!” he exclaimed bitterly, the thinnest milk- white line enclosing his lips tightly in a bloodless, squeezing ring. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The milk did not make me inclined to trust the demoness’ cookies much. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness of the room she was able to thread a needle and sew a buttonhole and she knew when the milk was about to boil. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We found life vests, two short-arm paddles, a plastic milk crate filled with rope, binoculars, a bent screwdriver, a wrench kit and a rusty hammer, and a long-dead muskrat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves the carton of milk at me and burps. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She carried the platter to my table and fetched my milk. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took all of his mother’s milk from that time on and Little Tilly, a sickly baby, had to go on the bottle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She will give you milk with things in it and tell you stories of places called New this and Old that. Then you can go outside with her and feed the horses and chickens.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The method involved injecting a solution of beef broth, milk, whiskey, egg yolks, and opium into his rectum. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lately, he had taken to starting up the instant Flittman got off to deliver milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Epsteins always let him take soda or milk and a piece of fruit. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her eyes for an excruciatingly long time in an unblinking way that made her knuckles go pale around the milk bottle, and it took all that Laila could muster to not falter. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I said I would love a chocolate doughnut, and she gave me a glass of cold milk so I could dunk it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had had no breakfast and for supper the night before only one salt alewife and a mug of milk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran ahead of him to the goat pen and shoved her head under his left arm when he knelt down to milk the black goat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hand TaShon another glass of milk, but he shakes his head at it. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The chocolate milk in the glass now had a two-inch froth on top. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was draining my milk just as Declaration stepped into the kitchen. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Momma had sobbed and Auntie Aggie had scolded her, wrapping me in a blanket and taking me down to the kitchens where she made me a cup of warm milk sweetened with honey. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At supper that evening, Pa brought in the milking stool for John to sit on. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It comes gushing out, with words like spilled milk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad’s milk leaves him with a frosty mustache that makes me giggle, just a little. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t cry over spilt milk, honey,” says Mom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the front counter there are two oversized jars full of gumballs, jawbreakers, and malted milk balls. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how much to add, or how long the cereal would have to sit in the milk to flavor it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Patti sets a steaming cup of milk in front of me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The twins opened a few tins of condensed milk, handing the empty cans to Minerva, who rinsed them out in a puddle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The coffee was gray with milk, and I skimmed the milk scum off the top with a piece of bread. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Drink your milk and then run along. I have some heavy cleaning ahead of me.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Although we only had one milk cow then, it was nothing new to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, watching Cotton jumping onto a milk crate in the yard with orange Popsicle juice running down his chin and onto his bare stomach. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“All I want’s a chicken sandwich. And maybe a glass of milk....You order what you want and all, though. I mean, take snails and octopuses and things. Octopi. I’m really not at all hungry.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Protection of the milk supply endangered by a federal program is therefore left to the states themselves. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Never mind the milk, comrades!” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The milk bird stayed alive until the boy and his sister grew up and left that place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I raided the kitchen, got plenty of warm milk, made myself an omelet with chopped mango on the side, and settled in with my mom’s laptop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They lived mostly on these things made from stale bread, and condensed milk and coffee, onions, potatoes, and always the penny’s worth of something bought at the last minute, added for fillip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had brought the milk carton down with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know what soy milk was a year ago. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, there were the cows to milk, Little Arliss to look after, clothes to wash, wood to cut, and old Jumper to worry with. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles was delighted to have JimmyTrotter in the house, whether he was dropping off milk bottles or bringing one of Miss Trotter’s remedies that Ma Charles had no intention of trying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Miss Love,” I said, “I got to get on home and milk the cow.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He opened it, took a swig, winced, half coughed, and sat down on the couch with the milk between his legs. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Also, there’s barely enough milk for both of us, so I mix some faucet water in the jug when Charlie’s not looking and shake it up real good. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Too late he realized the liquid was milk of the poppy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Cookies smoosh down so great with milk—I don’t even have to try to chew. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She took me downstairs and made us both a cup of chocolate milk, although I was definitely in need of something a tad stronger, and she probably was too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Three coffees, two with milk, please,” said Francis to the fat woman behind the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She played with her food and spilled milk on her little frock. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That is not things. That is the cream. You have no cream in the milk in Lublin?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wife has no use for me and Drummer, my milk wagon horse, is got it in for me. Do you know what he did to me just the other day?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’d have enough music to entertain them while they drove fourteen or fifteen miles home and unharnessed in the dark and fed the stock and milked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy, our milk cow, all but tore the barn lot up and refused to give any milk that night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chewed the cookie quickly, took a sip of milk, and recounted near everything, tho’ I neglected to mention my role as the household spy. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pour in granola and the rest of the milk from the tiny fridge wedged between Hannah's desk and mine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before the Pleistocene, the Americas had three species of horse and at least two camels that might have been ridden; other mammals could have been domesticated for meat and milk. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You tell your old great-granny: no milk, no eggs,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“His hands and feet swell up and turn as black as pudding. The rest of him becomes as white as milk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A horrible smell filled his nostrils, like eggs and milk gone rotten. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The leaves were deep green while growing, and dried the color of milk chocolate with fine traces of red. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I had that milk feeling in my stomach still when all of a sudden Coach told me to do the whoosh part again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I walked right out of my boots this morning on my way to milk Violet, the mud was that thick. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dad was the white chocolate, mom was the dark chocolate, and I was the milk chocolate. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Wizened old women bent like hunchbacks sold flavored waters and goat's milk from glazed ceramic jugs strapped to their shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Very sick,” said Doc, “and due to be sicker. Put in some milk, and add half a bottle of beer. Give me the other half in a glass—no sugar in the milk shake.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on a milk crate in the middle of the night with a flashlight illuminating what at this point is a paint- blasting project, I laugh too. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ugwu stole some of the milk and sugar that Master brought home from the directorate and put them in old tins and gave them to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She helped in the milk house for a week and did a stint with Aunty, watching the babies while their parents worked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I knew the band would be having the traditional post-concert pizza delivered to the rehearsal room, but honestly — was I supposed to survive on nothing but bacteria-laden milk solids for the next several hours? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom poured a box of corn bread mix into a bowl along with eggs and milk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I kept careful track of her the same way as I used to mind the neighbor’s bull when I took the milk cows out to pasture. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is very simple to make and merely involves letting the milk stand in the open air and curdle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were small and troublesome, creatures who lamed horses and spoiled milk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cows were annoyed when we came in a little late for milking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He walked to the trough and took a long drink of slops, sucking in the milk hungrily and chewing the popover. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need the milk,” said my father. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She thanked them and asked if they had a little milk for the older ones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mama poured out Francie’s coffee and put the milk in it even though she knew that the child wouldn’t drink it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guess the extra sugar in the milk was too much. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sass did better with the cow, but I was sorry to see her go, for many times when I had milked her, I had whispered my worries to her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, I stand there, gripping the bottle a milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everything was cold and quiet except for a milk truck that idled at the rear entrance as two silent, sleepy-looking men unloaded the wire crates and let them fall with a clatter on the asphalt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He finally drank a glass of milk and ate cottage cheese with bananas. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Seated, Emily gave an efficient shake of her milk carton and asked without further ado, “Do you like to study?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the little kitchen she put some milk on to boil and then looked at the message again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And I added a touch of honey to the milk. For sweetness. And just a pinch of spice,” he adds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other cages have rattlesnakes, and the man shows us how he milks the venom out of their fangs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And we have to be back by four thirty for milking. That gives us a couple of hours.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They flitted in and out of homes where the residents didn’t know how to protect themselves, spoiling milk and bread left out overnight, chilling skin and taking the warmth for their own. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I put him down and laugh and make the old bludger a coffee, with plenty of sugar and milk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I try to spice up their lives by ordering an overly elaborate drink involving half shots, milks of varying fat content, and caramel, as well as vanilla syrup. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the tragic day, I came home, said hi to Mom, glugged down some milk, and headed down to the basement to practice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma would fix them supper, and when he went in with the milk, he’d find them all laughing and chattering. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her skin is the bluish color of skim milk, and her hair is as white as fresh-fallen snow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was having a soda and Froggy was drinking milk like he always did. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They read all the comics and didn’t worry about dripping milk shake on them or bending the covers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray took his time, milking the moment. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The kids transferred the remains from the morning’s coffeepot into the teapot; then Oliver dumped three generous spoonfuls of sugar into it and Isa added milk. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Watching my sister suckle filled me with hatred, and my hot head thought of forcibly wrenching her away from my mother’s lap and sucking the succulent gourd of milk myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi picked up the tin of powdered formula the doctor had brought a few days before when he had said that her mother’s body was too weak to produce milk for the babies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was tomato soup for lunch, coffee with skim milk because they were out of plain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rain, mud, tiger, and goat’s milk—he needed a bath! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose she might still need mother’s milk.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

This morning, as I have said, I went out to the barn to milk, and when I came back I heard him calling before I reached the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jamie grabbed it, tucked it under one arm, and crawled to the refrigerator, where he took out the milk. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Would she really notice that he had left the milk standing, not indeed from any lack of hunger, and would she bring in something else to eat more suitable for him? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to be careful when I borrow the milk and the bread and they’re at the front doors polishing knobs, knockers and letter boxes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They would even stand outside the girls’ room first thing every morning and make the little girls give them their milk money before they’d let them go to the bathroom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had a tantrum whenever he saw any of the peasants giving their children only bread and feeding milk and eggs to the pigs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Spencer was always the kindest, bringing out warm milk and biscuits with jam once the killing was done. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When I left them in there Aurora was pretending to be Bryce’s cat, and he was pretending to feed her milk, but that can’t last. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I filled two glasses with milk while his lasagna was heating, and gulped mine to put out the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A cup of hot milk would calm her nerves. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sweetness of the chocolate milk had coated George’s tongue, covering the words sitting on its tip. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No matter. The absence of milk might make the fairies a little ornery, but they’ll get over it. We’ll see they get some tomorrow at the latest.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

From tears, milk, and blood, devise an elixir, and my handmaidens will attend you. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I can climb a coconut palm and get me enough fresh milk to last a month—” They heard a motor start and ducked back into the ice-cream truck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Run there, ask for milk, pay for it, and run right back. Don’t talk to anyone.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana motioned for me to grab a gallon of milk as we passed the dairy case. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wish I had an onion and I’d boil it in milk and pepper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Also there were racks full of cheeses and pails brimming with milk, delightful to the sea-worn travelers who ate and drank as they waited for the master. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan had bought doughnuts and milk, along with fresh fruit and a dozen eggs. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed a flashlight from his milk crate. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His knights pulled him out before he drowned, but not before his lips turned blue and his skin as pale as milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I finished my bath, Aunty Ifeoma had poured me a glass of milk. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Did the calf get it directly from grazing or indirectly from its mother’s milk or even before birth? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Trevor went straight for the Cocoa Pebbles, filling his bowl and pouring milk on top. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the refrigerator, we found eggs and milk and a pink box of glazed doughnuts. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind milking. I don’t,” he said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I said the word “teammates” as if it tasted like burnt cookies and sour milk. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath the smell of spices and horses lay a foundation of filth, blood, and spoiled milk. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She handed me four quarters and told me that we needed a gallon of milk—which we really didn’t need but I’m not stupid. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wealthy farmers and their families carried buckets of slopping milk and rounds of cheese. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Without milk and cheese, the bliny would just be sad pancakes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Germany was so poor after the Great War that lots of families sent their children to Holland, to grow strong on Dutch cheeses and milk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Someone said he only drank goat’s milk because he was allergic to cow’s milk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that eggs and milk can be gotten from animals without hurting or killing them—or so, at least, I thought. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t buy the milk. I don’t have anything to do with the milk. I only know we don’t have any. Why don’t you order something to eat?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Old Pru mooed at me; she was tired of waiting to be milked. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anyone else had had milk to sell, he would have been out of business in a minute. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a smaller crowd than the mirror had attracted, but there was much more activity than Kendra would have expected around a small pool of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He laid the fairy on the pillow, then filled a dish with milk and put it on the table beside her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The sweet milk Madam made up? I figure it contained a sleep potion, knocked you out cold so they could spirit her away. I am dreadful, powerful sorry, but they sold her away from you.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I milked more in the field. Put it in the cellar, will you?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the open fridge in my nightgown, clutching the bottle of milk, and shivered. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, we only had enough Cheerios and milk for like half a person. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

All around the cafeteria, children were stuffing themselves with their usual favorites—greasy foods, savories, and sweet treats—and guzzling chocolate milk and soft drinks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cow’s udder was bloated, nearly as badly as the first time they had milked her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Penelope demonstrated what to do, and soon their faces were covered with cake crumbs and milk mustaches. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Over an after-school snack of warm gingerbread and milk, the two of us would talk and laugh until it was time for me to start my chores and homework. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I — I took him outside,” said Hagrid, spilling milk all over the table as he filled up the jug. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was a land of milk and honey up there, and Captain York and Captain Williams had just never bothered to come back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows butter comes from milk, not the other way around.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She found an old milking stool that had been discarded, and she placed the stool in the sheepfold next to Wilbur’s pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Once again, that memory of waving black hair, and strong hands and the smell of milk and thyme and black pepper, and a woman’s voice screaming, She’s mine, she’s mine, she's mine. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wanted to buy some fresh cold milk, but Nali said that because she didn’t have a refrigerator, he would have to use powdered milk. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Open the cabinet in the master bathroom, and to this day, you will find expired six-packs of Sego, a chalky dietary milk shake popular in the late sixties. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We put the healthy kind of bread in our cart, plus milk, juice, some frozen pieces of chicken, and a bag of potatoes that have brown spots on them. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A couple days later I woke up early and hungry and staggered out to the front porch to see if the milk had been delivered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He has a hundred and one reasons not to marry the cow so he can buy the milk for free. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the kitchen and brought back a glass of milk. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you again. With your thumb and forefinger, you pinch off the top — like this, and then let your fingers strip the milk down—like this.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said, “you ought to throw away that jar of malted milk you have in there.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of the second week, she was standing and belching and chewing her cud—the gentlest cow I ever milked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother depended on her to produce more milk than any other cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No milk but cow’s milk straight from the cow! Not in this house.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She brought him his eggs and went to the barn for milk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

After describing the inferno, the paper stated: “The fire broke out on . . . De Koven Street . . . being caused by a cow kicking over a lamp in a stable in which a woman was milking.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a bundle of wood blocks which she had bought for two cents, a can of condensed milk and three bananas in a bag. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him walk away with the tin of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We might even have some milk there for the cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Loomis worked for us off and on all my life—milking till I got big enough, plowing the garden till I got big enough, fixing fences and chopping wood till I got big enough. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“When I do not eat, the Christ child himself comes to me and nurses at my breast, which swells with rich milk,” she says with perfect calm. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We sit at the table with Freddie, eating cake, drinking milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sat still for a moment, holding her cigarette, but without dragging on it, in her left hand, and with her right hand fixed tensely around the base of the glass of milk. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Our fridge was considerably less loaded with meat and milk, the phone line no longer tied up by girls calling to chat him up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Changed your mind about milk? Now let's see how you like dosais." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They order French fries and milk shakes, banana splits and grilled burgers and sandwiches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came raspberry jam, a cup of tea and the milk jug. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And make the coffee very strong and hot and fill the cups with half coffee and half hot milk and we’ll toast 1918 in café au lait.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly turned the drawer back over to make a table on the bed and put the milk and cookies on it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were assorted milk pails hanging on the barn wall; I poured the milk into two of these, dividing it evenly, and put one of them on the back porch for Mr. Loomis. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

The answer drew Ophie’s gaze away from her milk and into the dark, lined face of her great-aunt. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now I’m tired and must drink my warm milk and go to bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to put the milk out on the sly.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She poured out a glass of milk and brought it to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did the early farmers understand that feeding children with more porridge and less breast milk would weaken their immune system, and that permanent settlements would be hotbeds for infectious diseases. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pours a bit of milk onto a plate and places it on the floor. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she drinks two more glasses of sugary banana milk and eats three sweet rolls, her chin jiggling as she chews. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered it for myself when I hefted the milk pail and stepped outside. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dicey went into the second market, just after the stoplight at the center of town, and bought milk, peanut butter and bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter laughed a good laugh, pie and milk in his open mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And she said no more, handing Lyra a cup of milk when it was ready, swinging herself up on deck when the boat began to move, exchanging occasional whispers with the men. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Five ingredients were selected for this special burning: milk, cheese, butter, honey, and sugar cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

One evening, before leaving for work, Mamá prepared the milk bottle for Trampita and laid him on a wide mattress that was on the dirt floor. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“What’s that got to do with the price of milk? Come inside.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could milk and feed Miss Bessie, and get that over with. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the time he turned a corner and found the three apprentice boys crowded around the poor creature’s udders and snickering as they sprayed each other with milk, he was in a foul mood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As a result, they could use them for both a delicate task like milking a grazer and the rough business of tearing and shaping branches. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The lightning bolt was very heavy, like carrying three gallons of milk in one hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could soak one in the tins of milk Dale left out. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“That’s different,” I say, thinking that the milk will feel like it’s orange juice if it’s told that enough. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hurry myself into the kitchen, socks sliding on the tiles, and yank open the fridge to grab the milk. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The men with skin like the milk of goats and their Ashanti companions drank the palm wine from hand-carved gourds that had been decorated with ceremonial tribal designs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have a few milking cows. They make plenty of milk, so I put out some of the excess for the insects. Keeps the garden lively.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was in the kitchen, drinking milk, and I ran out into the hallway. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

None is singular only when it means “none of it”—that is to say, “no amount”: None of the milk was spilled. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take another cookie and get some milk from the fridge. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Curtain will be watching everybody very...and, oh, don’t you find these danishes splendid, Sticky? They go down wonderfully well with cold milk, especially the raspberry ones.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I haven't been able to stand the taste of anise milk for two and a half years. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the late addition of chopped fresh mint to a blend of melted chocolate, egg yolk, coconut milk, rum, gin, crushed banana and icing sugar, the cocktail was not particularly refreshing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Audrey’s hair, the color of milk chocolate, fell in soft waves over her shoulders. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

How could you ever drink milk or water again after this? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The cows were already waiting, at home, and when cows are not milked on time they do not give so much milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Ma Charles, store milk comes from cows. At the dairy farm.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He might give us some too and he has lovely milk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lily put away the milk and juice, loaded the dishwasher, and wiped the counters and table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My family poured water mixed with milk—considered a blessing—in my face, and some bubbles settled right on my eyelashes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After grabbing the milk, which was nearly empty, he shut the refrigerator door with the same stealth by which he’d opened it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just sat there with my empty tray and shook up my chocolate milk. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Little Tilly was born and the mother flowed with milk again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts in the tape and I curl up next to him on the couch with my milk, which is really delicious with the honey and spices, and lose myself in the Fiftieth Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are a gift, these tales, the milk of solace, and he knoweth well who teaches me, that he grants a boon in thus recalling me to former ages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to fly milk runs. I don’t want to be in the war any more.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Without silkworms to tend or mulberry trees to pick, without neighbors to gossip with or goats to milk, my grandmother filled her time with food. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Bessie switched on her electric stove, emptied a bottle of milk into a pan and set it upon the glowing red circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You drink a milk shake with this, you suck through it.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Genie held the glass of milk up as if he was making a toast. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for the fact that she was my only source of fresh milk, I would have driven her off that very first day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The baby wouldn’t nurse, and her milk had dried up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the milk made us hallucinate. Maybe they were holograms. Maybe you just keep telling us whatever you think we’ll believe.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He peered behind the milk shake machine, down the narrow galley. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Thought you were going to collect cans,” Joe said, wiping off a chocolate milk mustache when I walked up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Only another sister, Rosa Amalia, holds hunger at bay: each Saturday, she brings Enrique’s grandmother milk, cheese, butter, rice, sugar, beans, and vegetables. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey poured herself a glass of milk and sat down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on the pajamas, and after the milk had boiled and cooled he drank a cup of it, warm; I had boiled the cup, too. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And like I said, leaning against a warm cow during milking is fine. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

"He has been dulling the hurt with milk of the poppy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I dive across the table, trying to wrestle it back, but the lid flies off, chocolate milk shake absolutely covering the both of us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When it awoke, she hardened her breasts against the milk that crying loosens. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No milk and honey on the other side, either, but just more stinking jungle laying low in the haze, as far, far away as the memory of picnics in Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was skim milk, and her neck went red and blotchy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Berries from the garden and homemade raspberry preserves,” Lena said, placing a platter on the table containing toast, butter, a pitcher of milk, a bowl of sugar, and a bowl of jam. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Corn feeds the dairy cows that produce the milk, cheese, and ice cream. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then I came downstairs and I opened the fridge and I put a carton of orange juice into my bag, and a bottle of milk that hadn’t been opened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

The stubble around his narrow-lipped mouth was gingery, like the fur of the stray cat Meggie sometimes fed with a saucer of milk outside the door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Many of the villagers provided Mama with milk and cheese, and she made dozens and dozens of bliny for everyone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For supper, now, they often had hulled corn and milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Byron, I want a half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread and a small can of tomato paste.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione carried the milk jug over to the table and turned it upside down. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he imagined that leaving would make Papa’s promise of tea with milk disappear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kathleen O’Connell at the shop knows Dad is off to England and money will be flowing back so she’s happy to let Mam have credit for tea, milk, sugar, bread, butter and an egg. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His round fat face was the color of curdled milk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So Bernabe tapped the female spiders into a milk bottle, and when there were about thirty in the bottle, Pacheco told him: “Watch this.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She milks the last bit for all its worth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sip the milk, staining my top lip white and proving that we are all just fine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She gets the fire going, cuts the onion in half, drops it in the boiling milk with a little butter and sprinkles the milk with pepper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Unhand, please, my lord . . . need your milk, the pain ... the chain, don't, unhand, no . . ." The pink face was beginning to purple when Tyrion let go. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Carl dropped out of school after the eighth grade and worked twelve to fourteen hours a day on the farm, harvesting with a team of horses, baling hay, milking and feeding the cows. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I disappointed you, Your Honor. You’re right; I don’t deserve to bring you your milk.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, m’lord. I was scared I wouldn’t have milk enough for both, but the more they suck, the more I have. They’re strong.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They met at the schoolhouse, by the milk house after the work there was done, wherever they could. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The ranger told me she’d come to us if we lured her with milk. It might take a while for her to trust us.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cereal looks like twigs in my milk; it reminds me a little of a nest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Antonio,” my mother smiled and took the eggs and milk, “come and eat your breakfast.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there any more milk in the saucepan?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were large jugs of milk, which all Norwegian children drink at every meal. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, a tan Jersey named Blind Tillie, was Cold Sassy’s champion milk producer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Wilbur’s appetite had increased; he was beginning to eat scraps of food in addition to milk. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Eighteen planes had let down through a beaming white cloud off the coast of Elba one afternoon on the way back from the weekly milk run to Parma; seventeen came out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth tasted like old pennies and warm spoiled milk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Some of the milk bottles had broken, but a few were intact. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I will never dip my feet in milk,” she whimpered. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Another goat stepped in front of him and bleated, ready to be milked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“That means it has no milk, no dairy.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Turning the corner, he spotted a milk store, its windows brightly lit. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like a cup of water or rather milk; yes, it’s milk or flour or maybe an egg—or, specifically, their ersatz substitutes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even like milk, but I always end up drinking it at Twig’s house because Hélène insists “ze bones must grow, ze bones must grow,” and it’s impossible to resist. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tía Mari just brings some extra waterbreads and marmalade and cheese and a pot of coffee and one of milk, and fresh fruits. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Old men were sitting on milk crates and playing dominoes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V returns a few minutes later with a plate of hot chocolate chip cookies and two servings of milk in red sippy cups decorated with Disney princesses. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She said soy milk was more nutritious than cow milk and although he refused to drink the grainy fluid in the morning, he watched her do so with an uncomplaining common sense. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She hit the floor with warm milk already soaking her jeans. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And she searched her many pockets to find a bottle of goats milk, ready and waiting for a hungry belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I can find another wet nurse. If there’s none amongst the wildlings, I will send to the mountain clans. Until such time, goat’s milk should suffice for the boy, if it please Your Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matthias drained the last of the milk from his bowl, wiping cream from his whiskers with the back of a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She carried me to the house pressed against her bosom, fragrant of curdled milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The meal of beans and milk was carried through in silence, and as they left, the strip of hidden wall rose up and formed an unbroken surface once more. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It’s very old and has to be wiped off leaf by leaf with milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Petra’s mom had sent her to get milk and bread at the grocery store around the corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I waited, I’d lose my nerve and change the subject to the cafeteria’s chocolate milk or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried everything, too—counting sheep, counting kittens, drinking hot milk, listening to relaxing music—but nothing helps. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They needed the goat milk to make the cheese and to add to the bliny batter itself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You will drink fresh milk from a bottle. No more stunted tins of condensed milk, no more homemade soybean milk,” I said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna opened it and placed the squat cans of condensed milk and the slender tin of Ovaltine and the packet of salt on the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I will soak a towel with warm milk, and give him suck from that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Although the Food and Drug Administration permits no residues of pesticides in milk, its restrictions are not only inadequately policed but they apply solely to interstate shipments. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A Red Cross van arrived at the refugee camp and two women handed out cups of milk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I settled them on the floor and gave them each a bowl of sweet milk into which I’d crumbled cold cornbread. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From now on Rowan will bring me my evening milk,” he said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mom already has the warm milk for me and my place all set up in her bed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She saw some bottles, some white cotton wool, and a carton of milk, but before she could see any more Dustfinger closed the bag. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Moreover, few Indians carry the gene that permits adults to digest lactose, a form of sugar abundant in milk. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How can you drink ice-cold milk for breakfast?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Calder stepped over a nasty pile of garbage that smelled of sour milk and sneakers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Flailing for something, I poured a glass of milk and set it in front of her, but I didn’t join her at the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She put milk into the coffee and sat opposite Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, Mary Anne. That’s true. I used to be a little kid. I used to believe in Santa Claus and leave him milk and cookies on the mantelpiece.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tickles his chin until he laughs so hard he throws up some milk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The children ate their flour tortillas and milk standing up, but Lupita and Salvador sat at the table. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My wife and I sat with him at the kitchen table and watched him eat five Boston cream doughnuts, which he washed down with two glasses of milk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The milk stopped then because his mother was with child again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drumbeats blurred into a long fevered hammering, and Black Betha flew, the water turning white as milk as it parted for her prow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

While I was reading in the flat during the day, I would often place a pint of milk on the windowsill to allow it to ferment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their spread was soon followed by that of other innovations originating in or near the Fertile Crescent, including the wheel, writing, metalworking techniques, milking, fruit trees, and beer and wine production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She kept going mostly by selling milk and eggs to the people around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her earnings Irawaddy was able to buy rice and salt, and milk for the child, who was too weak for anything else. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the tickle refused to go away, so I had to drink milk with honey, sugar or cough drops. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After Papa poured me a glass of warm milk to steady my nerves, I went outside to see what she was up to. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stirred the milk, and beige pellets floated up from the bottom, like sand encased in a shimmery oil that skimmed the top and bubbled around the whirlpool I made with my spoon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Xan fastened her traveling cloak and slid her feet into a pair of sturdy boots and packed her satchel full of bottles of milk and soft, dry cloths, and a bit of food for herself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I took the older boys to my mother’s hut, because we have a lot of cattle and a lot of milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left me sitting there, went to the truck, and came back with a hamburger, milk, a small wedge of apple pie. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pour some milk into their coffee with a flourish. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a Depression-era teenager accustomed to breakfasting on stale bread and milk, and who had eaten in a restaurant only twice in his life, the Manhattan was paradise. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and went down to the kitchen to get a glass of warm milk. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Nhamo backed one against the fence and, ignoring its angry protests, helped herself to the milk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The milk in it was more pink than white now. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came with a bucket and I took it, knowing I had me a big kicking fight on my hands if I ever hoped to get any milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd bought a half gallon of milk, a big pour jar of salsa, two rolls of toilet paper, and a Snickers bar. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Plague and drought were as “natural” as springtime; If milk could curdle, God knows robins could fall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The milk is a gift from my sister and me,” Salvador said to the group. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There was the great joke that I felt God had played on cats and dogs by making them lap their milk and water with their tongues. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is still good grass in the far fields down the road, water in the pond, and the calf will keep the fresh cow milked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pour a large glass of milk, and breakfast is fine and mine. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Uncle Darnell had left for school and returned without the milk he had promised. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dinner is deep-fried Oreos served on top of Oreo ice cream, and for a drink, it's Oreos dissolved in milk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I checked the fridge for milk, nothing in there except duck sauce packets. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The cereal would turn the milk different colors, and I’d sit on the couch with the humongous bowl on my lap, watching cartoons. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sounded so smooth and calm, at least until I reached for my milk to wash down the peanut butter and knocked over the carton instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the warm milk inside his stomach. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Vincent to stop and let me try a step—like adding in the flour and milk, which he did next—but he never did. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Qotho screamed taunts at him, calling him a craven, a milk man, a eunuch in an iron suit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In Aunty Ifeoma’s room, only a few things remained on the floor, the things we would use until we all left for Enugu: a bag of rice, a tin of milk, a tin of Boumvita. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He needs half a roll to soak up the milk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moms pretty much thinks milk is what could make me and Diego grow up to be big and strong like our old man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think I used up all the milk,” Mom says. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We were allowed one egg apiece and two ounces of candy, and very little milk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Zed helped himself to a bowl of cereal, and the towel slipped lower as he reached for the milk. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s plenty of space by her, and it’s not like we touch or anything; she’s just available to bring me warm milk and cereal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Violet was crankier than ever as I milked her that night. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We prepared her semolina with hot milk and raisins; still she would not reveal the man’s identity. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of Citra’s nightly chores was to bring Scythe Faraday a glass of warm milk before bed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke, I didn’t quite believe him about breeding Sophie to try for another milk cow. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Bri, get him some milk,” Goon says through the back window. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought nobody knew you put the milk out.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ann, get to the barn, milk the cow and drive her to the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came home from delivering the milk and her parents were wooden. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the dry conditions, there was very little milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jack,” said my father, “you done with the milking?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dr. Poitevint’s report brings up a significant problem about the contamination of milk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After thinking I had been clever—taking his water can to the pond, running to the cave and back—I had returned visibly carrying the knife and the milk can. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She bought oil lamps made from milk tins. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If we even suspected she might want more water or milk or green beans or anything at all, we would run to the kitchen to get what she wanted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, therefore, those with four pennies—a kingly sum—would wait in line, always long; sometimes though, there wouldn’t be enough bread or milk to go around. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came in and I passed around a tray with cups, tea, milk and sugar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I was thirsty, I couldn’t imagine what Otto felt, used as he was to getting milk every couple hours. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He dried his hands off and grabbed the empty milk jug off the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They were more drought resistant and gave more milk than our cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped automatically before each house where milk was to be left and never started up again until she was safely in the seat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, sheltering behind a small bush, was a bird which looked almost the same as the milk bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We’d shake the powdered sugar on top of the fried Oreos at the end, and eat them while they were still warm and gooey, with mugs of cold milk. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I drank some chocolate milk and then lay down on the sofa in the living room, not really sad, just floating, trying to imagine what it was to be dead. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I started with Dahlia, and I leaned into her and listened to the rhythm of the milk into the pail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They had no need for butter without any bread, but they’d miss the milk and cheese sorely. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, sometimes they argued over how much time Aimee’s mother was working, who didn’t do the dishes, who left the milk out all night. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

You’re a milk drinker with milk teeth that fall out and you bleed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Famished, I think. Hannah, is that milk? Give it me, and a piece of bread.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At lunch they went through three hundred two-foot loaves of bread, 150 gallons of milk, and twelve hundred cups of ice cream. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She set the pail of milk down carefully and gazed up at the bank behind the golpata trees. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open the door to the fridge: milk, butter, mayonnaise, bread, eggs, hot dogs. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I handed him one of my milk chocolate truffles and held my breath as he chewed thoughtfully, trying not to stare as he swallowed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They entered the dairy, and at dawn the milk was sour and full of minuscule cadavers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squirt of milk against the metal side. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They poison my food and milk but still I swell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought out the Candy Land game, poured the milk, and piled a nice stack of Oreos on a plate. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs hard when Noah burps after he guzzles chocolate milk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We had milk shakes, too, ice cream, french fries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The “creamy rosemary dill sauce” was made without cream or milk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He pours himself a bowl of Frosted Flakes and milk and begins munching. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the grass was tall and thick in the woods and the cows were giving plenty of milk, that was the time to make cheese. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and ran, his pale body sliding through the shadows like milk. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“His lordship slew him for calling him Lord Snow. The goats were good, though. We milked the mother and roasted up the kids.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ethan bought an apple, a bean and cheese burrito, and a bottle of milk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Gregor filled a glass with icy root beer and made Boots a bottle of milk. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had not been milked for twenty-four hours, and their udders were almost bursting. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Felicia fills up the glasses with milk or water. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They especially don’t like strangers near the tie-up when they’re about to be milked. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“She set out to explore the house, I think. “You will milk her before we retire, Wormtail,” said the second voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the cub stayed at the back of the cave, sucking the milk only when the shirt came close to her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She cooked up sweet milk for you, too, with nutmeg, cinnamon, and sugar. Said you was to have some with your gingerbread.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As children, Henrietta and Day awoke each morning at four o’clock to milk the cows and feed the chickens, hogs, and horses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In exchange the animals provided the humans their milk, eggs, and—yes—their flesh. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Fire flickered within the oil lamp’s milk glass shade. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

They spent the night in a Polish village, too worried to sleep, and shared their “pilots’ rations of vodka, biscuits, and milk” with the boys who guarded their plane during the night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Green climbed up onto the ice and got the stove going to boil up some milk, while several men in the boats mooed like impatient calves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Might be an old boot or a tire or a plastic milk crate or a clump of seaweed. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa Stark looked especially lovely this morning, though her face was as pale as milk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Hush, sugah, and let your daddy have his fun. Did you leave out the cookies and the milk for Santa Claus?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have a large iced latte with almond milk and an extra shot,” the woman says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The moment Amil and I were here with our crying, our bottles of milk, our little fingers and toes, you were gone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was milking with one hand, and groaning. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my kitchen?” he asked, gesturing to his electric kettle and a milk crate on its side that held cocoa mix, the box of Noodle-o-Pak Spicy, and two boxes of assorted-flavor instant oatmeal. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sweetened it with wild honey that Papa and I had cut out of a bee tree last fall, and added cream skimmed off last night’s milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale had made a special point of warning her not to drink the milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She threw two dishtowels over the milk, got a fresh one from a drawer of the cabinet, and blotted the milk from her father’s trousers and shirt front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I can no longer afford to buy milk, but while my son is young and needs it I will give it to him.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collected the fresh milk, over eight litres of it, in the fish bucket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had cows too, with enough milk to sell the extra. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Penelope had made her way back to the barn carrying a basket full of fresh-baked plum cakes and a large pitcher of milk, the sun had already dipped far below the horizon. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Next to one of the lower bunks was a bookcase made out of plastic milk crates. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was about four, Mom and I were in one of those superstores that sells everything from milk to sofas. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And what has happened to that milk which should have been breeding up sturdy calves? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Each day, I sit down at our regular table and eat my cheese sandwich and wait while you buy your milk. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Michael comes again with warm tea in a milk bottle and two cuts of fried bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For breakfast I can have cereal and milk or juice. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

People pour milk onto their faces while the cameraman records it all. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I took a sip from the spoon but couldn’t really taste much except the milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She picked out a can of chicken noodle soup, a quart of milk, a loaf of bread, a bar of soap, a box of safety matches and four tomatoes from a bushel basket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ground the spices to a fine powder with the stone roller and churned the milk carefully. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She mixed the cocoa powder with a little sugar and poured in the hot milk, making some for herself as well. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We faced each other, looked down at the glass full of milk with the brown blob on the bottom, looked at each other again, then at the milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Probably on account of the fact that Styx was dark as night and she was lighter than milk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re just going to stand there and let my wife’s breast milk run dry?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The family would no longer have fresh, rich milk to churn for butter to make into ghee. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma flinches as the milk floods her plate, then soaks the tablecloth and starts to drip on the new carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the blob of milk foam floating on the coffee’s surface. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Earlier that morning the children—all three of them—hadn’t appeared for their morning glass of milk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals can live off almost anything, the Meadow's a perfect feeding place, and they can give four quarts of milk a day. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She saw them eat undercooked meat, and they smelled like cow’s milk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mala, I was used to it all by then: used to cornflakes and milk, used to Helen’s visits, used to sitting on the bench with Mrs. Croft. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once Ophie was settled with her warm mug of milk, Aunt Rose sat down as well. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She looked at her son sitting on the floor of the cookhouse eating mush and milk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, she said, my mother was pacing the shores across Buzzards Bay, her breasts swollen with milk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He thanked me for the bread and milk and was able to spoon it out himself. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The spilled milk seemed wronger than the blood, somehow. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was ice cream and cake and milk and coffee on the table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Quite often, however, when a gleaning had been difficult, he would fall asleep before she came into his room at the appointed time with the milk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And then, just as Ma’s dishing up a peach cobbler that we’re going to eat hot with milk, I hear a sound outside that makes my bones feel like icicles inside me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she was on her way to town for a bottle of milk. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Some had seven or eight and didn’t understand how fortunate they were, how blessed that their children had flourished in their wombs, lived to squirm in their arms and take the milk from their breasts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Why pay for milk when I could steal the cow?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I swallow while Mrs. V gives me sips of cool milk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Kendra drank her milk in several deep swallows and set her empty glass on the counter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

First, I had to make the cereal milk. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They came running with their school shoes still on, said, “Hi, Big Ma,” and went straight to the Oreos and milk in the kitchen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The combination of mother’s milk and conversation transformed Blanca into a healthy, almost pretty child who bore no resemblance at all to the armadillo she had been at birth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the routine things I should be doing—milking the cow, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and weeding the garden. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She told him it was unfair that one cow got milked and the other just sat out in the sun chewing grass. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell them I’m dying and we desperately need milk and corned beef to keep me alive,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to get me to drink a glass of milk, couldn’t get over a girl my age loving coffee so much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would even venture to say that at the time she felt more comfortable milking the cows with Pedro Segundo than keeping me company in the sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, though the squire laughed at such things, the kitchen-folk always put out a china saucer of the creamiest milk at night, put it outside the kitchen door, for the piskies. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Celia enters her kitchen and warms a little milk on the stove, then sweetens it with a few lumps of sugar. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita opens the door and takes the milk and the coins from me without a word. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seanie asked, almost spitting out his milk when he said it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t say a word but only heated some milk, and they sat with their feet on the oven door and sipped at their steaming cups. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Malloy warms a small pot of milk and honey, then pours it into a glass for me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mother came with sandwiches and hot coffee and cold milk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Might as well milk Miss Bessie and get that out of the way. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s really shy. Sometimes it’s okay when people ask about her accent. But other times she just wants to buy a gallon of milk without having to explain herself.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The contamination of milk and of farm produce in the course of the gypsy moth spraying came as an unpleasant surprise to many people. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There would not be anything fresh except milk and eggs until I could get the garden going again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It tasted just like it looked—like a strawberry milk shake. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s a glass of milk, usually cold and delicious, but every once in a while, he goes sour. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts every day with a raw egg in cognac, and a large cup of chocolate milk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He gave up on milking and set the mixing bowl aside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not that she had suddenly become filled with the milk of human kindness. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She describes the narrow house, the gas fireplaces, the dank odor of the bathrooms, eating Weetabix and hot milk for breakfast, wearing a uniform to school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom used to let me drink my milk right there. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tasted sour milk, and something else, something thick and bitter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At night, he’d scoop out their eyes with a wooden spoon and drink their blood like milk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall, it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was a white linen cloth laid on the grass, with bowls piled high with food—she could see salads and sandwiches, nuts and fruit, jugs of lemonade and water and thick chocolate milk. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The correlation is probably explained by the relative wealth of these societies, bringing about both increased milk consumption and more cancer due to greater longevity. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my mother finished milking that one, she would call, “Ntei Mongo!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the school principal, and your great-aunt Lynda, who we called Shelf Butt, because her butt was so big a person could set a glass of milk on it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Lots of us need milk in the morning.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Glasses of warm milk awaited each of them, which Mr. Barrett had placed carefully down after making sure he had an accurate head count. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Still, her milk box sentinel, when she settled back into it, seemed even lonelier for her having yet one more thing to keep to herself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father supplemented the store’s receipts by delivering milk in a horse-drawn buggy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I poured milk Into him, let him Lick chunks of Cheese from my palms, And cooked huevo After huevo Until his purring Engine kicked in And he cuddled Up to my father’s slippers. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being little and watching Sam milk Old Pru and admiring him and thinking how clever he was. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered what a beer milk shake would taste like. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blessings, lemonade and milk, and laughter surrounded us in a joyful bubble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You should see how the prices of dried milk rise every day, as if somebody is chasing them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I milked the cow and turned her loose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to experiment with the amount of cereal flavor in the milk, so I let the cereal sit in some of the milk longer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Servants help me into a bustling day dress that is a creamy blur of whipped frosting and sweetened milk sprinkled with gossamer ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Goat's milk would have to substitute for cream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He chewed down his carrot sticks and what remained of his sandwich, then poured out the tin cup of milk and filled it twice with water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, no, no. Other babies can tell you whether it’s gas or a pin, or milk souring on them. But he’s a real Silsbee, and they never do, you know.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rings, we would make from them, and crowns and necklaces, stains from the bitter milk on our fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had a contract to build a milking barn in Oneida County, about twenty miles from Buck’s Peak, so Shawn puttered around the yard, adjusting schematics and measuring I-beams. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pour TaShon a glass and watch him drink like white milk can cure anything. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her bag was all in a strut with milk that the calf couldn’t hold. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set out bowls of honey wine to tempt the fairies away from milking cows, and left out baskets of fruit to distract them from their orchards. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed Pa would think better of it, take the milk stool back to the barn after supper and never bring it back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Julia was standing behind me with a carton of milk in her hand. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I get up, turn on the lights, make myself some hot milk, sit at the kitchen table, shivering with cold. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The milk of the poppy, Your Grace," he said "Drink. Fen your pain." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The Keepers drink real milk, too, not ground-up plankton, and they eat chocolates wrapped in gold paper.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad, the Goat Man had to hold her up to milk her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mustafa shoves an entire cookie into his mouth at once and washes it down with some milk. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s full of sugar and a little milk. You look as if you need it.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was the drugged, sleepy feeling that came from sipping glasses of milk, drinking them slowly so that they would last a long time, and drinking enough for the first time in my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured the drink down the sink and filled another glass with cold milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Sunday chow we had roast beef, mashed potatoes, peas, carrots, carrot cake, and milk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ira had been fed well on milk and butter and rice; Arjun too, for he was the first boy. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany had walked into the flames as they came forth, and they had drunk milk from her swollen breasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I crawled out from behind the couch and let Byron pour out my cereal and milk. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I treat her to the soda, wishing I could force her, mommylike, to take milk instead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally one would descend and splash in the milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Kendra pulled the bottle of milk from her pocket and handed it to Seth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every now and then she stopped to sip her milk, and he filled the dish a second time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You can fight like a lion. Or you can go as easy as lifting a hair from a cup of milk. The nothings, the nobodies—they die easy.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lots of times Mama came out there to the barn shed and sat on the milking stool just to watch us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the dining hall, as I down my hot grain and milk and mushy beets, I spot a communicuff on Gale’s wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Tata Bidibidi, with his kind, pretty wife and their precarious boat dispensing milk powder and quinine and love to children along the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Violet will want milking in another hour or so! Thanks for the ride.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She paused, and suddenly picked up her glass of milk and brought it to her lips. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even the word "milk," which I think probably sounds like what milk sounds like when you guzzle it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Baba stirs milk and sugar into his tea—one teaspoon of each, measured with slow and steady hands—and gazes thoughtfully at me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You know what milk tastes like when it nears the expiration date, just the littlest bit sour?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I spotted a bottle, half filled with sour milk, I had to reach for it with my bare hands. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Otto and I finally got out, I was surprised to see not only Clement, Mom, and Dad, but ancient Mama Marie-France — apparently she’d been away negotiating for extra milk when the rebels had attacked. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her face was like a cup of milk dashed with coffee in the sweet warm emptiness. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan understood that she was waiting to be milked, waiting for someone to come from the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She poured milk until the bowl was three-quarters of the way full. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her face was scrunched up like she’d just smelled sour milk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She watched him shake corn flakes into a bowl and pour milk on them—something else she’d never seen before. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He successfully raised a few baby gray squirrels, feeding them milk through a glass syringe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I considered asking for milk on mine, but I didn’t really think it would help. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He almost laughed with joy, for he now had a much greater hunger than in the morning, and he immediately dipped his head almost up to and over his eves down into the milk. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left eye was going blind and was covered by a film the color and consistency of diluted milk. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no milk and no sugar, but she did find a couple of ginger biscuits in a drawer, and Lyra took one hungrily. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snorted and watched the line of goats waiting patiently to be milked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Inside the refrigerator sits a lonely pitcher of our cow’s milk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I never see any of them in here buying milk for their mamas. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t leave it out long enough. Some days the insects consume all the milk before I collect the pans. Thirsty critters.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The peanut butter, which was supposed to dissolve in the milk, broke off into clumps, like soft pebbles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen, opened my chocolate milk, and took the last bag of Lay’s. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I crawl over, into the milk, and hold her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Biting carefully on aching teeth, he ate the bread and cheese and baloney she had left by the bed, and drank some of the milk, now warm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Mrs. Bannister held the cup to my lips, I fanned the hot milk out on my tongue as it went down, tasting it luxuriously, the way a baby tastes its mother. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then my father sent me out to start the milking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

A lithe shadow darted across the kitchen counter, twisting through the dirty pans and empty milk cartons: Jesus, I thought, is that a rat? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got in the bunk below him and read some until my father called us for milking. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

For two hours I worked, interrupted only by my mother bringing Quentin and incidentally me some milk and cookies. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t have to go and do that! How long have these bottles been here? The milk’s going to spoil.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed marvelous to see life pump through that strange little body of feathers, wordless noises, milk eyes—much as life pumped through me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get milk,” I say, trying to be funny. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dresses and shawls were scattered around, and there was a bag of what looked like medicines, several dozen jewelry cases, a sackful of milk powder, even a small chest of baby toys. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter took a chance and ran through the pines and over the creek to check on Butter and to get whatever afternoon milk Sophie was willing to give. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Unlike mealies, which were sometimes in short supply, milk from our cows and goats was always plentiful. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls joked that boys like Alfred made a cow’s milk dry up. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was full of dirty dishes and the milk had been left out of the refrigerator and turned bad. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rafik added, sighing in a melodramatic way, “But we do miss the school milk in little red cartons,” which made his mother put her thumb and first finger together like an alligator closing its mouth. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure yet,” I said, taking a swig of milk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The combination of olive oil, hearty vegetables, and cheese that comes from goat's milk, mixed with decent servings of fish and meat, had been shown in numerous studies to promote longevity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

I asked, eyeing the box of cereal and container of milk sitting on the tray. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

After Dad took up preaching against milk, Grandma jammed her fridge full of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She rode past the library and up the hill to the corner store where Mom sometimes sent her to pick up milk or a loaf of bread. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A pewter mug was in front of his father, and a cup of hot milk, sweet and aromatic with sugar and cinnamon, before himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have any other food we were used to eating, like chicken, vegetables, or our coveted whole milk. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She swore she detected sugar in the milk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eating—cold, cold milk, thick white bread, cheese and cream, ah. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon throws a glass of milk, the milk, not the glass: he knows his own strength, as I do not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Morrie waited on those kisses like a puppy waits on milk, and he felt, deep down, that he had a mother again. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was much to be done now, with Westley gone, and more than that, ever since the Count had visited, everyone in the area had increased his milk order. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now alongside the empty milk crates at Mr. P’s, brown paper bags with collars neatly rolled boasted plump strawberries, crimson cherries and Chiquita bananas. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I had to go get the mail and get milk from the trading post and just hang out, right? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That is exactly what I mean,” Ignatius replied, aiming a paper ball at the bowl of the milk glass chandelier. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk in, and it smells like milk and clean clothes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze found him and twisted around him like a cat asking for a bowl of milk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When I got home, Mommy placed the quart of milk he sold me on the table, opened it up, and the smell of sour milk filled the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami didn’t seem as bothered by his absence and fed us soups, or creamy rice with milk, or hot sancochos made up of whatever leftovers she could fit into the pot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When someone looked particularly bad, the Boss ordered a round of hot milk for all hands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Besides the chicken and vegetables, the tray has coffee, hot water, a teabag, milk, sugar, salt, pepper, juice, yogurt, and a cookie. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Could the milk have totally fried his brain? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the milk is frozen, the cream risen in icy, granular columns out of the bottle necks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were being weaned from mother’s milk to well-chewed and partially digested food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

June asked it so casually, like she was asking if Ivy preferred dark or milk chocolate, that Ivy couldn’t tell if there was anything behind her question. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, this is bad. It’s so much better with milk. This better be point two-four.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lick the icing off my fingers and sip the last of my chocolate milk slowly. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks the calf began adding to his diet of mother’s milk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The creature expressed a little of the sweet, thin milk into her mouth, watched her swallow, and gave her some more, again and again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had taught the black man to think if he had no shoes, and was hungry, “we gonna get shoes and milk and honey and fish fries in Heaven.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drained gallons of milk, devoured entire large pizzas in one sitting, and often snacked from dinner to bedtime. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What’s this game going to be about? Drinking milk shakes while floating books in a hot tub?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every morning, as soon as she got up, she warmed his milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He dipped his straw into his milk, capped the top of the straw with his finger, pulled out the straw, reached it over my head, and released his finger. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Otto preferred his mashed into milk and I had mine as is, gulping down three cinnamon-flavored bars in as many minutes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to savor the gingerbread bite by bite and sip the milk slowly, but I couldn’t help myself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take those three drops of milk on back to her.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Just taking some milk to the house,” he replied, changing direction a bit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She arranged the milk bottles around the well’s edge, picked up the fish, then checked on the bread in its bowl at the other end of the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“For those milk paps that through the window bars bore at men’s eyes. . . .” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He smells of honey and roses and milk,” she murmurs, a look of ecstasy on her face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He pulls out a carton of milk and a handful of eggs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In human societies possessing domestic animals, livestock fed more people in four distinct ways: by furnishing meat, milk, and fertilizer and by pulling plows. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her glasses are gone, and her pupils look like they are full of milk, but strangely they do not unnerve him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No? Maybe if you let me see the cows, I’ll keep your secret about putting out the milk.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘If there’s a little extra milk I think I’ll just have it poured over some crumbled bread,’ her Dad said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When it faded, the drink looked just like a strawberry milk shake. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the walkup some men had set up a table and were sitting on milk crates, drinking Budweisers in paper bags and playing dominoes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He glanced down with a smile at one of the infants who was industriously sucking at the milk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

“How about some coffee? Or some warm milk to calm you down?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you bring in the milk? It’s probably clabber by now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Annie grabs a couple of old wooden milk crates and hands them over. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“They ate everything: the plants, the houses, the stored grain. They even fastened onto the cattle and drank their milk.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get yourself a glass of milk, but rinse out the glass,” she babbled, darting up the stairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I covered him with a small blanket and gave him his bottle of milk. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d walked past a group of would-be girlfriends who sucked their teeth at me and said my name like it was curdled milk they couldn’t wait to spit out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sold milk door-to-door to housewives, straight from a cow. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening during the pre-Christmas season, we would bake cookies and sit at the dining room table to have cookies and milk while Grandma read to us and we made gifts for each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, milk coffee’s what my mama used to make me when I was little.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In fingerless wool gloves knitted late at night—sitting up in bed while Carl snored—she’d perched on a stool, milking cows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ivanito helps her blend the coconut with egg yolks, vanilla, condensed milk, sugar, cornstarch, and salt, and holds the empty tin vegetable- oil containers while she fills them with the mixture. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of the bottle of milk Bessie had heated for him last night came back so strongly that he could almost taste it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama said we needed to get that milk out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever my parents would fill up my cup with juice, or milk, or water, they would always stop halfway. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hornet had given Bo hot milk and honey after dinner and he had emptied two whole mugs without becoming suspicious. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He loves tuna cans And milk cartons With their dribble Of milk. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most organic milk comes from factory farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You won’t pour a bowl of prison milk in this house.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His letters always smelled like prison—like bleached floors and the vague hint of sour milk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then she took the calabash of milk to her children, who drank it all and asked for more. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s fingers were stiff and splayed as spoons, her milk a tasteless gray. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than shut down the network, it made more sense, for the moment, to keep milking it for details. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She went to the kitchen for a glass of warm milk and put it on the bedside table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What we generally had to do was milk five or six cows to get enough milk for just the family. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman said to me, after Bailey had gone downstairs, “Ritie, go get some milk for the house.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Goldie set an enormous glass of cold milk by my plate. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I order warm milk, the most calming thing I can think of, from an attendant. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

All sheets are white, all milk comes from horses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The milk carton was almost empty, but if she diluted what was left with a little warm water there was just enough for a saucerful. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But there v\\as nothing like fresh sweet milk, the milk you get before it separates to milk and cream. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t looking at me as he poured himself some milk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I would take tumblers of milk behind a convenient door and drain them in a swallow, as though they contained water. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured some of my milk into it so it wouldn’t be so lumpy and mixed it all together. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

For the first five minutes, nobody says a word while we open milk cartons, apply heaping amounts of ketchup to our plates, and take our first bites. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I put the coffee on to boil while I milked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Carefully, slowly, while the cub sucked the milk from his chin, Neel wrapped his arms around the tiny body. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Laura was proud to be helping Ma with the milking, and she carried the lantern very carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress put his coffee down before him and gave each child a tall glass of milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a little carton of milk and some fruit that looked familiar—an orange, a banana. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Green fired up the blubber stove in order to get some hot milk into the sailor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She watched Wash carry the empty bottle of milk to the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about the male two-legs that had comforted him, making soft sounds to him and giving him milk to suck, reminding him dimly of his lost Big One. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Albert leans his chair back as he shakes his empty carton of chocolate milk to let the drops fall on his tongue. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Or is it still a taste of my mother's milk you thirst for?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There aren’t any seats in a milk wagon, so we clung to the sides and each other. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gulped her milk and licked the sweetness from her lips. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Usually I find her there, stirring milk on the stove and heating up a slice of apple pie. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now Mom came back to the table with a full glass of chocolate milk, frothy from a fresh stirring. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The milk is fresh, the rain has stopped, the ground beneath them is solid. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

From her plate he picked up the oil stick she hadn’t eaten yet, dipped it in the soybean milk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child’s scalp smelled like bread dough and clabbering milk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At a crossroads, Dicey went into a general store and bought potatoes and tomatoes, a quart of milk and another loaf of bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a milk shake at the snack bar and then went home. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The milk runs down her arms and drips onto her legs, soaking into her shorts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Why doesn’t this office keep normal milk around? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I still have to live on bread & milk but am going about in the rain today and getting better.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you ask me to bring home a quart of milk?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Drink neither wine nor the milk of the poppy," she cautioned him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I went back and milked out her strutted bag and she didn’t offer to kick me one time, just flinched and drew up a little when I first touched her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something must be wrong with my milk, she thought. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Paid fireworks cash for our two gallons and bought three bottles of strawberry milk while we were at it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She licked the salty blocks of ice for food and for drink, and the milk that ran from her four udders flowed like rivers. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Insecticide residues have been recovered from human milk in samples tested by Food and Drug Administration Scientists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They love the mushy food Mam makes in a pot, bread mashed up in milk and water and sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When they came home from school, there was milk and cookies on the kitchen table. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you to go buy milk and bread.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mom knows when I’m hungry or thirsty, and whether I need a glass of milk or just some water. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have our tea break after the first week because tin was becoming scarce and the Captain was short on canned milk. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an odd little stand where they leaped to be milked. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Back down in the kitchen I finish pouring my glass of milk, grab the Oreos from the pantry, and walk to the TV room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grew up on whole milk, gulping it down every day. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The coconut milk tin was dusty and overpriced. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She poured the milk and handed me the bowl, then she perched at the bar, directly across from me, and watched as I shoveled spoonfuls into my mouth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Afraid to look at Emily, I walk slowly over to the trash can to throw the rest of it away along with my napkin and milk carton. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His mother believes the coconuts will purify them, that the sweet white milk will heal them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow was waiting to be milked and fed, but gave only half a can of milk—less each day, but better than none, which was what it would be soon. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’d almost forgotten that every day would be another day stepping and fetching for Mrs. Caruthers, and it made the last few sips of milk taste sour. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But then I dipped my spoon back into the milk, to wash down the soggy cereal. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Inside there were three eggs, one piece of ham, a wedge of waxed orange cheese, and the quart of milk that came every three days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly hit Ms. Hoffman, the ancient English teacher who once told Toby he was nothing when he got caught stealing chocolate milk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Fenugreek, with the cloverlike leaves, and tansy and goldenseal promote easy labor. Parsley and false unicorn root will bring away the afterbirth. And fennel or dill with chamomile will increase the milk.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As a teenager, Lourdes would drink three or four milk shakes with dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rupa stayed close behind him, and he could hear the milk sloshing in the pail. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And, best of all, a carton of real chocolate milk that said Hershey’s. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their stomachs flipped, too, but dutifully they reached for muffins and milk and, just as Jackson said, choked them down. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela walks outside shaking two cans of evaporated milk like a pair of maracas. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After prayers, breakfast in summer was usually dry cereal and fresh milk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We better not be. There were no rules against drinking milk.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I knew how to make a milk shake, and scooping ice cream gave me biceps to rival Michelle Obama's. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I broke some bread into a bowl, poured milk mixed with sagebrush tea over it, and fed her tiny bits. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He carried him home to his own kitchen and saved his life, feeding him with milk from a nasal dropper until he was old enough to eat bran and greenstuff. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat gives milk, the sheep gives wool, the cow gives everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had some more coffee and milk, which was very good. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But now it tasted like milk after the ice in the icebox had melted: spoiled. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sends Michael with a milk bottle of warm tea, a few cuts of bread smeared with dripping, a note to say Laman Griffin isn’t angry anymore and I can come back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

No one in Macún died, but many lost their belongings, poultry, pigs, milk cows, vegetable gardens, kiosks for selling fried codfish fritters, and shops where rusty old cars received one more chance at the road. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rupa had lifted his decoy mask and poured milk across his shoulders and neck. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we shouldn’t have rinsed the milk out of our clothes,” Seth said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I finished my sandwich in two more bites and gulped down the chocolate milk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He tells Mam the coal yards are closed and we’ll have to drink milk and eat bread tonight, but when I tell her about the women on the road she passes Eugene to him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“What is ‘our milk’ doing on that window ledge?” one of the fellows said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to remember manners with milk in her stomach and food on the way. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting a toy bottle to the baby’s lips, I offer it milk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They see a sign in the window of the mill: milk for sale, one cent a glass, and also fried eels. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I had it hitched, I put onto it three fifteen-gallon milk cans; I had not used these when I carried water by hand, since they are too heavy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

This direct transmission into milk had been demonstrated experimentally for heptachlor in 1955, long before the control program was undertaken, and was later reported for dieldrin, also used in the fire ant program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We used to write secret messages in milk. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“As long as I can have my cornflakes, I’ll take the milk straight from the cow. Just get here sooner and stick the bottle in the freezer.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“The other was two box tops from corn flakes. They send you twenty-five cents if you mail them two box tops with stars on the tops. For milk money, it said.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mary saw one reach beneath a grazer and milk it with her trunk; and then the wheeled one rolled over to her and raised her trunk delicately to Mary’s mouth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have been read—hearing some folks talk on the subject, and I think it’s a tiny little critter that causes the infection. You know, like the same thing that makes milk sour.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We had supper at five—homemade bread, butter, milk, red beans, spinach and a peach. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying on the floor of the stable looking up the lane and there’s white stuff like milk around his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I thrive on this stuff. It’s like mother’s milk to me!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ye are to tell the world there isn’t a scrap of food in this house, not a lump of coal to start the fire, not a drop of milk for the baby’s bottle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But now, with a baby crying in her arms, her breasts swollen with milk, her body coated with sweat, her groin still so sore she can scarcely sit, it is all suddenly unbearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They ate the fish and finished the milk and bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bottles of milk were being thrown in to the babies, who made soft little grabs with their hands and clutched them greedily. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“No, we can waste the milk. Barrels would get in the way. We just need to relieve the pressure.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As she whirled to look at him, he uncorked the top of the milk bottle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And we get sick if the milk delivery is late and nearly die of heart failure if there is an elevator strike. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a vantage point behind a bush, set down my milk, crouched, and waited. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m incredibly stiff now and my ribs are killing me, but I’m still able to eat cereal with milk that’s dubious, to say the least, and loads of sugar. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We sat down and ate two slices each with glasses of milk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started with his cousin Jim, who listened good-naturedly while Dad waved his Bible and explained the sinfulness of milk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Malcolm passed Lyra to her and poured the milk very carefully into the clean bottle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But no, as he sucked on that beer spout like it was mother’s milk, little trickles of beer spilled from the sides of his mouth, because he was smiling. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I don't like milk," I start to say, but then I taste it, and it's nothing like the whitish water we got in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That morning an apple and a glass of milk were enough for him; because he touched neither coffee or tea, he was accustomed to begin the day on a cold stomach. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, we’d go to the grocery store at the bottom of the hill and stock up on staples such as beans and rice, powdered milk, and canned goods. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can not work hard any more, señora. I can milk a cow, feed chickens, cut a little wood; no more. I will stay here.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no more bread, there’s no more milk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When their mother gave them the calabash the next day, the girl poured a little of the milk into a bowl and gave it to her brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When he was home, Tata was nice to him, prepared him special broths, cooked him creamy rice with milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I throw up milk I get a head thump from Uhmma. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The next day, they would put a small bowl of the milk outside and wait to see which animals came to drink it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I have to milk the cow,” said Jonathan to the boy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And for a while, she gave him to a rainbow-colored cow to give him super milk while she was away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her hands tightened and twisted on the container, and milk spurted out onto her lap. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tall glass of milk, but no coffee. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

So I gave him all of the milk; two of the eggs I left in the hen house, thinking I would pick them up when I left and carry them back in my hand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Arya would have given anything for a cup of milk and a lemon cake, but the brown wasn't so bad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He gathered the things in the order he thought them important, so pillows and dry blankets came first, and then nappies and baby milk and other things for Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She spread the last bit of milk on the top of his head and across his shirt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The second time, it was the baby crying downstairs, the girl’s shushing, the clatter of spoon against milk bottle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, at last, they had hulled corn and milk for supper. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

During these five years she is almost constantly pregnant, and is fertilised within 60 to 120 days after giving birth in order to preserve maximum milk production. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were even signs for the butcher, sweet maker, and milk store. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya gets up, and picks up the pot of scalded milk from the stove’s back burner. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he reaches in his top drawer and hands you, get this, milk chocolate wrapped in shiny red and gold. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the house I deposited his can of water on the porch beside his milk and eggs, confident that I had escaped suspicion. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We went over and bought a cup of milk to share, then stood over the goat as if idly curious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I poured a glass of milk and headed up to my room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even as she was eager to finally learn about this strange power she had, the milk was by far the best part of her day, and Ophie was going to enjoy it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When he obviously could get no more milk from the cow, Jonathan stood up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he’d just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Nazis would be angry with Hellmuth, but they would continue to trust their cipher machines—and the Allies could go on milking Enigma. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z