When I’m done, we go back in the sewing room and Fanny finds a small pair of scissors, two spools of thread, black and white, a pincushion and pins, and a cellophane packet of needles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"A fine pair. You with your broken leg, me with my hand." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a short-sleeve Hawaiian shirt with red and white flowers all over it, and he had a pair of dark glasses in his shirt pocket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on his lap had been like sitting on a pair of tree trunks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All this was bad enough for a boy who had never before worn anything more elaborate than a pair of shorts and a blazer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he took the wight’s head off at the neck, and for half a moment he exulted ... until a pair of dead hands came groping blindly for his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had a pair of Vans he liked, with strawberries on them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Check out these pants,” I said, pointing to a polyester pair that had not been popular for decades. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She disappeared into the girls' bathroom with a pair of scissors. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a pair of licensed fools, we will tweak the beards of our elders.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Chronicler lost all of his needles but one, both extra pairs of socks, a bundle of dried fruit, a loaf of sugar, half a bottle of alcohol, and a pair of ivory dice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a pair of chopsticks, she removed what could be easily removed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

As I wrestled for control of the rope, a second pair of hands dug into my shoulders, trying to drag me back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of Dutch tourists stopped for me, complaining about the frigidity of American beer, and sometimes I got rides from couples who were fighting and tired of each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The clearest evidence for this view comes from pairs of countries that divide essentially the same environment but have very different institutions and, associated with those institutions, different per-capita GNPs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother spread out an old striped bedspread, which flapped in the wind until nine pairs of shoes weighed it down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, one can regard the pair of particles as a single particle moving on a closed loop in space-time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pair waiting outside watched the bag while the other pair was inside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped up to the struggling pair and seized Marcus by the hair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Two oil lamps cast their yellow glow through the space like a pair of great eyes watching for movement in the dark. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had read somewhere that white sharks were solitary creatures, crossing great distances alone, but that sometimes they swam in pairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dressed not in a diaphanous robe but a pair of overalls, Calliope began to feel very funny indeed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She pins a pair of overalls to a shirt on the line. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The bruise on my thigh burns when I bend down to pick up a pair of Miss Celia’s silky stockings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The room was drab in the fresh, hot morning sun, and a pair of silk stockings hung limp and withered from the cord of the windowshade. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now we walk along the same street, in red pairs, and no man shouts obscenities at us, speaks to us, touches us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stuck looking behind them, far back into the Gnarled Forest where a pair of gleaming red lenses flared ten feet above the forest floor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She slipped on a pair of glasses and inspected the key. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It spanned the opening to the port, a steel-blue pair of upper lips greeting the blackness. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The voice was familiar, but it took me a moment to pair it to a name, because the only time I had heard Raizel speak was in Yiddish or German. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In Rook, you played in pairs, partnered with whoever sat across from you. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His light brown face had grown tough with age, cracked but soft, like a pair of well-worn work boots. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Today I’m wearing my gray Guess jeans with a blue-and-orange argyle polo and a pair of shiny brown penny loafers TJ got me from school. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We paired each teen with a female mentor who would foster a personal relationship with her, sharing her resources and her life story. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mudd fashioned a crude pair out of a piece of plank and sent them up to Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In general he was paired with a white ally, but Royal’s quick wits and proud bearing made it clear the color of his skin was no impediment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A man driving an empty cart pulled by a pair of oxen regards us from a little side path, his mouth left hanging open like he forgot to close it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Constance and Ambrose Spike watched the odd pair pass by. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Hey, there’s only one pair of shorts and a single T-shirt in here,” I pointed out. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another has bells in them like the pair Heather gave me at Christmas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How much do you pay for a pair of Nikes with your staff discount?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On the southwest, he found an open gate flanked by a pair of animal skulls on high poles: a bear to one side, a ram to the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For me, it would be a pair of white jean shorts with a black lace peplum blouse. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Getting to her knees she looked for Silver, Nails, and the other pups, but they did not follow the pair. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering something, she reached to her back and got a pair of rock-drill bits. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the dais, Lord Wyman Manderly sat between a pair of his White Harbor knights, spooning porridge into his fat face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man with the clippers grabs my thick chestnut hair, twists it into a clump, pulls a pair of scissors out of his pocket and cuts the whole of it off. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

I had a pair once with rocket ships, and another pair with lizards. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was also a skirt, a pair of faded pants, and a green coat with a small hole in one of the sleeves. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I get back out to the field, the Combat Centurion pairs me with Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She's on her back with a pair of pale green tubes running from a clip under her nose to a panel on the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the dogs were close behind, the hounds sniffing and barking, a pair of monstrous mastiffs bringing up the rear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rue holds up her extra pair of socks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now as he spoke the sun set, dusk drew on, and they retired, this pair, to the inner cave to revel and rest softly, side by side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She helped me pick out two cute shirts and a pair of light blue pants. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers had a pair of scissors. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My heart has a pair of wings, too—one wing fluttering with excitement because maybe we’ll soon be free! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Gregor felt a pair of feet drumming angrily into his legs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the wind is knocked out of me as a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist and drag me back toward the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Albert was adjusting various items on a lace-covered table, including a china teapot, a delicate teacup, a pair of green earrings, and a fan. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At first, Watson tried to jam the two helices together, with the A on one strand matched with an A on the other—like bases paired with like. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The way she talks about herself reminds me of Du Barry discussing a worn-out pair of shoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The nipples on his muscled breastplate had a pair of iron rings through them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Using a big pair of scissors, he cuts the cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I owned only one pair of church shoes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In rugby, locks came in pairs, like training wheels. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Also, I saw only one pair of trousers actually completed during the time that I spent there, although the factory workers were shambling about clutching all sorts of scraps of cloth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw almost immediately it wasn’t really a wall, but a pair of sliding doors which you could use to section off the front half of what was otherwise one long room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pair was wanted for the murder of a white boy and wouldn’t make it back once the mob got wind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cas crossed the room and handed a pair of scissors to Z. Rashid put his head down and got back to work on the stretcher. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Someone yelled at the pair, and then a bottle came flying in their direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I waved to her, she waved back, and all I could think was, How does she make even a stupid pair of sweatpants look so good? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom mirror, he saw that even the rims of his nostrils had whitened; they looked like an oddly placed pair of spectacles. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Zero casts a pair of bets—and Ren is the responding gambler. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If they eliminate the loser of each pairing, then that leaves the sixteen trainees that move on to the next tryout.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of jeans that fit without tugging. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their rusted hinges let out a pair of screams, for all those who might have slept through the breaking of the lock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She could pair them with her skinny jeans and Chucks and look almost normal. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Robin nodded and tossed me a pair of gloves, which I stretched over my fists. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As Wilbur was studying the web, a pair of whiskers and a sharp face appeared. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Now I would always have two pairs of Special Sticks. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The turtles have their charms, I will allow. Nothing delights me so much as the sight of a nice pair of shapely... shells.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing that happens when a cop puts on a uniform, or when you wear a pair of sunglasses so people can’t quite see your eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Zimbabwean game song “Sorida” contains a melody accompanied by body percussion and hand clapping in pairs of partners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was one half of her best pair, and in her state of shock, finding the other became important. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It turns out that pairs are the key to the cipher. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All my friends wore them, and I had at least a dozen pairs in various sizes and thicknesses. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A pair of common freeriders would have served if all that Stannis had in mind was scouting, Jon Snow reflected, but knights are better suited to act as messengers or envoys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Try explaining to your math teacher that you feel guilty pairing a six with a two!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I found a bag of blue scrubs and a pair of black sneakers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could only compare the heavy weight of Dragonwings to the light pair of wings that Father had worn during his visit to the dragon kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through every possible clothing combination I own, but somehow none of my dozens of black rock-band T-shirts seemed to match with any of my three identical pairs of Old Navy jeans. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over, thinking of the unlucky pair of refugees who were supposed to be ferried back to England on my return trip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He had put on a print shirt and a pair of trousers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Rosenwald organizers, catching Bobby’s implication that they’d colluded to make the pairings more favorable for some, expressed outrage at his protest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Far be it from me to doubt anyone’s professionalism, but is that really the ideal pairing?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Next time he was in Hogsmeade, Harry decided as he walked back up the stone steps into the castle, he was going to buy Dobby a pair of socks for every day of the year. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing in the room, just a frayed rug, a few dishes, a pair of mattresses, and a lantern. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t want to end up with a pair of trolls.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the dying pair were being dragged across a field to a rescue vehicle, one patrolman told them, “If you’d been home where you belonged, you wouldn’t be in this fix.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You wahn know who started it?" a man holding a pair of binoculars called from the window of a pawnshop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on Ron’s face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He saw a pair of uniformed men approaching from amid ruined machinery and tanks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or dashes can be used in pairs instead of parentheses to enclose an aside or an explanation: Her new shoes had loads of style—they were Ferragamos—but not much arch support. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and the young man looked at one another, each pair of eyes dark with anxiety. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead, I visualize Buttercup’s fur lining a pair of gloves, an image that has helped me deal with him over the years. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, both harbored smoldering class resentment at people whose parents bought them computers and $100 pairs of Timberlands and unquestioningly paid for their college expenses. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wall was covered with a tower of sneaker boxes—inside the boxes were a rainbow assortment of Nikes, each pair fresher than the last. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

How many pairs I have worn in my life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry suddenly wished the pod had flown a little farther, so that he need not have been sitting here with the pair of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

All of the guys on our team had iPods and cell phones and PSPs and three pairs of blue jeans and ten shirts and mothers and fathers who went to church and had good jobs. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below the window-ledge a pair of constipated papal nuncios might have been riding gloomily back to Rome. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt put on his spare pair of boots and handed his old ones over to his son, who gladly accepted them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sales were down to 30,0 pairs a year, mostly to backwoods outlets and small-town family stores. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disappeared into the back room, returned wearing another pair of eyeglasses, a set of keys in hand, and with a short, chubby woman in an orange sari trailing him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raises a pair of trousers against the light and seems disappointed that they are not remotely his size. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ugwu wanted to hide the sock under the chair and dash to the drawer for a new pair but his legs would not move. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of yellow eyes looked into his own, shining like the sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I surveyed the street I spotted a pair of men lurking in the alleyway across from me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and we marched to our assigned class, filed in in pairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Below the bottom pictures I saw a pair of pants and saddle shoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soviet fighter pilots were alone in their single-seat planes, but they typically flew in pairs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Soames followed the judge with the intention of lighting a pair of candles he knew to be lodged in the back of a desk drawer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Right inside the door was a pair of slippers. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hassan was trying to tuck the slingshot in his waist with a pair of trembling hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before Alex left the pickup, Gallien reached behind the seat, pulled out an old pair of rubber work boots, and persuaded the boy to take them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disapproved, she knew, because he kept his flag folded inside the pocket of a pair of trousers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He caught up four light shields, four pairs of spears, four helms of war high-plumed with flowing manes, and ran back, loaded down, to his father’s side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And down the causeway he raced, like a pair of wild calipers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next year, Taylor won first place, and they became the first sibling pair to ever win, let alone back-to-back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A pair of beady crimson eyes peered out through the gap. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of beastkeepers watched in confusion before they understood what she was doing and darted away to help other animals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The pair of them looked out over the lawn; the class was widely scattered now, and all in great difficulty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A pair of slender young men in stained smithy aprons passed, their shirts open at the collars. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He finally found what he was looking for, holding up a pair of shoes similar to the pair I wore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was holding to her chest a doll with yellow hair that looked as if it had been chopped, as a punitive measure, with a pair of dull scissors. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Give a fairy a pair of wings and he thinks he’s God’s gift to women. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“So, like, do you want to”—he made a gesture with two fingers like a pair of scissors—“go all the way?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Fifty pairs of eyes took in his presence, but forty-nine pairs of them didn’t really seem to register him before they swiveled away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As if reading his mind, Mr. Lemoncello said, “Only two more,” and tapped a pair of library cards on the podium. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When I found her a new pair of tennis shoes with rosy laces, she actually wrapped her arms around my waist and hugged me, like she could squeeze the thanks into me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Proof and refutation are another of these linked pairs. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn't heard that word since childhood and immediately recalled a mismatched pair of Japanese schoolboys standing alone in a deserted school yard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tee adjusted an invisible pair of glasses and stuck out her front teeth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The adobe ceiling was low, the dirt walls entirely bare, and the only light came from a pair of lanterns set in a corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had one pair of cufflinks upstairs which were little roulette wheels that really worked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother went next door and borrowed a pair of matching shoes, but the shoes were so big I had to stuff them with paper to be able to walk without leaving them behind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doffed her coat, kicked off her galoshes, and put on a pair of moccasins. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'd nod my head, envisioning a pair of glistening lips lying forsaken on the floor of some nightclub dressing room. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It had long, skinny, woolly arms, and a pair of feet as flexible and grimy as its hands. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They sat there for a minute, looking like a pair of ant-men who had stolen a truck. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing what appeared to be a golfing sweater and a very old pair of jeans, slightly too big for him and held up with a thick leather belt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her mother promised her a very special pair of winter makazins and Angeline even braided her hair with one of her own red ribbons. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Impressive aim. The knife is one of a pair, correct? See this pattern painted on the bottom of the blade? It cuts off abruptly.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Some are standing in groups and pairs, others sit on pillows and boxes and chairs that add flashes of color to the predominantly black-and-white crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was making him a pair of crutches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sophomore girls fantasized over having him in the same class so they could catch a glimpse of his buttocks in a tight-fitting pair of jeans. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some bridge tallies with tassels on them, two pairs of white kid gloves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s maroon and very plain, worn over a faded pair of jeans as if tonight is an ordinary winter night. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

All the boys had the same startling blue eyes, though, and soon five pairs peered at her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The pair has been pretty much inseparable since their return to the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wore two sweaters and a pair of Bill’s outgrown corduroy pants. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Underneath my suit, I wore a set of clothes and a pair of sneakers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will be expected to dance so fiercely that I wear through a pair every night. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked up to see her father dressed in an old pair of pants and an even older shirt. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gaping holes in his cheeks exposed the sinews of his jaw, and his nose was a pair of rotten holes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And he was glad he hadn’t worked up the nerve to ask her, not after seeing the color that Duke Perrington’s face turned upon discovering the pair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just a plain pair of dark slacks, a white shirt with a button-down collar, and a jacket with patches on the elbows. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of pillow slips, still warm to the touch, were stacked on the table. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll go one at a time,” Brullo said, and behind them a pair of soldiers rolled out a cart of bows and quivers loaded with arrows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In each stocking there was a pair of bright red mittens, and there was a long, flat stick of red-and-white-striped peppermint candy, all beautifully notched along each side. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

This woman was apparently a skilled worker, and I thought it doubly unfortunate that she was not lending her talents to the creation of a pair of Levy Pants . . . pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have food or shoes or even a pair of underwear, but she had English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A satin dressing gown lay on a chair, and a pair of bedroom slippers beneath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sweet intact child with golden ringlets and perfectly paired strong legs, or the dark mute adolescent dragging a stubborn, disjunct half-body. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought soberly for a minute, then Meg announced, as if the idea was suggested by the sight of her own pretty hands, “I shall give her a nice pair of gloves.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set out a pair of dark blue jeans and a black V-neck on his desk, hoping the simple colors would be nice enough to make it seem like he tried. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could see all its organs: the bluish intestine and the spongy pink pair of lungs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a pair of statue lovers, a man and a woman with their arms around each other, turned to stone by the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Evelyn recorded a suggestion that the Society might take as its coat of arms a representation of a pair of crossed telescopes surmounted by the Medicean planets. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Your parents come once a day during visiting hour, like a pair of clockwork robots. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Once Joey showed up, Jeffrey pulled out this little memory game that he had made, with pairs of matching cards with different Ramadan pictures on them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My mother was less sure, seeing the injury, but the pair of them went to work on it, grinding up herbs and coaxing brews down the animal's throat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Across the street from us, a pair of women walked down the sidewalk. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The rules are simple: • Number of Players: 16, divided into 8 pairs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pair of boot lacings,” returned Jo, guessing and defeating his purpose. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the workers took walks in pairs or groups, but again tonight the others were tired after the unusual day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I threw on a pair of sweats, grabbed a flashlight, and headed for the front door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the word pair itself—singular or plural? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The latter informs the party that she bequeaths untold wealth to the young pair and an awful doom to Don Pedro, if he doesn’t make them happy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cannot find the shoes she asks for, but he finds a pair of men’s loafers in a closet and helps her put them on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I put on the longest string of beads, which were blue, and a pair of blue bracelets, which exactly fitted my wrists, and walked down the shore, admiring myself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just hard to take a guy seriously when he talks about his family pulling themselves up by their bootstraps while he’s wearing his own five-hundred-dollar pair of shoes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He beckoned the first beastkeepers in line as they struggled to guide a pair of silverback gorillas into the tent by their harnesses. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pirzada draped his jacket over the chair behind him, removed a pair of opal cuff links, and rolled up the starched sleeves of his shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed across the field to a pair of buildings. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she snipped it with a pair of nail scissors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have the latest pair in the studio here”—he paused to put them on—“and we promise, it’s the most sensational thing we’ve ever tried.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For his first round, Bobby was paired to play white against a Canadian player who’d registered in advance and paid his entry fee but was nowhere in sight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So when she wasn’t looking, I took a pair of her earrings. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of the passage a pair of hands pulled her up, and she had to close her eyes to the brightness of the sun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monsieur Durant pairs off the fencers—two by two. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If I stay much longer, I’ll need to get a pair of those neon stretch pants all the Cuban women wear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed also a pair of little furry front paws resting on the floor. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d have gotten a pair myself but the lines were crazy.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Luma had a few extra pairs of used soccer cleats; she waved over the young man in stocking feet and placed her foot next to his as a reference. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“What if these old lunatics are like that last pair?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She saw to it that she had a good pair of shoes for street wear, that she always had clothing, even during the times when the raffles were working only through some miracle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Katie got shoes, pink leggings, and a new pair of skis. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mully and Dolorous Edd stood with her, a pair of unlikely guards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The pair of Witchlings devolved into laughter, the excitement of the ceremony too much to contain. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All you RAF lads wear the same boots. Never seen young Jamie take his off. Wish I had a pair.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I only have to do a few lines to have the pair of us in stitches.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing an old T-shirt of Eleanor's and a pair of corduroy pants that their mom had cut off into shorts. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’d watch him mow our lawn in the high heat of summer in a pair of wing tips, suspenders, and a thin-brimmed fedora, the sleeves of his dress shirt carefully rolled up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Unclouded by passion or desire—that pair of dogs that sleep so soundly inside children, waiting for them to grow up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing gloves and holding a second pair in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To celebrate my recovery Serafina presents me with new clothing and a new pair of tennis shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They contained seven years of research and every hint and tidbit that was to be found about Weep and its pair of mysteries. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Dylan! Fetch our man here a pair of Wellingtons!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of footsteps running down the hall. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They just happened to be bringing three rice bowls and three pairs of silver chopsticks out to the plank table under the pines. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Awful cheek of me, I know, but would you help me hold down this, er, just really need another pair of hands, if it’s not too much trouble.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

This entrance enabled them, armed with a hammer and a pair of pliers, to gain access to the room Trueba had shut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I look like I need a pair of babysitters?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Felix pulled on a pair of jeans and a hoodie and then led Freebie out of the bedroom. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now to explore another pair of common crime-drop explanations: Tougher gun laws Changes in crack and other drug markets First, the guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The kids made me the bride, which was embarrassing because that meant I would be paired with a boy as my groom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She shows me where two stains collide and says that’s a pair of brothers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some eagle pairs, that same nest might be used twenty times or more to lay, hatch, and nurture their offspring. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before two years passed, the rash pair were both dead, and laid quietly side by side under one slab. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through a doorway, I catch a glimpse of Gale, stripped to the waist, perspiration streaming down his face as a doctor removes something from under his shoulder blade with a long pair of tweezers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A pair of his scuffed-up boat shoes was on the floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Chasing after their lost ball, a pair of teenage boys ran to the base of the centaur, followed by a young girl. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The girls’ line was neat; they looked like angels in their starched white dresses, each pair of hands holding a white prayer book and a rosary. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maniac gave Grayson a pair of gloves and a woolen cap and a book. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a bench along the left wall sit a pair of grimy listening decks the size of bed pillows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they busied themselves, he climbed out of the window, stepped carefully over to the next-door roof, and made his way into the second house to feed the second pair of dogs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Afterward she rubbed sweet-smelling ointment into his calves to ease the aches, and dressed him once again in boy’s clothing, a musty pair of burgundy breeches and a blue velvet doublet lined with cloth-of-gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At lower temperatures, however, when colliding particles have less energy, particle/antiparticle pairs would be produced less quickly—and annihilation would become faster than production. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paddled by a pair of women pushing an inflatable baby pool, their clothes and food inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When I heard the first pair of feet stomp by, we kept our heads down. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Turkish cotton,” she’d said, setting it on the bed with a pair of slippers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were, of course, too large for Lyddie, so she had to wait while the cook fetched two extra pairs of stockings and paper with which to stuff the toes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen replicas had been fired in three separate batches, and the last firing yielded a pair of superb vases. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Some people get a royal flush and some get a pair of deuces. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I gotta pair of punks on my team that don’t know a barley bag from a blue ball. You guys ever bucked any barley?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, not there — we’re going to the City Square,” she explained, shaking out the clothes to reveal a pair of blue velvet breeches and a matching jacket. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had more than one uniform, and several pairs of shoes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Morris said she was worried about her career, and I asked what career, and he said, ‘Her career as an au pair.’” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Candice searched her dresser for a more suitable pair of jeans, she heard her mother in the kitchen, speaking on the phone in hushed tones. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Mom finally grew a pair and announced that she wanted a divorce, I got out of there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Someone says that this child will be just another pair of hungry lips. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We seem particularly riveting to the pair from District 6, who are known morphling addicts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The same rule applies when subjects are paired with not only and but also: Not only the chairs but also the table was sold. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also bought a few packs of socks and underwear, a simulated leather jacket, a pair of boots, and a black knit-wool cap to cover my freezing, stubble-covered noggin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Here’s another pair of examples with completely different meanings: Augie quit saying he was looking for another job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody tossed out a pair of high heels. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly picturing a pair of ruby slippers. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Lynn says, “Not all shirts, though. Jeans, underwear, maybe a spare pair of shoes?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Char twitched the apron aside and found gloves and a pair of slippers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some kids have six or seven pairs of sneakers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A pair of black leather boots stand at attention by the side of the bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Another pair of examples: Veronica said she lost her charm bracelet somewhere between Thirty-third and Thirty-seventh streets. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long before, Grupo Beta found a bed of bricks inside, covered with emerald green leaves from a plant that looked like a bird-of-paradise—and two soiled pairs of panties crumpled on the dirt floor. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She handed me clean underclothing and a pair of white overalls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Unsullied went down the steps before them, bearing torches; behind came two Brazen Beasts, one masked as a fish, the other as a hawk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the porch were two coffee cans, a red cup, the hammer, a pair of wire cutters, and one nail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Through the cracked front window, Ann watched the pair stroll briskly up Fowler Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"The thing is that these jokers usually work in pairs." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Kay reaches for a pair of strappy black suede heels and before her hand touches them, a white clerk grabs the shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thousands of separate feet merged into only one gigantic pair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only have one pair of worn leather sandals. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And we would lie quiet until unsuspecting bullfrogs appeared, and we would spear them, cut off their legs, and sell them for a nickel a pair to people who lived up and down the road. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pulling on a pair of rubber gloves as she looked at me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Not even a line—a pair of letters and a zero, lost in the code. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Laney threw the lid aside from one of the white cardboard boxes, rummaged through the box, removed a pair of old floral leggings, and stretched the waistband around her head to make a hat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

More than once, the young lady called her mother in the middle of the night in pain, and the pair rushed to the emergency room. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then she stripped down to her underpants and put on a pair of cutoff jeans and a T-shirt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were twin beds and a pair of good-sized windows overlooking the street. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the interim, the pair had identified a handful of such people. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Under the pretext of holding up a measuring cup to see if he’d poured out enough armadillo bile, Harry sneaked a sidelong glance at the pair of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Audubon paints an active cuckoo pair within a community of other species, reaching to grasp a beetle on a magnolia bush in its native Louisiana. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At some point, I just starting asking Dad for money to buy new pairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wake up in my bed, a pair of Wakeful Dream shades over my eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At about midnight every night, she’d appear at the club and almost have to drag him back to Brooklyn, the pair taking the one-hour subway ride home together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Luke looked at Ricky, he realized he was wearing a pair of pressed blue jeans and a button-up cowboy shirt, complete with bolo tie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In all my searching for new earrings, I had never seen a pair from Africa. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It struck Hazel, suddenly, looking at the pair of them, that this could have been what her before-parents looked like. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

You could buy at Lee Chong’s a pair of slippers, a silk kimono, a quarter pint of whiskey and a cigar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nailed a pair of horns to one end and then retired to his cabin until deer season was over. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The high hedge curved with them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates barring the men’s way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He reached into his jacket and withdrew a pair of glasses. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had discussed the matter with the state leader, Grand Dragon Bob Jones, and the pair had decided that C.P. was the best man to succeed Murray as Exalted Cyclops of the Durham Klavern. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four shirts and four pairs of pants hang in the first closet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Tonk had explained that a pair of thin blades, spinning so quickly that you couldn’t see them, carried the craft through the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They talked in loud, worried whispers while they cut off what was left of my fancy pink dress with a pair of shiny scissors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was Rutherford who had assigned Cockcroft the task of splitting the atom and personally paired him with Walton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I shuffled up to the desk with concrete feet, to yet another pair of wire-rimmed glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Almost everything is too big, but a few pieces will work—a sky-blue cardigan embroidered with white flowers, a brown dress with pearl buttons, several sets of stockings, a pair of shoes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of chopsticks was laid neatly across the top of the bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Beside her, wrapped in a pair of his old trousers, as the custom was in this part, lay his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I wake some time later and find myself facing a pair of huge work boots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Taryn has on pink jeggings, a fuzzy cardigan, and a pair of ankle boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At last Mr. Armin called a halt, and he and Nick paired off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His father had been trying to figure out a way to recycle old sneakers, and suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him, seemingly out of nowhere, like a gift from God. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She found some flat-heeled shoes in her suitcase, picked up a pair of panties, and took them all into the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But add a pair of commas, and Cora becomes the suspect: Cora, claimed Frank, planned the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were back hours later, with three-liter jars of the white chemical and a pair of long faces. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing I recognize is the feet, decked in a familiar pair of white old-lady shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pair also gave C.P. entrée to City Hall and Durham’s business community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They brought lye soap, a basin of warm water, a pair of shears, and a long straightrazor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chirping away, he sounded like a pair of lively castanets. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother hadn’t brought me anything clean to wear besides fresh underwear—she brought eight pairs! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of gaunt children and some thralls stared at him with dull eyes, but there was no sign of his lord father, nor anyone else he recalled from boyhood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s really funny how something as stupid as a pair of blue jeans can make you feel real, real bad but that’s what happened to me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sold a pair of emerald earrings that day. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The awning and the ridiculous cow cover us as much as I hoped they would: Two pairs of soldiers have walked past without noticing we’re there. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As these rabbits mature and reproduce, and those rabbits mature and reproduce, and so on, how many pairs of rabbits do you have during any given month? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He dashed up the stairs and into his dormitory, where he flung open his trunk and pulled out the Marauder’s Map and a pair of balled-up socks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I flipped over the cover and saw a pair of hands, one black and the other white. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was talk of draining the lake, but there was concern for the pair of mating swans. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She’d put on pearls, a fresh coat of lipstick and a new pair of white gloves. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull on a favorite blue V-neck sweater over a pair of skinny jeans. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then there are four relations that fall into two neat pairs, depending on which event the author wishes to mention first. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hypnotized eyes followed every movement of the fork to his mouth; the third pair remained fixed on the chipmunk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped out of his cold wet shoes and removed both pairs of prison trousers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of loose, tan pants and a blue shirt. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands reached out and seized the back of my uniform shirt, twisting the fabric for a better grip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Showing a natural resourcefulness, he had little money but got himself hired as an au pair, or domestic assistant, to a Franco-American family. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

After breakfast she gave me a pair of her own earrings and a matching bracelet I had admired. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the museum and bump into another mentee-mentor pair who are taking photos even though there’s a sign that says no photographs are allowed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At least with a pair of them, we can play a cricket match. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She flinched, but one pair of eyes fixed a gaze so piercing upon her that she could not look away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took out a pair of Gap combat trousers, Nike sweatshirt and sneakers, got dressed, then sat on the bed and waited. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I am told you had a remarkable breed of tumblers. Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you’ve no further use for ’em?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Sohrab was looking at a pair of kites tangling high above the trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Table by table, each pair will be called to give one, and only one, answer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I want a Kwanzaa sweater with a pair of clippers on it. Got me?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He wore a ragged tweed jacket, a skullcap, and a pair of eyeglasses with one chipped lens resting on the tip of his nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You,” a guy says, an employee in a pair of jeans so baggy I could actually spend the night in them and have spare room to make S’mores, should the audition run long. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The textile factories that service Panem are loud with machinery, and the din also allowed word to pass safely, a pair of lips close to an ear, words unnoticed, unchecked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Medium,” said Doon, and Lister found him a slicker and a pair of boots. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of gold cloaks confronted them as they were making their way along Coppersmith's Wynd, but when they realized whom they'd challenged they begged the Hand's pardons and waved them on. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I laid out a pair of green rubber gauntlet gloves, yellow rubber boots, a black mask with twin purple filters. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of birds had built a small nest of mud and grass in the highest beams, had themselves a family. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had pictures of him from when he was a kid, and his first pair of shoes, and his old report cards, which weren’t as good as mine, but anyway. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put on a clean shirt and put three others in his backpack, along with a pair of long pants and some socks and underwear. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I began to get terrified at what my mother would say when I brought her home three pairs of stockings. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

While Perry waited in the car, he had gone into the hospital to try and buy a pair of black stockings from a nun. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of strong arms caught me—Bronwyn’s—and set my feet on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Under three huge brick arches they went, then down a steep stone ramp into the depths, through the dungeons and torture chambers and past a pair of deep stone cisterns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So Cade took a shower upstairs and changed into his Flat Face Pizza delivery-boy uniform, which was just a T-shirt with the childish Flat Face logo and a pair of blue jeans. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wears a gray T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed to say, We know a thing or two, the pair of us..., meaning him and Malcolm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was, until we hit a pair of waves broadside. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, though, he wasn’t sure that the same base pairs were involved. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Nearly every city I know has such a dying mother of violence and despair where at night the brightness of the street lamps is sucked away and policemen walk in pairs. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a pair of blunt scissors, she clipped wedges out of the liver and pressed them on glass slides. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made a perfectly complementary pair, Thorne a skillful salesman who hawked the securities transactions contrived by the introverted Alfred. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I try on a few pairs and then pick up a thick bracelet the color of a pomegranate and sitting in the clearance basket. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was human in shape and size, and was wearing what, now that Harry’s eyes became used to the darkness, was clearly an old pair of Ron’s pajamas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It comes down just past my butt, and I didn’t think to put on a pair of shorts before I came here. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, in 1908 he stepped into the position of crew coach more or less by default, replacing a pair of part-time volunteers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After putting on a pair of old jeans and nothing else, I walk back to bed in search of the two aces. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She snaps on a pair of blue latex gloves, wiggling her fingers to get them comfortably onto her hands. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mother has been replaced by Charlie, who is twirling a pair of white briefs above his head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By sunrise, the girls had built a stretcher by tying old pieces of wood and broken branches with torn strips of cloth from a pair of Juanita’s old shorts. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

With a last, incensed stare at the pair of them, he swung his cloak around him and hurried out of sight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m glad the pair I made brought you and your chums such amusement. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Braying laughter punctuated the comment as the hipster Indian guy went walking by, joined by the goateed white guy Celia was paired with, who was high-fiving him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now only the accused pair’s torsos protruded from the ground. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of green shorts and a green shirt, which I wore every day and washed twice a week, on Wednesday and then again on the weekend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I have to remind myself that Gale’s in 2 with a fancy job, probably kissing another pair of lips. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

More and more gathered on his back, and a moment later, a pair of huge golden wings unfurled and flapped gently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was seated in one of them and given a cheap visor and an even cheaper pair of haptic gloves. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A man much like these men, with his white coattails billowing behind him like a pair of paper wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Look at the pair of them. They're talking to each other as if our matchstick-eating friend can come and go here as he likes!" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His solid form towered over the pair of them, and the expression on his face was still indecipherable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A handful of Sharpies were lying on the carpet next to an open sketch pad, an old boom box, and a pair of my dad’s even older headphones. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She’s only the bait, and as soon as you’ve swallowed it the pair of you will be Capricorn's prisoners—for the rest of your lives, most likely.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As I waited at Camp One on April 13 for my teammates to join me atop the Icefall, a pair of climbers from Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness team strode past at an impressive clip. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And by the time James had pulled off the last boot of all and had lined them up in a row on the floor—twenty-one pairs altogether—the Centipede was fast asleep. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of elegantly dressed women knelt by the strange man who had come in from the landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing better would have been a pair of binoculars with, maybe, Jesus saw that she was ready. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

According to one report from 1689, each pair of workers was expected to cut and bind 4,200 stalks a day. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I stood there in front of my house, wearing nothing but a pair of white swim trunks, and as soon as the smell hit me, I knew what was about to happen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They exchange presents: she gives him a small used book of drawings by Goya, and he gives her a pair of blue woolen mittens and a mixed tape of his favorite Beatles songs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The derisive smiles soon faded as, pair by pair, the heirs heard their code words sung. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first afternoon following the discovery that A-T and G-C base pairs had similar shapes, he went back to his thesis measurements, but his effort was ineffectual. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Inside were a pair of moccasins and an illustrated New Testament. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove it into the guy's collarbone so deep the doctor had to remove it with a pair of surgical pliers. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A dirty pair of goggles—probably protection against bar fights—hangs around her neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon, I had them walking in pairs, a good ten feet apart from each other. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A pair of customs men were clambering aboard as he went down the gangplank, but neither gave him so much as a glance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maniac and Mars Bar stared in silence at the gunnery slots, where wide- open eyes began to appear, one pair atop another. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Zeitoun and the others entered the main room of the station, immediately fifty pairs of eyes, those of soldiers and police officers and military personnel, were upon them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I have my laptop and a suitcase containing T-shirts, jeans, and khakis, three long-sleeve shirts, one pair of shorts, vitamins, and an assortment of toiletries. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama gave each of them a pair of long woolen drawers, drop-seat style, and a woolen shirt with long sleeves and itchy insides. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wielded an enormous pair of hedge shears in her bright-orange gardening gloves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you buried your nose in those cursed books and let our sons go like they were a pair o/'haramis. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Since Seabiscuit refused to exert himself in workouts, it would have made little sense to pair him with the brilliantly fast Granville, especially as Granville already had a designated workmate who traveled with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my good pair of shoes—boots made of dark leather worn soft over time, with strong laces and steel toes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a great weighty pair on you. I’ll never call that into question. But still...” he gestured with his spoon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I write down my words, and when Mrs. Curtis tells us to share our lists with a partner, I am paired with James. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Tootie had on a pair of dishwashing gloves that went all the way up to her elbows. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I choose a pair with purple handles and sit down opposite her, our knees bumping. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We finally bought a pair of moccasins and charged them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He takes a pair of small gold spectacles out of his shirt pocket and flicks them open. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have taken the guards for a pair of Little Walder’s snowmen if he had not seen the white plumes of their breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His body swayed gently, the white oilcloth crumpled around his midsection like a pair of paper wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Songololo had rummaged through my pack, grabbed a handful of granola bars and a pair of socks, and was now running across the clearing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ma packs my one pair of clothes, wraps my food bowl in a scarf, and ties it diagonally around my back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden among her guests, the judge studied the two people standing off in the corner, the only pair in Sunset Towers who were not Westing heirs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Mother handing me her only pair of gold earrings, and my sister and me as we banged cups on the table, drunk with the joy of the noise we created. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A pair of crows sat on the low wall that enclosed the cemetery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My embroidery hoops and a pair of pinking shears in an oilcloth sheath hung around my neck, threatening myself and others in the push and shove. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steven was with her and so were a pair of bodyguards. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got my old set,” he said as he dug out a pair of heavy gloves and a stiff leather apron; both were charred dark in places and stained with grease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, here I am after dinner stuck holding a box of straight pins while Tía Inés gets a new pair of jeans fitted. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A pair of fairies near her turned to glass and shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Crooks possessed several pairs of shoes, a pair of rubber boots, a big alarm clock and a single-barreled shotgun. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s not working today, so she’s wearing a pair of black leggings and a white T-shirt decorated with shiny purple hearts. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A pair of Jackboot soldiers stood above him, laughing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A pair of trousers walked by, followed by a dog, which stopped to sniff a tree. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the stable the pair of oxen bellowed and rolled their eyes in terror. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as he comes home from the university the first thing he does is hang up his shirt and trousers, donning a pair of drawstring pajamas and a pullover if it’s cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Sundays he spends an hour occupied with his tins of shoe polishes and his three pairs of shoes, two black and one brown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can your mom and dad get you a new T-shirt and a pair of jeans whenever you want?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had a pair of beautiful black eyes that looked out at the world with an old man’s gaze. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my hand I’m clutching a pair of tickets to Shanghai. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more white faces stand out in my memory, a pair of nurses I saw from time to time in the clinic. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The present was a pair of roller skates. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of captain’s bars ulcerated with rust hung on the man’s ragged shirt collar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She throws a white button-down and a pair of jeans at him, and he pitches himself out of bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had a pair of leather gloves, but when Dad saw them he said they’d slow me down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ronan shows up at my door in a pair of new running shoes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A guard takes his trousers, his shirt, his shoelaces, and hands him a pair of blue prison pants and shirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But first I needed to work on my roundhouse kick, so she paired me with Samira. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their mother admonishes that the content of said tales may not be entirely appropriate for a pair of just barely thirteen-year-olds, but Mme. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a Foo Fighters T-shirt, pajama pants, and a pair of moccasins—total suburban white boy—but he’s so hot, I’d like him even if he wore a tattered garbage sack. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It could not have been terribly surprising to Choctaw thinkers that the descendants of one pair should show up in the territory of another. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Three trains had passed through since the pair arrived. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Shocked, Matt stared up at the coldest pair of eyes he’d ever seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God’s body, you certainly have a heavy pair, don’t you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The eyes were a pair of vacant hollows beneath a jutting brow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was given a uniform, a new pair of boots, a helmet, a flashlight, a whistle, and a knobkerrie, which is a long wooden stick with a heavy ball of wood at one end. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A painted sledge skimmed the snow, drawn by a pair of ashy horses. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

These are often confused when paired with other verbs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor does he bat an eyelash when Scoob requests a gas station stop in Shreveport to deliver hand-drawn cards to a pair of workers that say Thanks for the Anonymous Tip. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Never mind, thought Ralph, peeking out at two pairs of boots, the kind known as waffle stompers, which had thick treads that held snow. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wore red satin shorts and the best pair of boxing shoes I could afford. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled a pair of crumpled dollar bills from my pocket. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of nylon shoes with rubber soles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He simply didn't notice that Aslan was choosing one pair out of every kind of beasts. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever Mary came to the shore, she harvested as many as she could, and now with three pairs of hands and eyes at work, there would be a feast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"That's him, that's the partner. Didn't I tell you he was around here somewhere? They always work in pairs. It's the oldest trick in the book." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And with that, the pair of them strode out of the shop, Malfoy taking care to bang as hard as he could into Ron on the way out. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes reaches into his vest pocket for a pair of silver coins, which he places over Lincoln’s eyes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sets a green folder flat on the desk blotter, motions to a pair of dark leather chairs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, every displaced person milling about on the streets means another pair of eyes looking for the five rebels on the loose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I get home from therapy, I see an extra pair of shoes by the coatrack downstairs and I know Aunt Joan must be visiting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Victor turned around and looked into a pair of frightened black eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing something that looked like a pair of giant scissors, I stood up to grab it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had a strange, potato-shaped head and her black hair looked as if it had been cut using a pair of blunt scissors and an upturned bowl. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a moment the car rested on a pair of shelves. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The minute Celia and Matt emerged from the apartment, they were met by a pair of bodyguards and hustled through the halls. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black defendant and white victim pairings increased the likelihood of a death sentence even more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They are paired off and they draw lots. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pair of dwarfs, well trained for your amusement.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My parents approach me with a pair of shiny white shoes on a satin pillow. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Odom, who usually dressed in demure long dresses and straw hats, had on a pair of men’s overalls and an old plaid work shirt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I saw a pair of handcuffs arc gleaming into the air and sail across the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark figure crept through the narrow opening like a cat and reached back in for a coat and a pair of shoes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A pair of feet was coming down the staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then, every Sunday, at exactly 3:00 p.m., in front of the Apple Store at the mall, I am exchanged like a wrong-size pair of jeans. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was closing the distance between myself and the lounging pair too quickly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a black stone fireplace in the center of the room, a pair of chairs, and a small desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of the dance she returned to Ginsberg’s and selected a pair of false bosoms, went home, and tried them on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then he pulls a pair of eyeglasses out of the breast pocket of his overcoat and puts them on, perched partway down his bulbous nose. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of every winter Momma and Dad would go downtown to Montgomery Ward’s when gloves were going on sale and buy six pairs for us kids. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the workers took their breaks in pairs or groups. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aimee’s mom had been trying on outfits for her interview, and so far seven dresses, ten shirts, and three pairs of pants had landed on the floor. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In those camps, researchers found, the “basic unit of survival” was the pair, not the individual. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

White, who had ordered his men to work in pairs for security, received a tip that a former member of the Al Spencer Gang had shown up in Pawhuska to kill federal agents. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

More crickets and a pair of inchworms fell out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not five minutes later, Zooey, with his hair combed wet, stood barefoot at the washbowl, wearing a pair of beltless dark-gray sharkskin slacks, a face towel across his bare shoulders. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It would be most helpful to have a pair of Canadian crutches—forearm crutches, not underarm ones—to help stabilize his walk, but this means someone has to make another trip from the clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We had hardly seen each other over the summer, and the first words out of his mouth were, “Our au pair has arrived from England.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his nose sat a thick pair of glasses with plain lenses that made him look slightly dim-witted and completely harmless. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other is a tiny, delicate girl, her skin the dappled brown of a doe, her hair a cloud of white around her head, and a miniature pair of blue-gray butterfly wings on her back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of furry ears rose up behind a log. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of dusty red pickup trucks, like the ones I’d seen around town since I’d arrived, rode into the stadium through the gates. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, boy, don’t you wish you were down here in Florida?The close-up faded and another came, showing two pairs of legs standing close together. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Malaysian sisters used to come into the shop, and Yuko began talking to them, questioning them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My hand stops at the shoe rack, where I pick up an exquisite pair of white, red, and green kicks that smell like new leather, the heels decorated with gold studs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we had to get up whenever a Kapo came in to check if, by chance, somebody had a new pair of shoes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the grating, a pair of intensely blue eyes looked back at him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Show me something, tell me I'm gonna spar someday, put on a pair of real gloves. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was bent over a dahlia bush with a pair of scissors. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So as long as I carried a pair of sticks and kept the humor coming, nobody was going to guess anything was up with me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So these two drabs,” he held a pair out for my inspection, “Could have come from the same bar, right?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As it developed, the flu forfeits didn’t affect Bobby’s pairings or score. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was mainly a tight chest holding together a pair of forearms, mighty as thighs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For shoes, I dig out a pair of old leather slippers from the back of my closet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flores tells the class we will be working in pairs today. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, guys, I want you all to take one piece from each box,” he said as he produced a pair of rubber gloves from the pocket of his lab jacket and pulled them on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The unlucky pair stumbled off through the nighttime woodland, gesticulating and muttering together, weaving a fabric of lies that they hoped would satisfy Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was probably about forty, forty-five, but he was dressed younger, in a pair of loose jeans and a Red Wings sweater. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Luna heard the sound of footsteps approaching on the far side of the knoll before she saw it: a pair of glowing eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then she put on a pair of bright orange boots she found at the bottom of the cupboard. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I slipped on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt and headed into the yard. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I asked, slipping on a pair of boxers under the covers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Papa talked as though he would buy Francie a pair someday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Brown, green, even a little gold in there. I’ve never seen so many colors in a pair of eyes.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I steer her to a pair of stools against the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sound close by, but behind and below them, from the water meadow on the nearer bank of the Test, came faintly the shrill, incessant fussing of a pair of sandpipers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was squinting and smiling at the camera, showing a pair of missing front teeth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up a pair of jeans that are frayed on the bottom and have a few holes in them, and am about to show them to Mama, until I think better of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

On their feet they carried jungle boots—2.1 pounds — and Dave Jensen carried three pairs of socks and a can of Dr. Scholl’s foot powder as a precaution against trench foot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The uncertainty principle also predicts that there will be similar virtual pairs of matter particles, such as electrons or quarks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came out and walked toward us; she wore a pair of culottes that flapped around her calves, which were lumpy like sweet potatoes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pair after pair of perfectly tuned, beautifully timed legs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into grif-fin and unicom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he got closer, the sound became more like someone smacking a pair of ripe watermelons together. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were moments when I sorely wished for another pair of hands, but Judith and Isaac were away all day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Robin told me you wanted a pair of these,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Below these pillowcases, which are red, their clothes are ordinary: a leisure outfit, a pair of gray flannel slacks with a white shirt tucked in, the bottom of a conservative navy-blue suit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the birds reproduced Amaranta Úrsula would release them in pairs, and no sooner did they feel themselves free than they fled the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I walked into first period, all I could see of Mr. Gunthrie was a pair of thick-soled black boots propped on a class roster. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I kneel on the pallet and Caleb cuts a piece of my shirt away from my shoulder with a pair of medical scissors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One time, at a training camp during the beginning of the season, Ed instructed us to free fence, and I was paired with an up-and-coming fencer named Melanie. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pair of white duck trousers and a yachting cap. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Another day, Johnny brought in a pair of crudely made wood book ends and placed them on the bar with a flourish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got over the shock, Palmer joined her, the two of them flinging the ball at each other and cackling like a pair of chickens. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey, she was working hard too! Sold a bunch of earrings, man. People really like those things. Grandma even bought a pair.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had bought Mom a pair of earrings, a bottle of purple nail polish with glitter in it, and some striped tights, even though I thought, and I still think, that striped tights look dumb. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She gave me a pair of one-hundred-dollar bills, two fifties, and five twenties from a pile of endless bills. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She walks back out, now holding a pair of blue jeans, knees stained with grass and dirt, blood caked around the ankles, pockets torn with holes and unraveling. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Fischer had not only retained his title as United States Champion, he’d accomplished something unprecedented: For the third year in a row, he’d marched to the title without being defeated in any of the pairings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I was heading back to Base Camp through the lower Icefall, I overtook a pair of slower climbers outfitted with very strange looking clothing and equipment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ascended to the next plane, merely a pair of eyes floating through a dopamine haze. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Snape put them all into pairs and set them to mixing up a simple potion to cure boils. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I still made sure to switch back and forth between my two pairs of nonsneaker shoes every day so I wouldn't wear down the soles too quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he wandered through the couch-stocked maze, I stood near the room’s entrance, trying my best not to block pairs of roommates as they maneuvered furniture through the narrow front door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Dress. Wear the cloak with the hood and keep your head down. We’re supposed to be a pair of likely lads, just in case the slave-catchers are watching.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of blue rubber testicles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Annie Demetrios, in a pair of bright orange sweatpants, was arguing with a woman Ivy assumed must be her mother because they looked so much alike. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Google glasses. One of ten pairs in the world!” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Later that day, Ira was cleaning up the station yard when he found a green bathing suit, a pair of white sneakers, a pair of white socks, and a shirt in the hedges. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When an important pair of major generals came to inspect the 588th, one of them gave a speech and told the regiment that they were “the most beautiful girls in the world.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Though I know that he had something to do with the attack simulation, and with all those deaths, I find it difficult to pair those actions with the man I see in front of me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A pair of butterflies and a dragonfly landed on the lounge chair at the edge of the mirror. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A pair of formidable arms grabbed Ben from behind. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore dark-framed glasses, a cream- colored jacket with the zipper half open, and a pair of sharply creased light-brown pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only game-related item he’s wearing is a pair of simple, silver cuff links glinting in the sunlight, both cut in the shape of the Warcross logo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone had inked a pair of crude breasts onto the fairy’s chest, and Ivan frowned as he looked at the graffiti on his book. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It's mostly tins of meat and potato hash I stole from an airship's cafeteria, and an old pair of shoes with intact soles. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It turned out that the way to make magic was to rip up my new thrift store clothes with a pair of scissors. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the column splashed across the shallow waters, the sun was setting behind a pair of grassy hills. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She begins to work around the room, moving from pair to pair, listening to the singing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She’d slip on a pair of dancing shoes, put a stack of records on the phonograph, and crank the volume way up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For over two hours I happily lay awake with pairs of adenine residues whirling in front of my closed eyes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Ms. Platt had never paired me up with a new student before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she made a pair of mops from the ties. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such factions here we had as commonly attend such voyages, that a pair of gallows was made, but Captain Smith, for whom they were intended, could not be persuaded to use them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ll report the pair of you to the colonel if you don’t straighten up. There’ll be no more brawling or caterwauling in this kitchen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was one half of a pair that was carrying a body in from the grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The aerodrome was so spanking new that the mechanics there were happy to have an extra pair of capable hands around. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As the pair drew near he turned and fled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a few pairs of her favorite pajamas, including the flannel monkeys in space. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She walks slowly to Ms. Tannenbaum’s desk and fetches a pair of scissors from the pencil cup. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He considers packing a spare pair of shoes but decides he can likely borrow some from Widget if need be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This one was young, fifteen or maybe sixteen, with shaggy blond hair in need of a good wash and a pair of pouty lips in need of a good kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We stayed close together, as two pairs of eyes are better than one, and neither of us was eager to set off alone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pair we spotted when we first escaped the fog felt like a welcoming committee. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just get a pair that fits, I tell myself. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

All have long steel tables with stools bolted to the floor in pairs and an aisle down the middle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents knew you were special so they saved up for a couple years, bought you a pair of shoes, and sewed the pig blanket into a shirt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of her shoes was standing outside the door to be cleaned. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

One day I went to the optical counter of a department store to deliver a pair of eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn down the hall, and Chris is standing in the doorway of our class, his hands stuffed in pockets and a pair of headphones draped around his neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Hubble and Humason hit it off splendidly, a perhaps unlikely pair who worked together at the telescope harmoniously. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten minutes after, the driver got down and opened a pair of gates: we passed through, and they clashed to behind us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then there were a pair, boy and girl. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Melissa Dumas dug Lorraine’s pair out of the closet, and she and I did this dance you wouldn’t believe. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Monique scurried back into the bedroom, brought out the box that the last pair of Jordan’s new shoes had come in and handed it to Angel with a grin. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s this pair of random dudes in front of the double helixes who look a little familiar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Kelly found a pair of yellow canvas sneakers to match her own skirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The sheep were fun while they lasted, and it is doubtful if any pair of quadrupeds ever had been sheared so often by so many. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that she’s changed out of her gardening smock into a clean pair of corduroy pants and a sweater. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A twenty-six-year-old novice attorney who later became an international master, he greeted the Brooklyn pair and immediately matched Bobby with a player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The virtual particle/antiparticle pairs of spin Vi and Vi would have negative energy, and so would tend to cancel out the positive energy of the spin 2, 1, and 0 virtual pairs. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin cracked and split open, but there was only more fire beneath, his coattails rippling behind him like a pair of wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She bought a special pair of scissors for work. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Next thing he knew, he was being wrenched inside the common room by about a dozen pairs of hands, and was facing the whole of Gryffindor House, all of whom were screaming, applauding, and whistling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sets her new pair of running shoes on top of the other stuff. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He put on some of Leo’s thick wool socks and a pair of his leather boots. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My oversize sneakers clopped on the court like a pair of Clydesdale hooves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mini handed her a hat and sunglasses before jamming on her own pair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think of her cold eyes and perpetual scowl, her unwillingness to see me as anything more than a pair of hands, fingers holding a needle and thread. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of trawlers on the horizon appear and disappear between waves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So Annie and Doc Mom settled on a pair of plain red lifeguard baggies that were exactly the ones I would have chosen for myself about an hour and a half earlier. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Between a pair of wishbone pines I squeezed myself out of sight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A pair of eyes topped by a heavy line of eyebrow appeared over the paper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The bells had been brought from the Indies, regardless of expense, and the pair worn by the jer were made of silver. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand—well, would Kansas send four Special Agents a thousand miles to pick up a small-time pair of parole violators? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Returning to his desk, Mr. Curtain produced two white tunics, two pale blue sashes, and two pairs of striped trousers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He owned over ten pairs of sneakers now, but these were his favorite—the first he’d bought. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the first time he touched her, Deborah swore she’d never wear another pair of jeans with snaps instead of zippers again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails, soaring in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a black T-shirt and a pair of worn jeans, sneakers that looked a hundred years old. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But the pairs which he had touched instantly left their own kinds and followed him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a pair of fuzzy pink bedroom slippers. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He nods, and Miss Anderson takes Katherine's weapons and puts a pair of irons on her as well, although judging by Miss Anderson’s face it pains her to do so. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Harry froze with a brass telescope in one hand and a pair of trainers in the other. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I turn, and a pair of piercing brown eyes stares back at me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That night I dreamed that I was sitting on the grass peering through a pair of binoculars. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was standing in front of the mirror in his office, snipping away at his beard with a tiny pair of scissors. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Neville suddenly let out a frightened squeak and broke into a run — he tripped, grabbed Ron around the waist, and the pair of them toppled right into a suit of armor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A pair of tennis shoes inside a glass case. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving the Hab in pairs, they grouped up outside Airlock 1. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because energy cannot be created out of nothing, one of the partners in a particle/antiparticle pair will have positive energy, and the other partner negative energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had three “good” shirts and three “good” pairs of pants. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had on a pair of my flannel pants, like a glove. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owner, an older woman, gives me more fortune cookies and an extra pair of chopsticks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The door closes, and I turn to my desk, pulling on a pair of latex gloves and taking out my colored pencils. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bekah Cotter stands behind the row of girls in a pair of tiny denim shorts, gold flats, and an oversized white T-shirt that’s been tied into a knot at the small of her back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cady had been much too young to remember it, but she’d heard the story so many times that the details were as real and comfortable as a pair of well-worn shoes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He handed her a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans, and some socks from the box where Monique kept Angel’s clothes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Today’s test,” announced Scythe Cervantes, “will be a competition in the martial art of Bokator. The candidates will be paired and judged on their performance.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He ripped open one of the packages and dangled a pair of bangles in front of you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Light from the front window fell across a crowded workbench and dozens of shelved pairs of shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He drew on a pair of very thick gloves, picked up a large, knobbly walking stick, and proceeded toward the door of the Monster Books’ cage. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“As an au pair. She says that the agency won’t place her if they find out.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Snow still chose to dwell behind the armory, in a pair of modest rooms previously occupied by the Watch’s late blacksmith. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we don’t, she looks right past us as if she could see another pair of girls just behind us, girls who will tell her what she wants to hear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, the line began to widen, and a pair of hands reached in. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Coach Warner ducked into his office beneath the bleachers and came out with a board and a pair of cinder blocks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He summoned some breath mints and a pair of welding goggles from his tool belt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He popped the hood of his car and pulled a pair of jumper cables out of his trunk, and after a bit of instruction on his part, he and Miles set to work. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I try on those words as if they're a new pair of slippers that don't quite fit. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mother owned only six bracelets, one pair of earrings, and a necklace. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He slid his feet into a pair of braided straw sandals and padded out of the changing room. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With us at each elbow, she walked carefully into the hall, where a large man in a nursing uniform started with alarm and quickly produced a pair of crutches. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a pair of gloves from Abuela and got onto my hands and knees to help spread the dirt around the base of the floribunda bush. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Susan Marie did not want to be foremost a pair of breasts, but on the other hand she was proud of herself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if I had never seen a pair of shoes until I came to America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Margaret wanted to know what happens when an au pair leaves her host family before her time is up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold still,” Lane said to a pair of frogs’ legs. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Wednesday put on a pair of faded pink earmuffs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then Shug want two more pair just like the first Then everybody in her band want some. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whenever the committee pairs us with the Demons,” Hammie says, “it’s usually in a level that involves speed. Like Eight-Bit World, from two years ago.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Woolen tapestries covered the walls, and a pair of wide latticework doors looked out upon the godswood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Millie’s wearing a polyester pantsuit and Amanda’s in a pair of soccer shorts—I think they might even be the same ones she wore yesterday. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even Jesse wore his one pair of corduroys and an ironed shirt. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes still riveted to the beloved pair in the ring, she forced her way among the other guests in the Imperial Box to her father’s side and tried to hug him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Incest is permitted, with various restrictions, between siblings, even the full siblings of a vowed-kemmering pair. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another penny bought a small reel of red embroidery cotton and two cents went for a pair of small hoops. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t heard much from the pair, but Mark didn’t like the sound of it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On my way to the Eolian I bought a pair of low boots, good for walking and warm enough for the winter months ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when they opened the door, they were faced not with Scythe Faraday, but with a pair of officers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Twice a pair of boys on the starboard side failed to make clean releases from the water, and each time it happened it broke their rhythm and slowed them down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I glanced up and saw a pair of kites, red with long blue tails. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Combat Boot Lady wore a too-large Seattle Seahawks jersey and a pair of sweat shorts, which I felt somehow explained everything. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The pair stood and chatted beside two armchairs, beneath one of the dark wooden arches that are found throughout the grand building. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother with the second pair; they are a smaller size. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the boys, the white one, seemed to be paired with Celia, he saw. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my favorite flip-flops, the black-and-white pair I got for my birthday, the same ones Malik has. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, peering through a pair of binoculars, studying the boats intently. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“After my husband passed, I made a whole quilt out of his clothes. Even made a square using a pair of his boxers. I washed them, of course.”Holly winked, but her face turned serious. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Felix took a quick shower and put on a pair of tie-dyed leather skater pants that had cost over five grand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My feet felt like clumps of ice at my ankles; two pairs of woolen socks provided a meager shield against this Montana cold. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I drew a tank top and a pair of waders like he wore on the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lee Lee picks up a pair of scissors and starts cutting. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sun Man pulled out his things: four sets of new clothes two pairs of new moccasins two strings of white shell beads Kaup’a’ta smiled when he saw these things “We’ll gamble all night,” he said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like finally taking off a pair of too-tight shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Many pairs of eyes that dart about and then are quickly cast downward when guards pass. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Matilda and Lavender saw the giant in green breeches advancing upon a girl of about ten who had a pair of plaited golden pigtails hanging over her shoulders. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma emerged from the flat in a pair of shorts, rubbing her hands over the front of her T-shirt. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although there is a pair of grand doors in the front, he takes me around to a small door on the side that leads directly to the kitchens. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Every Muslim present was impressed by the bearing and the obvious genuineness of the striking, handsome pair of prizefighter brothers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were stopped by a pair of soldiers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Blue light streamed out of it, and she removed a pair of yellow rubber boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hers were the only pair of eyes that were attempting to incinerate him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When phrases come in pairs like this, the first phrase is called the antecedent phrase, and the second is called the consequent phrase. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“But you are required to. All around you, that group is being paired with good things. You open the newspaper and you turn on the television, and you can’t escape it.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When she closed her fingers as if she were making a pair of shadow geese bite, the string twisted together catching the little hairs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she happened to be there anyway, Jinny decided to swap her own pants for a fresh pair, as they’d been getting threadbare. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were looking for a weapon of mass destruction, but all I had was a T-shirt, Right Guard deodorant, and a pair of shorts. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The huntress handed her a pair of riding gloves and said easily, “We have all day.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we become fluent readers we file away in memory tens of thousands of common word pairs, such as horse race, hunt ducks, cotton clothing, fat people, prime number, old man, and data point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Your parents, my dear, have no more worldly wisdom than a pair of babies.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also made a pair of sandals from sealskin for walking over the dunes when the sun was hot, or just to be dressed up when I wore my new skirt of yucca twine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a pair of dangly silver chandelier earrings and grab my sweater, then study my reflection. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Victor stuffed his cap into his left pocket, took off the glasses, and pulled a small beard and a pair of sunglasses out of his right pocket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The windows of the car were dirty and rice thrown at some recent bridal pair lay scattered on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wore only a pair of denim shorts, and the muscles on his back rippled, smooth and long like the ridges he weeded. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had an owl in his barn who talked to him at night and a pair of swallows. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa handed her a pair of small, spongy cylinders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And off would come the wrappers from three suggested dancing dolls or three suggested pairs of roller skates or this very night, three wonderful surprises! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We could hear him clinking and sloshing around in there, and he emerged a few minutes later holding a floppy photograph with a pair of wooden tongs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They barely cry, staying awake and alert, with matching pairs of wide blue eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just under the crown of the arch dangled a pair of feet. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Matthias battled to free his other paw he felt himself enveloped by two pairs of wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He smiled benevolently over the audience as he reached inside his inner breast pocket and withdrew a pair of reading glasses. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Doña Susana will be there watching you,” Mami warned, unnecessarily, since we expected another pair of eyes as stern and unforgiving as hers to watch our every move when she wasn’t around. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I almost never wear shoes around the house and now I’m not sure that I can find a pair that will fit. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you ask my father to bring my other pair of glasses?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her mother put the earrings down on the dresser and picked up another pair. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I’m paired with a freshman who will likely run circles around me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Once she aimed it into the forest and caught a pair of red eyes staring back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought Mitchell a new pair of sneakers, sometimes a toy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Over her shoulder, in the backyard, a pair of deer looked in on us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And a pair of fuzzy duck slippers sat waiting on the floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I fluff up my thick, kinky fro and throw on an old pair of jean shorts. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I thought about Hailsham closing, and how it was like someone coming along with a pair of shears and snipping the balloon strings just where they entwined above the man’s fist. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I steeped the tea, Dad pulled down a pair of cups for us and set them on the kitchen table. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hands lifted me from the ground, dropping me on some other surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The pair informed the family that they had come for the rent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of ravens exploded off a tree branch and flew around the oasis cawing wildly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, instead of flying in a predictable line, the Po-2s of the 46th Guards would fly in pairs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In Laila’s hands was a metal spoke she had snapped with a pair of pliers from an abandoned bicycle wheel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A pair of boys pushed past us to get on the train, one shoving the other. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Using a pair of surgical tongs, she began carefully pulling away the sodden, congealed lengths of ribbon gauze from the cavity in the side of his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was small, though, so they agreed to stay in a pair of rooms on the third floor that were used only for storage. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there is nothing to be done but to get out a pair of scissors and cut the knot right out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There are about eighteen pairs of scissors there, ones that have gone missing over the years from the drawer in the kitchen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He flicked on the squad car’s headlights and there, on a grassy mound marked by a freshly planted survey stake, stood a pair of burrowing owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Tess was back, her arms cradling at least fifteen pairs of shoes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I circled around it until I found the entrance, a massive pair of stone doors standing wide open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had on one of those green felt Alpine hats with the feather and a pair of tall black riding boots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tata Boanda, the old fisherman, goes out in his boat every morning in the brightest red pair of trousers you ever saw in your life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra pushed between a pair of imps, heading for the door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At two in the morning, again at four, she made the trip, peered out into the dark street, solitary except for a pair of police and cats peeing in the snow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four dresses, two shirts, a pair of jeans, a silk sweater. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But I suspect the nicest pair she knits will be for you. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had more than one hundred pairs—a collection of big hoops and long dangly beads and small studs shaped either like hearts or daisies or baby animals. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It is really a triple system, two stars revolving around each other, and a third, Proxima Centauri, orbiting the pair at a discreet distance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its rolling periods, its fine orotundities, its balanced pairs, and its vivid sense of how history pivoted on this moment, on these men ... it was a tour de force. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drew up the hard wooden chair beside Riddle, so that the pair of them looked rather like a hospital patient and visitor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knowed the next time I saw him he’d be smelling like powder and wearing a old pair of my britches. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Two days later Larry Dunn stopped wearing socks on his hands and started wearing a pair of real leather gloves with real rabbit fur on the inside of them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please send a new pair of hose without holes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s take another look at a pair of earlier lists. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I think my heart grew a pair of big, fluffy white wings at the mere sight of it, and nothing was going to shoot it down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“If I hear so much as one pair of footsteps heading our way,” Kaede says, “I’ll kill you right here. Understand?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Each box represents a group of songs that can be sung in pairs as partner songs, or even layered as three or more songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I look up and spot a pair of what I guess are monkeys. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was in charge of one pair of canoes, and Dr. Cajazeira was in charge of the other. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had a long narrow face and a chin beard bound about with golden wire, and his stiff red-black hair swept out from his temples to form a pair of taloned hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she picked out the two largest pairs of clippers and ran outside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the closet, my favorite pair of jeans and the jet-black I Heart Booths T-shirt Quinton got me last year are waiting for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His knees were covered with rich black dirt, and he wore a pair of green gardening gloves. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The manacles are off, but he’s still constantly accompanied by a pair of guards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She is depressed by the pair of teenaged Bangladeshi busboys who wear tapestry waistcoats and black trousers, serving them warm bread with silver tongs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went back to my room and put on another pair of jeans, an undershirt, and a thick flannel shirt over it, two pairs of socks, my galoshes, and a heavy wool coat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the blissful pair came to the dirt road that led to Bando’s house, Sam stopped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was randomly paired with Max Wade, and they played against Aidan and Luke. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The exact same pair of bets that Zero cast. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s like a thing with a pair of eyes that whispers mean things to him.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He paused, removing a small pair of plastic binoculars from his cereal box. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When one pair wore out, we stole another. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d started running, though, Grover and Ralph had already turned the corner; all he got for his efforts was the dwindling sound of the pair of them, laughing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the back of the door, a shoe rack with a couple dozen pairs of shoes, from Mary Janes to prom heels. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tossed me a green T-shirt and a pair of shorts so white, they were blinding in the alien glow of the bathroom’s fluorescent lights. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She has an old pair of sunglasses that would appear fashionable yet do a good job disguising my condition. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

This year, as forehanded as ever, he’d been wavering between the imported perfumes on sale at Norris Drugs and a pair of riding boots. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to help her memory, Roberto added, “He also bought me a pair of shoes when he saw mine were worn out. I was in the sixth grade.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That wall is covered with the same set of weaponry as my locker: twin sickles, a Remington single-action revolver, a rifle, a pair of spiked batons. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I stoically cast on the requisite number of stitches, recalling the pair of socks I’d finally finished and sent to Charlie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton stops playing the piano, and suddenly I feel a pair of icy eyes hawking me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A pair of shoes or a warning or an infection or a new movie can become highly contagious and tip simply by being associated with a particular kind of person. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Portia took off his bedroom shoes and unrolled a pair of clean black cotton socks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With a pair of loud cracks he volleyed two more bullets over our heads, just to drive his point home. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It depended upon a pair of young men that he had often observed observing him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out fly a pair of pigeons—boom—knocked from the air with one shot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A pair of explorer cousins marched towards the shed with sticks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I grab a pair of balled socks from the clean-clothes basket and lob it at her head. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Training my lens on a pair of climbers approaching the summit, I noticed something that until that moment had escaped my attention. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I trail close behind a pair of old men who take no notice of me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Branwell must have been up all night trying to think of ways to stop her from getting another job as an au pair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the bathroom and return with two small combs, a pair of scissors, and a small squirt bottle full of water. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Taryn flounced over in her bright yellow bathing suit to where Ivy’s mom was trying to fit a pair of goggles over Ivy’s head of thick hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was wearing two undershirts, three pairs of underpants, a dress, and over that a skirt, a jacket, a raincoat, two pairs of stockings, heavy shoes, a cap, a scarf and lots more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to get past the gorilla demon, but it growled and two pairs of claws stretched out from its fists. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

No one had the word amber, but two pairs had am in their clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth was a living room with the exit, a pair of French windows, on the other side. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They'd been issued a pair of khaki pants, a khaki jacket minus the shiny buttons, black leather shoes, gray wool socks, a black belt, and a hat with a swastika on the front. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

A letter finally arrived in early December that announced the pairings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was still and quiet except for the swoop and chatter of a pair of sparrows darting in and out of driveways. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I slipped on a pair of jeans and headed for the kitchen. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s January in Indiana, she is shoeless in tights, a pair of boots in her hand, and staring either at her feet or at the ground—it’s hard to tell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She walked him to Ninth Avenue, stood with him at dawn, her hair uncombed, her face still thick with sleep, her coat and a pair of boots slipped on over her pajamas. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As has been discussed in this chapter and Chapter 7, “empty” space is filled with pairs of virtual particles and antiparticles that appear together, move apart, and then come back together and annihilate each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Seema sent me a pair of sneakers for my birthday, and I kept the box because it's not too often that I get packages addressed to me, Mr. Jason D. Riazi. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I added several layers of clothes, a hat, and two pairs of socks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As we went inside, Aunt Margaret pointed to a pair of roller skates on the back porch. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I secretly bought a pair of castanets and taught myself at least to emulate some of the sounds I heard from above. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took this opportunity to pull a pair of jots from my purse and hold them out to Roent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His senses subconsciously savored the clatter of rats and the smell of old paper and wood and the possessed feeling that his pair of baggy Levy Pants gave him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry’s eyes, still puffy, took a moment to acclimatize, then he saw a pair of wrought-iron gates at the foot of what looked like a long drive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In addition to the towel, the meticulous Nye listed in his notebook: “One dirty pillow, ‘Souvenir of Honolulu’; one pink baby blanket; one pair khaki trousers; one aluminum pan with pancake turner.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wore a new pair of bright red sneakers, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But add another pair and you have pairs: Two pairs are brown. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked for a razor so that he could shave, and asked Dr. Mudd if he would make a pair of crutches for Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One pair of scuffed pink sandals her feet were growing out of, anyway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone take a pair of earmuffs,” said Professor Sprout. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was always leaving little gifts in Nate’s tent—a pair of wool socks, a tin canteen. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the lamassus jumped out of the way of Idiptu's slime, I left a pair of deep chariot grooves across the toad's head. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“There aren’t enough Patriots in Redding to stop a pair of cows going through.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been following someone, wearing a full black beard and a rather horrendous pair of glasses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joe flashed her a sheepish smile as he gathered a pair of rubber gloves, a plastic bowl, and the half-empty container of hair dye into a shopping bag. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then, before retiring, she exchanged her ordinary glasses for a pair of reading spectacles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to buy you from Anne after I first met you. She refused and we argued like a pair of fishwives. I rather lost my temper.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unfolded a pair of zippicamiknicks, blushed, put them hastily away again; but kissed a perfumed acetate handkerchief and wound a scarf round his neck. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

You hardly ever saw the eagle—a pair of them lived nearby—let alone heard one. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hugo whirled and charged after them, grabbing a pair of them by the knees and then wielding them like clubs to swat others away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Cardan has stopped beside a boy with long copper hair and a pair of small moth wings—a boy who isn’t bowing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The quest is simple: leave a pair behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The white woman purposefully watched Mama take off our socks and slip a clean pair on our feet before we tried on the shoes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A man’s pair since, evidently, Mexican girls’ feet don’t grow to size nine-and-a-half. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All around us, avatars began to pair up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That night, we camped out behind a pawn shop that had a pair of old chairs and a ripped-up couch lying in its alley. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that my motorcycle is wearing out. The tires are thin, and if they wear out, where am I going to get another pair?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their periphescence existed simultaneously with a less passionate stage of pair bonding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But when I searched my room earlier this morning, every pair I owned seemed to be ripped, or covered in Boomer hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

He would give all of them a new pair of shoes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only feminine thing about her was the huge pair of silver earrings, which hung so low on her thin, elongated earlobes, they touched her shoulders. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“So, hey,” he says, shuffling back and forth on a pair of running mud-cakes, driving dirt deeper and deeper into my plush white carpet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Underneath Desdemona, beating time against the boards and lifting her up: a pair of wings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And a man who had a pair of binoculars to his eyes said, “They look pritt-ty peculiar to me, I’ll tell you that.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had a medal struck which bore the words ‘Que sçay-jei—What do I know?’—over the image of a pair of scales. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Big one had big clothes draped about, big pair of underwear hung over the back of an exercise bike to dry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Around her were scattered twenty or so pairs of shoes, in all sizes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the parlor and picked up my project, a pathetic pair of socks I’d started back in October when Charlie enlisted. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They gave her a shift of grey roughspun wool and a pair of ill-fitting shoes, and sent her off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe this. Why do you always do this? Why can’t I wear what I want? It’s not like I’m wearing a pair of Daisy Dukes and a see-through tube top.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hope Springs’s City Hall was a two-story brick building with tall white columns and pairs of paint-peeled shutters on every window. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her head is twisted unnaturally to the left, chin raised and held in place by a large pair of white hands. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, he saw a pair of wooden steps leading upward. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wore sensible heels and kept a pair of reading glasses on a chain around her neck. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Potential boyfriends could not smoke Merit cigarettes, own or wear a pair of cowboy boots, or eat anything labeled either lite or heart smart. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Which naturally leads to a related pair of crime-drop explanations: Innovative policing strategies Increased number of police Let’s address the second one first. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She had tons of your old stuff piled on the bed: a pair of tiny sneakers, your frilly white baptism dress, even a gross chewed-on pacifier. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or where to find a pair of old-fashioned shoes for the school play. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to buy her her first pair of snow boots, her first winter coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Apart from the food, Rue has a small water skin, a homemade slingshot, and an extra pair of socks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had on a T-shirt and a pair of jeans with a hole in the knee. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Two dozen pairs of eyes watched me, burning in skull-like faces. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids were bundled up in their heaviest winter coats, weighed down with scarves, hats, earmuffs, and multiple pairs of socks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He wipes his face with the threadbare motel towel and pulls on a pair of faded jeans and an army-green T-shirt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He had only the two shirts and pairs of trousers that Ugwu had hurriedly packed, and she smiled, thinking of how she knew what he would wear each morning before he dressed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In our room, Gary demonstrated a technique for polishing his gleaming dress shoes, the same pair he had worn in the Air Force many years before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the inner door opened—the door, she now saw, which separated the office from the pair of cells—and in the light that streamed before him, the constable appeared, carrying a breakfast tray. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so in the morning Rat Kiley and two other medics tagged along as security while Mark and Mary Anne strolled through the ville like a pair of tourists. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In front of them was a pair of tired and grumpy-looking wizards, one of whom was holding a large gold watch, the other a thick roll of parchment and a quill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The two made an unlikely pair: the alchemist and the explosionist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The small revolver Vic has smuggled in for him—just in case—is wrapped snugly in an extra shirt, a dark colored shirt, and a dark colored pair of pants for escaping at night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A pair of jeans with a leather belt, a pair of flip-flops, a Winter Park High School Wildcats baseball cap, and a baby blue polo shirt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She followed Mama’s lead around cages of white pygmy elephants, chimpanzees, a pair of giraffes grazing quietly in their paddock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The paired maternal and paternal chromosomes hug each other and readily swap genetic information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I squinted at my mom, standing beside my bed wearing an old pair of jeans, plaid shirt and baseball cap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At first glance it appeared to be a three-ton pair of scissors, and this turned out to be exactly what it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While I looked them over, Sander rummaged through an ironbound chest and tossed me a short kersey tunic and a pair of plain breeches. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the Astrea managed to beat out of Salem Harbor, every man on board was going to need four arms and six pairs of hands to handle sail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are further caged behind a fencelike wall between us and the driver and the guards, with their pair of shotguns. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hands drag me up before I can see properly, and I scream as my wounded leg tries to take some of my weight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Poe appears, wearing a face mask, a scrub cap, and gloves, and swings a pair of tongs in the air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I followed, as silent as an extra pair of shadows. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She found a pair of black high heels with buckles smaller than a baby’s teeth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Nice one, Harry!” said Ron enthusiastically, waving the new pair of Quidditch Keeper’s gloves Harry had given him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Each soldier was paired up with a dog to track enemies through the jungle, search villages, and walk point looking for booby traps or snipers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

New pair cost seven dollars though, which means I’m on be eating cabbage and tomato till I turn into Br’er Rabbit. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pulsing blue lights lined the runway, which ran up the center of the hangar to a massive pair of armored doors at the far end. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The men descended on the large shoe store next to the city hall, shouting as they threw hundreds of pairs of shoes into the street. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the flying machine was a pair of smaller wings, about four feet long and about a foot apart, which the Wrights called horizontal rudders. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showered, put on a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d put on my favorite pair of jeans and a pair of Doc Martens boots I hadn’t worn in yet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kaz pulled on a clean pair of gloves, snapped up his walking stick, and headed out the door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stole a pair of Rufus’s old trousers and a worn shirt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light breeze, which lifted a faint scent out of the flowers and rustled the stiff leaves, and Mary imagined a huge, dim benevolence holding her up, like a pair of giant hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pressed together like a sandwich, the paired boards could carry twice as much weight, most of it in saddlebags slung on the underside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lawrence provided the vision, he reflected later, and “Livingston was a pair of arms.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I pull on a pair of tracksuit bottoms and a T-shirt. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of damp dwarfs, numb with fear, waiting for the world to end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dry my hair and put on a pair of sweats. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a tray that held hooks, rolled fishing line, a rusted pair of scissors, a pocketknife, and a box of Band-Aids. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But before Rosa could do any serious harm, a pair of burly men rushed through the door and dragged her away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a leather aviator helmet with goggles and had a pair of feathered wings strapped to.his back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he saw them: Malfoy with his arms around the unconscious Goyle, the pair of them perched on a fragile tower of charred desks, and Harry dived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Five seconds later, a pair of feet dangled next to her, then jerked back up, the beam of David’s flashlight swinging around drunkenly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

No little paper bag with the other dress, or a nightgown, or two pair of whitish cotton bloomers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three pairs of green eyes flew out into the field and converged at a darkened area at the far end of the park. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

One of the sisters had put a pair of red socks on two of the tub’s feet—who knows why. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew up the drive and suddenly she saw Miss Honey in the front garden, standing in the middle of a bed of roses doing something with a pair of clippers. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though convicted of a single slaying, the pair had claimed seven victims in the course of a cross-country murder spree. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They taught her how to dress up in a pair of maid’s overalls to move around the city without being questioned. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of eternal eyes stared at me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I settle on a pair of gray sweatpants because it will be a cozy TV night on the couch. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After that day, each morning he’d find a handsome new pair of shoes on his workbench. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spent the day before Christmas fighting a holly bush with a pair of scissors. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The player who finds the most pairs wins. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I sit and listen it will only be a pair of ears for St. Francis and Our Lord. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of shoes, heavy leather shoes that tied with laces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol practically shoved her from him as he approached the pair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The team exited from the hot zone in pairs, and stood around on the grass in their civilian clothes, looking pale, weak, and thoughtful. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the bear heads on her waist was now wearing a pair of crooked plastic Alcatraz sunglasses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Major took his hand off the wheel and plucked a pair of tinted sunglasses out of his T-shirt pocket. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over at table two, three kids are listening to something on a pair of earbuds. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You want me to wear a pair of mens trousers?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then everyone cheered or bayed or neighed or trumpeted or clapped its wings and the royal pair stood looking solemn and a little shy, but all the nobler for their shyness. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As I pushed the different tips onto the page, each left its own mark, either a small smiley face, a heart, an exclamation point, or, my favorite, a pair of puckered lips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When social animals are gathered together in groups, they become qualitatively different creatures from what they were when alone or in pairs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ten dollars a week would buy about fifteen fried chickens. Or five pairs of shoes or five dresses. Or installments on a radio.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d be hopeless in that ill-fitting pair that 13 assigned to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bright Star clomped a pair of boots onto the table. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kiowa always took along his New Testament and a pair of moccasins for silence. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing thick glasses, a worn-in maroon sweater, and a pair of cuffed jeans, looking decidedly out of place in the halls of Buckingham Palace. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Both times I felt far worse after being groped by a pair of wrinkled hands than I had before I’d come in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I have nine pairs of these exact same shoes.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emily had huge blue eyes that were magnified even larger by a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and she was the only other girl in class, besides herself, who wore two long braids. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Calpurnia threw down a pair of patent leather shoes at her feet. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The next month the first pair reproduces, the second pair reproduces, since it has reached maturity, but the third pair is too young. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Facing him was a short and rather plump little woman with a round, lumpy face and a pair of very sharp black eyes. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to simulate pulling together the arms of a struggling inmate in order to handcuff him behind his back, I squeezed together a pair of calipers representing fifty pounds of resistance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The things people wish for! The craziness! Last year someone wrote I wish for chocolate spaghetti. In permanent marker. On a pair of underwear. Tossed it way up high.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m about to ask the attendant approaching me, but I’m interrupted when he hands me a pair of glasses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of fairies crouched over Dale, placed their hands on him, and then helped him to his feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the next few weeks Adams and Jefferson developed two equally cogent but wholly incompatible political strategies in response to their somewhat awkward reunion as a political pair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Rasheed’s watch too was sold, his old transistor radio, his pair of neckties, his shoes, and his wedding ring. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I climb out of bed and pull a pair of sweats over my leggings, a bulky sweater over my turtleneck. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled on a pair of pants and threw on a shirt as I ran. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we make a fine pair?” said Mr. Benedict, pouring himself a cup of tea. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They moved in pairs, shoulder to shoulder, stomping forcefully, chanting at the top of their lungs. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I chipped his sacred religious item into long splinters using a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the value is in the process—in touching each item, in naming and identifying, in acknowledging the significance of a cardigan, a pair of children’s boots. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mudd invited the pair to rest in his house for the night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita did nothing but complain, even when we sat in the shade, so I paired her with Juanita since she couldn’t seem to get along with anyone else. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I nod, and Dr. Han opens her bag and reaches for a pair of latex gloves. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Number 1 offered Nicole’s mother a large pair of garden shears. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He produced a pair of cuffs, slapped one onto Rick’s wrist and the other around his own. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I went to the bathroom and took one pair off, and I was punished pretty severely afterward. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, gazing at all the matched pairs of shoes, Jinny began to count them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a flannel jacket, now soaked, and a pair of combat boots that drip water on her floor mats. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Still, when I came across a pair of workers sharing a cigarette between them, it took all my confidence to meet their eyes and nod. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Surprise!” she yells, pulling out a second pair. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Normally she drops hints, showing him catalogues, but he has no clue as to what she’s coveting this season, if it’s a new pair of gloves or a wallet or new pajamas she’d like. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he had his own pair of Pokemon briefs on top of the red nylons. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She put on a pair of socks and pushed through another door, into Level 3. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had on a pair of cutoffs and a periwinkle tank top that made her brown eyes look even darker. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was issued the standard prison uniform for Africans: a pair of short trousers, a rough khaki shirt, a canvas jacket, socks, sandals, and a cloth cap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the pair and could feel a little bit of laughter tingling inside me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I choose to go to the souq and get another pair.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me to Roche’s Stores and buys me a shirt, a gansey, a pair of short pants, two pairs of stockings and a pair of summer shoes on sale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He split open a pair of plump potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the last moment, just before the pair turned the corner to head down the block, Mai looked back and waved toward the trailer. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in a perfectly tailored white collar shirt rolled up to his elbows and with two of the top buttons casually undone, a pair of lean, dark trousers, and deep scarlet oxford shoes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Besides the traitorous leaves, Stella could hear a pair of bullfrogs ba-rupping to each other, but nothing, not a single human voice, from across the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ranofer had seen the pair often hobbling about the streets of the City of the Dead, but their sudden appearance here sent his wits scattering like startled birds. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A pair of scissors for a tailor, a gold lamb for a wool weaver, a basin for a barber, a painted wooden book for a bookbinder, a large swinging compass for an instrument- maker. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Dobermans peered nervously from a gooseberry hedge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had saved the life of the King, whereupon Bull Sparra had vowed to care for her and her daughter: but he had instantly forgotten his promises, leaving the pair to fend for themselves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He tossed a pair of dented metal bowls on the floor and filled them with cut-rate kibble from a bargain bag. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A plain white shirt, a pair of jeans, a belt, and a zip-up hoodie. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was younger than Candice’s mother, with dark skin and a short, stylish bob, and she wore a pair of stretchy jeans and a Carolina Panthers jersey. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fear lay like a pair of crossed paws on his chest. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of women’s sneakers he thought would fit the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Now pick up every pair of underwear you can find on the floor and shove them under the dresser.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a pair of binoculars from a zombie officer and peered toward the horizon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Simple,” said Bobby in response, “just do the pairings over again...this time publicly.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I dressed in a pair of overalls, which I hated because they had suspenders, and a flannel checkered shirt, which Mama had bought at the Goodwill store. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Sophia made me break his back"—her voice cracks—"and refashion the bones into a pair of wings." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A second pair of bare feet appeared beside mine in the sand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Trouble noticed two things—one, a pair of black boots was sticking out of a shrub beside the door, and two, there was a massive human standing in the doorway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her answer was this disgusted gaze, like I'd turned into a pair of flares on a reject rack in Tewkesbury Market. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

On one side of me was a canvas tote bag containing a pair of pants, a blouse, underclothing, a sweater, shoes, and the biggest switchblade knife I had ever seen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of feet stepped on the top step, but they were too small to be Sigurd’s. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Umbrellas, too, were bad business, as were broken mirrors and the gift of a pair of scissors. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watch the light trickling in from under the door as a pair of feet stand there for a moment before slowly turning and walking away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dicey took out two changes of underwear and two clean shirts for each, then she added a pair of extra socks and one comb. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there he was, standing at the doorway to my room, wearing a T-shirt that was so worn you could almost see through it, and a ratty pair of jeans with holes in them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And a pair of sun-white whale ribs arched over our doorway, a tarnished ship’s bell hanging from their pinnacle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He drew a pair of pliers from his hip holster. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She noticed a safety pin on a pair of coveralls. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

This prediction was tested in 1962, using a pair of very accurate clocks mounted at the top and bottom of a water tower. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had one pair of brogues and the soles were in a miserable state. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Getting changed, I move slowly and carefully, pulling on a pair of leggings and a tie-dye T-shirt that Abby got me when she went to the Grand Canyon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Billy found himself paired as a digger with a Maori, who had been captured at Tobruk. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were metal objects: hubcaps, a pair of rusty scissors, a sparkplug. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He disappears into a room off the side and returns with a pair of sickles. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The boy wore a floppy red hat, his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow, the blue breeches of a sailor, and a pair of dusty boots. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I can see, between alternating pairs of lavender and mint green leather boots, is a street full of bodies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Brenda had her lip stuck out because Ellie had gotten a pair of panty hose in her Christmas stocking and she had only bobby socks. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“To my employer, I leave my best pair of boots,” Bast continued magnanimously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s not well, you ignoramus,” Master said, staring at the pair of slippers on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’re a prescription pair, but there isn’t much to see at Quiz Bowl practice anyway. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When there’s a hole in a pair of pants she sits up and patches it with any rag she can find. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My version will work just like the old one but—get this—it'll be wearing a pair of sunglasses! Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If I put slippers on my feet, it was to choose a pair that I knew would please him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had found the first pair of goats for Harry and had provided the first chickens. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Felix pulled Freebie away from a display of socks, but not before the dog snagged a pair in his mouth. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seminar will have seventy-five graduate students who will each be paired up with two Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

From far and wide people came to admire the wonder, and always wreaths of flowers hung on the branches in honor of the pious and faithful pair. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking of other pairs completing their treasure hunts and getting their invitations to the finale while we bake in this hot room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If she arrived with scuffed-up shoes, it was because her old pair had been sent to Italy for repair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, I found the spinning room, where Grover was huddled in the corner, trying to cut Clarisse’s bonds with a pair of safety scissors. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of ripped-up jeans and a Hendrix T-shirt. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She remembered spending an hour looking through the catalog in camp when she needed to order a new pair. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath the hems of the dresses the feet dangle, two pairs of red shoes, one pair of blue. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed Melissa a pair of light-pink underwear covered in tiny red hearts. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A pair of small brown feet were sticking out from the bottom of it, wearing very familiar-looking sandals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It had a screen and a pair of andirons, but the logs that lay across them were furry with dust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In small societies with few pairs of members, the resulting necessary transfers of goods can be arranged directly between pairs of individuals or families, by reciprocal exchanges. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, she caught a glimpse of him, out on the patio, dressed as a devil in a red blazer from the thrift store and a pair of devil horns. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Koffi felt a single pair of eyes on her and looked up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Deep in the heart of the school, they heard a pair of familiar voices screaming, “Nooooo!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s someone on the top deck with a pair of binoculars aimed at Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The air was stiff, like the time Fig had chewed up the laces of every pair of Dad’s shoes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I went upstairs with a pair of lawnsized garbage bags. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take that, Mr. Doom and Gloom therapist! she wrote on her blog in a pair of posts celebrating Sasha’s high school graduation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To Ammu, her twins seemed like a pair of small bewildered frogs engrossed in each other’s company, lolloping arm in arm down a highway full of hurtling traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With quick fingers she worked the needles through the yarn, finishing off the last row of loops, then snipped the loose end with a pair of scissors she pulled from who knew where. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a pair of trousers and an old shirt that Osh had given her until her clothes dried out. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Spencer wore a pair of stiffly starched and ironed overalls—probably pretty uncomfortable. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ren looks the most frazzled out of us all, with his short brown hair sticking out in every direction and his eyes hidden behind a pair of white sunglasses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of half-men waited at the gangway, keeping guard and another pair were on the ship fore and aft. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They kept coming in in pairs, and they milled around with nothing to do. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse shakes her head at me, removing another pair of leeches from the porcelain jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A week ago, in Kansas City, Perry had bought a pair of dark glasses—fancy ones with silver-lacquered rims and mirrored lenses. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we finished the outfit with a pair of simple black pants, suede square-toed shoes, and a cream-white knitted sweater. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All three pairs of eyes swung off the path into the forest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he even owned a pair of jeans. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, this pair,” he waved the shoes he held, “are new. They haven’t been walked a mile, and for new shoes like these I charge a talent, maybe a talent and two.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got up and found Doc’s sewing kit and took out a pair of tiny scissors. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe the face of that clock set in the gray building across the street hid a pair of searching eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now my two pairs of pants were threadbare and my three sweaters were frayed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands warms over flames, but I can't make out more than that. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

An older couple with no climbing gear but three cameras and a pair of binoculars. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At her request he’d taken off the orange jumpsuit and put on a pair of jeans with a T-shirt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I brush my teeth, splash some water on my face, and put in a new pair of my Warcross contacts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I keep watching until one of the blond girls cries because her mom won’t buy her a pair of shoes that cost more than my entire life. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The most important biological objects had to come in pairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I should be crushed that less than a month into my junior year of high school, my latest girlfriend kicked me to the curb like a pair of too-small shoes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Cramp stood up behind his desk in total slo-mo, with his eyes locked on my feet like he’d never seen a pair of bloody socks before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The pair of big white socks in his hand, the third. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A boy who stole his father’s only pair of pants. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen me stapling the cuffs of my jeans to keep them from dragging, and one night he showed me how to properly hem a pair of pants. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For starters, Edna is going to be someone’s buddy again, which is like pairing a baby mouse with a boa constrictor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Amelia had a New Year’s gift from her mother—a pair of woolen gloves, which she wrapped again in the paper they had come in and hid in her trunk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His pants were flared and on his feet were a pair of ankle boots with zippers on the sides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day my voice was hoarse: my mouth tasted of the dust that each passing pair of feet raised, my hair was full of it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry explained that it was easy to stop here on Fridays to buy something for his wife, a pair of earrings or a bracelet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one was going to risk anything for a pair of Hazara servants.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Man wants to be the king o’ the rabbits, he best wear a pair o’ floppy ears.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The worst had been when Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, had asked the class if someone would pair up with me to help me get my paints ready. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of fancy red high-heeled shoes that were clearly too big for her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lill, who was saving for a pair of roller skates and wanted the money, kept insisting she could do it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka handed each of them a pair of dark glasses and said, “Put these on quick! And don’t take them off in here whatever you do! This light could blind you!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gave Liddy a pair of glasses with lenses as thick as bottle bottoms. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Myra said she wasn’t sure how it began, or who left the first pair, but people travel from all over just to decorate the trees. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aegeus went back to Athens before the child was born, but first he placed in a hollow a sword and a pair of shoes and covered them with a great stone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their gravitational bond weakens, so that when another star passes the binary, the pair break up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That pair hadn’t been brown or warm—they’d been cold, black, and utterly unfeeling. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His real name was John Wilkins, and he was a cold, aloof man with a pair of bottomless eyes that one coach up in the Panhandle said reminded him of Charles Manson’s. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Searching the rest of the house, he found a pair of winter-weight trousers draped over a hanger and another pair of shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“What makes you so sure that kid, Jinx, is your man? Besides, I thought you were looking for a pair.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of the blouses and hippie skirts Mia always selected for her, Pearl found herself with an armful of quirky T-shirts, a skirt made from an old pair of Levi’s, a navy zip-up hoodie. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watchmen were much in evidence, moving in pairs through the alleys in their gold cloaks and shirts of black ringmail, iron cudgels never far from their hands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He brought the colt around to the front of the gate, had the assistant place a pair of tongs on the horse’s lips to distract him, then had him backed into the stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just stood there, hanging back a little, like a pair of naughty kids. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of house guards in crimson cloaks and lion- crested helms stood under the inn's sign, on either side of the door, iyrion recognized their captain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On top of the cigars was a pair of aviator’s sunglasses. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Barnie Buchanan was handing me up a pair of goggles. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out! Get out before I strangle the pair of you. And if I ever hear a word of this repeated on an afternoon talk show, I’ll know where it came from.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The dumpster rocked as the pair crashed against it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Matt cautiously peered around a bush and saw two bighorn sheep thunder at each other like a pair of farm trucks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pair nodded, afraid to speak in case that broke the silence rule. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Circling the tree was a pair of coyotes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The man turned a pair of keen gray eyes on Taran. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She thought about switching her gold studs for another pair, but decided to keep them in. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

THEN: The camera moves farther and farther away from the pair. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squinted, put on a pair of glasses, then took them off again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We went downtown and the clerk showed us a pair two sizes too big. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma put the second pair on my coat kindergarten-style and warned me, “This is the last one, Kenny, after this you won’t have anything for the rest of the year so be very careful.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton closed the blinds, took a small knife or pair of scissors from his pocket, and bent over Lincoln’s body. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a couple extra pairs, and you have none, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Killjoy style manuals tell writers to avoid alliteration, but good prose is enlivened with moments of poetry, like this line with its pleasing meter and its impish pairing of marital and medical. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A little boy walking past wearing a pair of shorts with large holes that showed his dry-skinned buttocks greeted them and they had hardly responded good afternoon before they burst into more laughter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pushes up the sleeve of my sweater, whips out a pair of scissors from her jacket pocket, and cuts right through my friendship bracelet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

How I’m not sure why Mrs. Parker thought we’d be a good pair. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I can arrange it. For a pittance: your shoes. I’ll give you another pair.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I get five bucks for each pair. Double if I toss in my socks.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just the basic standards of not sounding like a braying donkey and not smelling like a pair of cursed sneakers ruled out half the guys in her class. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was made of sand-colored adobe and had two soaring steeples, a gigantic circular stained-glass window, and, leading up to the two main doors, a pair of sweeping staircases covered with pigeons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a few murmurs from the class, and someone whistles and says “awesome” under his breath as I remove the ski mask and goggles and replace them with a pair of aviator sunglasses. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I knows him!” and, after a few convulsive efforts, the red legs took the shape of a pair of compasses, and the intelligent pupil triumphantly shouted, “It’s a We, Dranpa, it’s a We!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a pair of water buckets, filled them from the big tub in the center of the pasture, and lugged them to the nearest pen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Lady Seymour presented me with a new pair of black leather shoes that did not pinch any of my toes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wore a necktie around his neck, which was as seldom as possible, he sometimes evened up the ends by trimming the longer with a pair of scissors. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I shared my first pair of gloves with him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked out a pair of clustered pearl earrings with padded back clasps, clipping first one and then the other to her low-hanging lobes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even more exciting, this type of double helix suggested a replication scheme much more satisfactory than my briefly considered like-with-like pairing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of gloves, handmade in light brown leather. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Good morning to you too,” I tell her as she goes past me again with a pair of jeans out of the dryer. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his favorite pair of jeans and a wrinkled black T-shirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a pair of pants that used to be Newcharlie's and the green shirt Ty'ree had given me a long time ago. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She wore a clean pair of sweatpants, a T-shirt, an old flannel robe. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A pair of twins on stilts stand on either side of the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the difference still eludes you, mentally substitute a pair of words less likely to be confused: Josh ran the race honestly; afterward, he looked honest and he smelled honest. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was beating a pair of Rufus’s pants, and she kept beating them with no break in her rhythm to indicate that she had heard me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was forced to hire a pair of bodyguards to protea him from his own excesses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Ifemelu’s last visit, she had woken up to see, through the kitchen window, a pair of gracefully galloping deer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Yawning, he leaned against the truck, which Cockerell had used to bring the goats back that afternoon, and put on a pair of headphones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Omakayas’s mother was well known for owning a pair of scissors, and other women were always borrowing them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wears a pair of nicely faded jeans, brown leather boots with yellow laces and thick rubber soles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once a Fowl and a Butler were put together, they were paired for life. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We make a fine pair of scorpions, don’t we?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hina is ten years younger than Mom, has short hair, a zillion funky pairs of eyeglasses, is this amazing graphic designer and cool in ways I can only aspire to. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We chose some boots and coats, out of necessity, and I also managed to take home two T-shirts and a pair of jeans—not stylish but wearable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Two black boots came into view, then a pair of knees as someone crouched on the edge of the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She and Henry launched into the air like a pair of beautiful birds and vanished, presumably on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Specials moved through the pen, flashing a reader into the bound Smokies’ eyes, taking them outside one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All day I sat on an assembly line and put tiny squares into tiny holes with a pair of tweezers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do recognize the scissors and the pair of tweezers, but the rest of the stuff looks like an assortment of small knives and swords. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I put in everything except my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats, and my books. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who were too poor to own a pair of even rubber shoes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was the look on the faces of the businessmen as they passed the pair in their worn and ill-fitting clothes, the look that began in the eyes but quickly encompassed the entire face. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Side by side, as majestic as a pair of statues but far more fantastical, they rode right through the Pavilion of Thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And now that she was looking at them, she noticed that only a few pairs were larger than the others, like the slipper on her foot—but only a few. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Queen then glanced down at the pair of black Jimmy Choos I was wearing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

People were jerks, so he flooded the whole world, killed off the whole human race except Noah and his family and all those pairs of animals. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The younger of the pair, a teen whose lambskin hat shielded eyes as dark and riveting as jet, was clearly the more talented swordsman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Around strangers he was quiet, alert, fading into the background until he was just a pair of hazel eyes watching everything go down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wears a red collared shirt and a pair of jeans that are fraying at the knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Using the tips of her forefinger and thumb like a pair of forceps, she pulled at it and discovered a ten-ride pass for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was pushing from behind, and then came another head and another pair of hands, as they clambered over the shoulders and backs of those below and swarmed up onto the roof like ants. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark grows more disgusted with the pair on every trip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“If I cut offher teats and feed them to my girls, will she abide me then? Will she abide me if I strip offher skin to make myself a pair of boots?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a pair of boots at the front of a crisply made bed—Emma’s boots. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She watched him disjoint a pair of frogs’ legs. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

To him, I am the cheap pair of sunglasses you buy on vacation because you know you won't care if you break or lose them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is very exciting to watch a pair of birds as they go about making a nest. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If that’s not confusing enough, some singular nouns that end in s are regarded as pairs—scissors, trousers, tongs, pliers, tweezers, and breeches, for instance. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of approaching them from a wide staircase or through an arched gate, you pass from an enclosed corridor through a pair of solid-metal doors, neither one much bigger than your front door at home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry Strickland unrolled a pair of striped woolen stockings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Today a pair of shoes was worth two cans of beans and a box of pasta. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A pair of torn jeans, with both of my knees showing through. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to a pair of National Guardsmen. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the water were a pair of waystones, their surfaces silver against the black of the sky, the black of the water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But because I owned one pair of shoes, and was allowed to wear them only on important occasions, I was barefoot. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the castle, twenty pairs of eyes were watching them from the gatehouse ramparts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of tiny angels, dangling between his finger and thumb as he searched for the right branch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Old pencils, a couple of stories I’d written that were too embarrassing for anybody to read, a torn pair of shorts, a comb with most of its teeth missing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were plenty of days when they didn’t bother getting fancy, pairing one of Carrie’s old skirts with a T-shirt and kneesocks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When the triumphant flight crews returned, another pair headed out to try the new strategy that very same night, and were just as successful. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, he carefully examined and then purchased a pair of spectacles from the can trader. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Xan fastened her traveling cloak and slid her feet into a pair of sturdy boots and packed her satchel full of bottles of milk and soft, dry cloths, and a bit of food for herself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know the rules about au pairs. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that the base pairs could now easily be stacked atop each other, facing inward into the center of the helix. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The pair wandered through the dimly lit, littered, and stinking street, bending over grimy bums asleep in doorways, raising them to their unsteady feet, and leading the ragtag procession into a decaying storefront. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the pairs of feet in front of Harry took the weight of their owners once more; hems of cloaks swung into sight, and Madam Rosmerta’s glittering heels disappeared behind the bar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He passed that by, but a few steps on he stopped again to haggle over a pair of gloves at a leatherworker’s stall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Purer than many of yours, I daresay. Off you go,” he boomed to the Muggle-borns, who scurried forward into the fireplaces and began to vanish in pairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was dressed for work in a pair of jeans and a grubby white T-shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Make you a nice warm pair of gloves." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But a pair of strong, clammy hands suddenly attached themselves around Harry’s neck. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One depended instead on a pair of tasseled wall lights shaded by a quarter circle of fake parchment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We pretend we re a pair of daredevil explorers who’ve discovered a giant prehistoric monster in some distant jungle and we've brought it back for the world to see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I threw on my khakis, put on a button-down shirt, clipped on a red-and-blue tie, and slid my feet into a pair of loafers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“True, but don’t forget that real agents always work in pairs.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Lola had died enough, three pairs of young nettles were sacrificed for the incompetence of the twins—retribution was indifferent and granted no special favors to children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soft and open, they seemed relieved to flop inside the door and nestle into the safe embrace of Mama’s pair. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were quickly writing up their results and wanted to publish simultaneously with our announcement of the base pairs. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He sees a pair of his father’s sneakers, and a pair of flip-flops for wearing around the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three waiting men greet them and they all pair off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the places that had been set were two pairs of chopsticks, each one in its own paper wrapper. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I look at the pair of women on Thresh’s side. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She received a pair of garnet and jet earrings from Father and in turn gave him a dashing green-checked vest to wear on his business trips to Austin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Wes’s athletic physique and laid-back style, combined with the obvious trappings of a kid with disposable income—a new pair of sneakers every day, brand-name clothes—made him very popular with the girls around town. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His hair has grown out so it flips at his ears, and he wears a blue T-shirt and a pair of rectangular glasses. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the dark, two pairs of hands gently exploring each other, roving quietly over knuckles, cuticles, fingertips, the delicate details. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Central to the system’s success, Bigari said, is the way it pairs customers’ photos with their orders; by increasing accuracy, the system cuts down on the number of complaints and therefore makes the service faster. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of golden seven-pointed stars clasped his billowing cloak at the shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It wore a crude straw hat and a pair of sackcloth pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next he saw another pair of feet, wearing sparkly turquoise high heels, and heard a woman’s voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I put on a clean pair of jeans and a white T-shirt. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He imagined a pair of shadows moving along the strip of sand where things came together but also separated. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four pairs of eyes were looking out eagerly for any sign of the valley that Sallowpad the Raven had spoken about. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Seven pairs of quick eyes flashed to my face and away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a student of Aunt Ifeoma’s, in a tight pair of blue jeans. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then there are what I call mixed doubles: pairs of words and phrases that are routinely confused, like affect and effect. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Supreme’s just handing me a pair like it’s nothing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of highwaymen were training pistols on Captain Nips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pale, waxlike body was wearing nothing but a pair of blue underpants, and his blond hair was frozen to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Matt said nothing, hunched as he was in a corner as far from the pair as he could get. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paired up with English, and we started on the leg machines while the big guys hit the bench. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel his hands against my cheek as he slides a pair of glasses over my nose. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Are we still doing D.A. meetings this year, Harry?” asked Luna,who was detaching a pair of psychedelic spectacles from the middle of The Quibbler. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She had a pair of running shoes in her bag. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a suitcase-sized pocketbook, from which protruded a pair of knitting needles, some mending, crochet hook, baby’s bottle, and copy of the Scientific American. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would see them nuzzling in the yard like a pair of junior high school lovers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a pair of black boots next to him, and he followed them up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Eventually that stopped, and then the woman did a curious thing: she took a pair of scissors and trimmed the girl’s hair, holding her sleeping head this way and that to see the best effect. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There will be a hundred babies, too—two babies for each pair of “parents.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had stridden through the deep woods with no thought of danger; he concentrated only on finding the pair that he had seen so close to death. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He would have balked at letting me go undercover in the Lake sector for days on end, without a pair of strong backups and a team to follow me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, who had opened the dresser drawer to take out a pair of slacks, stopped and then laughed and threw the slacks on the bed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the chap was asking to borrow a pair of tweezers. Bit of a strong accent.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maggie met me at the front door wearing a Rockport High School T-shirt that looked like it had belonged to Fred’s dad and a pair of shorts that showed 98 percent of her compact legs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had a fishing net on his shoulder and held a pair of oars and a big flashlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With digraphs, your best hope is to chart the frequency of the pairings and use that to guess what each might represent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A red wig, a black dress, and a pair of high heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One time, Fred saw a pair of mice in the kitchen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a rumor that Larry Bird, the basketball player, left a pair up there somewhere. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the camp, if she cries she will be judged by 160 pairs of eyes that will think her weak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We went in the usual way: together at first, in groups, then separating into pairs, and eventually finding ourselves alone as we followed tracks or sounds deeper into the forest.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the truckers on long hauls traveled in pairs and took their turns. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were spoiling, rotting from the outside in, like a pair of peaches in the sun. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was down one pair of shoes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Kendra ran to the wheelbarrow and returned with the bathrobe and a pair of slippers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A pair of guards was rushing toward the helicopter with crates in hand, and in the distance I heard commotion, heated complaints in Lingala. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Under the ceiling light pairs move like twins bom with, if not for, the other, sharing a partner’s pulse like a second jugular. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and you’ll need these,” he said, fetching a pair of oil lamps from a cabinet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I realized it the way Jonas did, when I was young. My hands began to be able to do things—to make things—that an ordinary pair of hands can't. But now...” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Obiora took off a dark pair of sunglasses and slipped them in the pockets of his shorts as they came in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Huge green eyes glared at me behind a pair of cat’s-eye glasses. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A pair of cops got on at the next stop. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I got a new pair of kicks for Christmas, and they’re already starting to wear down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Solovet flew parallel to them, but she was deep in conversation with a pair of bats that had joined the party. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told him to carry a tennis ball and to look for a man holding an extra pair of gloves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two new pairs of Goodwill jeans folded on the top bunk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A pair of guardsmen flanked its door, leaning on tall spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes. My whole body sort of seized up, and then I was floating away. She looked dreamily at Harry. “And then I came back again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

In it are two colors of thread, red and yellow, and a pair of scissors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Five carried rifles, but the last held a long pair of tongs with tips that formed a large black circle at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I have T-shirts and flannel shirts, some warm sweaters; a bathing suit, a pair of sneakers, a pair of Crocs, and a pair of boots. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her skin felt like it was burning from the force of the thirty pairs of eyes fixed on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was still slightly afraid something would go wrong and did not want Pauling to think about hydrogen-bonded base pairs until we had a few more days to digest our position. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

On one side hung two pairs of sandals; on the other, a small gourd water dipper and a bag to be filled with rice cakes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She gives a hollow laugh and releases me, then steps forward and grabs a pair of Mollies, twin swords as long as a woman’s forearm and wickedly sharp on either side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I were sitting on a pair of tree trunks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Holt’s old work boots on my feet, a pair of Karl’s patched overalls, rolled up, those heavy canvas gloves on my hands, topped off with my straw hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They felt surprisingly soft and warm, like a pair of mittens. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu wore a loose print shirt and a pair of knee-length khaki shorts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were only two pairs of pants and three shirts in his closet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hand her a pair of imaginary scissors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In good times, when wages were up, the family might enjoy a little extra mutton on the table or a new pair of shoes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The croaking sound of frogs broke the silence, and within seconds a swarm of tadpoles followed by a pair of goldfish filled the clearing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over her ears. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We visited an army unit at the front, and at one point I took a pair of field glasses and could actually see French troops across the border. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Start with a silverback gorilla, remove the fur, add scales, and stick an extra pair of arms in the wrong places. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As with the previous pair of pictures, many of the features visible by ordinary light were much dimmer in this one, and so were the curtains of radiance in the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Two more giant rats joined the first pair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He began to say more, about going to a mosque, finding a mullah, a pair of witnesses, a quick nikka . A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I picture my mother standing behind me with a comb and a pair of scissors, faintly smiling as she trims my hair, and I want to scream rather than insult her like this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If a pair of silk slippers became dusty, I threw them away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy asked, pulling out a pitchfork, a set of devil ears, a red tail, and a pair of red feetie pajamas. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled up a couple of pairs of jeans and stuffed them into the bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first pair is way too small—I can’t even get them over my butt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the mirror to see what my first pair of earrings looked like. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The audience will be expecting the pair of lovebirds who won the Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our faces were shiny, three pairs of brown eyes glowing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I carry three pairs of the least offensive jeans into the dressing room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m calling to ask you to FedEx me a new pair of running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She left Vera on the bed and turned a pair of cold eyes upon Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our final test involved determining a pattern in four pairs of dominoes and prophesying what the fifth pair might look like. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly the special-effects department would give her six green legs and a pair of antennae, which Curly found intriguing to contemplate. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of really cool Sky Sprints sit inside a velvety box. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

You need a swift eye, strong wrists and a very quick pair of hands to play fives well, and it was a game I took to right from the beginning. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all a single room, with a sleeping loft above reached by a pair of splintery ladders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t the right-hand version in this pair sound better? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

A Paravan with a pair of two-egg twins, hounded by history—he knew there weren’t many places for him to hide. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a pair of pristine white gloves and appeared just as fresh as she’d been hours earlier when we first met. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He opened one of the drawers and took out a roll of white string and a pair of scissors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re a seven,” she said to the boy before tossing him a pair of shoes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The older farmer grinned at me and held out a pair of the knobby squash we’d been unloading. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s a ring on my finger, not a pair of handcuffs.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I'm tied to an operating table by a pair of belts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They were a pair, I tell you, she and Mr. Jack. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A crude pair of salt-dice and a single, tatty shoe that was too small for me, but that I hoped to trade for something else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of strong arms pulls me out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As he came up, a pair of red flares puffed open, a soft blurry glow, and in the glow he saw Kiowa’s wide-open eyes settling down into the scum. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is nothing wrong with using which to introduce a restrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes which cost five thousand dollars was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I put on a brand new pair of black shoes and laced them Now for the waistcoat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher brings up a pair of virtual images for us to see. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Naomi’s voice coming from near a pair of oaks, but he didn’t see her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding to the rhythm, a pair of knobby little buds in his ears. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A pair of these birds made a nest in a stunted tree near my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was not so much what they did as who they were—a married pair of cryptanalysts, one of whom was getting coast-to-coast press coverage. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were paired intentionally, doomed to be adversaries. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of stained olive-green overalls without a shirt underneath, and he had a broad utility belt holding pruning shears, twine, a hand rake, and a trowel. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"The Careers have two pairs. But they've got everything down by the lake," Rue says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pass the pair of knights and turn a corner, out of their sight line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother, who was positive that Lee would like clothes, was knitting a sweater and a pair of mittens. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I searched for pairs of glowing eyes on the street, but like a magnet, I looked straight into Fred’s room. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Some were buried deep in my skin, so he reached into the glove compartment for a pair of needle-nosed pliers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath this magnificent hat lay a pair of silver spurs with huge gold-plated, star-shaped rowels. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I opened up the top dresser drawer and pushed pairs of striped socks out of the way until I found my stash of superglue, hidden so my mother didn’t think I was huffing it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Suit #2 has barely uttered a word since the pair marched into our house. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He gives each pair three cards with different conversations on them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The regent gave me my first pair of boots, a sign of manhood, and that night I polished them anew, even though they were already shiny. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like when Samira had paired with me for the stretches, Ms. Platt seemed to be cheering me on, happy when I finally did a straightforward punch “clean and sharp.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Together the pair made their way out of the Edifice, across the plaza, and down the crowded lane. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like she really needs another pair of shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man standing at the door is a big, burly guy with a belly, but all he’s wearing is a pair of jeans and a leather vest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"You know," she said, "I think that a matched pair would be so much more impressive than just one. Don't you?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of straw thongs that were purchased for 6.50 guilders were worn down to the soles within a week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Seen this way, the structure resembles a spiral staircase with the base pairs forming the steps. helical symmetry, the locations of the atoms in one nucleotide would automatically generate the other positions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“If you stand in front of it people’d just see a pair of legs, and that would make ’em curious. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we continued down the road, I became increasingly conscious of the curious looks white people gave us, as if we were a pair of escaped monkeys. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke many pairs and ruined many stockings running across the cobblestone courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina, ever irrepressible and somehow aware of the adverse weather, shipped a pair of galoshes to her son and admonished herself for not insisting that he take his leather coat when he left the States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said with a laugh, and threw a balled-up pair of socks at him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten that Dedd and I once shared a room before Mate and I paired up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her a small bucket and sliver of soap and she got to work washing a pair of stockings and singing to herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slave handed him a pair of thick horsehair mittens, and he pulled them on, never so much as looking at the man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Stabbed it through the eyes with a pair of sheep shears! When’s the last time you heard of a peculiar so young doing anything like that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He unfolded a pair of half-moon glasses that hung around his neck and placed them on his nose, and Mia’s knees trembled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, what’s on your mind, Stuart?” asked Dr. Carey, seizing hold of the man’s tooth with a pair of pincers and giving a strong pull. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Papa was surprised to open his gift from Mama and find a brand-new pair of navy-blue coveralls. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Miig wore army pants, alternating between two identical pairs, and layers of brown and green sweaters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I bought a pair of overalls for Papa. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stride for stride, shoulder to shoulder, breath for breath, till they were matching on all points, a harnessed pair, two runners become one. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s empty now, but in a few hours it will be swarming with toddlers, mothers and au pairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began ransacking the house and while overturning the torn straw mattress I found a pair of old, rusted keys in one of the holes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When her mother, beaming, nodded, Stella slid the black pair with the dark laces on her feet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They will kill you for a pair of pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej gestured to a pair of big metal doors set into what looked like a giant chimney that jutted out from the wall and stretched all the way up to the ceiling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by pairs of boys and girls, but Ivy ignored all of them and took a step closer to June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair blew around, and a pair of huge sunglasses hid most of her face. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, and my gaze was met by an amazingly blue pair of eyes against cinnamon skin and a faint smile tickling white teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

To demonstrate how cool the glasses were, Hideo made a video game that came with each pair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of economists who heard of this dilemma—it turned out to be a rather common one—offered a solution: fine the tardy parents. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He grimaced as she raised the edge of the cut with a pair of forceps. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As they raced past the open doors, he glimpsed a pair of yellow eyes glaring at him from the shadows, and then he was moving on. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands, his own, digging for roots. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four pairs of eyes were on him, black with suspicion and accusation. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I take out another pair of trousers for myself before I pause. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’d put on a big padded suit that he’d made out of pillows, a tattered movers’ blanket, and a pair of puffy winter parkas. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By placing these book-matched pairs on either side of the keel, he could ensure perfect symmetry in the boat’s appearance and performance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A strip of dark cloth covers my eyes, and a new pair of hands ties it at the back of my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A pair of large gold-rimmed spectacles hung from a nail on the wall above his bed. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of bats tugging at each other. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Velia held a flashlight, while Juanita, who had brought a pair of Papá’s old jeans, one of his dress shirts, and his cowboy boots, dressed the body with the reverence of a dedicated mortician. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Roza turns on some charm and persuades her to buy a pair of shoes, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Write a story that includes a new pair of loafers, the Washington Monument, and a spork. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Several pairs of feet breaking into a run. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you always travel in pairs whenever you go into the world?” asked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sends Enrique an orange polo shirt, a pair of blue pants, a radio cassette player. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was long enough to be like a dress on me, and it actually looked pretty good over a pair of leggings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing about four face masks and two pairs of gloves, her fingers wrapping tightly around the plastic handrail on the wall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I hold up a sheer pair of purple underwear by my pinkie. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and looked closely into them—their blackness now contracted, slowly, to pinpoints, and a pair of astonishingly vivid blue eyes looked up instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a pair of loose trousers to go underneath for modesty's sake, and although I don't have all of the weaponry, I'm wearing a very close approximation of an Attendant’s garb. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A pair of sparkly silver stilettos gives her about five more inches of height. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They were an incongruous pair, but everyone seemed to argue that history had made them into a pair. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It hurts to put on a pair of socks, to brush your teeth. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She got this pair of navy-blue stretch pants done stretch way too far. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I made fists, one pair of gloves floated shoulder-high on either side of me, and the second pair hovered near my waist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She could see nothing in the dark, but she realized she was holding a pair of shoes. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked tired, as usual, clad in a pair of olive-green scrubs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to open a pair of heavy doors, twisting the handle, but they were swelled shut—so I took a running start and rammed them with my shoulder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We made an odd pair, I supposed, me as I was and Frankie in his fine clothes, his golden watch chain glinting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rosa fetched a pair of tweezers and began pulling out fragments of glass from his hands and feet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin, unmarked and smooth, radiated golden light, and his black hair flowed from under a helmet crowned with three pairs of horns. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then a pair of hands buried into her armpits and she was lifted off the ground. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"I command you to turn us loose. Or Papa will hang the pair of you in chains!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, on the other hand, has a dozen pairs of leggings, three well-worn pairs of jeans, and probably a million cool T-shirts. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We spend the afternoon wandering through downtown Athens—past music venues and into vintage clothing shops, where Abby spends her food money on a pair of faux leather ankle boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was a short man with a small round face and a pair of large, dark-rimmed glasses. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

While he was still painting and putting up shelves, the actor Pee-wee Herman walked in and asked for a couple of pairs. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is that, in quantum theory, particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pair of these jars was given us as a wedding gift,” he said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the dryer is empty, he shoves his pile to one side of the table, grabs something—a pair of pants—and checks the pockets. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Four old sweaters, ugly and full of holes, and five pairs of knitting needles. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the nesting colonies of the grebes dwindled — from more than 1000 pairs before the first insecticide treatment to about 30 pairs in i960. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a fleeting moment I wished I’d put on my skirt that morning instead of the more practical pair of Chester’s old overalls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He needed street clothes, soap, shoes, a cap, a pair of glasses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But one day, she found a pair of boots. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“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

He still wore a pair of mechanical pencils clipped to his shirt pocket, just as he had in his professor days, but now he wore a white apron too, and a brown pot holder. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So...how is your partner? I saw you got paired with one of the grotties.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And this dude, decked out in layer upon layer of flab, a thin undershirt and a pair of tight red polyester pants, poured himself into the alley between the door and the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I also had a brand-new pair of pale cream kid boots. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She stuffed Matt into a long-sleeved shirt and trousers and gave him a pair of rubber sandals to wear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed across the rickety board to the second pair of dogs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A pair of burly workmen entered the café and squeezed into the next booth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He caught a brief glimpse of Piper leaping across a hopscotch pattern of fiery pits, making her way toward Nico, who was dazed and weaponless and being stalked by a pair of leopards. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But there they were, just above the cleaning supplies—a pair of bright pink rubber gloves dangling amid a sea of traditional yellow ones. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Mrs. Salinger went on, “And I have already chosen the pairs, so don’t bother begging. In fact, don’t ask. The pairs are listed at the top of this sheet.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Rymund played his harp, accompanied by a pair of drummers and a youth with a set of reed pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Soon the door swung open and a dozen other new arrivals entered, escorted by several Executives and a pair of men wearing fine suits and two watches apiece. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the waist up, he was a shirtless man with an exceptionally hairy chest and a pair of pointy horns above his forehead. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There were no sticks of incense now before this pair, nor had there been for many moons, and their paper clothes were tattered and showed their clay bodies through the rents. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He bought four pair—a profligate quantity of socks—and not only were they not gray, no two pair were even the same color. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I held up the one extra pair of jeans he had besides the ones he had been wearing that night. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I could hear her rummaging in her closet until she emerged, holding a different pair of shoes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He owns one shirt, polka-dotted, which he wears rolled up to his elbows, and a greasy pair of trousers too long in the seat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky for two of ye, the pair that scored the highest in this tryout gets a head start at the next one. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, like almost everyone else, she saw the appeal of the base pairs and accepted the fact that the structure was too pretty not to be true. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Realizing that this was not the moment for science, he slowly retreated, asking Griffith to tell him again the pairs produced by his calculations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of tall poles had been driven into the muddy ground in front of it, banners drooping from each staff. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She puts a pair of shorts and a shirt on my bed that are warm to the touch. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

With all the cousins getting ready for the festivities, he was probably still sitting on his bed like a buddha, waiting for a pair of feet. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I slide open the junk drawer and pull out a pair of scissors. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I pull on a pair of dark red pants made of denim—so long I have to roll them up three times—and a gray Abnegation shirt that is too big for me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With messages in English, for example, the pairing that turns up most often may well represent “TH,” the most common digraph in ordinary English. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I yanked on a pair of sandals, sprinted the fifty yards to the communications tent, and grabbed the handset as I fought to catch my breath. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the far side was a second pair of attic windows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’m going to come amongst you now and put you all into pairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Each year at the New Year Wang Lung’s father bought sheets of red paper and carefully cut and pasted new robes for the pair. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

With a pair of barber’s shears he cut hair out of the way until the outlines of this wound emerged cleanly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chairs and desks were shifted around so the pairs could work together. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

If he had, he would have seen a pair of watery blue eyes watching him intently from a bedroom window. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

From the button downwards, the lines of the coat separated and curved away behind the legs of the wearer and came together again at the backs of the knees, forming a pair of ‘tails’. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he came upon an old pair of pliers that someone had dropped and left behind. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head and the pair shared a lingering kiss that brought warmth to Sarai’s cheeks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once he was paired up with “Big Jim” Garrison, he felt safer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My mother found a tailor who sewed a pair of pants for me from my bolt of cloth—my first new trousers in nearly six years. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a pair of blue suit pants and a crisply pressed white shirt and a red tie. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all that, the pair did succeed in measuring the time lag of the photoelectric effect at about two billionths of a second. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

An alien stuffed a pair of boxers into my mouth, while another bound my wrists together with tape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kyle stood on a pair of glowing green footprints in a line with seven other contestants facing the blank video wall. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rufus hurried out, came back with a pair of his mother’s scissors. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man was holding up a pair of rusty scales, weighing some cardboard. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you a pair of shoes,” he said, then paused, rubbing her arm. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

With a cry of dismay the fleeing pair saw the blank wall ahead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A second later, a gigantic pair of wheels and headlights screeched to a halt exactly where Harry had just been lying. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a huge pair of Daddy’s Jordans next to my old laptop. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“There’s a pair just like mine, Judith, and a pair for you, Mercy. Please, you must take them.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The excitement of the carnaval wraps around me like a pair of arms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then he crumpled to the ground, a pair of beaten-up shears protruding from his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guard was going through Jule’s suitcase wearing a pair of blue latex gloves. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of hikers saw a mother and two cubs cross a meadow in New Hampshire. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice Sky Sprints. Those might be the first pair ever made.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Right! Run to the bridge, the pair of you, to jog your memories!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

With my index finger and thumb, I played a sort of crane game and picked up pairs of underwear, touching them as little as possible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I put on a pair of earrings, tiny gold hoops that Anita gave me for Christmas last year. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask if she has another pair of scissors, and without looking up, she points at her desk. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In 1927 best friends Tommy Luther and Earl “Sandy” Graham were slated to ride a pair of stablemates in the same race at Winnipeg’s Polo Park. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the splayed feet at one end of the stretcher, wearing a pair of beige flat-heeled shoes, she can tell that it’s a woman. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Late that night, after Ulbrickson had finally retired to his quarters, the boys stole out of the hotel singly or in pairs and walked along the shore of Lake Carnegie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now Sean cleaned out the wound, numbed Finn’s face with a shot, and sewed it up with a vicious curved needle clamped in what looked like a pair of scissors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Always springing for new wrestling shoes, even as Luke outgrew two pairs in one season. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We knew the pair was in trouble as soon as we saw them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some men go about their daily business prepared for the unexpected tropical snowstorm, it seems, while others wear shockingly little—a pair of shorts only. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look what we got!” he exclaimed, dangling a pair of worn and soiled tennis shoes in front of me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Three pairs,” said Harry firmly to the wizard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kote pounded a pair of nails into the wall, twisted some wire, and hung the mounting board firmly on the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For several seconds there was silence as a dozen pairs of eyes frantically darted back and forth trying to pick up the outlines of the three metal objects. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah leveled such a glare at the pair of them I thought their hair would catch fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room’s hearth crackled on the opposite side from the door, and a pair of great big chairs sat before the fire. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a pair of blue jean shorts that were unbuttoned at the top. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As a sort of test, he had agreed to set up a cage with a few pairs of the rodents, imitating on a reduced scale the enterprise under consideration. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than one pair of shoes, and they were following me in the dark. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“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

It’s taken some time, but I’ve gotten used to the sound from my running foot and the way it’s paired with the quieter swish of my natural foot—whing, whoosh, whing, whoosh. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She may not even be twelve, he thought, as she squirmed between a pair of old men, but he was not about to turn away his only recruit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was barefoot, wearing a T-shirt that said Everything Is Everything and a pair of jeans. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My twenty- three paired chromosomes have linked up and crossed over, spinning their roulette wheel, as my papou puts his hand on my mother’s belly and says, “Lucky two!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ben stepped out of the cabin so she could change, and Hazel got out the extra pair of jeans and the shirt that she’d brought. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He crouched down and peered through the gap at the bottom of the cubicle, just in time to see a pair of booted feet climbing into the toilet next door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are two pairs of old batters’ gloves and a slightly dried-out glove for fielding—the type of glove people think about when they hear the word “baseball”—and there’s a deliciously worn catcher’s mitt. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He reached for his cap, and an enormous pair of motoring gloves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Amaranta made him a linen suit with a collar and tie, bought him a pair of white shoes, and engraved his name in gilt letters on the ribbon of the candle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dell takes out a pair of fingernail clippers from his pants pocket, and while Quang-ha flips through the channels, Dell pulls off his socks and clips his toenails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There he found a pair of powder blue suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stood still on the dance floor as all the couples around me paired up to slow dance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Siblings are not however allowed to vow kemmering, nor keep kemmering after the birth of a child to one of the pair. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred yelled again, slowly pushing both pairs of sunglasses down to the tip of his nose and wiggling his eyebrows at me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of them was a girl I recognized from English; she had a pair of pencils spiking out of her messy blond bun. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had a small bag with an extra pair of pants, some underwear, an extra shirt, and a notebook. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the fourth month, the first pair reproduces again, but the second pair is not mature enough: three pairs. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Their pairing was watched and monitored for three years, after which they could apply for a child, if they wished. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On his bare feet he was wearing a pair of ridiculous sandals that for some reason had holes cut along each side, with a large hole at the end where his toes stuck out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid carefully toward the front of the paired boards, the toes of one grippy shoe sticking out past the riding surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He put on a pair of blue jeans, and we’d just locked him in the bathroom when the girl appeared—came out of her room. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the sack of clothing Horatio brought, I pulled on an embroidered shirt that belonged to my father and a pair of worn breeches whose loose fit would hide the roundness of my hips. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Toby was thinner, with big ears that stuck out of his shaggy hair and enormous brown eyes that were always up to something, like a pair of TV screens turned on full blast. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collapsed to his knees and began crumbling into sand, until all that was left were three cooking aprons and an oversized pair of cowboy boots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He feels a pair of hands resting on his shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ayesha hands me my worn gray Wonder Woman T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He hands me a small pair of leather gloves and whispers back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Since the power was still off at the school, I wore thermal underwear—top and bottom—plus an extra T-shirt, a sweatshirt, and two pairs of heavy socks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Tool didn’t flinch, just looked at the pair. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of rats sprang from around the bend. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anatole got to spend his days playing bottle-cap checkers with a pair of lackadaisical guards, who let him read and write anything as long as he didn’t escape. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were seen at a beer parlor, Ojiugo wearing Nicholas’s large white shirt and nothing below, and Nicholas wearing a pair of jeans and nothing above. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, instead of you giving us one-forty, we’ll give you ten and you get us a pair of Nikes with your discount.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So finally, as a pair of twentysomething men passed by holding hands, Austin said, “Hey, that could be us in ten years.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She bought a pair of fowl from them, and asked that their legs be tied together. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can tell they are a set because they wear matching pairs of orthopedic shoes, the kind that lace on the side. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of Peacekeepers runs by, barely glancing at the whimpering Capitol girl huddled in a doorway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A pair of wood ducks noticed us and took off, their wings flapping desperately. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I paid close attention, because my black Doc Martens were one of many pairs of shoes Sergeant Bloom had accused of lacking sufficient shine during a spot in-spection. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick gets caught up in a display of books about Eastern philosophy, and Abby buys a pair of tights. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As it spilled over a pair of stones, the current split and then reunited in a liquid silver braid. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned back to Hermione, raised the jagged rock, and began to hack at her bindings too — At once, several pairs of strong gray hands seized him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Priest hands me a giant pair of scissors, and me and Mama cut the bow together. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There, in the middle of the path, was a pair of shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of big blue headphones hangs around her neck. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boys return moments later with pink booster seats and a pair of blond dolls who look disturbingly like Taylor Metternich. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

All the young men got on their feet now, laughing, to crowd around the ragged pair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found him resting in a snowdrift, looking at the cardinal pair that lived near the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of salt-stained leather gloves to hide the stubby fingers of the hand that Stannis had shortened, so many years ago. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing rain boots, and she has on a pair of flowery Doc Martens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jamie finds a pair of fake eyes that you put on your eyelids. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Silas produced a grey sweater the color of Bod’s winding sheet, a pair of jeans, underwear, and shoes—pale green sneakers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When Lee Chong came in with his gift, Darling was deliberately and happily destroying Hazel’s only pair of rubber boots while her happy masters applauded her. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when my second pair of gloves, kindergarten string, safety pins and all, disappeared out of the closet at school. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had a fifth leg hanging uselessly from its hip, and another had no ears, just a pair of holes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a narrow sleeveless dress, salmon-colored, which exposed a pair of pretty collarbones and the sweet frail vertebrae at the base of her neck—lovely kneecaps, lovely ankles, lovely bare, strong-muscled legs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At least her crippled partner could not be the murderer, but it was embarrassing being paired with such a . . . no, she shouldn't feel that way. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These,” she said, as she slid a new pair of frames onto my face, giving me goose bumps. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then Pa got for himself a pair of galluses and some tobacco to smoke in his pipe. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the paper folded around his book with one hand and the twine in the other and looked from the pair of scissors lying near the book to the twine and then to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a voice and a pair of arms grabbing me and holding me back. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He picked off a pair of black silk socks that were hanging on the towel bar and carried them over to the radiator. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The bag contained a pair of white cotton gloves stained the Sue Monk, Kidd color of age. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before starting my homework, I changed into a pair of dry sweats, pulled my damp hair up into a ponytail, and checked my e-mail for the first time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kendra and Seth had brought a pair of jeans, but they turned out to be from Grandma’s skinnier days, and were not even close to fitting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When birds pair, their plumage becomes more vibrant. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Starry hunts in a drawer and finds a pair of shears. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Calista nodded and held up a pair of pants to my legs, to see if they would fit, I guess. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the operation was half over, he had come out into the ante-room, grinning and waving one tonsil in a pair of forceps. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his memory served him right, these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in equal amounts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A pair of lobster claws stuck up from his head like horns, turning and snapping at random. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Abraham bought a needle at a market and used it to sew my UN blanket into a new pair of shorts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that same pair of lovebirds kissing behind a tree in the parking lot where Mami sometimes waits for us if we’re staying after school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Often, phrases come in definite pairs, with the first phrase feeling very unfinished until it is completed by the second phrase, as if the second phrase were answering a question asked by the first phrase. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I sneaked a look down into the alley and saw him running back and forth in just a T-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As we made a lap around the library, a pair of redheaded twin boys stopped us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After the nominations were debated, a vote was taken and the pair were elected. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the contest of wills ended after officials agreed that if Bobby would play this time, they’d make the pairings in public the following year. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were two pairs of decent jeans in her size, as well as a couple of pairs of leggings and a few cute tunics. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tyler had twisted his upper body so that he was practically climbing into the backseat, his eyes bulging as he took in every cut, every bruise, every pair of wide eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His first step was to capture our interest, and he did this by fashioning a telescope from a camera tripod and a pair of binoculars. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie asked, because he figured a man who could dress like that, and buy roller skates and twenty pairs of white socks, might also be a guy who sold vintage model car parts. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Each identity has been projected onto me and fits oddly at first, like a pair of shoes you have to break in before they’re comfortable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if I had put on a new, strong pair of glasses for the first time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Not long afterward, he built his first pair of NeuroLink glasses at his father’s computer repair shop, with his neuroscientist mother’s input. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked down and found himself gazing into a pair of lamp-like yellow eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I wore a pair of green corduroys and a nice blouse with embroidery around the collar. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Gardner wrote our names next to each other on the board and asked all the pairs to pick a country from a list he handed out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But I said, ‘Wear two pair of socks, and your feet ought to stay halfway warm and dry.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He deftly rolled a pair of stockings onto my feet, as if all his customers came in barefoot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were two more pairs in the drawer, and, I was reasonably sure, more still at Mr. Klein’s store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first pair of twins, born twenty years ago to Melissa, were undersize and weak from birth, especially one of them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He found a pair under his bed and, after pulling a spider off one of them, put them on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A pair of swallows rushed by, skimming for insects a few inches above the water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of slave soldiers lifted her to shoulder height on a shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I put them on my Christmas list, but my father said no way was he going to spend more on a pair of sneakers than on a week’s worth of groceries. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ever since first grade you and Coby have been as tight as a pair of shin guards. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tucked my feet into a pair of something black with buckles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The dwarf stared at him with a pair of bright red eyes and snorted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Because even though I was hoping to get a bit closer to the Savanna group, I had also been a little stressed wondering if the Savanna and Ximena pairing would have iced me out. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When we got down to the kitchen, we found her in a pair of men’s overalls stuffed into gum boots. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We put sweaters and hats and scarves and three pairs of socks on and still were cold. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always had a pair of scissors hanging by a white tape from her waist, and with this she began shaving thin slivers of soap into the palm of one hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flashlight, a fishing knife, a pair of leather gloves, and a hunting vest fully packed with shells contributed further atmosphere to this curious still life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jesse realized last night that he didn’t know how to knot a tie; moreover, He’d forgotten to pack the shoes, which was why Eric’s borrowed pair were in his backpack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blond, blue-eyed white dude with a deep side part and comb-over, wearing a blindingly white polo tucked into plaid shorts, and a pair of tasseled loafers. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And finally, I’m settled in a pair of tight black pants and an even tighter denim shirt that makes my breasts look much bigger than they really are. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I do have one pair of real slacks left. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Celia reached into her closet and pulled out a pair of trendy, pseudo cowboy boots. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

While I’m adding to my stock of arrows, she pokes around until she comes up with a pair of lethal-looking axes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He skipped across the passage to a pair of double doors. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

An ugly girl should dress in ugly clothing, she decided, so she chose a stained brown cloak fraying at the hem, a musty green tunic smelling of fish, and a pair of heavy boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every pet name is paired with a good name, a bhalonam, for identification in the outside world. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We wander to the dance stages, filled with pairs: husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, siblings, friends. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Arthur did, and the deputy calmly clicked a pair of handcuffs onto his wrists. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a pair of hands seized him roughly and turned him over. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z