| 单词 | neat |
| 例句 | He pulled the neatest trick I ever saw a dog pull on a cow brute. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She had on green earrings and her hair was combed very tight and neat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Another gave me a dirty look, as if I had no right to walk on her neat street. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I walked down the black-tiled hallway, past many doors that were half glass, each one labelled with a room number in neat black lettering. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I handed out my suits on hangers, my shoes in the game pocket of a hunting coat, and my shirts in their neat wrapping of New England road maps. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not look at all forlorn, in her fresh lavender muslin frock, her neat white stockings and black pumps. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the cavernous chamber with its oversize hearth and red velvet curtains, the room in which Roza awoke was small, simple, neat, and so familiar. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z At first we thought it was just neat junk, but we spit-polished it and scratched glass with it like Dad had shown us, and it seemed real. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Jody, a medium-sized, neat, silent, mulatto girl, had a hot supper waiting on the table. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed the two twenty-dollar bills for the Chinese food on the table into a neat stack so they were one right on top of the other. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In the training ground the soldiers were settling down to eat breakfast, dumping their packs on the ground, and stacking their muskets into neat little tepees, four or five together. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my clothes into a neat pile, light the candle, and tune the radio to a classical station. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He can even make Mom’s super-puffy bathrobe into a nice neat square. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The house is very neat and clean, and it smells like incense. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The first time we went into the Shack, he was sporting a neat white shirt emblazoned with a distinguished-looking crest announcing his membership in the Eastern Seaboard Pervert Association. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z For Galton, the word eugenics was an opportune fit—“at least a neater word...than viriculture, which I once ventured to use.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Eleanor tried to get everything into a neat stack, all the report cards and school pictures and letters from pen pals. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They wear the same uniform I do, but somehow it looks different on them, neater, more stylish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I try to imagine my thoughts as blocks of data organized into neat litde boxes, each clearly labeled. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And it’s neat, with no clothes on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It was a tidy house with a neat stack of firewood piled up against the side. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The street was empty both ways, with quiet lawns and houses neat among the trees, but no one at all except back there. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We rolled past the neat square of grass with its bright white bandstand, its perverted pulpit, and right on by the For Sale sign planted in front of the Kites’. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was both weird and super familiar to be back in Trevor’s room, which was really neat, as always. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much bigger than the one they had in the trailer, but once again it was very neat and very nice. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Charles’s house was neat and spacious, with large, bright windows and shiny floors. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Look at them all. Mine are in here, and Sam’s, and everyone’s. See? It’s neat, how they’re all different. Some have laces, and some have buckles, and some are blue.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Here again the English language is mathematically elegant and provides the writer with a neat group of symmetries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He looked around triumphantly, pointing to the neat white hills of rice and the husks in a rustling brown heap. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The toast with jam and fried egg was cut into neat little squares. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had that agenda I’d been assiduously maintaining since freshman year of college, stemming from the neat line of boxes I was meant to check. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She found it difficult to keep her children looking neat and well dressed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Thus deployed, they were watched with intensity by the crowds of winter-carapaced people who lined up in neat rows to gaze down at them. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bright rain-scrubbed air those portions of the landscape not still submerged looked cheerful, trim, and neat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One would write a neat row of characters: Dearest Mama. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t light for reading, but I could tell that the papers were letters, thin and folded neat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Y’all’re the first visitors in more than a year,” she said, and she showed us a neat gold medal in a velvet box. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When I looked up, Liz had two pages of notes in a crisp, neat handwriting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down American Street with its houses in neat rows and the open lots like missing teeth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Basically, the plants live in a city of corn, crowded together in neat rows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But soon she grew impatient and poked her twig rhythmically and intensely into the earth, making a small neat hole that grew deeper and wider with the least manipulation of her twig. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There were thousands of them, all in neat ranks. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He imagined a big tent on the bridge, with cots set up in neat rows. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z At my neat little house on Clive Avenue, I barricaded myself inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The members of Room 5 also wanted to look their best for their picture in the newspaper, and they came to school looking neater than usual. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was written in neat script and was dated November 27, 1931. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet here, instead of the spiky Gothic then in use, was the lovely old Gaelic minuscule, as neat and round and small as when he had learned it from some ancient saint in dim Dunlothian. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his clothes, no matter how worn-out, were conspicuously neat and well kept. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She is about 28 years of age, of rather a light complexion, has high cheek bones, is slender in her person, and very neat in her appearance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So now she held the light, as he swung open the door of his neat freshly painted chamber. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked the burnished black head with its neat waves of hair, and her eyes, cool, impersonal and grey. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A whole person could go through the wringer and come out flat, neat, completed, like a flower pressed in a book. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He rolled it into a neat spiral and clutched it in his palm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I rose; I dressed myself with care: obliged to be plain—for I had no article of attire that was not made with extreme simplicity—I was still by nature solicitous to be neat. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The remains of a central building and a well and the jagged foundations of several houses, like broken teeth in neat, tidy squares. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The top part was already taking shape—a row of neat block letters, carefully drawn to look like newspaper type. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Just before we reached it, Addison said, “May I introduce you to the finest peculiar animals who ever lived!” and the trees parted to reveal a small graveyard filled with neat rows of white headstones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Why, hell, when the railroad puts a branch out here, I could lay it down neat, broke up and seasoned, right beside the track, for a dollar and a half a cord. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to Mrs. Weasley’s ministrations, George’s wound was neat and clean, but Harry was not yet used to the dark hole in the side of his head, despite the twins’ many jokes about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had opened the metal case and was methodically laying everything he had been given out on the back seat in neat piles. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Like Bestemama, he sat most of the time quietly in a chair, saying very little and totally overwhelmed, I imagine, by the raucous rabble who were destroying his neat and polished home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear scowled to see the misshapen masses of clay in his cart, so different from the neat rectangles of the other workers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She liked everything neat and lined up so the edges matched. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then there are four relations that fall into two neat pairs, depending on which event the author wishes to mention first. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The wrinkled coverall was gone; he was dressed in a whole new outfit; khaki drill slacks, very neat; a blue work shirt; even new work shoes and a straw cap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z My own parents’ room is less symmetrical, and also less neat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This was received as rather neat in the sergeant; insomuch that Mr. Pumblechook cried audibly, “Good again!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Winston found and handed over two creased and filthy notes, which Parsons entered in a small notebook, in the neat handwriting of the illiterate. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Perspiration poured down from under his derby and the wax in the points of his mustache melted, causing the neat adornment to change into disorganized hair on his upper lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There might be a neat pop-up book, or a dinosaur diorama that I could add to my collection. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They could see tombstones placed in neat rows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceremony fades out rather than ending properly, the mourners shifting from neat rows to mingling crowd without a distinct moment to mark the change. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mine look like they just came out of the box—I like things neat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She folded the T into a neat square and set it on the bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The room had been cleaned, the bed carefully made and covered with its green-and-brown spread, and on the desk were my school books arranged in a neat pile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He folded his spotted handkerchief up into a neat square and put it back in his pocket. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It is a disciplined man’s desk, everything in neat stacks, several phones lined up on one side beside a board with labeled buzzers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her blonde hair gleams in the sun, arranged into neat finger curls. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The men wanted to see her lovely calf, that neat shoe, and watch the focusing that sometimes swept down out of the distances in her eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t go far, just around the perimeter of the neat yard in a slow shuffle, watching the sky, clear now, a billion stars spread across it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They came to a collection of huts set around a neat courtyard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Belet flipped a knife and chopped up a banana into neat slivers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The corners of her smile, turned up in delight, were as neat as the tips of a crescent moon, and her brows were bright against the blue of her skin, as cinnamon as her hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Dozens of new courtesy Mercedes limousines had been parked in neat rows outside the Olympic Stadium, awaiting VIPs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Keeping her eyes on me, she plucked a rake from the side of the building and started using it to gather the garbage into neat rows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her pressed hair was in a neat bun on top of her head. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It sat in a neat pile on the ironing board. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed moved by eyes alone—the eyes of neat, vigilant young women—needing only the occasional, swift intervention of a human hand to keep them clattering. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The men dressed in neat white shirts and ties, and the women wore sleeved blouses and long skirts in solid, dull colors year-round. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I just woke up and wandered into the living room, and it’s sitting there, nice and neat and ready to go. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Inside, tents were arranged in neat rows of white and red. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He got the tarp into a neat package and stood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Brown picnic tables ran in neat rows along the asphalt, and people lined up at buffet tables with their paper plates, each collecting a pile of food from the cluster of stalls. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The nuns would praise student papers for being neat—the handwritten letters easy for others to read; they promised that my writing style would improve as I read more and more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alys watched as the girl pushed the chopped onions into a neat pile with the side of her hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I went with Father, feeling a certain pride in the Company’s craft as I carried the clean, pressed, and starched clothes wrapped in the crisp, blue paper and tied with twine into neat parcels. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared with the chaos of Cherry Hill, Northwood was a paradise of neat houses with fastidiously maintained lawns. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z We stopped before a small, neat, three-story building painted bright red and green. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse never mentioned either event but, weeks or even months later, he or Eric would refer to the concert as an “awesome” experience or recall some “neat” film. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in my navy skirt, white blouse, and silk stockings, I felt every bit as neat as Columbus or Balboa and every bit as heroic when I finally spotted America in the distance. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When the story was over, she sent the boy to bed and continued picking out kernels and adding them to the neat mound in the folds of her apron. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A neat line of stitches ran from the collar halfway down the front of the shirt, which looked freshly ironed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He’s left up the nature field illustrations in a neat symmetrical grid above the sofa, but painted over Sasha Obama’s pink walls with a deep blue. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nothing neat about the way everything crumpled inside me, seeing him laid out that way, thinking it was all over. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t look like any of the other kids from the Hill, with their pastel-colored clothing, neat hair, and bright smiles. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His hair was cut in a neat square at the back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be neat if she turned out to be a real friend. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Wash set the bowl of scraps on the edge of the back porch and handed Naomi the other bowl, now lined with neat filets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I flip through each page, watching my handwriting get smaller and neater as the years go by. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I talked to one of the aid workers for a few minutes at the clinic,” my mom says as she tucks a few stray hairs into her otherwise neat bun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It’s a lot neater than his beds used to be, and a great deal cleaner. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z His kindergarten photo was blown up nearly to full-page size, and beneath it, there was a statement in neat black calligraphy: “All proceeds from tonight’s concert will benefit the Jeffrey Alper Medical Trust.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can have all of it—” “Thanks,” said the sawed-off shotgun, “don’t mind if we do. How about raking all that moola into a neat lirtle stack, okay?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Hot Pot didn’t have any neat edges like that swimming pool. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And he kept the cell, which contained a toilet, a shower stall, a cot, a chair, a table, as neat as his person. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Negro Digest is smaller, but it has a lot of neat articles. I like it,” Suesetta says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Greeks couldn’t do this neat little mathematical trick. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He stays in his apartment, which is no longer neat and empty but is filling up with disorganized parts of his life: take-out Chinese food containers, unwashed sheets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the world wasn’t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z On the walls were big sheets of lined-ruled paper written in teacher’s neat handwriting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The vestibule had clean, white walls; the table and benches were of dark wood; and the priest was dressed in a white cassock—it was all neat, plain, simple. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Her box was neat and organized—lures were sorted by type, size, and color. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The few cooking pots and bowls were stacked on a little shelf formed by the rocks, with chopsticks, a single spoon, and Crane-man’s knife in a neat row. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Whatever portable plurality she found, she organized into neat lines, according to their size, shape, or gradations of color. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Joey was so neat she had a separate drawer for socks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I perked up because I knew I was not only good at penmanship, but I enjoyed making my words run across a page, round and neat and happy-looking. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Idiot,” my grandfather comments when a skateboarder executes a neat flip. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It’s the way civilized man now encumbers his territory, not with great walls or stretches of wire but with a single well-placed device, a neat bundling with the workings of a mind. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They made fun of my hair, oiled and plaited in neat rows, and of my skin, black as my father’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Governor sat at the center of a long table, a neat stack of papers near his elbow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “My God! I’ve never seen a place as neat as this. Who would dream that a man living by himself could keep a place so orderly?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He laid the finished fish in a neat pile. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at a neat shelter made of leaves and bamboo sticks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The conductor displayed to Poirot with a dramatic gesture the beauty of his sleeping compartment and the neat arrangement of his luggage. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Diligent mice tended the neat little vegetable patches which every season gave forth an abundance of fresh produce: cabbages, sprouts, marrows, turnips, peas, carrots, tomatoes, lettuces and onions, all in their turn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brown points at the new notebooks, the neat lineup of pens and pencils, the eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He looked at the neat carpet, the polished floorboards, and took his shoes off too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She watched him wind it around the wrapped book and tie a neat knot. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The neat stitches ringing it transformed what would have been an otherwise ugly lump into a shiny little sunshine of a scar. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The woman smiles as she pushes the arc of cards back into a neat pile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I am neat and organized, every hair in place. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It’s a neat trick to pack a suitcase neatly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was neat and trim, and sparkled like a white star in the heavens. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I see her furiously looking at the neat columns and rows that I made into a pretty sick cartoon, imitating a level of Donkey Kong, while Mom and Dr. Hamid chatted. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Just simple things like keeping track of inventory and making the shelves neat,” I explain. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She arranges the paintings into a neat stack. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Dreep lifted a trapdoor to the cellar and said, “Go on, have a look. There’s some neat stuff down there.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z No coffee brewed on the stove; everything was exactly as neat and clean as Gramma had left it when I went to bed the night before. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I stood in our bedroom and looked at Arturo’s clothes folded in neat towers on the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They were covered in scratches, but they were too neat and regular to be random. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Besides the money, though, it was neat being inside their house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She always said if a house looked neat, folks didn’t notice cobwebs in the corners or dust on the mantelpiece. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He seemed respectable enough: neat striped suit, dark hair, briefcase between his feet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The way she fastened her hair into the neatest twist. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A butter churn stood watch over a neat stack of fresh-split wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Now even the rows of neat dormitories seemed to threaten me, the rolling lawns appearing as hostile as the gray highway with its white dividing line. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the best roommate I’ve ever had, quiet and neat, and usually off in his own part of the house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’ve been sitting with him for two weeks now, and let’s just say he’s not the neatest eater in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z His own hair was dark, pulled back into a neat queue, and tied with string. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie was about to ask who the neat freak was as a joke when Tess pointed to the corner. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z That made me a bit cantankerous, because crazy as she was, I could see the sense in making a neat row of ground piled on each side to keep the moisture from running off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Brave Orchid turned suddenly—another Moon Orchid, this one a neat little woman with a bun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He had special praise for Chester’s “phrasing,” by which he meant the neat way the cricket played all the notes of a passage without letting them slide together. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He would go to the store and get a chicken and it was all cleaned and neat, no feathers or insides, and his mother would bake it in die oven and he would eat it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z On the margin, in the secretary’s neat hand, was the laconic epitaph “susp.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo’s hair was combed back in neat furrows and he wore a pressed guayabera open at the neck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero wavelength equals infinite energy; zero and infinity conspired to break a nice, neat system of laws. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We always looked neat and clean, but it wasn't the same as the other kids who had store-bought clothes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Why is everything neater in my head than in real life? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Her handwriting was neat, and I could read what she’d written: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He took care to keep the place neat, for he disliked having to clear a space to sleep at the tired end of the day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Liam’s handwriting was neat and precise, and, surprisingly, so was Zu’s. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to admit that her project sounded pretty neat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The neat thing about the slope of the street was the restaurant signs that jutted out from the graceful buildings on each side. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z To compose a passage with this orderly structure, a writer must organize the content she hopes to convey into a neat hierarchy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The envelopes was all of the same kind of rough paper, but the writing on ’em was very fancy and done neat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The neat pile of body bags was waiting for the rest of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Alexa’s mom forces them to sit down together every night, and even though Alexa complains about it, I think it’s neat. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The letters and numbers are neat and careful, like they were drawn by a child expecting to be graded. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My mom wordlessly kneels to gather scraps of drawings from our game of Honor Pictionary and stacks them into a neat pile. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed an extra quiver of arrows labeled assorted varieties in his mother’s neat printing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The drawing was still there, propped up against her neat stack of books, one corner drooping from the weight of a paper clip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The fox lay perfectly still, eyes closed tightly, wind whistling through his nose, until every single quill had been removed and placed in a neat pile beside him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The house, painted a pale green, was eerily neat and well maintained. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Underneath the heavy black lines I could see neat blue handwriting. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The nuts twirled out on his command, collecting in a neat pile on the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Cal stood on the neat porch and kept his finger on the bell until the harsh overlight flashed on and the night bolt rasped and Mrs. Bacon looked out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She wound my braid into a tight ball, then arranged and snipped the loose silk strands until they fell into a neat tassel. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Levy has his hair brushed back nice and neat, and he isn’t wearing his lab coat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She put the medal back on the dresser, lining it up nice and neat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Some of them had separated their money, folded the bills around their fingers, clenched the fingers into fists, so the neat ends of the money stuck out in a blend of daintiness and violence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She had plump dimpled cheeks, happy blue eyes, and neat curly tumed-up hair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My wrapping job is not super neat, but I think it looks cool. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Dad's tools live in neat racks above his workbench. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But she said nothing, and the following evening all of Pearl’s new clothes appeared in a neat pile at the foot of her bed, and Pearl breathed a sigh of relief. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In what must have been an excruciating effort, he had pulled a neat white dress shirt and tie over his ravaged chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A man with his braids twisted into a neat bun points and smiles. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We moved quickly northward, heading for Wisconsin through a noble land of good fields and magnificent trees, a gentleman’s countryside, neat and white-fenced and I would guess subsidized by outside income. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Resa reached for the paper again, and once more it took him a painfully long time to decipher her clear, neat writing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he rolled up the cleaning kit, set the gun on the table, and lined up the remaining rounds in a neat row of four. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was well developed for his age, and neat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They worked methodically, keeping the withered flowers in a neat heap and piling up the wire frames carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There he sat cracking marrowbones, neat, tough, durable, his sleek furlike hair shedding the water like a bird’s feathers: he dripped a little onto his shoulders, like house-eaves dripping, and never noticed it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Ross looked sharp and neat with a smart-looking very short hairdo like a soft black cap, and high winging eyebrows, like Melanie’s. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Our father praised Laertes’ schoolwork, but when I showed him my neat rows of numbers, he only patted my head as if I were his dog. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This room was swept and fairly neat, for Crooks was a proud, aloof man. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He invents a machine to slice carrots: lift a lever, nineteen blades drop, and the carrot falls apart into twenty neat cylinders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There, running vertically down the side of her palm, was her phone number written in neat block letters in dark blue pen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Despite its outwardly untidy appearance, the nest was neat and cozy on the inside. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It’s neat that you were able to see that, though. So many people don’t. Obviously.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He opens it to reveal flattened caps arranged in neat rows. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It seemed tiny to me now, the synagogue, so much less neat than when I had seen it for the first time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When he arrived, he’s not sure—can’t say he remembers the return journey—but there are all his most familiar things: impeccably neat entryway, empty peach bowl on the table... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He spread a neat layer of newspapers beneath the head, so that the blood would not drip on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A neat pile of books was stacked next to it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He began showing up at the barn in neat gray suits, dark vests, whipcord trousers, wing tips, and on race days a restrained Republican tie. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair came loose from the neat bun at her neck and flew in long frizzes down to her waist. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because there are all sorts of neat paper airplane designs in here,” said Sierra. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But Zu only slipped her notebook back out of her pink duffel bag and wrote in her neat, looping handwriting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Ivan flipped to the next page, where writing was stacked in neat lines along the paper. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Your mother’s neat, Moira would say, when we were at college. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to scare them away, now, do you? You must keep it pulled back. If you’re neat and well mannered, they might not be so quick to jump to conclusions.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She slipped the card into the math book that lay in the middle of Miss Harris’s otherwise absolutely neat desk. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She and Joe had found neat little bones by the doors of the den and tufts of fur and feathers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Alongside the neat gray wharf sheds that lined the river and canal across the railroad tracks, Lew Pants huddled, a silent and smoky plea for urban renewal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Betty Jean’s house was small and white, with neat flower beds in the front. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There she was, waiting on the back step with two neat sacks beside her, one for herself and one for him, only his exactly twice as big. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She was neat and orderly, just like Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With my journal open beside me, I rewrote my letter on the stationery in my neatest print. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There were clerks with neat little skull-caps to keep their tonsures warm, dressed in sober clothes which contrasted with the laity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Women in neat knee-length dresses with delicate hats or large sculpted curls in their hair. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was very neat but surprisingly dirty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was ashamed to say aloud that he wished the house to look neat on this day. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And then a young man, the agents clerk in his neat suit and cravat, appeared at her side and asked her to come with him to the agent’s office. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Nothing was neat and pleasant but ‘Marmee’s corner’, which looked as usual. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Beatrice had sized up his mother perfectly: Mrs. Eberhardt kept an exceptionally neat house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I write them up real nice and neat. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Lifting herself over the gutter with a neat flick of her bushy tail, Jess clattered across to a small slate side roof. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Look at all the great stuff I’m missing. No neat name for me. No dead muskrats. No torturing people on the way home from school. No making mothers scream. No Treatment on my birthday.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Dust lay thick on the floor, there were neat hillocks of chipped cement and the earth where bandicoots, for some obscure reason of their own, had dug. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Mr. Popper had abandoned his telephoning and was now busy shaving and making himself neat in honor of being the owner of such a splendid bird as Captain Cook. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z It was always so neat in Vega’s apartment. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In their gray-and-black dress uniforms, their peaked hats adorned with silver skulls and crossbones sitting on their tables, they stood out from the rest of the crowd—neat, severe, and ominous. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I leave neat, shallow footprints as I walk across it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They are full of new pink, yellow and bright purple garden flowers growing in neat rows. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden ran neat and tidy from the back porch down to the cobhouse beside the yard where she stretched her clothesline. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Mary was a good little girl who always kept her dress clean and neat and minded her manners. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an area that had bushes, and baby trees, and benches, and a neat water fountain. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finally Mami returns, her tears all dry, and she brings me an apple, cut up into neat wedges. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z My room's neater than it's been in about three years, and I don't want to have to clean it up again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Drawn on the light cement wall in thick black magic marker are three neat swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He opened it in his usual neat, unhurried fashion. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She keeps the place neat and clean, always putting my things away and washing dishes and scrubbing floors. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Remembering him in his neat suit at the Quidditch World Cup, Harry thought he looked strange in wizard’s robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Tiffany giggled and said, “He sure is neat.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The parlour was rather a small room, very plainly furnished, yet comfortable, because clean and neat. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He tapped his pencil—tap, tap, tap—across the neat green field of his blotter. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z On top of all that, Needles's room was neat. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I’m five minutes early, but Anna’s car is already here, and as soon as I step inside, I see her—dark hair in a neat ponytail, back to the door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z My mother, for her part, kept every one of these letters, binding them carefully in neat bundles with green tape, but this was her own secret. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z It's really kind of neat, like a movie. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It must be neat to work in an office, I thought. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Nathan was squatting over his tarp, folding it into a neat square. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Before you leave your room in the morning, fold up your pajamas and blankets and leave them in a neat pile on the bed, what they called “open-air style.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His neat pencil mustache divided his upper lip horizontally into half and ended exactly in line with the ends of his mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s found some neat stuff like old flags and broken furniture that looks like ninja weapons, but mostly he just finds food leftovers, cigarette ashes, and beer bottles. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Soldiers, wearing crisp uniforms with shiny buttons and carefully polished shoes, were lined up in neat rows, saluting him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Sleek and shiny, with a mahogany handle, it had a long tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My sister did not start talking among nonfamily until a year after I started, but she was neat while I was messy, my hair tangled and dusty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her twin unrolled the bills, laying them in neat stacks over a flat rock a few feet away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z At a quarter to ten, neat, spruce, and dandified as ever, he made his way to the restaurant car, where a chorus of woe was going on. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I find Aliya in the hall, arranging guest shoes in neat rows, and ask her to tell Fizz that I’m sorry, but I had to leave because of not feeling well. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Kate said at table one evening that she had just happened to look in Ethel’s room and it was so neat and pretty she couldn’t help buying her a present. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not the neatest writing, but I can see that she’s spelled out the name of Mama’s drink, the name that’s on all the labels. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The one on Harrison is kind of old, but it’s neat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Before we start, I want your dementor essays,” said Snape, waving his wand carelessly, so that twenty-five scrolls of parchment soared into the air and landed in a neat pile on his desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The house was straightened up and neat; the kitchen soft, bare, and shining. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There were fourteen kids in the class, and we all had on neat white robes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Two dozen, lined up in neat little rows. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z There they would be, sitting in a neat pile outside his door, waiting for the super to pick them up and take them down to the basement. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The Wesleys’ home was neat, orderly, and beautiful. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She plucks her eyebrows into neat little arches, and her ears are pierced at the top, where it looks totally cool. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He had no memory of eating those meals, and yet there they were, recorded in her neat proofreader’s hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Was this really where her neat and trimly-dressed school teacher lived? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s, on either side, were spruce and neat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As though everything around him had been flattened into a neat illustration. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should’ve become a math teacher. Then I’d have whole summers off, just me and my girls. Wouldn’t that be neat?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One of our neighbors, Mr. Miller, once explained to me that trailer parks like ours had originally consisted of a few dozen mobile homes arranged in neat rows on the ground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In his office he constantly altered the position of his coffee mug, his stapler, a jar of pens, he shuffled papers into neater piles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "This dinner on Saturday is in honor of Anu's new job. Come at seven. And please, Darnell, wear something clean and neat. One of your suits." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jam shook her head and arranged the rest of the pamphlets in a neat pile on the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She had, mercy on her, picked up that pail of filthy water and crammed it down on the overseer’s neat little head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Now a rosebush has been planted over the neat grass. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She ducked inside, refastened the latch, and picked her way past the empty desks with their neat stacks of orders and tallies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I start folding up each letter, neat as I can, but stop when I get to the next to last one. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z It’s all beautiful, but what I envy most is the neat row of things on her bureau. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not allowed to watch TV at home, and I’m not allowed to watch TV in limousines either, but it was still neat that there was a TV there. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I see his hands raised in takbeer to begin prayers, with everyone standing behind him in neat rows. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Shrubs that had been tidy topiaries had grown into great shaggy trees, and bowers of blooming vines had overspilled their neat beds to riot up the walls and columns and drape over the railing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I study her neat bun, wondering how she got it to stay that way. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Mom, who always likes things neat, says, “I don’t mind.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Harlan carefully scraped together all the cash, patting it and tunking it softly until it was in a single neat stack. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My fatigues were starched; I had a neat haircut and the clean, sterile smell of the rear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But as zero came into the fold, the neat relationship between a number’s cardinality and its ordinality was ruined. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z On the north side of the river, tidy neighborhoods of small frame houses now perched on neat squares of lawn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The other map was a huge one, sharply delineated, with all markings in neat Cyrillic characters. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I’m ignoring your sarcasm. I think it would be neat if we had that here. You’d be walking or riding along, and there would be this stone marker with a brass plate: ‘Enchanted Site. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There was a camping chair in one corner and a nest of blankets in another, and several books stacked in a neat pile next to an actual lantern. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He could see in her eyes how much she was struggling, trying to marshal her emotions into neat orderly rows like strands on her loom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “This is way too neat and tidy. It’s pure Abbey.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Owls cross my path as silently as raiding ships, and at the sound of my foot, lean wolves rise, glance at me awkwardly, and, neat of step as lizards, sneak away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z From the neat, double-spaced list, the name “Truitt” jumped out at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Too busy to notice my neat stack had grown into uneven bundles with either more than fifty or less than fifty newspapers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get dressed and meet me downstairs once you’ve used the privy,” Mama said, picking up a hand mirror and double-checking her own hair, which was as neat and tight as Ophie’s. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I’d pictured myself, dressed in a neat blue serge suit, my money changer swinging jauntily at my waist, and a cheery smile for the passengers which would make their own work day brighter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to keep them neat, but sometimes I forget and smush them. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z A day later he returned to the Keys and stayed with us for a week—one of the neatest times of my life. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The lawns were neat and clean and looked like green carpets. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was a neat hoop across the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z While he talked in the mornings, Billy Buck cut twenty or thirty straws into neat three-inch lengths and stuck them into his hatband. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the neatest handwriting in the world. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Leale’s fingers probed for the source of the blood and found it behind the left ear: a neat, round hole, about the diameter of a man’s fingertip, clotted with a plug of coagulated blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By lunchtime I was knotting the garlands into neat circles and tossing them onto the heap of garlands as quickly as Tanu and the others. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he smiled, showing a neat row of gray teeth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled of perfume, several bottles of which were lined in a neat row next to the makeup. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z She glanced with satisfaction at the neat swath behind her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her office is perfectly normal, not too neat, not too messy. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even his script is neat: up and down perfectly, with really small round loopy letters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Granny’s home was a tiny, neat shack, measuring twelve by fifteen feet. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z London was soon far behind them, replaced by neat green fields that gave way in turn to wide, purplish moors, a great city alive with cars like multicolored ants, villages with tiny toy churches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I think it’s pretty neat,” he says, following me inside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z People knew a lot more about dying inside the hospital and made a much neater, more orderly job of it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She’s a short, squat woman with neat hair and an apron that looks like it has beet stains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then he looked at the neat arcs of gleaming tools, so eager to cut, they seemed to tremble. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z From the outside it looked like a regular old drawer pulled out of the dresser, but inside it were frames of honeycomb hung in a neat row. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Crow stood before them in her neat black dress, her hands raised toward the crumbling ceiling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The prince wore a golden crown upon his neat hair, and she had to concede that he looked rather regal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But when Hirohito ran over, I said, “That was really neat” Sister Pat pushed us to the stage and we marched out before all those people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to bed that night exhausted and exhilarated, the hummingbird nest in its neat glass box on my dresser next to my hairpins and ribbons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Rows and rows of numbers, over and over again, in neat columns, in her small, tight script. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was the little garden where I brought water to the neat rows of eggplant and okra. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I pull the light cord, I see a stack of Mom’s nursing uniforms on a shelf, perfectly folded into neat Dad-squares, with one of her plastic name-tag pins resting on top. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Just add ly to a word like neat and you end up with neatly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They sit in a neat pile ready to be handed out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a black suit, old-fashioned in style but neat, not ragged. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Once they got off Route 1 in Fairfield, everything was clean and neat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Croker opened a drawer and found a little cardboard box of screws with ready-filed one-way heads, just like the one Malcolm had made in Mr. Taphouse’s workshop, but much neater. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When they had cut enough to make a pile, they slid the cut stalks off the slats, into neat heaps on the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem for me: I was usually the only one in the Poseidon cabin, and I’m not exactly what you would call neat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I use some moisturizing cream to gather it all up, brush it, and pin it into a neat bun. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But just to clear this up neat and quick, she say, I’m home. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was sitting on the ground, cutting a neat sharp end on each of a pile of fence sticks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And sure enough there she was, moving along the opposite pavement, dressed in her neat grey suit, just like the ones she’d always worn. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The chest was as neat and tidy as the cabin had been cluttered and dirty. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d sketched a neat diagram of the light board and was watching Mr. Partridge flip switches. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Everyone except Dad would make his own bed and keep his room neat. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But as they tried to trim the thread — A-Fu thought it would look neater if the end didn’t dangle — they discovered that the borrowed line could not be cut. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Towels floated through the air, folding and stacking into neat piles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I took out a neat old film projector. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z So Dasch told them they looked "neat" in a sarcastic tone. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There was a small, neat paper label pasted on the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I unfold the note to see a heart and, in Hope’s neat cursive, “See you soon! Two weeks till your Big 18! Hope and Jason.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Thirty kids, in six neat rows, being borne along at a speed we can’t perceive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The latter had on a neat gray coat with the traditional pregnant- woman bow at her navel, a black cloche, and a pair of four- button ladies’ galoshes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wore neat, plain coats except for Hanako, who of course wore her purple one. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In neat handwriting, a black pen, small words say The Pixies. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I make sure I’m neat and buttoned before walking up the hill. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You looked so neat and handsome when you started for your walk. And now look at the front of you!” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a cabinet next to me with a lot of neat stuff inside. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps where "Three o'Clock in the Morning," a neat, sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z With God at the top, British society was neat and ordered. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Petra, writing in neat purple ink, started a new page with the heading "Facts about Vermeer." Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Wow, Kelly. Your room’s even neater than usual.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He was gripped with curiosity as the running boy dashed through one neat green yard after another, getting smaller in Roy’s vision as he put a wider distance between himself and the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, inside the gatehouse, there was a neat little hole in the middle of the vaulted ceiling, which had painted tracery and basses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There's a big old TV with a doily on the top, and an empty goldfish bowl, and piles of newspapers tied up neat with string, and a Bible on this little table by the TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The warden is as neat as ever, like he just came out of the barbershop. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think this would be a neat place to work,” April said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollo 9 had called theirs Gumdrop and Spider, which I thought were neat names because the command module teas shaped like a gumdrop and the lunar module did look sort of like a spider. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Reverend Cooper poured it warm and neat into the two glasses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pinned his Head Boy badge to the fez perched jauntily on top of his neat hair, his horn-rimmed glasses flashing in the Egyptian sun. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She would take the coarse blue cloth Weylin bought for the slaves and make neat sturdy clothing of it while small children played around her feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Their house was new, and always very neat, because Mrs. Peterson had no little girls to muss it up. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I spotted a plain white envelope with my name, Zoe Washington, and my address handwritten in neat, blue print. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Like most Army men, the Colonel was a neat packer. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a nice little town, very prosperous, with neat houses and all the sanitary conveniences. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He used to have locks, but he cut them off when he started working full-time, and now his hair is short and neat like an old man's even though he's only twenty-two. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z She balanced her paring knife on a neat pile of turnip peels and put her hands on her hips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Diana took the copies and placed them on the back table in a neat stack under the sign that said take one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Palace-lined streets, parks and fountains, spires and towers—all were labeled in neat and legible handwriting. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the whipping and snapping branches of the trees, the buds rode it out head to wind, their bodies horizontal, their neat claws turned to anchors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass was green and neat, the mulch surrounding the various trees bright and woody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But it was also that the neat stacks of dishes on the high shelves and the smell of Pine-Sol made me feel weirdly safe, or warm, or just normal, I guess. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Hazel pulled the comforter up on the bed so it was nice and neat, and then grabbed her backpack, stuffed the jacket in it, and tiptoed through the dark cottage. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He sits in the darkened drafting room, surrounded by the desks of his coworkers, some piled with drawings and models, others as neat as a pin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Kabuo recognized Carl’s neat hand in things, his way of establishing a rigid order, the force that had driven him, years before, to keep his tackle box shipshape. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The shelves were jammed full of books and stacks of scrolls, but tidily—a neat kind of clutter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Weary told Billy about neat tortures he’d read about or seen in the movies or heard on the radio— about other neat tortures he himself had invented. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My clothes were all folded up in a neat pile the same way Momma used to fold them when she’d go to work before I got up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The words is written out real neat and straight and strong. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She thought of their neat white house with green shutters in St. Louis. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The system of communications used in science should provide a neat, workable model for studying mechanisms of information-building in human society. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Very neatly dressed in a little black suit with a French grey shirt, the smooth waves of her dark head were neat and unruffled. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the government did not really function like the neat little charts in some middle-school civics textbook. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She walked down the path and hesitated in front of the small, neat cemetery. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart sat down at his desk with a determined air and cleared a large neat space in his blotter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The edges of the grass were clipped very short and neat around the gravestones, and the hedge was straight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Salva looked up at the woman in her neat uniform and shook his head to show that he did not understand. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Muff had told him after church that he should be grateful that Naomi kept the house neat as a pin and ought not make extra work for her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Twisting her damp hair away from her face, Sefia began digging her belongings out of the pack, laying them out in neat piles until her searching hands hit something flat and solid and firm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I waved harder and I thought about Amanda Wilkinson and how it was neat that she liked a good story the same as I did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to her were three neat rows of accordion folders. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z More precisely, these ratios had to be written in the form a/b, where a and b were nice, neat counting numbers like 1, 2, or 47. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Finally she dropped her arms and folded the shirt into a neat package. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Stacks of books were piled high all over the house—not just arranged in neat rows on bookshelves, the way other people kept them, oh no! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I look around wishing our apartment were this neat. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll say you do a lovely job, thought, so neat. That dress looks professional.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all shipshape, and the skin of the hull was undamaged, though the neat gyptian paintwork was a bit scratched. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d made my side as cozy and neat as I could, decorating the space with trails of golden fairy lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I have the neatest handwriting in my class and get the highest marks on all my compositions. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stare at Matilde’s message, the neat, round letters and numbers that I already know by heart. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero would punch a hole in the neat Pythagorean order of the universe, and for that reason it could not be tolerated. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The girls’ line was neat; they looked like angels in their starched white dresses, each pair of hands holding a white prayer book and a rosary. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t decide, so I do the easy part first and write “Catherine” at the top in tiny, neat letters. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A neat French braid begins at Zeta-4’s left ear and curves around the back, to where it twists into a pretzel bun on the opposite side, a lot like the Chancellor’s. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the corner, a neat stack of American magazines features page after page of luridly sculpted men in contorted poses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias thought of the neat cozy little bed and a wave of homesickness swept over him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her pert neat little daemon trotted along at her heels just as brisk and blank as she was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "To join the other victims, I suppose? All neat and tidy. As far as I'm concerned he can stay where he is." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He was voted neatest junior boy last year, and Papa had hugged him so tight that Jaja thought his back had snapped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He was fresh looking and clean shaven, neat in his serge suit with its exaggerated shoulders. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The sunshine came streaming through the windows into the house, and everything was so neat and pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad plops into the desk chair and starts making neat little stacks out of them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z So the capture of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry served as quite a neat overture for all that followed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Gretchen took a short lap of her coffee, surprisingly neat, then looked up at me and with a gentle paw pushed the sugar bowl over toward me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The worn scraps of fabric felt deliciously soft in my hands as I folded them in neat squares, transformed by my imagination into fine clothes for sale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This nurse’s was a pretty bird, just as neat and incurious as Sister Clara's dog, and the doctor’s was a large heavy moth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Everything else was neat and clean? Just the cup, that’s all?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One was how neat the shooting had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Pots of flowers line the pathway in neat rows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I guess he thought that made him a very neat guy. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Well, part of what is so neat is that he worked from newspapers. I know most people would think this was completely stupid.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I slapped the cow dung into nicely shaped cakes and plastered them to the walls, a neat handprint on each one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In no time, I find the pack, a neat pile of roots beside it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She had reshaped our garden overnight into eight neat burial mounds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The words filling the page were written in the same blue handwriting from the front of the envelope, except the print wasn’t as neat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The checks were written in the squat, neat print of Momma’s manager, Wynn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z You might never guess this, however, from the neat post hoc analyses that follow each market’s close. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses there were modest but neat, with patches of new lawn that seemed oddly green and out of place in the uniformly brown surroundings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mordred was as slim as ever, a neat figure in the height of fashion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a day not unlike thirty others, with many neat holes dug in the dawn hours, seeds dropped in, and water brought from the bright canals. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The rooms seemed neat and spare, but not cold with tidiness. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z For he shaved our skull, and cleansed our wound and bound it neat with bandages stolen from the home of an unsuspecting leader of the mob, ha! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, looking about the crowded but neat shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight he was dressed very neat, and when he came in the door he had hung a grown man’s panama hat with a feather in it on the hatrack. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even though I’m a pretty neat person, I’ll never be as neat as my mother. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When she finishes her demonstration, she offers a neat bow, and several of the other darajas around me clap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Clary’s desk was a rickety table, littered with scraps of paper, all of them covered with notes in her neat, round handwriting. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Gloria came back to live in a neat wood house in the middle of a coconut grove behind her mother’s property. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Rachel had been gone nearly a week when she found the letter with her name written on it in small, neat handwriting. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A neat, perfectly circular bullet hole sat in the middle of his forehead, still leaking a little blood. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I thought ‘neat’ was all right,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He felt it was good enough to be copied out by someone with a neater hand, so he gave it to the schoolmaster at Down. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Void/zero destroys Aristotle’s neat argument, his refutation of Zeno, and his proof of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The house was neat and small and smelled like cinnamon. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I look at her, she is young and crisp, spotless and neat, like everything here; a man cannot realize that it isn’t for officers only, and feels himself strange and in some way even alarmed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Here she could arrange things, clean things, line things up in neat rows. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore his bread into neat triangles, not ripped hunks, as Rafik did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Taisin had always seemed so neat and orderly, not a hair out of place. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I brush my hair quickly and put it into a neat ponytail, frowning when it doesn’t look as good as I hoped it would. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I watched the row of neat black stitches across his temple. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Right below the whale’s tail were some words penned in June’s neat handwriting. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the back of the picture, in Kate’s neat, sharp handwriting, a name and address and a title. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Old Tallow’s cabin was small, neat, thickly mudded between logs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He slices into the apple, exposing a neat row of dark brown seeds. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It was a lot hotter, Dad pointed out, down in the valley along Stewart Street, which was lined with those cute brick houses that had their neat, square lawns and corrugated aluminum breezeways. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The villages are the prettiest, I guess, in the whole nation, neat and white- painted, and—not counting the motels and tourist courts—unchanged for a hundred years except for traffic and paved streets. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Since the Crochan is yours,” she said, “you’re entitled to know how to dispose of it. There’s only one way, though very simple and neat it is.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She watched him wind it around the wrapped book and tie a neat knot. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They rode past grimy little factories and projects and, after a while, along clean, grassy streets lined with neat little houses. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Thornfield! that, doubtless, was the name of her house: a neat orderly spot, I was sure; though I failed in my efforts to conceive a correct plan of the premises. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z After stacking them in a neat pile, he raised his head and looked straight at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s extremely neat, with a perfect, smooth bobbed haircut—not a strand out of place. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was not handwriting, or if it was, it was the neatest, most regular handwriting she had ever seen. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There were nearly twenty PSFs on the ground, swarming the neat small lines of kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In neat little rows I tacked the hides on the smokehouse wall. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His neat hair and mustache were both in need of a wash and a trim. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It’s this girl with trim hair and neat, high bangs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Theo will wash your face for you and make you all neat for breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The inside of Jessica’s home was as neat as the outside. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When those packs were set neatly down on the bottom, she told Omakayas to fetch the parched corn, which she had stored in neat skin bags. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Malcolm’s other constituency lay just over the bridge outside the tavern, in the gray stone buildings set among green fields and neat orchards and kitchen gardens of the Priory of St. Rosamund. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But the windows are sparkling clean, and the lawn is short and neat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Also sometimes we’ll see a witch doctor with aspirins, pink pills, yellow pills, and animal pieces all laid out in neat rows on a black velvet cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I leaned her against the windowsill earlier, I had arranged her new dress so the little pleats lay flat in neat rows, the way Mama had pressed them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He still hadn’t gone back to work, but I thought he never looked haler or heartier, or neater or spiffier. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “We arrived last week. We’ll soon have things as neat and tidy as Earth.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Chairs were arranged in neat rows around three sides of a portable boxing ring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In Room 205, the morning journal assignment was written in neat script on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you that much. You turned the tables around nice and neat.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I would save my rejection slips, and every six months or so I would put them into a neat pile to check my progress. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z All their repugnance was contained in the neat balance of the triangles—a balance that soothed him, transferred some of its equilibrium to him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His lips are red, and his orange-red beard is neat, closely cropped. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I like Christmas here,” Cari said, laying out her ribbons in a neat row. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There had been a small neat woman with very red lips who clung to him avidly when we first arrived. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped finally in front of a neat little Victorian house with an odd shape. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’s gone, I eyeball the room, at how neat it all looks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That would be neat if we could finish it and you could use it to find fun things to do in DC that your parents would take you to. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He might not have cared about his clothes anymore, but his hair was always combed into a neat white hairdo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Curving his paws expertly around a warm brown egg, he held it firmly, then cracked it with a neat sideways tap from a long incisor tooth, the contents settling intact on the straw. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Oranges, cocoanuts and alligator pears lay in neat piles on little tables. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes later, there would be a neat report of sharp knocks at the door: rat-a-tat-tat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But whenever possible, he stole a few minutes on Friday just to stand close to her and hear her voice, soft and smooth as suede, assuring him that he was a “neat kid.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She said nothing, bent to her sewing and drew the needle in quick neat tiny stitches even though her hands were shaking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Opposite him a spare, neat Englishman had the expressionless disapproving face of the well-trained servant. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z From then on he worked slowly and methodically, stacking the wood in neat rows in the cart. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Do not spend your time wanting things you cannot have. Be clean and dress nice and neat. Be polite. Make good grades. You will do well. You are so, so, so brave, hijo.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z As the horizon became a neat, sharp line, I scanned it eagerly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A tall, broad-shouldered white man wearing a neat, well- pressed uniform sat at a desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In between the two are old, pretty houses that seem to shine in the sunlight like charms on a giant bracelet, linked together by the flower gardens that spill over their neat picket fences. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Gone her neat bun; her hair hung loose, tucked behind her ears. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His nails were large, rounded at the bottom and blunt and neat at the tips. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She starts laughing and laughing, showing us her very neat and clean gums while she howls: “Ooooooh, I got you! I got alla you!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But there was Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean and he was neat as a pin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Rusty Ruins, the neat row houses and gardens seemed much smaller to her now, an endless village of dollhouses. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s really neat and pretty in some paragraphs, then it gets all slanted and jumbled in others. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It is a cramped but very clean and neat space. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Despite the smell, the room he stood in now was clean and neat with no evidence of bugs, dead or otherwise. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I may have never been to Tokyo before, but even I can tell that this is in an upper-class neighborhood, with perfectly clean sidewalks and neat rows of cherry trees not yet in bloom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Finnick counts them, turning each one over in his hands before he sets it in a neat configuration. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can sew, and I am quite neat. I’m good with numbers,” I say. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She glanced briefly at the kids in the bed to be sure they were sound asleep, and then she allowed herself to read the whispery words, faded letters in a neat hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I noticed with envy that she had escaped drastic coiffuric ministrations; her pale, silvery-blond hair hung down her back in two neat braids. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z On the day that the display opened, C.P. and Butler sat defiantly at a table behind neat stacks of Klan literature while people walked around the room examining the exhibits. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I slid my false armband—now inked with a neat Jewish star—up and over my bulging sleeve and darted into the ghetto like a bird. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sorrel, a neat and natty person, smiled and bowed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z English, on the other hand, poses a challenge for people like Sasha who don’t see themselves as fitting into neat either/or categories like male or female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He thinks the fortune-teller looks a bit sad as she begins to gather up the cards on the table, putting them back into a neat pile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Most of the courtyard was cobblestones, but a small, neat garden took up a significant part near the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The fracture is complete, dividing the bone into two neat pieces. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There were neat photographs on the walls, including one where you could see an African-American woman’s VJ, which made me feel self-conscious. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In the place of neat, orderly lines was mass chaos. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was a pretty farmhouse, with old furniture, but neat and tidy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The handwriting in the messages is pretty neat, I think, picturing them again in my mind. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There is nothing about this boy that is neat and careful. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Saint Sarah: clear, glowing skin; perfectly proportioned, neat features with a big, ever-present smile flashing perfect teeth; a steely determined head; and a Mother Teresa heart. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She sits folding clothes into neat piles on the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At first I thought they were hills, but they were too uniform; nature wasn't so neat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The jar had a neat, handwritten label on it: MO'S PROMISE. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His bed is pushed up against the far wall, and it’s actually neat, with the covers pulled up and everything. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “And took the rubbish out,” his mum said quietly, looking at how neat he’d left the kitchen. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He looked hopefully at Bogert, who was still blandly neat and whose inner tension was perhaps betrayed only by the trace of glister at his temples. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And underneath each picture, I’ve written our names in my neatest handwriting. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He looked immaculate, with a shining black cap, polished medals, and neat white gloves like a traffic policeman. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In their place was a neat pile of smoky blue garments. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sammy takes the king of clubs and uses it to scoot the powder into a neat line. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It drew neater and nearer the hedgerow at the far end of the field. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why, before I knew he was wanted I shot him, as neat as neat, at fifty paces right in the back; but he ran on.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They had to tie it in neat bundles and put their names on everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It had a neat yard but was so small that dwarves could have lived there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She arranged the little packages in neat rows on the empty seat in front of her as though she was setting up a phlegm stall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kuhn’s distinction between two types of science was too neat, but his basic approach was sound: sometimes, as we have seen, one discovery leads to another in a way which is, with hindsight, entirely inevitable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I pull a clean one from the neat stack, but I can’t remember how the Doctorita folded the diaper and pinned it on him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock ticks with its pendulum, keeping time; my feet in their neat red shoes count the way down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost better than the real thing because it was neat and could be opened and closed as much as I wanted it to be. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z For a present, he had already prepared an old orange crate to carry them in, tied with neat rope handles at either end. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s handsome, wearing polished black shoes and a neat orange button-down shirt tucked into his ironed pants. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawn was spreading her rosy fingers in the sky when Sean finished twenty of the smallest, neatest, most careful stitches his big fingers could manage, would ever manage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A couple minutes later he returned, carrying a neat white and green Burtons pharmacy bag, which he efficiently stapled closed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Written on the back of the picture in neat cursive was “3rd row, 5th from left.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She spread the map on Mr. Turner’s desk, his neat stacks of documents tumbling into heaps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was a neat flight plan, especially the space-walk part. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The hinges on the cabinets were Ls, the water faucets were Xs, the burners on the stove stood up on neat N legs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Due to lack of practice, it was a little crooked but far neater than Lissa’s large, round, loopy handwriting. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Down below were houses, neat and uniform, calm and organized. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The blood was coming from her, from two neat cuts across her palms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Pressing the glass to her lips, she snapped her head back and downed the shot in one neat gulp. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Their new home was not going to be as neat and organized as Charles liked. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch chewed ferociously on his lunch and eyed his niece, who was arranging lettuce, hunks of avocado, green pepper, and onions in a neat row on her plate. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z A pretty little house stood at the top of the lane, with a garden before it, exquisitely neat and brilliantly blooming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Papa sits at the table with a rag, polishing all of our silver, which lies in neat piles around him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z For one thing, I was someone who liked things to be neat and planned in advance, and from what I could tell, there seemed to be nothing especially neat about a life in politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Both of them lived near the edge of the school district, where houses had neat lawns with trees in the backyard and a fresh coat of paint every other year. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Page fifteen is a picture of him the press team took two weeks ago, a nice, neat little package on him helping the Smithsonian with an exhibit about his mom’s historic presidential campaign. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not a toy, I guess, but it is pretty neat.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I would then take a sheet of paper, and write across the top of it, in a neat hand, the heading, “Memorandum of Pip’s debts”; with Barnard’s Inn and the date very carefully added. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Dog tracks and rabbit too, neat as the pattern on a Sunday tie scattered over the snow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We parked the wagon on the street, and I started to organize the bundle of clothes in a neat pile. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried not to think of the kids outside the school in their neat circles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z From a well-dressed and neat individual he became filthy and ragged. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Well, aren’t you neat as a box pleat. Got any fabrics in mind today?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She reached out and took his neat stack of bills, counted the money while she spoke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked down at the page of his cipher in Kvothe’s neat handwriting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Levi lives in a small, neat white house that’s decorated with purple flowers and large pumpkins. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His face was shaved, the mustache trimmed to a neat pencil line again, the hair combed and slicked down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When we got there I was wore out, and the heat and burning oil had made a dirty brown mess out of the Pierce’s neat new engine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Nick had square glasses and dark hair, which he gelled and teased into neat spikes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The ice cream stood in neat rows in the opposite freezer. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She folded her sewing into a neat pile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z As they came into the dining room and Joseph Ryan approached the table in the corner, Mia saw herself somehow already sitting at the table, in a neat navy dress, a cocktail in her hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In a far corner, I’d made a neat stack of Uncle Chester’s clothes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As I slid into the seat behind her, I saw that she had already arranged her colored pens in a neat row above her notebook. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z One, two, three, the owls soared through it and landed on the table in a neat line. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Three white shirts; a couple khaki pants; and the tie, folded neat and clean. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z But I finished the whole plastic row, four neat towers next to the sugar and the milk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he coils it into quick, neat loops and walks off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a neat stack of dark bags on the shelf. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The system was too neat to last, and soon geologists were contributing additional divisions while eliminating others. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z His red mustache was never neat and his hair would not lie down and his hands were hard from work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Some have hair growing on their faces in neat patterns. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Charles noted that from an early age she was neater than her big brother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Blunt cut a neat slice off his meat. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I imagine that I’m huddled over there with them, wearing a burgundy skirt that grazes my knees and white socks pulled up my calves and an ironed white shirt and neat vest and sparkly barrettes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaving the papers on the floor, Chandresh returns to the desk, to the neat pile of notebooks next to the abandoned brandy bottle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The houses on either side are the same, although the muddy path is gone: in its place is a neat little hand railing, a trim cement walk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But just to dear this up neat and quick, she say, I’m home. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Messes” of loose paper, clothing, or toys are to be stacked into “neat messes.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His words are neater than mine, but they look good together. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Layla flicked a burp cloth in the air and folded it into a neat little square, scowling at Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She felt a surge of relief as she opened it to read her mother’s handwriting, neat and measured, on the yellowed pages. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For now, she pressed her lips together tightly and set her knife and fork down in a neat X across her plate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Naked white branches lay in a neat pile on a lawn not used to the light. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Do you think it’s theirs, and they’ve gone away for Christmas?” said Hermione, peering through the window at a neat little kitchen with geraniums on the windowsill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Of course in reality the day unfolded nothing like that neat and orderly schedule. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z What happened with education in South Africa, with the mission schools and the Bantu schools, offers a neat comparison of the two groups of whites who oppressed us, the British and the Afrikaners. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her chin is bent down and you can see the precise part in her hair, a neat white line drawn from above her left brow then over the black horizon of her head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I really want to show you this thing I can do that’s pretty neat,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And I made sure the front was as neat as the inside. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Another is full of old datebooks, the appointments filling the days written in some sort of shorthand in Marco’s neat, delicate handwriting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had laid the headboard down flat near the flowerbeds that bordered the house, with the side rails below it and the slats to either side in neat rows, like ribs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a supposition that was so neat, so convincing that she identified it as a premonition. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The next day, I stack the Miss Myrna letters in a neat pile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Fina lives practically across the street from the main Hampstead College gates, in a little lavender house with a neat square of grass in front. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Silena was nice, but she was an absolute neat freak, the worst inspector. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m kind of a neat freak, believe it or not. I like organizing things.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t insist that I dress up, as long as my clothes were neat and clean. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But that neat triangle—already more of a rectangle— is completely misleading. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z My stepbrother is a different sort of small than I was at his age—the neat and tidy sort, no elbows or ears jutting out, everything in proportion. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The weedy fields where the game lived had been leveled and their black soil turned over in neat rows. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As long as they were clean and neat I had not thought the material or the existence of lace mattered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a small neat place: white board houses, rail fences, all in order, one white church steeple. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the field, slaves, mostly men, worked steadily swinging scythes with attached wooden racks that caught the cut wheat in neat piles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Watching the sun go down all the way from the highest point in Alabama is kinda neat. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z But when Hirohito ran over, I said, “That was really neat” Sister Pat pushed us to the stage and we marched out before all those people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The room in which he lay was small and neat, furnished with a bureau, a table, a bed, and a few chairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His face and his gray gabardine suit both seemed to be neat and freshly pressed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman approaching is well dressed, neat blond hair and an expensive-looking suit. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When he looked down, Ekon saw that it was a sky-blue kaftan, embroidered in gold and folded into a neat square. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For everything in the universe to be governed by ratios, as the Pythagoreans hoped, everything that made sense in the universe had to be related to a nice, neat proportion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Her escort, Courtney, who I’m guessing is from out of town because I’ve never seen her before, wears her blond hair slicked back into a neat bun. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Until then Joey Peterson’s room had been the neatest room I had ever seen. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea when he took it off his finger, a neat bit of sleight of hand that I had no idea he could do, no less while inebriated. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pick up the rake and start making the dead-leaf pile neater. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She saw a kitchen garden below, planted in neat squares marked off in red brick; a profusion of herbs staked out territory directly below her window. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Renly's young queen was no more than fifteen, sixteen, he seemed to recall . . . older than Joffrey, but a few years were nothing, it was so neat and sweet he could taste it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For five days, girls in fourth grade through seventh grade from all over Brevard County learned all kinds of neat stuff about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He turned the animal over and showed the boy the small neat hole where the bullet had entered. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bram’s Honda Civic is old and comfy and meticulously neat, and he cranks up the heat as soon as we get inside. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I opened it up, and it made a neat little square, the inside was white, and even though it was waxy, I found I could write on it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull off my shoes and coat and set my keys and phone beside the neat stack of Finch’s clothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Uhmma is sitting on the bed and arranging my clothes into neat piles for the dresser we will share. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The buildings were freshly whitewashed, laid out in neat grids like the camp had been designed by a fussy math teacher. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan,” Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I smooth out the tiny piece of paper and try hard to be neat. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z His letters arrived in light blue envelopes embossed with the head of Patriarch Benjamin in the upper left-hand corner, and on the stationery inside, his handwriting, like his voice, was feminine and neat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her house was always neat, and we had clean clothes aplenty. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked clean and neat and peaceful, nestled there in the foothills of the Ozarks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa was stocky, not tall, but he was neat about his clothes, had a handsome face, and shaved every morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The story continues to unfold: A disorganized crowd of people become neat lines; couples cling to each other's hands for support. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When she looked down, her Evan-Picone white-with-a-band-of-color skirt was lying in a neat half fold on the shoulder of the road, and she was far far from home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One is less neat, another larger than the other two. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He would keep his study neat and orderly, but the rest of the house would be how Emma wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A neat row of daffodils lined up like soldiers along the edge of the chicken-wire fence that surrounded the garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Your stitches are neat and so tiny. My mother made the smallest stitches too. You could barely see them.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The neat living room at 432 Proudfoot Avenue was much like all the other living rooms in Stillwater, except that the walls were hung with pictures from the National Geographic Magazine. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z The neat divisions between Whigs and Tories did not accord with the Adams sense of the political landscape during the 1770s. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was very clean and neat: the ornamental windows were hung with little white curtains; the floor was spotless; the grate and fire-irons were burnished bright, and the fire burnt clear. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They rode down the muddy streets of the village, past rows of small neat houses of log and undressed stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was silent for a moment, then dropped a neat rolled-up napkin onto the pile, chopsticks, fork, and knife all swaddled together inside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Surrounded and held by Mama’s makazins, they looked fresh, neat, new. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He slipped off his shoes next to a neat line of them by the door, then put his Chrome bag down on a chair in the small dining room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On the ragged edge, a neat person had printed in blue ink, “P.A.” and the year the actor, dancer, or musician had graduated. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z From her mother she learned the business of running the house—how to sew neat, tiny stitches, how to spin rough wool into yarn, how to keep crowded chambers clean and orderly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I say a quick prayer that Mama wasn’t paying attention and that she won’t sign me up as everyone gets up and stands in neat rows. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They had to look neat or people wouldn’t trust them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone knew who Permian was and who Mojo was, and I thought it would be neat to be a Permian cheerleader,” said Bridgitte, who had lived with her grandparents since she was eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Because here's the neat part: I own some land. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Here the clay had been cut away in neat slabs, leaving a pattern of staggered rectangles in the riverbank. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He took out a stack of envelopes that was tied together neat with a blue ribbon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The neat rows reminded me of the braids Mama put in my hair at night to keep what she called my wild hair under control. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Come over here, li’l man, I don’t bite,” Rock says, arranging his equipment nice and neat. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Every single person on this street is subject to a mandatory search, by high order of the Kuhani. Failure to comply may result in fines and imprisonment. Make a neat and orderly line.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At first I thought of inviting her over to my place, but everything was too neat and orderly—too many straight lines to erase—and I knew it wouldn’t work here. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Shuffles several papers into a neat pile on the desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The Byrd house sat on a neat lawn separated by a white picket fence from the field grass on either side of the property. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while Daoud's hair had fallen out of its neat side parting, and now it looked perfectly disheveled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I line the bottles up real neat to make sure customers see them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Franny and I always smeared brownie batter on those handles when we baked, no matter how hard we tried to keep everything neat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The neatest thing in the whole room is a locked suitcase. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Getting rid of me and subduing the districts all in one neat little package. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Every thirty feet or so there is a neat, paved driveway going fifteen or twenty yards to nowhere. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Biff bowed his head and organized the story he had just heard into a neat pattern. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She looks down at the neat stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a neater way to deal with potatoes, as he knew from his mother’s example, and given a sharp knife, Malcolm could have shown the good nun, but he held his peace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The barracks were neat and clean, and there was even a post exchange. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She shakes her head to clear it, pulls her bags into a neat heap, wipes her eyes and nose with a corner of her T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s just since I moved in here. It was neat when I moved in, and I’ve had the compulsion to keep it that way. It upsets me now if anything is out of place.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Her customer’s head had only a tuft of hair left in front, sticking up like animal fur, while the rest was done in neat micro braids that fell to her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My abuelo’s print was very neat and didn’t waste any space. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He made careful preparations, wrapping himself in several coats and mufflers and encasing his neat boots in goloshes. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor sat back in another chair; his hair freshly combed, looking neat and dapper and self-possessed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The skin under his eyes was puffy, and Ekon noticed that Fahim's usually neat topknot of dreadlocks looked frizzy and slightly unkempt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Next to a neat stack of magazines, Cat Fantastic on top, fresh roses sat on the end table, their sweet smell losing against Lysol. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Doc Daneeka was a very neat, clean man whose idea of a good time was to sulk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Day two: a neat spherical basket with a tight-fitting lid, filled with mangwansi beans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was raining less heavily as the driver made a neat U-turn in the middle of the road to bring us outside the main gates of the museum. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Until this moment, no one had paid attention to William Petersen’s neat brick row house next door to the home that had been locked tight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a figure of romance to them now, where before she had been too neat, too prissy; almost, somehow, too clean to be a real friend. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly grab the rolled-up Post-it note from inside, unfurling it to see a message written in Stella’s neat handwriting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t think that law applies here,” said Isa, unconsciously adjusting her neat ponytail into an even neater ponytail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Tom’s bristly red hair was slicked down, and his fingernails were neat, white crescents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the right were neat beds of vegetables and herbs, arranged like spokes around a big sparkling fountain where bronze satyrs spewed water into a central bowl. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The figure in its tuxedo and derby hat, with a rolled-up waiter’s apron in a neat packet under its arm, seemed like life itself to Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark though it was, Sophie could see that they were in a country of green fields with neat hedges in between the fields. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand that when it comes to campus diversity, the ideal would be to achieve something resembling what’s often shown on college brochures—smiling students working and socializing in neat, ethnically blended groups. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Now a close shot of a prisoner, with a stubbled and dirty face, flanked by two Angels in their neat black uniforms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Harfoots were browner of skin, smaller, and shorter, and they were beardless and bootless; their hands and feet were neat and nimble; and they preferred highlands and hillsides. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her skin was as bare as the Happy Buddha’s belly, except for the neat rows of stiff curls that hugged her head. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to show you something neat. Okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She looked fresh and neat, while I felt rumpled and frumpy in my PJs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z After supper Gilly did her homework, knowing it was useless, that Miss Harris would never see the neat figures, row on row, that proved that Gilly Hopkins had met and mastered the metric system. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z And of course, when he saw how neat the penguins were, and how other guests came to his hotel in the hope of seeing them, he was very glad to have them. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing a neat little skirt and blouse with a matching blue hat, which had holes in it for her large ears. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Mm. I wrote a report about moas in grade school. I thought they were the neatest thing.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She picked them up, arranged them in sectional order, and put them on the sofa in a neat pile. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The grumpy old men caretakers had used her room for storage, but now it was clean and neat. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was the room of a neat girl with nothing to hide, or so it seemed until I found a hatbox just inside the closet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a bedroom—much neater than the rest of the house—and it had a lot of drawers and things to go through. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z One day after Zella had swept the floor to make it look neat and clean, she picked up a stick and drew a rug of flowers, deer, and butterflies in the earth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked that there were all these neat little drawings and paintings by students on the walls, framed like they were important. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Businessmen, heads down, swinging neat thin leather briefcases. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z After making a neat pile in the middle of the bandage, I gather up the sides, give them a twist, and tie them tightly with a length of vine, making an apple-sized bundle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He walked back to the sofa and thought about making a list, putting in a neat format the arguments for and against his mother still being alive. . ijtj . The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I always wrote direct quotes from Arletta in pen in my neatest cursive. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She looked thin and her skin was golden yellow, her greased black hair slicked neat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z All around the edges on clean damp stones were honeycombs and lovely neat, round light-yellow cheeses! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The numbers, neat and clear, shuttle back and forth between my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They flirt with us, looking handsome in their neat, long braids and pressed khaki pants and button-down shirts, all the best brand names. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The medal did its work, for both the turnkey and the jailer were also ‘Sons.’Johnny was given a neat, private room on the ground floor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all as neat and welcoming as if Nature herself had swept and tidied up her best room, figuring on guests coming to call. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The faces around him were bearded, but the beards were clean, neat, and their hands were clean. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z These soon took a pleasure in doing their work well, in keeping their persons neat, in learning their tasks regularly, in acquiring quiet and orderly manners. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The Queen scraped the remains of her cat into two heaps, one of them a neat pile of warm bones, the other a miscellaneous lump which softly steamed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z While the chief mate stood behind them, Reed unrolled a leather packet and took out a set of tools, lining them up in neat rows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And it was laid out straight on the ground—all neat and tidy. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Solomon’s seal had dark blue berries in a neat row where the flowers had hung under the leaves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But at last he put it in his pocket, took a drill from his tool bag, and made five small holes in a neat pattern on the refrigerator door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z People, mostly neighbors from the alley, were standing in neat circles, almost as if they had formed ranks intentionally. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma would always leave me a note that said something like, “Dear Bud, Please be neater, see you tonight, I love you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z When my alarm rang on Friday morning, the first thing I noticed was that on the end of my bed was a neat stack of clothes. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He liked best little green soft butter beans and he stacked them in a neat pile on the prongs of his fork. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z So the two of you picked a spot on the walkway and arranged the six necklaces that you’d finished in a neat line. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The dragon said nothing and stayed in a neat coil by the fire. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She was dressed in her neat traveling dress, the jacket edged in black braid, black velvet lapels, and large jet buttons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The next contestant is a tiny boy, hardly seven or eight years old, with a neat bow tie and hair that hangs over his eyes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They are square, neat boxes with wooden sides all round, and have unimpeachably satisfactory seats. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I sighed, looking at the glittering diamonds in the store window, the rings and the neat rows of golden watches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The title lettering, the illustrated cover, the pages bound—in that word alone she felt the attraction of the neat, limited and controllable form she had left behind when she decided to write a play. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She worked carefully, wasting little of the vegetable, making a neat pile of ends on the table before her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter was written with a purple pen on hotel stationery in remarkably neat handwriting. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ali Rodriguez lifted three boxes of flyers at a time and placed them in neat piles in a corner. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She made a neat move with the ball to get loose in the corner, then she crossed it, hard and low, right across the front of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brewer was standing in front of a group of women sitting in folding chairs placed in neat rows. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I faced all my other Lego kits—all neat and tidy on my shelves—and decided to do the same. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z On July 6, nearly finishing her research, she made a handwritten note in a hybrid of script and cursive, letters smaller and neater and more right-leaning than in her diary. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was like trying to wrap a loose peck of potatoes into a neat four-cornered package. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z All around the playing field were corpses, lying head to toe in neat rows with just space enough for one person to walk between. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Some houses are empty, too, but the windows are boarded up and their dry grass is low and still kept neat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I shifted from foot to foot in the line, arms across my grumbling middle, hair neat and mouth smeared just the tiniest bit red. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brenner’s apartment was tiny but fastidiously neat, with the majority of its space devoted to a table that seated six, and a stool for her to perch on when she orchestrated matchmaking meetings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We sure did have us a time, I was thinking, and it was pretty neat, sharing a dream with J.T. and Digger. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He was always so neat and now his tuxedo jacket was dirty as though he had been lying in the gutter and his derby hat was bashed in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His knife pointed upward for a cleaner, neater incision. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was neat—maybe fastidious was the better word—and his clothing and behavior suggested financial well-being. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jessie, wearing jeans and a baggy navy hoodie, was perched on the steps leading to the dungeon with a pile of colored gumdrops and wooden toothpicks in neat piles around her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She hoped she could find a cookbook in this neat and tidy kitchen, maybe behind a cupboard door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared out the window and watched the clouds and the crops, planted in neat square rows, and I tried to remember every detail so I could tell Liz all about it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It went in nice and neat, like a baseball into a glove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The neat children were mannerly not only to adults but to other children as well. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is without many furnitures and neat neat. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z They got a shiny little set a tools they use, sharp as witches’ fingernails, tidy and laid out neat, like the picks on a dentist tray. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Instead, in neat rows, were the certificates of students who had passed the Fourth Grade Spring Benchmark Writing Test, a section of the Texas state exams. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A man store owners and landlords liked because he set the children’s toys in a neat row when they left them scattered on the sidewalk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The long reeds were laid out in neat bunches. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He took an ordinary stick of kindling from the box and smelled it and said, “Maple. Good!” and proceeded to make a neat little totem pole out of it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “What is it you write there, my friend?” asked M. Bouc.“Mow cher, it is my habit to be neat and orderly. I make here a little table of chronological events.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z How, I wonder, can it be so neat and nasty at the same time? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Well, I call that neat as neat,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Johnny’s eyes flew about the shop, taking in the fine anvils, the hood upon the annealing furnace, the neat nests of crucibles. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The neat writing within indicated salary, number of holidays, sick leave, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The camera then follows me upstairs, in our old house, to show the viewers my neat room in contrast to Muhammad’s mess. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I visited the temples: the Govindji, with its great hall and its row of columns like tree trunks and its high ceilings where neat rows of bats hung like small furry pennants. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Watching the bread, the neat gray hands, a broad gold band on the left forefinger, knuckled there by a blue knuckle. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, in the neatest way you could wish, the tear in the back of his hauberk caught on a hook in the wall. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Inside was a home—neat and tidy and pleasant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My mother wore her hair neat and tidy in a bun. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s hair was neat and smooth and her coat clean. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The owl held a heart, and on it I wrote, “You’re a hoot” in my neatest cursive, but really, she wasn’t all that funny. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A small, round person with a big, round laugh, neat in all ways, he is a maker of tejas, roof tiles, the kind I sometimes helped Papi make. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My oldest girl, Sugar, is sixteen and pretty good about keeping things neat, but I like to help her out on the weekends the way my mama never helped me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His books were his books, you understand: his words, penned in his own hand and bound with his own neat stitches. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Down in the bottom of my lunch bucket I found a neat little package of scraps for my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Covering his chin, there was a small neat pointed black beard—a goatee. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z They were nearing a small, neat stone house set in its own garden. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Francis saw no reason to understate the power of the helical theory and within several minutes revealed the way Bessel functions gave neat answers. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I was conscious of my unruly hair that would not be trapped in a neat braid and my enormous eyes, which my younger brother called owl eyes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Underneath was a number of neat paper packets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z More dead men: a long neat line of dead, like a shattered fence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a graceful, clean, neat, silent maneuver. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The village of Ch’ulp’o faced the sea, its back to the mountains and the river edging it like a neat seam. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Even though she was a seventh grader, a year behind us, she was a neat kid. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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