| 单词 | neatly |
| 例句 | The covers on the couch were neatly folded when I passed by this morning, which is normal for a Friday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The mute wiped his forehead with a neatly folded handkerchief. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z On this side, the bushes were neatly trimmed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I pick up a case and work with Madge, putting everything back neatly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They were neatly arranged in shining rows inside a steel cabinet as big as a trunk. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the dimly flickering light, they saw rows of shelves, with coffins neatly placed on them, and the wood of the coffins was perfectly dry, as he found when he touched one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He could almost see the cogs working under Uncle Vernon’s thick, dark, neatly parted hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a duplicate of the street on which I lived, but a good deal older and less neatly kept. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When Effie eventually knocks on the door to summon me to dinner, I get up and take off my suit, fold it neatly, and set it on the table with my crown. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was another knock on the door, and this time it was David with their shirts, washed, dried, and neatly folded. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Her headscarf is neatly held in place with a fancy pin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I thought they were happy to see me, but when I opened the door to our shack, I saw that everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned neatly on to his feet, jumped down to the beach, knelt and swept a double armful of sand into a pile against his chest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He opened the bag again, put cooling salve on the burn and bandaged it neatly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex wakes up to find his bunk empty and made up, the pillow tucked neatly beneath the blanket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He noticed the sturdy furniture, neatly arranged, and the bookcases filled with Mentor’s books. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Even though I turn my attention to neatly folding my napkin, a spoonful of turnips slops into my bowl. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He parked his bicycle neatly in the port beside theirs and entered the building. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But tonight I have my own room, the bed neatly made up with crisp white sheets and two clean quilts. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Two bodies, dead or soon-to-die, being carried from the wreck, or laid neatly by the side of the road. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The desk and bureau were spotless, her bed was neatly made, and dozens of framed photographs hung stylishly on the walls. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The bedspread has neatly tucked-in hospital corners; the pillowcase is clean and white. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He ran back of the furnace, up the steps to his room and placed the pamphlets smoothly and neatly in a corner of his dresser drawer. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Rhiannon breaks hers neatly in half, checks out the slip of paper, and frowns. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Matilda, holding the hat in one hand and a thin tube of Superglue in the other, proceeded to squeeze a line of glue very neatly all round the inside rim of the hat. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Her glossy hair was bobbed and tied neatly with a pink ribbon that matched the dress she wore under a pretty white coat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It had begun to rain hard, so having stacked the sandbags neatly beside the door, they hurried inside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Mitt would dash past us to the king-sized mattress in the center of the open space and tumble on the neatly sheeted bed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The cemetery is almost festive, with colorful flowers dotting the neatly trimmed graves. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His “neatly written report” headed east, to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was in apartment 4D neatly writing in his patriotic notebook information gathered on the next heir. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The locks on her suitcase opened with two satisfying clicks; she enjoyed again how neatly her belongings fitted together, clean against the green lining. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor pulled out his math book and flipped it open to where my notes were neatly folded in half between the pages. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The trim little vixen trotted neatly back to the table and lay down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z One of them picked up the bottle; the others covered Winky with a large checked tablecloth and tucked the ends in neatly, hiding her from view. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The car bed was neatly made, with a stuffed dinosaur leaning against the pillow, which was in the shape of a tire. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The area in front of the holophone showed a desk neatly piled with papers, a swivel chair and what appeared to be a diploma on the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Mustafa grins, and I notice his usually scruffy beard is neatly trimmed today. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He was dressed neatly in pleated slacks, a clean lavender shirt, with his normally dingy hair combed and shiny with gel. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I notice my pocket-size sketchbook lying on my dresser, the regimen crammed into the back of it, neatly folded and just barely sticking out past the small pages of the book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Mews was neatly kept, with sawdust on the floor to absorb the mutes, and the castings taken up every day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His neatly clipped black hair, silvery about the temples with scant patches of grayness, reminded me of my father’s head ten years before, those dense shines of hair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The clothespress at the bottom of the stairs was untouched, the bed linens and tablecloths stacked in it as neatly as if Mother had set them there a moment ago. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went back to the neatly made bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He was taken aback by the sight of the normal: paint cans, screwdrivers, duct tape all neatly in place. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z So far his social life had been neatly divided into two separate relationships: one with Dorothy, one with the guys. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z That the threat had been negotiated neatly downward did not appear to diminish its power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His hair is gray and wild, but his mustache is still black and neatly trimmed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He paced in front of her with his left elbow cradled in his right palm neatly and his chin resting on his thumb. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As I lay there trying to stay sane, I saw my running shoes sitting neatly beside my bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She wears her smooth blond hair neatly coiled into waves, exactly like you see on the big screen. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Every coin has a King’s head on it, cut off neatly at the neck, but the Kings are different. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead I turn to where her blue coat sits folded neatly on a table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z With a sigh, I turned around and trudged back the way I had come, in a mood neatly suited to the desolate landscape. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Or it could have been something she read in all those newspapers stacked neatly along the baseboard in her bedroom. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every hedge is squared as if by a plane, every path is neatly paved without a crack in sight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Fermin slowly unties the red ribbon, lifting the folds of the heavy paper until they petal out to show the bright color of the neatly stacked money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He nods to me as Piper hands a neatly folded shirt to the fat kid, Deekman. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown hair brushed neatly to one side, eyes dark like a shark’s, a hard wedge of a naked chin, his cheeks cleanly shaven. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He put the pants neatly, reverently back in the bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He kept his hair tied back neatly with red yarn in a chongo knot, like the oldtimers wore. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the picture was divided neatly into little farm plots, each with its mud hut, each with its creaking well. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The lead scythe pulled back a fold of his robe to display an entire collection of weapons neatly concealed beneath. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then he drew a revolver and a little box on which he neatly printed GAS CHAMBER. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The same little brown squares and cups of yellow fluid are lined neatly across his tray. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I stacked them neatly by the desk, lifted my pack, and sought the kitchen once more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In front of him all the magazines and newspapers were displayed as neatly as he knew how to make them. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to carefully sift through our prized possessions or to label neatly packed boxes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Frankie flexed his fingers, regarding his scabbed knuckles, the slaughterhouse grime caught under his neatly trimmed nails. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was written out neatly in a methodical manner in the order in which the passengers had been interviewed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The redhead was still standing there with the most innocent expression, his hands folded neatly behind his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After American school, we picked up our cigar boxes, in which we had arranged books, brushes, and an inkbox neatly, and went to Chinese school, from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman was neatly strapped in under a mound of blankets. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Billy didn’t stop to pack his gear neatly, just crammed it into his bag. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She ate slowly, neatly, placing small bites in her mouth, patient despite her hunger. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Folding them, he set them neatly on the nightstand before turning back to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On the lowest shelf, at least, purification straws are stacked neatly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She even sends us sometimes to bring back meat from the butcher marché, a place where Rachel will not set foot on account of the intestines and neatly stacked heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the foliage was neatly trimmed, in bright, beautiful colors, the roads devoid of even one small weed and paved in fancy yellow brick that began down by the waterfront. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Around the Muslim’s restaurant, I met some of the converts, all of them neatly dressed and almost embarrassingly polite. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She took off her sandals and placed them neatly beside her towel...just the way she always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked into the little cabinet, and there he saw, neatly stacked, about ten packages wrapped in plain paper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They pounced on the She Elephant, and when the dust had settled, she was tied up as neatly as a bale of cotton. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Massari was a young man of disparate parts, not all of which fit together neatly. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As the reporter jotted down Roy’s words, the door swung open, and there stood Mr. Eberhardt—shaved, showered, and neatly dressed in one of his gray suits. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I fall neatly into the crook of Amber's neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Inside the bag was a beautiful collection of jewel-toned beads, as well as some neatly knotted bundles of twine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A pair of her shoes sits neatly in the corner. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It’s under my pillow, soft and white and neatly folded, with its wall of red and black swirls, and a picture of Elliott standing in front. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The wood has been neatly arranged, expertly interspersed with tinder, but it has never been lit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "You're right," he said, "there's not even a tiny speck. She would be stunned. And just look how neatly he has brushed his hair. Did you do that, Ida?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Sonia finds a white sari neatly folded in the back of a drawer and buries her face in it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The cloak itself, Taran saw, had been neatly and painstakingly mended. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She plucked the seedling neatly into the mud, and it stood straight up like it had been growing there all along! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It observes Maribel packing the two cinnamon crullers in a white paper bag, folding the top over neatly, and thanking the customer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sis runs her hand over Ma’s neatly braided hair and says, “Remember your promise—when you return, you will stay.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z His brown hair was combed neatly against his head, and a carpetbag hung from his right hand. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s a tall thirty-something Indian man in an impeccably tailored suit, roguishly handsome with a neatly trimmed beard, a steaming cup of tea, and a shiny Union Jack on his lapel. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Zu was in the process of neatly folding a button-down shirt she had chosen for Chubs when I remembered something. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I neatly refold all my clothes and place them on the shelves. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On his belt hung a neatly wound whip and a niello sheath for the dagger in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At all times, Philip was impeccably groomed, his shock of rich brown hair combed neatly, his demeanor serious and forthright. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The lead broke off neatly, leaving a kind of headless cone, a wooden volcano. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass was neatly trimmed, and almost every yard had a border of flowers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then neatly he folded his newspaper and put it under the counter along with several others. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Just add ly to a word like neat and you end up with neatly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Winterbottom was playing the role of Father, with a capital F. He sat at the head of the table with his white shirt cuffs rolled back neatly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was even neatly painted white with dark-red trim around the bow. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The smallest size, the ones that are only a couple of inches high, are the best; these are easiest to stack neatly in the back of the freezer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Everything I owned still fit neatly into my travelsack, so it was no great chore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Wart taw that the most perfect breakfast was laid out neatly for two, on a table before the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After that he looks like a midwestern bank president, with his straight neatly brushed silver hair, his sober posture, shoulders a little stooped. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Maman made our eating table into a study table, with everything neatly in place—notebooks, two pendls, the knife for sharpening, and a candle stuck in a bottle. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Her clothes sat folded neatly on the armchair in the corner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The poodle squats to relieve itself on the cobbles, and the girl veers neatly to her left to skirt it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z That switch altered the folding of the hemoglobin chain: rather than twisting into its neatly articulated, clasplike structure, the mutant hemoglobin protein accumulated in stringlike clumps within red cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I put my school clothes back on and tied my necktie as neatly as I could. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They passed, one after the other, through a small, neatly raked garden, between brown raspberry canes and leafless apple trees, and walked slowly up the few steps to the porch. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the nuts all neatly peeled and recognize the handiwork of a white-footed deer mouse. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes fight to stay open, and when closed, fold so smoothly and neatly in the corners, like creases in paper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A woman seen in the mirror of a beauty parlor, half her hair wound neatly in curlers, the other half streaming loose in a tousled swirl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But she shouldn’t have picked up the broken records and the music and the book and put them all neatly into a box. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Downtown, near a subway entrance, sat a semipermanent wooden booth decorated with bunting and pennants and flags manned by neatly dressed youth volunteers in paper hats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys were neatly dressed in snow-white shirts, blazers with badges, preppy caps with badges, ties matching the badges, shiny black and brown shoes, worsted knee-high socks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I would pack up everything very neatly, drop it in my pack, and hike again till it was time to clock off and go home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We tore the grass to shreds, crushed the neatly manicured bushes, stomped the flowers, and cracked one of the house’s windows with a rock. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father answered in his sweater and sandals, his newspaper dangling from his left hand neatly and his reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose; her mother stood just behind him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And then he’d neatly label the insects with their Latin names. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z His gray hair was brushed neatly back from his smooth, tanned, barely wrinkled forehead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Angeline was tucked neatly into her blanket on the other side of the door. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He fastidiously wiped his fingers on the napkin and laid it on his right arm, folding it neatly with his left. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a quiet, soft-spoken man who wore old-timey clothes, fedoras, button-down wool coats, suspenders, and dressed neatly at all times, regardless of how dirty his work made him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Fiona’s home, larger than the cabin that Nathan and his father shared, sat neatly between several rows of corn and beans. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When Alyce returned, the midwife was waiting in the yard, her bottles and herbs and linen neatly packed in the basket beside her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulling off the main road, we glide through a tall wall of neatly trimmed evergreens, then crunch our way up a pebbled driveway. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z What had once been his bedroom was transformed from a smelly, dreary man cave into a simple, neatly organized room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z After bandaging them neatly she had administered a potion that would deaden the pain and induce sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then her mother took a comb and gently teased out the tangles in Lyra’s hair, smoothing it back from her forehead, parting it neatly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He took the toasting-fork and sausage from me as he spoke, and set forth the Aged’s breakfast neatly on a little tray. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He wore his thick brown hair parted neatly to the left, and he flashed me his entitled grin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Next to me, neatly folded in a plastic bag, are my jacket, my pants, my shirt, my tie, my plaid boxers, and my ironic Lil’ Kim T-shirt. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had seen him unshaven, the small white whiskers looking so out of place, as if someone had shaken salt neatly across his cheeks and chin. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I set my spoon neatly beside my bowl, raised my eyes to his and said yeah, I was looking for more than just help with the head wound. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She chimed her laugh at every joke, she tossed salads neatly, never once pausing for breath. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the ideal pupil in Miss Hazel’s eyes was one who wrote neatly and never smiled. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She told Mrs. Sharpe about finding the third letter tucked neatly into the bushes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He has been pondering this ever since the review was placed on his desk, neatly clipped and labeled by his assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was very neatly written, and except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S’s” was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z How wily is she to have discovered this path into the food and to be able to replicate it so neatly? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He sat next to the drowned man with his enormous paws neatly propped together on the dead man’s lap, his tail wagging a mile a minute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Seeing this crisp green bill tucked so neatly in Caitlin's letter made me think this may have been true. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When that was done, the two of them plumped the pillows and pulled the blanket up over the bed, tucking it neatly under. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Inside the box was a stack of letters neatly tied together with string, a few pens, a watch that didn’t work, and a folded envelope. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She wrote slowly and neatly, knowing that Dustfinger found it easier to read capital letters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Diego took his schedule, folded it neatly, and slipped it into his back pocket. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z This is where they found it, all neatly fossilized. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Determining that Indians superseded other people fit neatly into this plan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Singer ate his share slowly and deposited his seeds neatly in the palm of one hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Tiny reaches into his pocket and produces a neatly folded piece of notebook paper and hands it to me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Ill Santa Battaglia tasted a spoonful of the potato salad, cleaned the spoon with her tongue, and placed the spoon neatly on a paper napkin next to the plate of salad. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She neatly wraps her trash into a wax-paper ball and deposits it in the garbage can. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Looped neatly over pegs beside each marionette was an array of dowels and paddles, strung together with thin black cord. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had carved it out of a smaller tree, he said, and it fitted his shoulders neatly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he was narrow-shouldered and thin, with a sallow complexion and neatly trimmed dark hair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They refolded the letter, placed it neatly inside a sandwich bag, and tucked it into the Geographer’s box. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She patted a pillow gently and smoothed over the top of the blanket, which Jinny had turned neatly over. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With those stamps, their owner could make copies much more quickly and neatly than if he or she had written out each of the script’s complicated signs at each appearance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He could see her neatly made bed covered in Koosh pillows, the poster of Bar Harbor from their trip to Maine this summer, and her night table with Charlotte's Web at the ready. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The dagger was like a hard splint against her leg, but the boot concealed it neatly, and she could reach in and pull it out without much effort. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When they were finished Harry balled the papers neatly and stuffed them into a hollow tree stump. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “It’s on his case,” she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man’s head, where there was a small, battered case held together with a large quantity of neatly knotted string. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The house had been emptied and even swept out neatly; the only thing on the floor now was the snow, in soft piles that had drifted in through the cracks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes there were piles of them, built neatly in rows of four, one level turned this way, the next level turned that way, so they would stack evenly. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A pair of chopsticks was laid neatly across the top of the bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Magazines and records were neatly stacked around the room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z How neatly she did everything, the perfect child; not like Turtle, who ripped off wrappings, impatient to see what was inside. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The half-eaten scone still sat on the plate; the shoes, including the muddy ones, were still lined up neatly; and the tiles in the turquoise fireplace gleamed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It had been neatly dug and shored up with wooden supports. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Liyana noticed she wasn’t keeping her ponytail pulled back neatly in its silver clip as she usually did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked at his name typed neatly across the envelope and wondered how he earned his money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The boxes with today’s excess are stacked neatly to one side, for later. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They were bent and neatly tucked against its twisted torso. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She leaned into her mother’s arms, the way she had when she was a child, tucking herself neatly under her mother’s chin. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Please replace the newspaper pages in order and fold it neatly.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The man opened a desk drawer, tilted my papers, and let the zloty drop neatly inside before slamming it shut again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He went to the back of his house, and from a ledge formed by a projecting brick he took three packets of medicine, powders neatly wrapped in white paper. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As for the rest: a cot, wooden, a rust-colored wool blanket fitted neatly over a thin and bumpy mattress. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With his neatly groomed white beard and distinguished features, he had the bearing of a holy tzaddik. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d park himself on our dusty front-porch steps, fold his suit jacket neatly on the glider, roll up his sleeves, and read to me from the Psalms and Deuteronomy while I shelled beans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, their speed and distance were neatly proportional: the further away the galaxy, the faster it was moving. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Bo's collection of plastic fans was lined up neatly at the top end. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z On top of neatly packed parcels was a note. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her neatly trimmed blond hair is held in place with a brown leather headband. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It was thinner, without Jesse’s rounded cheeks, and paler, and his hair was almost straight, clipped neatly below the ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On four, I glance at Mr. X’s door and see the gum wrapper tucked neatly into the doorframe. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But behind the desk, with her hands crossed neatly in front of her, was a woman with silver-black hair, eyes like slush, and skin the color and smoothness of a sun-bleached shell. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “How did you—” But then I remember the numbers Finch gave him, written so neatly, so carefully. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z With fumbling hands, the old man lit a candle and carried it to the workroom beneath the rookery stair, where his ointments, potions, and medicines stood neatly on their shelves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At the back of the stage, a massive screen displays her round face and neatly trimmed brown hair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Alexandra showed little evidence of such activity as she stood waiting for her niece: her thick gray hair was neatly arranged, as usual; she had on no makeup and it made no difference. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He folded his jeans neatly, stacked them on his chair, and then, dressed head to toe in black, walked over to Adrienne. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “You’re a long mile prettier than a grape or a squash, and you needed a long mile less rescuing. I never caught an ogre so neatly before.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She undipped her hair, coiled neatly at her nape during the days, and pried the sneakers from her feet without untying them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Each branch was neatly outlined, and some still bore their leaves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He broke the brunt of her assault with his upraised elbow and punched her neatly on the jaw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She looked into a spartan bedroom with a neatly made bed, a cross-stitch with a Bible verse above the bed, a Bible on the nightstand, and almost nothing else. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “What a long, hard journey that will be! You'll need some nourishment,” she cried, handing Milo a small brown package, neatly wrapped and tied with string. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She had not been able to terminate her life neatly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I enter the cool mosque, slip off my sandals on the marble floor by the women’s entrance, and put them neatly onto the shelves. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The man straightens his papers neatly inside the file and places it on the desk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They told the same neatly coordinated story: It was nothing but a high-school fight, couldn’t say what about. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Fingering the small wire hook on the neatly whitewashed gate which led into a yard that was green, the teacher stopped talking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of Clayton’s classmates were neatly writing “predestined” in their notebooks. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Her eyes lingered on Stick’s neatly made bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She blended into the darkness so neatly that even her voice was a shadow, like the breath of a nonexistent breeze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Because I fall neatly within the binary, I feel comfortable right now,” he explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was more than annoying, because he had been careful to lay the wood neatly as he chopped, and each bump led to further disarray of the tidy pile. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I read the neatly typed NOTICE! until I saw that it was only another list of prices a white man would pay for various types of sensuality with various ages of Negro girls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a lean, intelligent face with a neatly trimmed brown mustache and eyes as gray as smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The boards that he had crafted so carefully were neatly stacked, but his tools were scattered about, and it looked from the graying clouds as if rain was on the way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He turned around to find Ann’s boyfriend, a tall middle-aged man with a small, neatly trimmed mustache, standing before him, nervously fingering his tie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The second bag held a stack of boys’ clothing, neatly folded T-shirts, blue jeans, and underpants. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were staring past her, into the grand Victorian space of the ward, the lofty pillars, the potted palms, the neatly ranged beds and their pure, turned-down sheets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z This phrase, ‘immutable mobiles’, sums up neatly the epistemological paradox of the fact: facts can be moved around, transferred from one person to another, without being degraded, or so at least the story goes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I smooth the front of my dress and make sure all the curls in my Belle-bun are neatly in place. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She let go with a flick that triggered the veins to fall neatly into place. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z His blond hair was combed neatly over to the side. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z No matter what the weather was like, he always carried a long, neatly rolled umbrella. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She took in the heavy, green drapes, the pairs of polished shoes lined up neatly along the wall, the closet door, where the gray paint had chipped and showed the wood beneath. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her mother cut her hair neatly around her ears, stubble at the back of her neck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore black, but his hair was combed neatly and he had shaved his beard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The neatly dressed soldier shrugged and asked the noncom who worked with him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Everything we owned was neatly packed in cardboard boxes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He’d just had a haircut and a beard trim, and he was neatly dressed, wearing a tan suit that he’d had custom-made in Belgrade. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Next door was another, in better shape, called Speed Stop Car Parts, overlooking a neatly groomed park with an American flag on a pole. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On some days, they were joined by a neatly dressed Japanese emigre who lingered on the edges of the group. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Knock, knock,” he wrote neatly on a piece of paper, which he pushed under the crack. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The prosecutor swiveled with a faintly military flourish and executed a tight circle over the courtroom’s waxed floor, his hands against the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Prophase,” he agreed, writing it neatly in the first space on our worksheet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then she pulled the thread away from her skin, rip-ping the hairs out neatly, her eyes watering from the needles of pain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She spun around, knocking him to the concrete, and shot again, banking the ball off the backboard neatly into the net. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The neatly dressed boys about my age got off. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He snorts and goes back to the rest of his plate of pepperoncini, taking them neatly like candies, one by one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty neatly hung up his suit, pinching each trouser crease, while Sourmelina removed her makeup with cold cream and went to bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I nodded and quickly handed him the hankie, neatly folded to conceal my writing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Mr. Jaggers,” said I, by way of putting it neatly on somebody else, “has the reputation of being more in the secrets of that dismal place than any man in London.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Her hands are folded neatly in her lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Why are the planetary orbits nearly circular and neatly separated one from the other? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the hall had returned to itself; all the doors they had left open were neatly closed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Even her little rollaway had been folded down neatly, set up for her just to climb right in and go to sleep. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z An apron was folded neatly beside them, next to my Ruby Willow cookbook. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z All around him were crates and trunks and bags neatly stacked on shelves and lined up on the floor. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden a group of neatly dressed men and women began corraling the bawling children, using the canes I had seen in the principal’s office. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her skirt was hanging neatly in place and her eyes were hard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Biff stored this meager information neatly in his mind to be thought over later when he was alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It's a letter to herself, neatly written words in black ink. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Beneath the sag of the buggy the hooves neatly rapid like the motions of a lady doing embroidery, diminishing without progress like a figure on a treadmill being drawn rapidly offstage. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. French would read out a sentence and we had to write it down as neatly as we could. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She looks straight into the camera and smiles, hands on hips, dress suit neatly pressed, lips painted deep red. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Standing next to him on the step was exactly one half of a small child who had been divided neatly from top to bottom. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, on his sixth try, the loop neatly encircled the shining moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Fenoglio sat down at the table with a purposeful look, put the first sheet of paper in front of him, folded it, and then tore it neatly into nine parts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A second man, this one with neatly trimmed hair, leaned on his shovel. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, they also discovered that if you placed a map of Europe’s magnetic patterns alongside an American one from the same period, they fit together as neatly as two halves of a torn letter. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A massive desk—covered with documents, an inkpot and pen neatly placed in one corner—takes up most of the room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Tacked on his door was a wooden plaque, neatly painted in red block letters. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He tapped some more with his pen, as loudly as the ticking of the grandfather clock, and finally gathered all four together, arranged them neatly, and handed them back to Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Fujiko took her letter from her daughter’s lap and ripped it neatly down the middle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He calculated that the Earth was 89 million years old–an age that fit neatly enough with Kelvin’s assumptions but unfortunately not with reality. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The guy finally lifts his head—he’s older, with a neatly trimmed gray beard. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The red hair was neatly combed and a little damp. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There were benches along the walls outside the doors with their frosted glass and their neatly printed names and titles. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Before him stood a tall, lean, and muscular boy around his age with neatly combed brown hair, piercing eyes, and a serious look about him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He was a neatly dressed man well along in years, with a Greco face and fine wind-lifted white hair and a clipped white mustache. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She likes looking at the walls, at how neatly their corners meet, the linoleum roses on the floor, the ceiling smooth as wedding cake. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Or sometimes Ellie will give me something special to do, like putting all the Basic Equipment T-shirts on hangers, because things on hangers sell faster, and then arranging them neatly on racks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every few seconds a tiny wave folded itself over at the sea’s edge before sliding back neatly under the next. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The lasso dropped neatly over the end of the flagpole. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She could see that his hair was neatly cut and he was wearing an expensive new tan suit and a flashy new wristwatch. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z So neatly and finely made were the threads that he had to turn it a dozen times before the two parts fell open. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This drawer held Mom’s sweaters, neatly folded and stacked. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Our hampers were in the hall by the bathroom and we took turns doing laundry, leaving neatly folded stacks on the dining room table for the other to take whenever the time was right. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was neatly kept and small, but it had a window. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never forgot, and that evening I put on his cordovan shoes, his pants, and I looked for and finally found his pink shirt, neatly laundered in a drawer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolled the hair up neatly and laid it in the handkerchief with the other things. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z When Lurvy arrived with breakfast, there was the handsome pig, and over him, woven neatly in block letters, was the word TERRIFIC. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The green prickly house was surrounded by a dried-out but neatly trimmed lawn. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell and broke neatly into two pieces, stem severed from body. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius kicked the little door closed, as if he were playing to wan in a professional football game, neatly severing a protruding hot dog into two six-inch sections. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a television and a phone, and her homework is neatly laid out on her desk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing her pajamas and robe, her hair falling down from what was once a neatly twisted French roll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then he folded his clothes neatly over the back of his chair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The city of Lkossa was a collection of neatly ordered sections, but the temple’s district was different. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The lawn outside the American embassy in Islamabad was neatly mowed, dotted with circular clusters of flowers, bordered by razor-straight hedges. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear wiped out the bowls, stacked them neatly on their rock shelf, and finally asked, “What happened to the old one?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Still, hoping to tie up the case as neatly and quickly as possible, he made one last attempt to persuade Hale to confess. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Along one entire wall, arranged neatly in small piles, stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I open the bag, taking the tissue paper out and neatly folding it before I dig in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I nod, and fold the letter neatly, and put it on my dressing table. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Also, his hair was neatly combed, completing an image makeover so total that he was barely recognizable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Their hair was neatly combed and their faces scrubbed and shining. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Old-fashioned velvet jackets and white shirts hung from silk hangers, and formal trousers and more shirts were folded neatly in drawers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I watch ants file neatly into the ant hole by my feet and remind myself that Jenna and I have known each other forever. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I took off my clean clothes and folded them neatly, something I hadn’t done for years. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He has large hands and long fingers with neatly manicured nails. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, they would have to be stacked neatly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sit straight, not like a slug. No, get up. Go, and dress your hair more neatly.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He’s got a neatly trimmed brown beard, which I think he hopes makes him look older, but it doesn’t hide his baby face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They were not headless body parts on Styrofoam plates wrapped neatly in anonymous plastic in a refrigerated grocery compartment. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This does rather neatly tie the rise of modern Europe to the death of the last vestige of the old Roman Empire. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There were fresh-looking clothes in a hamper, a washboard hung neatly above a sink. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I'm not sure what I expected, but this man's face, with its neatly trimmed beard and round glasses, is nothing like my reflection. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Sitting on top is a neatly folded red plaid blanket and a pillow in a smooth white case. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She turns right, then left, traverses half a block and steps neatly through the open door of a shop. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z So the trumpet case was hidden inside a huge urn and Jamie’s book bag was neatly tucked behind a drape that was behind a statue from the Middle Ages. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The magazines were neatly stacked on shiny bookcases with metal lamps and colorful shades. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The small bed in the center of the little room was neatly made, its creases and folds perfectly aligned, as though no one had slept in it for some time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “You, my young friend, are a rat. Exactly. Yes. Evil. Prisoners. Rats. Suffering. It all fits together so neatly, so sweetly Oh, it is a lovely world, a lovely, dark world. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m paid for it, Mr. Stendahl,” said Pikes softly as he lifted the plastic eyelid of the robot and inserted the glass eyeball to fasten the rubberoid muscles neatly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at my little sister, Tzipora, her blond hair neatly combed, her red coat over her arm: a little girl of seven. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man would count it out carefully, sorting the coins and stacking them up neatly, like with like. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Freud, just twenty-nine, wears a suit and a starched white shirt and has neatly parted hair, a long and tidy beard, and a mustache. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They look serious, with suits on or sporting sharp ties against neatly buttoned-up shirts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Reality and the new science happened, in certain areas of physics, to dovetail quite neatly together. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Her small, neatly folded collection of clothes sits next to the bed on a pallet of its own. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z On November 15, Will Rogers neatly and characteristically summed up the American attitude toward the prospect of a second French-German conflict with a simple, homespun image. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She gave me a red mirror, neatly broken in half, so that I saw my new hairstyle in fractions. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The bed with its tufty chenille bedspread is so neatly made up we’re afraid to turn down the covers to look. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The little puff on each side shone, too, and the ends were coiled and twisted neatly under the big knot in the back. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked us over to a wall with stacked trays, all neatly organized, and pulled out two sheets of rough paper, handing them over to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Mummie has on her pearls, the napkins are neatly rolled in the napkin rings instead of crumpled in under edges of the plates. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Todd fell to the ground, folded his hands neatly on his chest, and closed his eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Golden eyes gleam above his neatly trimmed goatee. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She was neatly dressed, with a flowered doek, or scarf, tied around her hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Grandfather rode at the front with the driver, a relatively clean man with neatly combed hair and a smooth face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Granger and the six other teachers were standing at the ends of the rows and the kids were dressed neatly, hair all combed. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One was wearing a soccer uniform, shirt neatly tucked in, socks pulled up to her knees, like a peewee soccer player who had been carefully dressed by her mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Ma heaped a plate high with the golden pieces, and covered all the rest neatly with cloths. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked all through the morning at die wood, breaking down dead limbs and breaking or chopping them in smaller pieces, storing them neatly beneath the overhang. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She neatly returns my keepsakes to the drawer and climbs into the bed across from me just as the lights go out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden was printed on top, all words spelled neatly and correctly. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything, just put the towel down on her bed and climbed up and sat down cross-legged beside it, dropping her shoes neatly to the floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the linens are neatly folded; breakables are carefully wrapped. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes it would be neatly daylight when she let me out in front of Ella’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a very slender six foot two with a bushy mustache and a neatly shaped afro. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Yet he cannot picture his family occupying a house like this, playing board games on rainy afternoons, watching shooting stars at night, all their relatives gathered neatly on a small strip of sand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They’re diminutive and neatly turned out; each has his or her camera, his or her smile. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me your story,” he repeated, crushing a flake of ash on the neatly arranged desk with his index finger, flicking it into the trash can. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Everything is exactly as I left it, neatly labeled and arranged. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We folded our clothes neatly and laid them on the stools at the ends of the beds. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly they would just be driving back and forth from Jerusalem to Ramallah to their house, which sat so neatly in between. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And, naturally, the crucial topics for the new science corresponded neatly with the professional preoccupations of seventeenth-century mathematicians: astronomy/astrology, navigation, cartography, surveying, architecture, ballistics and hydraulics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She neatly lines up little bags of beans, sugar, and laundry soap—items a local grocery store donates because the packages are damaged and cannot be sold. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And all around these neatly lettered words, scribbles had been added by other witches and wizards who had come to see the place where the Boy Who Lived had escaped. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The theory neatly solves the grandfather paradox by positing separate universes in which each possible outcome exists, thereby avoiding a paradox. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Kenneth never gave us any trouble,” she just had to add, neatly folding the polishing rag. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Off the field he was quiet, serene, and smart as a whip, his passivity neatly hiding an astounding determination to succeed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All its glamor had vanished, and the crudely improvised phosphorus atoms gave no hint that they would ever neatly fit into something of value. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Instead he holds a gift, wrapped up neatly with a bow and everything. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She took out of her handbag a neatly wrapped package and handed it to the principal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A long coat, vanilla colored with dark brown cuffs and collar, is folded neatly beside him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in her cabin, Jinny found that someone else had settled the two small kids into her bed together, tucked them neatly in. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Coats hung from polished brass hooks in the foyer, and his father’s books, arranged by size, stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of two vaultlike oak bookcases. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat back, raked his hands through his neatly combed hair, and stared at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I grab a remote that’s neatly placed on the glass coffee table and throw myself on a couch that squeaks beneath my bum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Within, its walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z My fountain pen was always one of my most prized possessions; I valued it highly, especially because it had a thick nib, and I can only write neatly with thick nibs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She lofted her hair out neatly behind her and let it spread against her back to catch the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat behind a big desk, papers neatly piled on one side. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He pulled off his hood to reveal neatly cut gray hair, a mournful face red-cheeked from the chilly day, and dark eyes that seemed themselves almost to be weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I had to smile—she was still the same old Dedd, who stocked the shelves of the family store so neatly I always regretted having to sell anything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Toward the rear I could see two men unloading heavy buckets from a truck, stacking them neatly on a low loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Belet plucked a hair and drew it over the blade's edge, slicing it neatly in two. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Nokomis had the sick ones arranged in their bedding, blankets pulled neatly up to their chins, mats clean on the floor all around the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Their hair was cut close to the skull; their shirt cuffs were turned neatly back on their forearms; their white scarves hung in snowy rectangles from their hip pockets. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, no neatly arranged rendering of the running argument Adams had with Jefferson after 1813 can do justice to its dynamic character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Most of them were city boys like the boys lounging up on the quad—the sons of lawyers and businessmen—dressed neatly in woolen slacks and cardigan sweaters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her long, shiny hair, with its gray strands here and there, was tucked into a neatly pinned bun at the nape of her neck. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia had sliced each word out neatly with a razor to form the gaps between the bars. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He folded them and placed them in his pocket, then brought the sword down in a sweep across the front of Hickey’s chest, neatly slicing off the buttons from the traitor’s coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A book lay open on the table, with a chair in front of it; against the opposite wall stood a small sofa, neatly upholstered in cloth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He smelled of cologne and his blond hair was neatly combed back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In a circular park with a neatly mowed lawn was a bandstand, and a merry-go-round painted red, white and blue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This was neatly illustrated by an incident reported in the January 1997 issue of Outside magazine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When we turned up to the school, we were neatly dressed and minding our manners. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z And only one photo showed his father, dressed in a suit and tie, shoulders broad and powerful, with a neatly trimmed mustache. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 A cased sausage hung from a wire beside the binnacle; the cot was neatly made up. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Some sell virtual Warcross items laid neatly out on tables, everything from gold rings to glittering capes, leather boots and platinum armor, healing elixirs and treasure chests. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The leader of the starboard watch was a short, spry man with neatly kept dreadlocks twined with beads and shells that winked like gems in black chenille. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She piled our plates with succulent fatty ribs and steaming collard greens and passed around a basket with neatly cut squares of corn bread, which we slathered with butter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I looked at our bags and bedrolls neatly stored in the corner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the middle of this bright green cave rose a small mound, eight inches tall, in the end of which was an arched entrance neatly lined with stone, like a small doorway without any door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is always washed and neatly braided, and her clothes—even when they’re old—are patched, ironed, and spotless. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The villagers are smiling proudly, their hands clasped neatly in their laps. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He now folded his legs up neatly under him when airborne, directing all of his motion forward and back, not side to side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She put all of her papers neatly in the pigeonholes of her desk, and when Joe brought the tea tray she had him put it beside her bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Kraals were swept, the topsoil was conserved, fields were neatly divided. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the three of us approach the house I see it as if for the first time—the porch light shining, an evergreen wreath on the door, the black iron railing and neatly shoveled walkway. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He pulled out his tool kit and cut and filed the metal, bending it until it finally snapped neatly into place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Hobbes, for his part, neatly distinguishes experiment from experience, but not as we do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was a middle-aged man with a round face and dark, neatly parted hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We put all the clothes I was taking on my bed, and she folded everything neatly and put it inside the bag while I watched. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I shouldn’t say things like that to him, but they hung neatly in the air and cleared out the tension. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He wore a chunky gold ring and kept neatly trimmed nails. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The tip of my forefinger is sliced neatly across the top, and blood is dripping onto my jeans. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the corner, on a neatly organized desk, sat a large, fancy computer. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She notices how the teenager, who comes from his uncle Marco’s wealthier neighborhood, is neatly dressed and immaculately clean, and wears his hair long. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nico slips off his sneakers and lines them up neatly on the mat by the door. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Men in dapper suits of all colors and neatly brimmed hats. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Kim takes the shirt out and gently folds it neatly before putting it back in the bag. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the early relief, this return, came suspicion, nagging until I realized that I had not neatly sidestepped the impact of schooling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The English money was too large to fit neatly into her wallet. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His dæmon, the desert fox, moved to the other side of his chair, from where she could see Hannah, and settled herself neatly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A thin, timid dog came close and, at a soft word from Kino, curled up, arranged its tail neatly over its feet, and laid its chin delicately on the pile. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s the entrance hole, very neatly hidden. And look behind it—a path leading in.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The cut flax, all neatly windrowed, was the first to be mowed down. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We bend low beneath the neatly clipped bush, listening for the footsteps of concealed security guards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He seemed so out of place in the room of neatly dressed, chattering factory girls, this short man, very thin, with a weathered face and the homespun clothes of a hill farmer. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He wore a mustache and a neatly trimmed Vandyke beard. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, with his hair and beard trimmed and now neatly dressed, he looked a lot younger, though still much older than I. I would guess maybe thirty or thirty-two. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Celaena smiled to herself, running a finger across a neatly trimmed hedge. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With Emeline gone and neatly disposed of, he now was able to concentrate on his growing web of enterprises. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Upstairs, I can hear my uncle moving from dresser to bed and back again and I know he is neatly folding shirts and sweaters into his suitcase. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The lane was bordered on the left by wild, low-growing brambles, on the right by a high, neatly manicured hedge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Sure, honey," he said, and wrote the words down neatly. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was a cage, but half of its bottom was a trapdoor, neatly mounted on hinges. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The Wojtkiewicz house was a neatly built log cabin with four small rooms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As people moved out, their houses were bulldozed and the rubble was neatly, fastidiously cleared away until there were almost no buildings remaining. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He takes off his vest, folds it neatly, and places it on the ground next to one of the trash bin’s wheels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He feels too wholesome in this ripped jeans and T-shirt crowd, fears his hair was too recently washed and is too neatly combed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The rest of her family was dressed in black or gray, their hair neatly combed, the boys’ heads shimmering with brilliantine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She could barely contain her nervous anticipation, with images of neatly cobbled streets surrounded by safe stone walls dancing in her head. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At the office, he just pats me on the shoulder, and then neatly folds up his shirtsleeves the way he always does before getting to work. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s a neat trick to pack a suitcase neatly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he made his bed up neatly with blankets. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Her whole dress is pale blue tulle, light as air, with straps crossed neatly between her shoulder blades. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Seth started across the lush, neatly mown lawn toward the nearest gazebo. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The crack on the back of the ukulele had been neatly mended with sticking plaster and the round hole in the middle was covered by a piece of wood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He looked at the shaded, sombrely-papered bedroom, with the neatly made double bed in which he slept alone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A hammer lies on an anvil, but the other tools hang neatly from pegs on the walls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The edges of its pastry were as neatly crimped as Grandma’s. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He coiled the rope and chain neatly, as they’d been when he started to anchor, and put them back beneath the captain’s bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In-stead, stacked neatly, were plastic containers, each with a note attached. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I spotted a camp stove in the corner, and rows of cans neatly stacked along the wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He folds the jacket neatly and puts it inside. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed in a white shirt worn buttoned to the throat and gray, neatly pressed trousers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Once the guardians started laying it out neatly, on tables and easels, like a miniature version of one of our Exchanges, then you knew Madame would be coming within a day or two. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see him as I approached: His hair was parted neatly on the left side in a way that he would have found absolutely horrifying, and his face was plasticized. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He was a young, neatly groomed African American man with short hair—clean-shaven, medium frame and build—wearing bright, clean prison whites. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One, in the middle, was neatly done up with turf, and is supposed to contain the remains of the late Lord of Gosport. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana wore a neatly pressed pink shirt, a bolo tie, beige, tapered western pants, and cowboy boots, and he carried a pack of filtertip cigarettes in his shirt pocket over the heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In moonlight, neatly stacked, twelve wooden crates gleam. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And, with one savage, angry blow, which held in it a curse for every hour of every day of his life that he’d spent chopping wood, he busted the log neatly, downright exquisitely, in two. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She swung the axe down and split a log neatly in two. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z When she was done, I felt like a brand-new princess with my hair neatly parted down the center and redone in two braids. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They knelt before an alcove at the back of the room and contemplated a shelf on which small bowls of uncooked rice had been neatly arranged. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly the Fair Folk halted at one of the cottages, and from a neatly carpentered pen Taran heard a loud “Hwoinch!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Her dark hair is parted neatly in the center and tucked behind both ears. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z An Erudite man—his faction still indicated by his neatly parted hair—bursts free of the crowd just as Edward is pulling back the sledgehammer for another swing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Alvin Hooks passed in front of the jurors with his hands clasped at the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the morning she made the bed but, after breakfast, sometimes went to lie on it again, leaving her tiny white Keds neatly on the carpet and closing the shades. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At school his back ached from sitting in a stiff chair, and the desks were so rickety it was a challenge to write neatly. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Which leads us neatly to the many rumors still circulating about Dumbledore’s final hours. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even the fire burned neatly, three perfect plumes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Before she knows it, she is setting up her life as if it were an exhibit labeled neatly for those who can read: the sister who survived. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brush sent me into the teepee to recopy the poem neatly for the printer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Against the other wall were shelves neatly stacked with jars of fruit preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z An ivory- handled riding crop lay neatly across his lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of him reappeared a few minutes later, removing a couple blankets, which he folded neatly and placed aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The crowd of dark-skinned figures in neatly pressed suits and church dresses had set off for the block-long federal courthouse just after dawn because Browder v. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The next evening, I sat in the kitchen, admiring the jars of peach preserves, which were neatly lined up on the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I neatly arrange my supplies, even settle my pack on my shoulders, but I can't seem to leave. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Gone were the cars and neatly lined spaces, replaced by game booths and food booths and a Ferris wheel that looked like it had barely passed its last safety inspection. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As far as a compass and ruler could tell him, both sets of base pairs neatly fitted into the backbone configuration. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Skip Baldwin neatly summarized the action so far for viewers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Mia entered, he swiveled around in his chair and swung the typewriter shelf down and under, where it folded into a cabinet in the desk as neatly as if it had been swallowed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On one side of her neatly made bed is a bureau with Doctor Who figurines, and on the other a chair filled with stuffed animals. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z My socks are neatly folded over and my loafers polished a deep shiny brown, like roasted coffee beans. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It landed neatly in the palm of his right hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards he went for a walk along the beach, admiring the gulls who flew above him like white quill pens whose heads had been neatly dipped in ink. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re safe as you’re going to be anywhere,” Doctor Snow says behind me, handing me a pair of my pants from a neatly washed pile by the bed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Cut off the top neatly. Cut strips down into the can the length of your finger. Let each strip be so wide.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A faded blue quilt lay folded neatly at the foot of the bed, and a desk was placed under the only window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The yard was neatly trimmed, but it didn’t have any flower beds or a little vegetable garden like Ivy’s house had. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Inside the leather jacket, I find our map, folded as neatly as the clothes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Behind them Sam came upon a small store of firewood neatly stacked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There, in the center of the web, neatly woven in block letters, was a message. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She taught her to tuck the sheet neatly under the mattress. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z So Matty swept the wooden floor each day and straightened the bedcovers: neatly on the man’s bed, with haphazard indifference on his own, in the room next to the kitchen. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Then she very neatly folded up the wrapping, though it was just cheap, ordinary material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He took his shoes and socks off and placed them neatly at the foot of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The meekness of the wire hangers, with their twisted throats and bent heads — they waited too patiently, too neatly, every one a spinster. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always kept her hair neatly styled. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I roll the sleeves up neatly to my elbows, then tug the shirt as straight as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside was what Kurnakov described as a “neatly written report” outlining the basic scientific principles of the atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she dried everything on another cloth and stacked it neatly on the drainboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As we rolled out of our makeshift bed and looked around the sunlit room, we found our clothes washed, neatly pressed, and laid out for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The worry dolls were scattered everywhere, so I collected them and lined them up again neatly under my pillow. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She pulled down the wooden shutters of the kiosk, covering the neatly arranged cases of matches, chewing gum, sweets, cigarettes, and detergent, and then picked up Olanna’s bag and led the way into the yard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he had finished with his handkerchief, he folded it neatly in quarters and replaced it in his pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Ashtrays were clean, and old magazines arranged neatly on tables. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Patrick's mugs were clean and neatly lined up on the drainboard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My mother would buy her slave from a professional whose little girls stood neatly in a row and bowed together when a customer looked them over. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice you’re dressed more neatly than usual, and your hair is even combed down. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Initially, the clay was scratched with pointed tools, which gradually yielded to reed styluses for neatly pressing a mark into the tablet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Fighting it out seemed likely, especially a few days later when Dad came home with more than a dozen military-surplus rifles, mostly SKSs, their thin silver bayonets folded neatly under their barrels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her neatly pressed jeans have creases down the front. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were needles of all sizes and cutting tools laid neatly in a row. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His coins were all neatly organized by year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “This is where we will sleep,” Gladys said, stepping into a narrow room by a neatly made bed that took up most of the floor space. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z An air mattress lies on the floor next to her neatly made bed, which is covered with a purple blanket and too many pillows. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And if Luna ever was magic, all that power was now neatly stoppered up and wouldn’t be a problem. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I had neatly solved a problem that had been worrying me for a long time, and now' I thought that I could turn my energies to writing and justify myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As die Dufarges came into range, he suddenly raised his face, gave a terrible laugh, and neatly, even fastidiously, regurgitated all four bullets. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her rich black hair, nicely plaited, lay along her back as neatly as if she had just combed it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I lie, then, inside the room, under the plaster eye in the ceiling, behind the white curtains, between the sheets, neatly as they, and step sideways out of my own time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, my sweep netted only one other item—a slip of paper neatly folded in the nightstand drawer. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As he scrambles up from his seat, she pulls a gold necklace with a small pendant from somewhere within the depths of the lacquered box and lays it neatly to the side. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z This was a woods for looming bears, dangling snakes, wolves with laser-red eyes, strange noises, sudden terrors—a place of “standing night,” as Thoreau neatly and nervously put it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His Kmart hiking boots are arranged neatly beneath the stove, as though he’d soon be returning to lace them up and hit the trail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her glasses were on a little Donald Duck night table, folded neatly and laid stems down. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He’d dressed in a sports jacket for the occasion, his hair somewhat neatly combed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Two days later, Laila woke up in the morning and found a stack of baby clothes, neatly folded, outside her bedroom door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But what the other man didn't realize was that he had made a mistake, had delivered himself neatly into Blore's hands. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He knew where things were: socks in the top dresser drawers, toys in the bedroom closets, skates and bikes on the back porch, and pots and pans stacked neatly in the kitchen cabinet. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We set it up in front of the neatly made bed, lid open, with Lucinda’s bloody sheets spilling out the sides. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Everything is clearly labeled by place and date with a black Sharpie and neatly stacked in chronological sequence under the eaves. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he kicked off his hotel slippers and put them neatly under the chair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Most of the supplies, held in crates, burlap sacks, and plastic bins, are piled neatly in a pyramid in what seems a questionable distance from the camp. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One is that music followed its own timetable, a timetable that does not fit neatly with developments in art, architecture, design, philosophy and science. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Stacking them neatly, he opened the top one and squared the pages within. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took off his own armour and hung it neatly on a nearby tree with the shield on top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes off her shoes and socks and places them neatly in the shade of a palm tree and runs straight for the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon, we pull up in front of a big house with a yawning front lawn of grass that, even in the dark, you can tell is neatly clipped. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Francie put the bread and pie away and folded the bag neatly to be used the next time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Auk XXV peaked out at the predicted fifteen thousand feet, neatly falling downrange, landing with a solid thunk near the end of the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, leaning against the wall, was a small package wrapped neatly in brown paper. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The dewy drops clung like lint to his neatly pressed uniform and dripped down his neck from his closely shorn hair. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I found that I liked this class arrangement very much; it divided my work neatly and made it easy for me to concentrate separately upon Talmud and college subjects. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In photos from around this time, Jim appears as a neatly groomed, well-proportioned young man, a few inches shorter than Farmer, with jet-black hair swept into a knife-like wave and wire-rimmed glasses over narrow eyes. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You and I are never going to get any sleep at this rate! And kindly line them up neatly in pairs as you take them off. Don’t just throw them over your shoulder.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Some physicists thought that atoms might be cube shaped, because cubes can be packed together so neatly without any wasted space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Dressed in shabby pants, with sweat already leaching through the armpits of my white cotton shirt, I felt out of place amid the neighborhood’s neatly manicured lawns and lavish estates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Check,” Mrs. V says as she neatly folds those two pieces into my suitcase. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The Captain brought in the black tea and the tin of milk, which he had neatly poked open with an ice pick—two holes on one side, one on the other. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The paint was stacked in neatly pyramided lots along the concrete floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we rode the elevator upstairs, our clothes were organized neatly in the closets; the kitchen pantry had been stocked with our favorite foods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her black shirt was tucked neatly into her jeans, and a black utility belt was there to keep them both in place. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She found the flint box—no sulfur matches here—and lit the neatly laid tinder and logs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z As far as he could see there was nothing but bundles and stacks and more bundles neatly placed like little abandoned shrines in the late day, in the warm-blowing wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When they removed their hats, they revealed identical chestnut hair, neatly parted in the center. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All my grades are neatly organized in a spreadsheet, and I have copies of every test, project, and paper stored in folders. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He squared a small stack of notes he'd prepared and placed them neatly in front of him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So, I keep it neatly folded in the bag, and then I put the bag in my locker. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The reverend nodded to the magistrate and showed me to my bed in a row of neatly made beds. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He was folding slices of ham and laying them out neatly on little squares of waxed paper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The bookshelves with their neatly ordered manuscripts slumbered in the shadows, while overhead pale moonlight wafted through the stained glass windows, lighting on the bronze statues of past Librarians standing vigil over the galleries. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a time when her feet fit neatly on the curve of the earth and her thoughts stacked evenly—one on top of the other—in the cupboards of her mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He went carefully through a drawer and unrolled the neatly paired socks, tossing them over his shoulder one by one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The fish was pinned neatly and he took two more with the same ease, then carried all three back up to the fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z His black hair, normally combed back neatly from his forehead, is disheveled, sections of it on end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She would form these very neatly out of pieces of twig, and would then decorate them with a flower or two and walk round them admiring them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes I stop to pull out a bent one and neatly stack the pages again to staple them just right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The throng of reporters, mostly Japanese, wanted a neatly scripted version of the calamity, replete with villains and heroes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z After Japan's defeat in 1945, control of the Korean Peninsula split down the middle, at the 38th parallel, a line that cut the nation neatly in half. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z His manners are extremely crude, I thought, trying to put him at a disadvantage in my own mind by pointedly taking a small piece of the cheesy stuff and placing it neatly into my mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked over and inspected the books arranged neatly on her bookshelf. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Samuel Hamilton delivered all his own children and tied the cords neatly, spanked the bottoms and cleaned up the mess. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Only to look down into the open suitcases, at the neatly folded black and gold uniforms, and see the labels on the handles, C. J. N. Kingshaw, Drummond's School, written in Mr Hooper’s handwriting. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They traveled dawn to dusk, past woods and orchards and neatly tended fields, through small villages, crowded market towns, and stout holdfasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His clothes, on the bank, folded neatly and stacked, collared shirt on top of jeans on top of leather jacket on top of black boots. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was still wearing her wedding dress; Okeoma’s uniform shirt was neatly folded on a chair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The letters come home folded neatly inside official-looking envelopes that my sister proudly hands over to my mother. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “And the other is a traitor to his own kind. And from what I hear, you fall neatly into both categories.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The New York Athletic Club’s facility there, completed in 1888, sprawled over thirty neatly manicured acres at the center of which stood a posh, sprawling clubhouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The fancy maternity dresses from the Ryans she folded neatly and placed in a paper grocery bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She's the meanest of the guards but also the most elegant, with her neatly combed hair pinned into a tight knot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Cabot set it down on the floor next to the bed and continued to fold the sheets, stacking them neatly into the last box. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When I finished reading the flyer, I folded it back up neatly, put it exactly where I found it, and threw up in the sink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The walls are lined with portraits and with shelves of books—pristine early editions—neatly organized and artfully arranged. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew that hares, when overtaken, dodge by turning more quickly and neatly than the pursuing dog and doubling back on their track. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had stacked it neatly again in the woodshed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear liked arranging his wood neatly so the potters could take what they needed without the whole of the stack collapsing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There is a can of red spray paint sitting on the ground, the cap neatly on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Five piles of stones are neatly sorted by size. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing with Lancelot’s old charger, now two years older, and all his accustomed armour neatly stowed on the saddle, as if for a kit inspection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was coiled neatly and wrapped around her shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Her question was a knife that slid neatly between my ribs and left me bleeding. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I walk along the gravel path that divides the back lawn, neatly, like a hair parting. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mia had stacked them neatly inside: half portraits, half wishes, caught on paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I studied her face, her hair pulled back neatly now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Zeus in his dark pin-striped suit, his black beard neatly trimmed, and his eyes sparking with energy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They all moved inside the room, looking at the neatly set plates and cutlery. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The ball was coming back to me, and I caught it neatly and flipped it back. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z On the seat to his right he had stationed his overcoat, three Milky Ways, and two auxiliary bags of popcorn, the bags neatly rolled at the top to keep the popcorn warm and crisp. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin gray light showed her three other bunks, each empty and neatly made, one below hers and the other two across the tiny cabin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z China was dusted and neatly stacked in a glass-fronted cabinet; the silverware was filed away in the kitchen drawers nearest the sink. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Each letter, neatly printed between the pale blue lines. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I hit a long one out to left field, and then a fast one to the shortstop, who fielded it neatly and whipped it to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then he took out a pocket comb and neatly combed his mustache. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Then he folded the cloth up neatly, gave his nose one more confident swipe, and jammed the hanky back in his pocket. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She coiled the rope neatly and put it back where it belonged in the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As it did, the solar cells neatly stacked on the roof flew off and scattered like a dropped deck of cards. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z These connections, which drape themselves from the limbs of one tree to the limbs of another, violate the neatly nested, branch-within-branch geometry of a tree.2 I’ll call them arcs of coherence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z From them emerged men in suits, in chapans and caracul hats, women in hijabs, children with neatly combed hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His grey hair was clipped close and he had a neatly trimmed white moustache. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She wore a dark blue dress and her hair was neatly piled on top of her head. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I recall that I stood for the longest time staring at a neatly painted yellow line on a neatly formed cement curb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I dumped my own things into a bag and pushed it under Caroline’s bed, and then as neatly as I could, folded Grandma’s things and put them in my drawers. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The pages fit neatly into his coat pocket, and he let them sit there, feeling them, composing himself a little. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The floorboards are stacked neatly against the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Each of the edges was neatly labeled with a small letter, and each of the angles with a large one. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The girl emerges from the bakery, steps neatly off the curbstone, and makes straight for him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She will fling herself to the road and roll neatly away like a spy in an action movie. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As he stacked the pale slices neatly next to the frying pan, he looked over at his son. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z My sleeping bag is rolled neatly in Rue's pack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And, with his help, by spring I have a 112-page thesis, researched, footnoted, documented, and neatly bound in black leather. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His uncle’s red hair was brushed to the side and his beard was neatly trimmed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I look at him, sitting there across from me at our kitchen table, his hands folded together neatly in front of him, his deep doe eyes on mine, and I feel love. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Schwartzie pitched, and he sliced one neatly over the head of the third baseman for a single. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z All his clothes were here, neatly hung up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Fang reached past me to put his neatly squared shirt on the counter beside the sink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The cards from girls are all neatly signed, with their full names, so there will be no mistake about who gave what. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Before I went out I opened the little chest of drawers to find clean clothes all neatly folded and right then I forgot about everything except wanting to be clean. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She grinned, folded it neatly, and stuck it into the wooden box. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A neatly trimmed mustache connected to a beard that covered only his chin lent him an elegant, vaguely aristocratic air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone had taken her shoes off, too, and Grace glanced down to see them neatly lined up next to each other on the floor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There were papers neatly arranged and ink bottles, pens, sand for blotting the ink, and a stack of maps. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mom came home, she found our bikes parked neatly beside each other in the backyard and Jim and I sitting innocently together in the living room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It goes some- how against the grain to learn that cost-benefit analyses can be done neatly on lakes, meadows, nesting gannets, even whole oceans. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem now was that the chairs in the private office were neatly grouped around the radio, which was tuned to England. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There isn't much inside of it, but it's clean and neatly arranged. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When I push, I realize she’s intimidated by the thought of just walking through the school’s imposing gate, past its security guard, through its neatly manicured gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her locker had been neatly stacked with textbooks when Lacey opened it, I remembered, as if she intended to come to school the next day. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In the kitchen the cupboards were empty, the two mismatched chairs pushed neatly under the rickety table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pilar’s hair is straight and black and parted neatly on the side. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Donatelli sat down in the other, resting his heavy forearms on his neatly pressed gray slacks. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed one of our day care teachers opening the closet where our bright blue “Kids R Kids” T-shirts were neatly folded on a shelf. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Chewing delicately, he turned his eyes upwards then closed them, whiskers atwitch, jaws working steadily, munching away, his tail curled up holding a napkin which neatly wiped his mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even the still ones, who slumbered soulfully, who curled up neatly, even they disturbed her; she could feel their radiant presence, against which she had to stand guard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the two of them were in full uniform—Metias with his jacket open and shirt hanging loose; Thomas neatly buttoned up, with his hair carefully slicked back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He had a neatly trimmed beard, short hair, and eyebrows that met. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Beyond him Lyra could see the other men around the table, with bags of gold stacked neatly, and papers and pens, and glasses and a crock of jenniver. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He tried to neatly type up his reports and touted the virtues of scientific policing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The dead man’s hand was propped back on the headrest of my seat, holding a crisp, neatly folded twenty dollar bill between the index and middle fingers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The sail bags, which had been tucked neatly up in the front comer of the bow, had come loose and were scattered all around, wet but seeming to be undamaged otherwise. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A sports column caught his eye, and squinting, he could read the neatly printed description of a noon- recess touch football game. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins gave them their supper and cleared away the things, stacking them neatly and methodically. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z When Kaisa finished the story, the food lay untouched between them, but the apple had been sliced neatly into six wedges, the skin coiled like a ribbon around them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I loosened more bricks until I could make out the neatly folded piece of fabric hiding inside the block tower. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It was clean, the people were friendly almost to a fault, everything worked neatly and efficiently, and the girls were pretty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He’d stood in her doorway, neatly dressed, his hands clasped, unblinking. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It went down in a spiral and each step was neatly inlaid with a rectangular piece of slate. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Jonas and his family had not been looking forward to Fritz’s bicycle, which they realized would probably too often be dropped on the front walk instead of wheeled neatly into its port. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Bill raised his wand, and the pile of earth beside the grave rose up into the air and fell neatly upon it, a small, reddish mound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She was small and neatly suspicious and too good for her position. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They’re tucked neatly under the bed, as if waiting for their owner to slip them on again. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z And then professionals will descend on the house, neatly and efficiently separating the valuable from the sentimental, lingering only over items of indeterminate origin or worth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His neatly clipped silver hair and tailored suits and unmitigating stare of eyes and trim old body said it all over in simple, clear language: Chief Executive Officer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I learned to deftly lift a slice of meat or a helping of vegetables with serving spoon and fork neatly manipulated in one hand while holding the dish with the other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He was extremely thin, with shoulder- length white hair neatly combed beside a face so seamed and wrinkled, it hardly seemed real. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were white leather chairs organized neatly in two corners of the store, and a large table with several laptops for browsing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Instead, he folds the jacket and places it neatly on the chair’s seat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Each piece of clothing is folded neatly, with reverence, especially the children's clothes, which have the most items and the fewest takers. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He kept his stamps neatly categorized in books and loved to imagine the strange and exotic countries they came from. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Inside, neatly pressed men’s clothes, slacks and shirts, hang in a row. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Velia and Pita were pulling leaves and sprigs off the branches that were still to be made into stakes before piling them neatly next to the whittiers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z His umbrella, neatly folded, was hanging over his arm as usual. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan picked up the pieces by the armload, walked them over to the woodpile, and placed them neatly on top of one another. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Lily is sorting through the bottles and sticks and containers that she’s spread out all over my bed, her hair tucked neatly behind her ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The mundane details of life impressed him too — the neatly made milk cartons, the spring-loaded window shades, the electric iceboxes everywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He found them in a corner, neatly stacked, the Hessians’ caps nearby. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Jinny marched Ess down the beach a ways, then led her to the surf, where she washed the offending foot neatly in the water. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The project neatly combined work each had been doing previously—Lawrence’s research under Swann into the photoelectric effect in gas vapor and Beams’s investigation of short-lived physical phenomena. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ma wrapped each piece neatly in paper and hung them in the attic where they would keep safe and dry. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They were accustomed to having all the clues neatly laid out on a diagram placed in front of the exhibit. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She neatly tucked her long braids under his red baseball cap. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z A bronze dragonhead, neatly decapitated, wobbled across the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now alongside the empty milk crates at Mr. P’s, brown paper bags with collars neatly rolled boasted plump strawberries, crimson cherries and Chiquita bananas. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A pile of brown curls is pinned neatly upon her head under a tiny and feathered but otherwise unremarkable black hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was a fortuitous partnership, for Livingston’s skills neatly complemented Lawrence’s. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The day they took the magazine picture I wore neatly plaited braids clipped with plastic barrettes trimmed with rhinestones. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very neatly done, too. I’ll bet you don’t spoil many pages.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He’s showered and shaved, and his hair is neatly combed, the way Abuela likes, but I can still see that his eyes look tired, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The floor was swept bare, with bags of seed and fertilizer stacked neatly by the door. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I looked at it without emotion, folded it neatly, and put it aside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch arranged himself neatly on the sofa and leaned in toward her. 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