It was Augustus, wearing khaki pants and a short-sleeve plaid button-down. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Daddy calls from down the hall and I dry my hands on my pants and head in to supper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

It was getting late and Papá had not changed his pants and shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Neeley, though weeping, remembered to spread his handkerchief on the curb so that his new long pants wouldn’t get dirty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hurt my leg,” he groused, and pulled up his pants leg. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wore gray pinstripe pants, shiny from age, and slippers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He had the ball of yarn stuffed in his pants. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They spent another half an hour cleaning up all the mess, hanging up shirts and dresses, and refolding pants, and then they went down to make dinner together. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I could see small figures farther down on the beach, and I could tell they were my sisters by their two dark heads and yellow pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, may I trouble you for some pants? You have me at a disadvantage.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a patched set of pants and a loose shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pull my hand back and wipe the hot liquid from my pants. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I raised my hands, my pants fell down and some of the passengers laughed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He should know better than to dress that way, but I’d just die if somebody cut my pants open in front of everybody like that.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The giant’s nylon pants swish as he follows her down the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wore a Western suit jacket with a vest that closed too tightly around his stomach, but his pants were very loose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped to the ledge below, found it was really quite wide, slid on the seat of my pants to the next ledge, and stopped. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our brown skins glow against our sweaters, pants, and head scarves. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bill grabbed for his pants, but it was too late. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crammed things beneath my clothes; usually in my pants. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And she hit her forehead on the bathroom mirror as she washed the soiled pants in the sink without soap, because there wasn’t any. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had, by now, put his pants on, but he looked a wreck. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The boys wore white collared shirts and pants held up by suspenders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I saw the exposed parts of me through the boy’s eyes: the scrawny waist, loose pants moldy and spotted, bug bites up and down my arms, bruises from Anastasia’s bite still healing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I eased it into the waist of my pants, then moved my hands forward like I was adjusting my belt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by younger men of various shades of brown in sagging pants. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And, after the beating, his pants still down around his knees and his face wet with tears and mucus, Gabriel was made to kneel down while his mother prayed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The demon unbuttoned his coat and reached into his pants pocket, but Father shook his head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s choir is in whatever white shirts, black pants, and black shoes everybody could find. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“One day I lost my pants. I took them off in the bathroom and forgot where I left them.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Same old supermarket sneakers, same prehistoric pants, probably from that great-grandfather of his. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It’ll have to be a secret, though, but I have the cure to death in my pants. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I longed to have a bite of my bread, but it was tucked into the waistband of my pants behind my back, and I couldn’t reach it and carry the boy at the same time. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was winter and very cold, he worked in pants stiff with urine. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really want to wear long pants, do you?” she asked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

I don't sag my pants or wear my clothes super big. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Duff pulled on his pants and gestured at the front of them. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Trotter leaned over and tucked a tissue into his pants pocket. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Billy staggered to Roy Lee’s car, weighted down with pants and shirts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck the key back in his pants pocket, walked out of the room and slammed the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my pajamas and put on pants and a shirt. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

This summer, for example, pants may be capri, classic, carpenter, clam-digger, boot, or flood, depending on their length and cut, and I’m probably leaving a few categories out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a faded Hawaiian shirt and nothing for pants except thick brown goat fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mama stepped in and picked up my dirty pants from the floor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hear him get out of bed and breathe heavily as he puts on his pants. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It's a swarm of spandex pants, water bottles fixed to sports belts, and numbered bibs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The one little kid, the one that asked me, had his pants open. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray stood up, brushed his pants off, and stretched his long body, which had to be stiff from all the sitting. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I bunched my wet socks into my pocket, which immediately wetted my pants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Mummy, Mummy, a man had his pants down!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tug my pants down, trying to hide my toes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Most have never seen him without a proper collar shirt and dress pants, or a formal tuxedo suit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Praying nobody would burst in on her, Jinny loosened her drawstring and then reached a hand down inside the pants to pat between her thighs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Next came my socks, then my pants, and then I crouched beside the fire, so close it hurt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, for the horse. The Hasses gave him to me for twenty bucks because he won’t stop eating the pants off the line.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She is dressed in silk capri pants and a sleeveless white shirt that shows off her tan. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some people pushed forward to have a closer look, some nervously left the circle when they saw the scissors used, and some glanced at their own pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So does the realization that his pants are around his shins. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio looked out of the window again, brushing a few crumbs off his pants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She flicked it away and wiped her hand nervously on her pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slapped at his pants, trying to knock out the dust. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And, of course,” Zeus continued, though he looked like his pants were smoldering, “we must... um ... thank Poseidon.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I am so not paying attention when the guy opens the door with his pants down that I hand him the four sodas before I see what’s going on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in his tan pants with the pointy creases and a button shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Arab boy had Dustfinger’s backpack over his narrow shoulders, and gray cat hairs clung to his pants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He put on his tight pants but did not button them up, nor did he put the gold button into his shirt collar as he always did, because he planned to take a bath. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I got all that I need since I only wear one shirt and one pair of pants at a time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung my shirts and pants on hangers. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled his pants and underwear down to his knees. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can't wear pants or cut my hair or wear skirts above my calves; what do I care what you wear? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

First my shirts, then my pants, all varying shades of blue. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Somewhere during the ruckus of the last few months, he’d found a muddy pair of women’s pants and spread them out to lie on, like a beach blanket. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My green suit’s coat sleeves stopped above my wrists, the pants legs showed three inches of socks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind penetrated through the summer pants and T-shirt I was wearing, and it felt as though I wasn’t wearing anything. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, the knees on Bo’s pants had poorly stitched patches on them, and he wasn’t exactly wearing the cleanest of sweaters, but that wasn’t unusual. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His jacket and pants were an unnaturally bright shade of white. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Which meant that Richie had accidentally left money in his pants. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He turns and races away, holding his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When we get home I stuff some in every pocket of my pants so I’ll always have one when I need one. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in shabby pants, with sweat already leaching through the armpits of my white cotton shirt, I felt out of place amid the neighborhood’s neatly manicured lawns and lavish estates. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pushed my pants down a little further, and even though I was still in my underwear, I bit the edge of the foil and opened it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s inseparable from that thing. He tucks it in the waist of his pants everywhere he goes.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And we were all encased in formal clothes—Mom in a dress, me in long pants and a sports jacket, with a new tie carefully knotted at my neck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“So they tell me. That’s why they pants so tight. That true?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing some tight pants that were the same color as her skin, a light sienna, and for a second I thought she didn’t have any pants on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the drawers hold any number of nightgowns, but I just strip off my shirt and pants and climb into bed in my underwear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or even Sandy in her tight pants at the end of Grease. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

If the mood in the room was tense he might suddenly pull his pants up high above his waist like a nerd to get people giggling. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Rolling her eyes at herself, she threw on her Silly Boys, Coding Is for Girls T-shirt and plain gray fleece pants. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh. That little boy with the holes in his pants you ran around with?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his back to the men, dropped his pants, and bent over and gave them a good, long look. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I hug him tight as he pants, looking over his back at Gram’s gravestone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stanley put it in the big pocket of his pants. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He then proceeded to spill coffee over his pants leg. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Daddy, loosen your belt, it’s hitching your pants up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They wear stretch pants and panuelos, match polka dots with stripes, plaids with flower prints. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This week Carlos picked a dog bark, just because he thought it would be funny, or dare I say, cool, to tell a girl that there was something in his pants, barking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I jumped into my pants and raced out into the cold night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall, blue-black dark, and dressed in cargo pants, paint-stained boots, and a tattered brown sweater. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She wore a black top and black pants and had a nose ring. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Gee, Mama, you take all the fun out of things—like not objecting to my black lace pants last year. Well, throw the cigarettes away.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had this peculiar smell like a baby that had done something in its pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this one he’s shirtless and in white spandex pants with a red belt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Mother steps foot out of the house in her black Capri pants, why, they all just gawk and stare. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Fifi had caught on and lowered her pants and panties to her ankles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of the other guys, the one who was either a little fat or worked out too much, came in behind Kevin, sporting pleated khaki pants and a short-sleeve black polo shirt. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al strides around in his black and white checked pants and scarlet waistcoat, slapping the head of anyone who isn’t quick enough to jump out of his way. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Later Katie noticed that she was wet and paddled her softly telling her that she was too big to wet her pants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said he'd have dresses and shirts and pants, and whatever he couldn't sell, he would bring home to her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He runs up and down the backyard with no pants on trying to imitate Tarzan yodeling from tree to tree. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Stuffing them into her pants pocket, she headed toward to the basement entrance as fast as she could go without looking conspicuous. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I withdrew my thumb from the Object’s pants and sat up straight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Claudia saw then that his pockets were so heavy they were pulling his pants down. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, Gabriel, dressed in an old white shirt and short linen pants, stood on the edge of the water. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she wants you to be patient she says... keep your pants on! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the camo pants had huge cargo pockets—plenty of room for his wallet, his car keys, and the minirecorder, which he'd taken to carrying everywhere. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My pants are on backward over my head and pulled down to below my shoulders so that the belt is around my chest. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She makes clean quick cuts while I dry my hands on my pants. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Jam woke up with a start, her phone vibrating in the front pocket of her pajama pants. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Lina, wiped her hands on her already grimy pants, and smiled some more. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then the pants rip, and Lally falls in the dust. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pants were wet up to the thigh now, and I wondered how much higher the marsh line would get before I hit the riverbank. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get caught with my pants down in Erin Wheeler’s backyard. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I fasten Camel’s pants, grab him by the armpits, and haul him back into the room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Time slows as he unbuttons his pants and they drop to his ankles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he rips his pants in the crotch, which isn't just super- embarrassing for him but makes Quang-ha start to laugh. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She raised the scissors and deftly cut the pants leg open. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His pants are too tight. Derek’s happy, though. Don’t think he’s going to beat you up anymore.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some stitch it into the seams of their pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“They returned me to Calypso shortly after, I think. I woke up in Mr. Haverty’s backyard. I really wish they’d stop taking my pants.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Pull down your pants and well soon catch him!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We spread them on the tables and folded them carefully, lining up the sleeves of the shirts and the seams on the pants and balling the paired-up socks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That is a marvelous display of your skill at introducing yourselves, children,” Penelope said, “yet I am curious to know how the pants are coming along. Show me the pants, boys, if you please!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The weather was still warm so he wore no pants, nothing below the waist. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And tighten your belt. Your pants are coming down.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Farid took first the jacket, then the pants out of the backpack. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some are in variously colored tank tops and short sets, and others are wearing helmets, strange big-shouldered shirts, and unnecessarily tight pants that stop at the knee. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wore my hand-me-down pants, which I had inherited from Lori and then passed on to him, and they were always sliding off his bony behind. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No other father’s pants hung just that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like us, they have all changed from their city clothing into their black pajama pants and shirts, the only clothes we will wear from now on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These crews—always, in my experience, made up of young black men—were watched over by tough- looking armed COs wearing wide-brimmed hats and leather boots, their pants tucked in at the top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule was wearing pajama pants and a camisole when he rang the buzzer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Darlene released his head, shifted her body, and pulled down her pants. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the overalls were gone he began on the T-shirt and cut away Carl Heine’s work pants and underwear and pulled off Carl’s boots and socks, out of which seawater ran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Jesus tits,” Alex continues as he fumbles to pull his pants up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After I finish eating, I’m so full, my pants nearly cut off my circulation. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wore a black skirt instead of pants, and it rode dangerously up her thigh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I think that meant she was scared he might wet his pants. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wipe my sweaty palm on my pants and look at the woman through the corner of my eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

He's in a simple black shirt and pants. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Zahra gamely holds out an arm for him to steady himself while he pulls his pants up, and despite it all, he’s struck with overwhelming gratitude for her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean—not that you have small pants that would fit me”—digging a deeper hole for myself—“I mean, the pajama pants keep falling off—” I’m a very good digger. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He opened the back flap on his tunneling pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She wears a scarf on her head and some brown-and-red gauzy harem pants. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two officers on the sides wore brown shirts and pants, but the man in the middle wore the black of a senior officer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we ran, they threw the clothes at us: pants, jackets, shirts . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I overturn my hamper and riffle through dirty clothes and sheets, looking for the pants I wore four days ago. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was wearing clothes the police had scrounged up for him at the station, this torn-up wifebeater that was way too small, pants so short on him they looked like capris. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s because she’s mad at me or because, despite a gap at the waist, the pants pull kind of tight across Tia’s behind. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Pima tugged at the man’s pants and ran her fingers through his pockets. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Charles slipped his legs into his pants and hunched them up over his hips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron was sitting on the bed directly across from mine, Newcharlie's bed, and he was rolling one of his pants legs up real slowly. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The long coat and swinging chain and the Punjab pants were much more dramatic if you stood that way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By early 1854, most women who wore bloomers gave up their pants to avoid harassment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She’d found him on the toilet with his head against the wall, his pants clumped around his ankles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Button-up shirt and dress pants are the bare minimum; maybe a suit jacket, depending on the crowd. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wore my dark gray dress pants and a turquoise button-up with these subtle leaf patterns on it, the kind you could only see in a certain light. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to be good, he told her, and not look at women, because his mother used to beat him whenever that happened in his pants.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looks good in his bright white sailor’s cap and bell-bottom pants. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up Gramps s pants and slid his hand into a pocket. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

His pants are at least four inches too short for him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled up a loose bit of clover and brushed his hands on his pants. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wears the same pants for days, stained and dirty from hauling boxes of ripe vegetables. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Until she moved her hand under my pants, and she touched me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A text from Pri warns me to keep my legs closed and my pants up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

After he swung down off Ash, he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time brushing prairie dust from his pants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Noelle, in the same clothes I saw her in yesterday—dark Capri pants and a white wife-beater—comes down the hall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d gained weight since I’d seen him last, and his heavy gray wool pants and thick blue down coat made him look even bigger. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I have a problem. I don’t have any snow pants. I didn’t need them in California.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I stand up, brushing gravel off my pants. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She seemed very ordinary, wearing black pants and a button-down white shirt with a logo on the breast—WICKED spelled in blue capital letters. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Timothy took the shelter down, and we both pulled our shirts and pants back on. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

While his mouth was still forming an O of surprise, Althea’s hand latched onto the front of Caul’s pants, and the O broadened into a grimace of shock. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He must have come straight from the Pipeworks—he had a big damp patch of water on one leg of his pants. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Others wear dark pants and short-sleeved shirts with collars and miniature alligators, tigers, or men riding horses embroidered on their breast pocket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m still wearing my golden retriever pajama pants. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I reached over and pulled her pants back up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Henry wiped his hands down the front of his pants and smiled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something like that--a guy getting hit on the head with a rock or something--tickled the pants off Ackley. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think nothing about you,” he says, jerking up his pants. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

These small papers I stuff into the pockets of my pants, along with my pesitos. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a spectacular outfit: close-fitting pants, a layered tunic studded with whorls of iron, and knee-high boots; she carried her wooden staff, which stretched as high as her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I just hiked my pants up and let my shoes do the talking. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And I’m out of place in my mestizo pants and T-shirt, when all the other women wear anacos and blouses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my pants pocket, my phone vibrated, and when I checked it William had sent me a text. “good movie. Ur mom mad?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Habib flipped over his menu when a man in tight purple pants and an apron came by. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He moved some of these into his purse, then unfastened his pants, produced another bundle of coins from underneath several layers of clothes, and moved some of that money into his purse as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then my pants were damp and warm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His scruff scraped my lips, he ran his hands up my back and across my cheeks and down the front of my pants so quickly, I could hardly react. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At an army-surplus store, I bought flannel shirts, thermal underwear, thick wool socks, the kind of blue work pants that auto mechanics wear, and a new pair of steel-toed boots. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Under my pants, I could feel myself getting hard. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her husband, a burly man in baggy pants and sky blue turban, cradled an infant in one arm and thumbed prayer beads with his free hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a nice long black coat, and I can see dress pants and shiny shoes peeking out from underneath it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Short pants, tube socks, and Reeboks would have been a little off-center but not weird. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who are you doing this for? Is it Jenny? Is this about being in her pants, or what?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The police officer had lost her hat; her pants leg was dusty and torn. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They returned, and after Dasch changed into a pair of gray checkered golf pants, the men crouched down and waited. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He barked his warning bark and then grabbed back on to my pants. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He knelt down on the beach, careful to keep the gushing blood away from his pants, and wondered if it was possible for all the blood in his body to drain out through his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sweat slid down from his armpits and back, soaking the waistband of his pants. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the toilet without taking down his pants although he made noises like undoing his belt and unfastening his zipper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jennifer is still stylish in pants that look like purple leather and a shirt that hangs off 1 shoulder. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Placing it and her fur pants in a bag made of whale bladder, she tied it securely so that no moisture would dampen her clothes while she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tap, tap, tap, again; a hop step and the shoes and pants circled me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wearing my school uniform pants, my belt, unbuckled and twisted halfway around to my back, and a wrinkled T-shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Aaron strode out from his room, adjusting his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled up his pants again and squinted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t put it in the waist of my pants this time though. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In running pants and hot-pink sneakers, she doesn't look much like a doctor. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The door was opened by a young man wearing army pants and a pajama shirt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses her hands against her gray pin-striped pants suit, then pulls the jacket sleeves down. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crisp crease of the rented tux pants seemed stranger than the broken room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh. This reminds me of this cute little cabin I stayed at in Amsterdam over last winter break. They misrepresented the picture online when I booked! My dad almost sued the pants off them.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a gap of an inch and a half between the bottom hem of his shirt and the top of his pants. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the house, I turned around and saw the dog tearing at Lynn’s pants as she huddled over into a ball. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia slips her hand down the front of her army fatigue pants. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got down on one knee with much effort, grunting and puffing, the seams of his pants creaking like ship riggings. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

These clothes are usually the shirts, pants, shoes, and jackets the members of the church’s eight study groups have given the priest for his birthday, to tide him over for the year. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His shirt and pants were painted with black and white stripes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Four people, just like that, whip by me on bikes, exposing swollen calves emerging from rolled-up pants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Glancing to David, I see his pants wadded at his feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are my pants ripped all the way down and my underwear hanging out?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He put the pants neatly, reverently back in the bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His pants leg was ripped where one of the spikes had grazed him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hid my bayonet inside my pants and a grenade in my pocket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

They lay in an orderly pattern, ribs here, legs there, showing through the remains of black pants and a black shirt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kasim has flowers and he’s dressed in a nice black coat, black pants, and shiny black shoes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I managed to get myself dressed: gray socks, tan pants, white long-sleeved shirt, black and royal blue striped school tie, dark navy sweater vest, black shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a blue shirt and black pants and a black jacket. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air is warm on my bare back, and my breath comes in short pants, my embarrassment almost overriding my fear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any,” I said, grabbing my pants from a chair nearby, in case he should have ideas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern coughed, and he brushed his hands against his pants and said by way of apology and explanation, “Model-airplane glue.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And somewhere along the way he’d torn his pants and one of the straps on the backpack. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you should be. You wear the exact same utility pants every day. You are a fae, for rat’s sake. Have some dignity!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Back in his room, Alex quickly tugged on pants and a shirt, suddenly anxious to get out there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You know, kid, you almost made me wet my pants.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His pants were baggy, and his shirt wasn’t really a shirt but a pajama top covered with high-tailed roosters. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on his sweater, wool pants, hat, and blue peacoat. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Day drove with his arm around Ethel in front, Galen would grab Deborah in the backseat, forcing his hands under her shirt, in her pants, between her legs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to sit down anyway because of the soft, uncomfortable load in his pants, which had been there all afternoon and which felt cold and squishy when he moved too much. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers gingerly touched a group of needles that had been driven through his pants and into the fleshy part of his calf. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy nodded, as if stealing were the most natural plan in the world, and carefully put the orchid in his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That night, Harry wore painter’s pants and a sweatshirt with the hood pulled half over his face, which told me that he wanted to disappear. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Justin showed up wearing black track pants and a white sweatshirt that is already covered with grass stains. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The military pants and shirt that Shin found were far too big for him, as were the cotton shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Big Tony hiked up his baggy pants and headed into the lobby. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A hammer handle stuck out of his pants pocket. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He wore crisp khaki pants, a light blue oxford shirt, and a navy-blue tie and blazer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her black pants look the same as ever. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I just grabbed my grip bag, pulled on my black track pants, and strode out of the gym to my car. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ear waved his ears at a woman in tight riding pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I balanced the handle of the pail on the jutting tip of the metal faucet and waited for it to fill; the pail slipped and water drenched my pants and shoes and stockings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I changed into my sweat pants and grabbed a handful of cheese crackers from the cupboard. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scoured the house for money, sweeping her hand to the backs of drawers and under cushions and into the pockets of Henry’s pants and overalls and shirts. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls off the robe and replaces it with the grandma shirt while Ben complains that no one got him any pants. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was in a long-sleeved T-shirt and pants—Mom had said that was the best thing to wear through Customs—and I wished I had a hoodie, but they were all in my suitcase. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’m still waiting on Daddy to buy me pants and a belt, and shoes that ain’t worn through the soles, so I can look like the boys here in the North. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

My pants were soaking wet with a combination of dirt, car oil, and urine. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before him stood a tall, attractive, muscular man, well dressed in fine leather boots, black pants, jacket, and hat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzie throws open a drawer and pulls out clean pants and a clean shirt. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Likewise, he smeared dust off the half-empty ammo shelf, unconsciously slapping his palm on his pants to clean it, then shook his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he put his hand down her pants, and she started moaning. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the pants he was flexing all the way down your leg. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Really it was just pants and a shirt—it didn’t look like zombie clothes at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, Juanita and I sat on an old bench with Pita between us, while Delia and Velia clung to a pillar, trying their best not to wet their pants. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A young white male wearing baggy pants, standing in front of his high school and surrounded by his friends, might well be ignored by police officers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I whirl around in my coat, and she’s right beside me on the curb, her starched white shirt tucked into black pants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike the strict clothes rationing in Germany, the men cheerfully bought more shirts, pants, underwear, socks, and a suitcase. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Weird to think she still had that key in her pants pocket—like a souvenir of another life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Frank pressed his hand against his pants pocket, where he kept his mother’s sacrifice medal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"I don't know," she pants, then motions to a nearby servant. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplaced their combs, and yet you were supposed to fall at their feet? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Far as I can tell,” Tee said, “hipsters are basically yuppies with tighter pants and bigger glasses. Whatever they are, they make a mean mochaccino.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They would be shooting at everything that moved, and here was I in deerskin pants and dirty brown sweater, looking like a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hiked up his pants, smoothed out his shirt, and strode into the lobby. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He was like, pants!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Immediately, Fifi pulled down her pants and panties in one wad to her hips, revealing what she thought was in question, her bellybutton. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Hans is wearing short pants and ankle boots, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Pa lifts me onto the truck, I notice two very thin middle-aged men in loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts standing next to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a gray coat, black pants, and a fine pair of boots. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had told me to wear comfortable clothes, so I’m wearing the loosest pants and sweater I could find. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I give her a quick smile, get to my feet, and dust off my pants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I moved his hands away and as gently as I could, pulled his pants leg up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She did come in when I was conked out and took my doggone pants and shirt off and put me there. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My pants were made out of canvas and too big by several degrees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tonight, it’s a bulky gray sweatshirt and matching pants. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His pants legs were wet, as if he had been walking for a long time. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she reached down and untied the drawstring on her pants. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I made a bone needle, cut out the pants by ripping up one pair of old city pants for a pattern. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got on his knees, not caring that the icy wetness seeped through his pants legs, and begged for God’s mercy for his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Bo, in his pressed khaki pants and black polo, is leaning against the passenger door, waiting for me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson was right about Donald Duck not having on pants. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pants Bull made himself, cutting up several red handkerchiefs and sewing them together so that they formed a makeshift covering for Edward’s long legs. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

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 like the way the boys dressed—the ghetto look, with those low-hanging pants and untucked T-shirts—or their braids. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If ever I was going to wet my pants in public, it would have been right then and there. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“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

But despite the rattle of the wagon’s wheels, Inej could tell Kaz’s breathing had gotten worse—shallow, rapid pants like an animal caught in a trap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Women in China wore blouses and pants and jackets. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to turn around toward me as he was fishing around in his pants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She wore pants and T-shirts into her teens, which you weren’t supposed to do once you were a teenager. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She then choked the pants at the waist with a piece of sisal rope to hold them up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed me in my black velvet First Communion suit with the white frilly shirt, the short pants, the white stockings, the black patent leather shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the start of school, he was given a black uniform: pants, shirt, an undershirt, and a 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

I wipe my fingers on my pants, making sure they are clean of dust and grime before lightly touching the cloth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their dark tunics and pants, they looked like shadows—a street of shadows, flitting here and there, talking in high, loud, excited voices. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my corduroy pants and plaid shirt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But unlike Claudia, who had taken weeks to carefully plan out every aspect of her escape, Fadi was flying by the seat of his pants, coupled with a whole lot of praying. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He's changed into a kurta and loose cotton pants. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d also used Magic Markers to make colored blotches on my legs that I hoped would camouflage the holes in my pants. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I guess you boys better be careful who you dream about without her pants on.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The film’s narrator reminded every boy—from Ellis Carter to the Jameses, the Anthonys, and every other pants wearer—that they too could grow up to be guardians of our community. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom finally exploded and cried when she realized we didn’t even have a plastic bag and couldn’t afford to throw away the pants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One caller from Finland, a guy named Ayub, asked if his teenaged son could go to hell for wearing his baggy pants so low the seam of his underwear showed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slips and falls—away from the tracks, luckily—and lands on a backpack padded with a shirt and an extra pair of pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The veil of security I thought the uniform provided had been lifted, and now we hustled in our black dress shoes and stained wool pants through dirty fields and grassy yards. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He noticed that even though the pants were now the color of old snow, somehow, the crease held its line. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His black hat, pants, and vest were dusty and the homemade white shirt rusty with tobacco juice. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was wearing short pants and soaking in perspiration, and he did not stop his writing to see who had come in. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Can you cure me of a disease?” he asked, his hands to the drawstring of his pants. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from during one school trip to China, they never wore pants again. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a white cotton T-shirt and cotton drawstring pants that weren’t mine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I watched Sohrab through the doorway, he seemed younger somehow, swimming in his pajama pants with his shirt tucked in. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Still, don’t be an idiot; wear long sleeves and long pants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men curse and fling the pants overboard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We both stand there, knee-deep in water, and the truth has well and truly pulled our pants down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He stretched, pulled on his pants, and said, “We’ll play Tom Swift. I’m Tom.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The clean, sleeveless white undershirt and cotton pants his sister left for him after school were folded on her mat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The medic told Peewee again to relax while he took his pants off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has on red-and-green plaid pants that seem to magnify her bottom, making it rounder and more forceful than ever. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jus is the Thug, naturally: pants belted around his thighs with boxers exposed, Thug Life T-shirt, thick gold chain with a huge medallion, fitted flat-billed baseball cap. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the guys in the cast wear White Sox uniforms, complete with cleats and high socks pulled up over their tight pants. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He gives me the number and moves aside, and there’s Ebony, with her cane and her velvet pants, smacking her lips. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate your sudden interest in me, but I’m about to take off my pants, so maybe I could have a little space?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But his or not, it had spurted all over him, and the shirt—and the pants as well—might be beyond hope. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He fell asleep on prom night in his tuxedo pants and a Fugazi T-shirt. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She's wearing the green sweater and red corduroy pants she wore that first day I talked to her in the listening room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the ID and holds it over the front of his pants, thrusting his hips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Split down the middle like a pair of secondhand pants. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I yanked the spines out of my hip, then pulled up my slashed pants to look at my leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid sitting at the other end of our seat wet his pants, but he wasn’t about to tell that to the red-haired PSF standing beside him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wore a bronze breastplate and war helm with black camo pants and a sword strapped to his side. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stood in the corner with my bare feet on top of my shoes and no pants and wondered if the glass would break. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pick Mister Johnny’s pants up off the floor, toss them over my shoulder. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He got up slowly, his wild eyes never leaving me; he wiped the seat of his pants and came towards me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, a heavyset, muscular fellow in khaki pants and a white sweat shirt, whistled at me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took off her shirt while the tub filled, waiting until the last possible moment to take off her pants and underwear. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Out of the question,” Millard groaned, the top button of his pants popping open. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The boy began to pat down his black cargo pants, searching the pockets until he came up with a blue-capped pen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stepped down from the rainbarrel and brushed my hands against my pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He found a rubberized canvas seabag and he prowled the rest of the ship in his boots, pushing himself off the bulkheads against the tilt, the yellow slicker pants rattling in the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him in anything but those tan khaki pants and a tan shirt with a number on the pocket. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was a little old boy of fourteen in knee pants and she made him watch his steps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru’s hand drifted to the pants pocket where she kept the Ping-Pong ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad wiped his palms on his pants and sat down beside me, so close, our elbows bumped. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dasch needed to change out of his wet military pants before leading the team to the train depot. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Pong slipped on the shirt and pulled on the baggy pants over his now-dried underwear. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We checked a few times, but we all had our pants on, so they must have belonged to the lady who left just before we came in. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came to the back door, in pajama pants and a T-shirt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon enough I would be looking for new pants and the goods would go my way first. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I elbowed Marcus in the face and scrambled to my feet, pulling up my pants and sprinting toward the flashing lights and laughter and nauseating smell of popcorn. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And my mother—wearing light- blue polyester pants, a red sweater, and a child’s green down jacket—she didn’t look like anybody else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put one hand in my pants pocket, trying to seem cool. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He pants harder than I do, and I’m the one who used to have asthma. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Button your pants!” said one as Billy went by. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t she just stay in her jeans and give you the, like—” “Band pants? I wondered the same thing. She said she didn’t want me to risk drawing attention to myself.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone wears the same gray pants and shirt, the shirt tucked in at the waist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Behind him were two county troopers standing in front of the doorway and they had their thumbs hooked into their pants pockets. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instead they were ominously dressed in military style, black boots with black pants and vests. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I slip it into my pants pocket, where it clicks against the pearl. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She totally ballooned up to a size six and none of her pants fit, and she had, like, three-hundred-dollar Sandeces jeans!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Alex flips them over, kicking off his pants until only his underwear is left slung low on his hips, and he climbs up the length of Henry’s body, watching his face grow anxious, eager. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I paint her in her bell-bottom pants and puffy-sleeved blouse with a halo of flowers and a pink peace sign in her hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Stepping out of her pants, she slipped off her tights and cut a swath of cloth from the hip with her ulo. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned for a moment on the pier post, then took off his pants, underwear, socks, and shoes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have the same look: the Converse All Stars with the Dickies pants and the open shirt buttoned only at the top. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jesper hiked up his pants and felt around the thin skin over his ankle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And that the lint and tobacco in their pants pockets where dollar bills should have been was the measure. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my left hand I fished into my pants and took out a green apple that I’d brought along for a snack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

The man, in his early twenties, wore a blue, faded shirt and khaki pants. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our pants, our shirts get wet, but we don’t care. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bast sat on the edge of the bed and smoothed down his pants self-consciously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They ripped off his shirt and pants, dipped a brush in green paint, and slapped the dripping bristles against his bony body. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hikes up his pants and stretches his arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, I patted all around my waistline, even checking to see if it had slid down inside my pants. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He relaxed them and wiped his sweaty palms on his pants. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I notice his shoes, his pants, his shirt...they’re all smudged chalky white. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He straightened his vest, smoothed the front of his pants, then cleared his throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He wore khaki pants with too much stuff in each pocket. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They grabbed me, took off my pants and took turns spanking me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert open the door and both of them jerk my pants off, pull them over my head, and tied ’em tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The four oldest children, who wore short pants in spite of the fact that they were on the threshold of adolescence, busied themselves with José Arcadio's personal appearance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harris stood in the open doorway wearing a Three Stooges T-shirt and plaid golf pants. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But Ashoke points out that even his chairman shops at yard sales, that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just days before, she’d worked up the courage to swat Trip’s hand when he’d made a joke about her pants—Why so many pockets, he’d demanded, what are you hiding in there? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing my pants leg on fire sends me over the edge. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad will wear a shirt without a collar, and even jeans on weekends, but he sends them to the cleaner’s, so there’s a crease down the center of each leg, like Sunday pants. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A woman comes into the dressing room with an armful of black pants. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not pulling my pants down again!” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But by the time I’d gotten my pants off and pulled back the sheets, the fan had danced itself around to face me once more, shaking and shimmying inexorably toward my bed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One night a lieutenant named Jim Kent recollected how the former radioman had taken an interest in a dead Japanese boy with his pants turned inside out around his muddy ankles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He changed into pajama pants and a T-shirt. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled my pants back on slowly, wishing I knew what to say. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A shirt, pants, and what seemed to be underwear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning Julian waited at the bus stop, still wearing short pants and knee socks. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how he stood on the beach, his pants rolled up as he high-stepped, whooping and shouting, through the surf. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrubbed clean at Lombardy’s behest, Bobby was dressed in a dark shirt and starched khaki pants for the first evening of play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I reached my hand into my pants to check. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nyame had shifted to a normal size now—a bit shorter than Granddad—and he wore a cream-and-dark-brown-striped tunic and loose cream pants. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As I pulled away, the dog ripped my pants and his cold teeth touched my skin. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath him one of the Object’s legs dangled off the bed, the cuff of her pants muddy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t want to take off my clothes, but I saw them kick a man to the floor and rip his shirt and pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I showed her my ragged stockings, my patched pants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their new-looking black pajama pants and shirts, their arms and legs fill out their clothes and their faces are round and fleshy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore black rubber snow boots and a bright green cha-pan over a thick sweater and faded corduroy pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With his pants undone he had fallen in and, to his partner’s horror, had thrashed once or twice before disappearing altogether beneath the surface of the moon-addled sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lay sprawled on his bed, a lazy blob in dirty cargo pants and unlaced high-top sneakers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I lost two ’cuz of the holes in my pants pockets, Daddy said I lose another, I just wait outside till he gets home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He steals from those shops—anything that fits under his arms or in his pants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I guess I had grown some; my pants and socks did not meet anymore. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a short olive green windbreaker, flared black ski pants, and a pair of maroon Campers resembling bowling shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Strange-looking creatures, dressed in striped jackets and black pants, jumped into the wagon. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath he was wearing a simple white shirt and a pair of rather disreputable looking pants held up by a piece of frayed rope. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A man gave him the finger; another woman laughed and triumphantly stuck her phone into her pajama pants. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And he was gone, exploding out of the front door trying to zip up his pants at the same time he ran off the porch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Sunday school dress was torn in three places, and Peach’s white shirt and blue suit pants were brown, heavy and sticky with mud. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had been held in prison once for three days for printing a picture in which Trujillo’s bare leg showed between the cuff of his pants and the top of his sock. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ended up with pants that were too short and a shirt that was too big, but I was lucky to get a pair of wooden shoes that fit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But a singed smell came from their pants. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her black shirt that hangs below her bottom and pants that are frayed at the hem, she looks smaller than the rest of the group. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even say hello when he saw me because he was too busy slipping his tongue into my mouth and putting his hands down my pants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a tunic and pants would have been better. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then she got up again and changed from her blue corduroy pants to her pleated black skirt. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wears the pants in the family, you know, but her poor son, he has to survive without a mother all day, pobrecito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex casually knocked the dust off his pants, just like the pros did on TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boys hung back, their pomaded hair and scrubbed faces serious, their pressed pants making them look as stiff as paper dolls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Raheem tucked something along my spine into the waist of my pants. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the side of my pants, feeling the pocket where the journal should’ve been. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I had slipped a cube of sugar into my pants pocket before we left. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knees roll on the hard ground and bleed through his pants as he rocks in prayer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Blood droplets land on my pants and face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kid’s wearing a rumpled pinstripe shirt, khaki polyester pants, a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows, and leather loafers. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I mean, he’s cute, so I’ll let it slide, but the dogs on my pants are clearly golden retrievers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mother was upset because they’re our bosses from the Mission League, and they’d caught her red-handed doing housework in her old black Capri pants with the knees worn through. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can tell Frelimo women are trashy. They wear pants like men.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from around the wagon stepped a large beetlelike insect dressed in a lavish coat, striped pants, checked vest, spats, and a derby hat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I almost wet my pants because I didn't want to leave the television to go to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stick it in my pants, because with a guy like Archie, you just never know. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he hiked his khaki pants up, just enough to show his tan socks, peppered with dark-brown diamonds. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We stood shoulder to shoulder, close enough that our linked fingers were hidden between the fabric of my pajama pants and her purple puffer jacket. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wore the largest black turtleneck Percy had ever seen, black pants, and black leather shoes with points so long and curly, they might have been jester slippers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I slip my hand in his pants, heading for the bulge. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Our feet can’t hang free—else our legs and pants will get wet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He dressed in his church clothes—black pants and a button-down shirt, a brown belt, his cowboy boots—and walked into store after store, asking for applications. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Red Rabbit immediately looked for some sugar in my pants pocket, but he had to be satisfied with my promise of some in the future. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some pants hanging on one of the hooks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing yoga pants and a loose shirt, and her auburn hair is twisted up in a high bun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I ran back to the bedroom, where Byron was trying to wresde into a pair of pants. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a pair of baggy pants that used to belong to Mr. Potter and a sweatshirt he’d found in the woods, Georgie looked smaller than ever. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cholly jumped, trying to kneel, stand, and get his pants up all in one motion. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both think I’m joking until I catch a whiff of my shrimpy catering pants on the hamper and I jog to the bathroom and puke. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His navy-blue school pants weren’t new either, but he wore one of his newest shirts. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The most surprising thing about it was that those ragged pants he was wearing had any pockets left that would hold anything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Capricorn put his hand in his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He saw my pants undone, hanging off my hips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Four red-eyed guys in sagging pants buy almost every bag of chips we have. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Daddy grabs a towel from the sink and wipes his pants and shirt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His pants were split at the knees, his kneecaps scraped raw and bloody. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cigar ashes fell into the lap of his pants, but he did not seem to mind or notice, and Kabuo felt sorry for him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing I can think to do is strip off my pants and jump in the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I change into the pants I brought and throw the soiled ones in the trash. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His jacket was undone and there was a wedge of fat trapped between the top of his pants and the seat belt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’d even put clean drawers out for me so when I put them on I stuck my old ones down in the pocket of my new pants. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I never forgot, and that evening I put on his cordovan shoes, his pants, and I looked for and finally found his pink shirt, neatly laundered in a drawer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone reached into their socks, the hems of pants, under headties, to get the remainder of their money. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She said that a boy in the Shanghai American School had been so scared, he’d wet his pants. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worried that when the women sat onstage their legs would be exposed, even though they were wearing pants. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tie the cord tight; the pants hang on my hips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle met me at the Harare bus station dressed in pleated pants, a button-down shirt, and sturdy leather slip-on shoes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He gives me a high five so hard, I have to rub my hand on my pants. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He yawned and curled up next to Prosper, who was struggling with a needle and thread over the holes in his brother’s pants. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me go through your clothes and throw out all those holey pants and shoes,” she threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He’s just standing there in the back of the room with his hands in his tight pants pockets. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Char stands there in her skintight striped pants suit with her finger in her mouth like a two-year-old. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he can see right through my pants to the belt and pad I am wearing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

No normal person would continue to be cheerful and wear short pants. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I see are piles of shiny winter coats and snow pants. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It would also drive the schoolyard lyric, “And they wear no pants in the southern part of France.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One day when Stuart had recovered from bronchitis he took his new skates and put on his ski pants and went out to look for an ice pond. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Frank, who is in pajama pants and a white T-shirt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the door opens to reveal a woman dressed in a tidy sweater, pants, and slippers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had started to stuff it down my pants when our teacher walked in and her eyes met mine. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Sunday pants rode up above my ankles while we walked the miles to the train depot. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When he gets up in the morning first he washes his face out of a dingered-up bowl in the chicken house and puts on his pants and his shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is, instead, bathed dramatically in a sweeping and resplendent sunset, wearing a crisp black jacket and riding pants tucked into tall leather boots, looking every inch an actual fairy-tale prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even through the fabric of his pants, the rock felt cool against his leg. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rolled up the long sleeves, pulled up the baggy pants, and laboriously climbed back up on the wooden sea horse, “These shoes are going to fly off my feet!” he complained. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’ve changed back from pants to skirts, I have to remember the moves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lit out after her with his wide leather belt already coming out of his pants as he stomped through the dirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption took a deep breath and smoothed his palms down the cotton of his pajama pants. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I helped Sohrab to his feet, swat­ted the bits of crushed grape that had stuck to his pants like barnacles to a pier. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged my pants out of the little hammock and got a quarter out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without any further ceremony, he drops to his knees and starts undoing Henry’s belt, tugging at the fastenings of his pants. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She folded the shirt in so many intricate ways and stashed it inside the pants, they too having been folded several times at the waist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly this one, a replica of Mr. Flux’s black pants, black jacket, white shirt. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing gray pants, a crisp white shirt, and a black tie and carrying a slim attache case. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bull opened the door to the stall, dragged the corporal out, laid him gently on the men’s room floor, then crossed his arms as the corporal pulled up his pants. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa looked down at her outfit: beat-up Chuck Taylors, faded fleece pajama pants with music notes on them, fleece hoodie, and puffy winter jacket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She can’t tell if Terry’s outfit is a uniform or if it’s just so boring that it looks like one: black pants, clunky black shoes with rubber soles, a matronly peach-colored T-shirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My black suit pants stood out against the white tarp stretched beneath the coffin. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

So I stood there in the “sewing room” in my socks and underwear doing the on-off routine with my pants while hot Annie pinned and her hot mother worked the sewing machine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s hilarious to see him in khaki pants, a button-down shirt, and loafers instead of cargo shorts and high-tops. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Annie kept her promise to fix my school pants, but her mom helped. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At one point, Rosie reaches forward and grabs hold of his pants. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We discovered what our father’s legs looked like in short pants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I heard him move toward me, saw a blur of gray pants and blue shirt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves of his fading black shirt and pants are rolled up, showing us muscular calves and forearms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not a plain wall: Like everything else in Persepolis, it was oversized, carved, and the color of cargo pants. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Armpit’s pants had too many pockets: three on the right front, two on the left front, and two in the back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was wearing the same light-blue tee shirt and black yoga pants that she'd been in the last time Hazel saw her, but they were now faded and frayed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You could’ve given me a warning that didn’t involve knocking me into a puddle,” I growled, swiping strings of mud from the seat of my pants. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The box contained a couple shirts, pants and jerseys. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the upside, I got pants. And a new T-shirt. Where’s the shirt, Q?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The new guy behind the counter stared at me, probably thinking I was about to stuff some product down my pants and split, but I didn’t care. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Montag walked slowly toward the fire and the five old men sitting there dressed in dark blue denim pants and jackets and dark blue suits. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they crossed paths, Mom might smell smoke in her hair or tell Lily her pants were too tight or ask why she put all those blond streaks in her hair. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I got antsy pants waiting for Dad to help me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's resting on the dull red corduroy of her pants, palm up, long fingers slightly bent. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man patted his jacket and pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fella looked us up and down, from our bare feet to our patched-up pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordie refers to Pamela’s designer yoga pants as leggings, and she storms out, ripping one of the chains under construction right down the middle. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Althea came back in with some pants and threw them at Caul, and he put them on. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He pulls a tiny scrap of paper from a pants pocket with the telephone number of his uncle Marcos in Florida. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve got ants in my pants again from having to sit still so long. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The men wore plain, casual jackets and baggy pants, and all of them had caps on top of their heads. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

By late December, when Shin and Park were planning their escape, Shin’s winter-season pants had holes in the knees and in the seat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He walks like his pants are too tight.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once they was done, they zipped up their pants. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The soldier picked up my pants and tied them with a shoelace that he had in his pocket. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed just like the kids, only his blazer is kind of baggy, his khaki pants kind of saggy. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I have to help, but mostly I watch with detachment as they upend themselves in the mud, digging and weeding, clay stains on the knees of their pants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They take your clothes and hand you the replacements: khaki pants, green undershirt, charcoal-gray sweatshirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even Chubs looked at the car with a rare softness, his fingers bunching up the fabric of his pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The boys were -well dressed, their pants ironed and shirts tucked in. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But he kept his head about him, and his pants around him, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

For another girl, it may be that she has a handicapped brother, has stolen food, possesses a pair of red pants, is nearsighted and used to wear glasses, or has tasted chocolate. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From buttoning pants I to lifting a dollar out of your pocket, a good hook is essential. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“First I’m going to put my pants on, and then I’m going to kill you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Flatnose took a handkerchief out of his pants pocket and noisily blew his nose. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing bright red linen pants, black sandals, and a white wraparound shirt. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wore sandals and his muslin pants were rolled up to his knees. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She very often wore men’s khaki pants, a gray cotton sweatshirt, and sandals. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had a thicket of dark hair and wore a worn flannel shirt, rough brown canvas pants, and heavy black boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“There was a guy out on Hammer Lane last night who answered the door with his pants down,” I say to Dad, who seems to still be chewing the same mouthful of granola. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at me like I said I wanna see her with her pants down. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pants are always too big and belted awkwardly so he looks like a scarecrow, like if someone pulled the belt he’d turn into a pile of straw. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Tim Miller’s brother actually took off his shirt, twirled it around and flung it, and then started unbuttoning his pants until the bus driver told him to stop. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few drops of oil must have splattered on his pants, because they were starting to smolder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Håkon stood behind him, dressed in simpler clothing that actually fit him: a white rubakha over black pants, which were tucked into brown boots. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She pulls her pants up and walks back to the fields but soon has to rush to a bush again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always telling us about a lot of creepy guys that go around having affairs with sheep, and guys that go around with girls' pants sewed in the lining of their hats and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wore pants that stopped high above the ankles and a cut-off T-shirt, and his bare toes wiggled in the sand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was the only boy in my class wearing short pants and I was grimly determined to leave school in long pants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he continues watching me, I turn toward the wall, keeping the red gown on until I pull my pants up in an effort to hide my hairlessness. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled the revolver out of the waistband of his pants. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly stepped out of the tub, dried myself, and put on my underwear and pants. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Next to me, neatly folded in a plastic bag, are my jacket, my pants, my shirt, my tie, my plaid boxers, and my ironic Lil’ Kim T-shirt. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Glancing to her side, she sees that the man next to her has wet his pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my pants freezing to my legs, and my coat felt as if it weighed a million pounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“These feel so nice,” Seven said, slipping the pants on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Under the bed, I heard the key turn, and I saw the shoes and pants cuffs walk in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He found his clothes, put on his pants, and stretched the suspenders over his shoulders. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But that was O.K. because I had on three coats, two sweaters, a T-shirt, three pairs of pants and four socks along with a scarf, a hat and a hood. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t wear pants to school, you have to wear skirts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next he throws her down to the bed and undoes his belt and pants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow he ripped open the seat of his pants on the third try. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The way Toby told it, he was in Patty Simpson’s bed—itself inconceivable to Luke—with his pants half off when her father came home and Toby went for the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Also one centaur, although why the centaur needed pants was unclear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Didn’t think to put on pants because I thought it was my father at the door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Take off your pants, baby. We’re all friends here. I want to see what kind of a job they did.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I notice how nice and firm his butt looks in his suit pants. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or they thought of their son newly killed and remembered his legs in short pants and wondered where the bullet went in. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell because he had tucked his green polo shirt into his pants. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cement floor was a jungle of boxes, ragged pants, overalls, jackets, bicycles, unwashed pots and pans, opened cans of fish, empty beer bottles and cartons, old newspapers, greasy underwear and frayed suitcases. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shirtless, a pair of threadbare pants his only attire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mitch is dressed like Indiana Jones in khaki pants and a bomber jacket with a wide brim hat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I would wet my pants trying to steal answer sheets, but I know what Libby means. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wiped his snotty nose with the back of his hands and then swiped them on his pants. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he gets his pants leg caught in his bicycle chain, I stop and wait for him to get untangled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad I can take a detached view of this. The pants of their reputations must have some thin places. Morally, then, you would be against giving her the money?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the porch again, he kisses me and pants as I tousle his ears. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

The soldiers made us run, beating us with clubs if we took too long to find new pants and a shirt, so we took whatever we could as fast as we could. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Monique, overdressed as usual, wore a shiny gold top with tight black stretch pants and black heels. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was why she mostly preferred tunics and pants. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I studied him in his chair, Unable to stand, to wash, to pull on his pants. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Caught you with your pants down, eh, George?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some with no shirts, a couple with no pants, like that soldier on the train. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Girls stood in bunches in their long, fine evening dresses, and the boys roamed around in clean duck pants or R.O.T.C. uniforms or new dark fall suits. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After he had finished, he pulled up his pants and said with satisfaction, “I like it. It’s safer than American outhouses.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, the biker pants guy is standing over me, his breath smelling like green peppers and garlic. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing long black sleeves inside a striped black vest, slender black pants tucked into boots, and a long black robe that wraps around my shoulders and covers me like a blanket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Yet even in his tattered black pajama shirt and pants, with his weathered face and sad eyes, I still see the brother I knew in Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do a double take at this guy in his yellow turtleneck and green corduroy pants, the silver hair that falls on his forehead. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go dreaming about Hirohito Woods getting on a plane in his Sunday pants, knocking on my door in time for the sixth-grade dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Put some pants on," I said to Hamilton. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Under the nearest hydraulic lift, which was holding a ’98 Toyota Corolla, a pair of legs stuck out—the lower half of a huge man in grubby gray pants and shoes even bigger than Tyson’s. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One has a bandage on his face, one is pointing to his chest for a doctor, and one is rolling up his pants to show off what looks like a shark bite. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Three months after our date, there is Stuart Whitworth himself, standing on my front porch in khaki pants and a blue coat and a red tie like he’s ready for Sunday dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He wore a shiny blazer and pants that looked as if they were made of glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, Patrick just pulled up Brad’s pants, and said to him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He buttoned three buttons, starting at the top, and then he slipped his hand into his pants pocket and let it rest against Philip Milholland’s notes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He worked up a sweat and wiped his brow with a knit cap he pulled out of his pants pocket. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

This one, on the other hand, had on a black turtleneck and black pants, but her tiny feet were bare. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he’d dug in his pocket for a stick of Juicy Fruit—first his shirt pockets, next, vaguely irritated, his pants. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He rushed over, a woman trailing behind in a red cape and tight shiny blue pants. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I reached back for my pants and re-dressed myself, but Janina was already laughing so hard her cabbages were rolling across the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It soaks through Mark’s shoes and socks, the bottom of his pants, and he feels its warmth, then its full heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Thet was my first and last time,” he said, fishing in his pants pocket for his plug tobacco. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was wearing denim pants, a denim shirt, orange flip-flops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a small pocketknife, sharpening the edges on the metal surface of the fence. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I looked down and saw that Uncle Stanley’s pants were unzipped and he was playing with himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He reached to take off her pants, but she started crying really hard, so he reached for his own. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They are thin-legged and are wearing uniforms—striped pants and tall baseball socks, blue and red jerseys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The impost consisted of thejockey, his roughly four and a half pounds of saddle, boots, pants, and silks, and, if necessary, lead pads inserted into the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoved it down my pants, turned out all the room lights, and opened the back window. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And, without so much as putting his pants on, he leads us outside. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’d wrung out my jeans but they were still too wet to wear, and I felt like an idiot without any pants on, in black underwear too. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least there was an extra uniform shirt in there. You can’t see the spot on my pants, right?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She still had on her hijab and her work clothes, dark, long, loose pants and a brown cotton tunic top. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I catch my breath in short little pants. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The mullahs decided that Ayub’s son would go to hell after all for wearing his pants the way he did. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I told the boy—he was only wearing a T-shirt—to put on his pants. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a library in there, tall stacks of rods, shirts, hats, pants, shoes and jackets, and tennis rackets and inflatable rafts lining the narrow aisles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red Team was commanded by a man who looked at a long-haired, unkempt, seat-of-the pants commodities trader yelling and pushing and making a thousand instant decisions an hour and saw in him a soul mate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It didn't fit anymore, but he could still squeeze into the pants if he kept the waistband low. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The boys are in khaki pants, white shirts, striped ties, and the same blazers. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Molly doesn’t answer, but Aubrey leans over to me and says, very slowly, as if it is obvious, “It makes her pants fit better. ” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Much of the thick, leathery skin along the trunk had come loose and crumpled in a heap about the massive foot: Senor Saguaro had lost his pants. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I felt the little bulge of money in my pants pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, a man walked into a tree in front of our house and knocked out a tooth, thanks to Mother’s stretch pants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some families sewed gold and jewelry into the linings of their bras, the waistline of pants, in sleeves, behind buttons, or in underwear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A button-down shirt without a single wrinkle and black pants with a sharp crease. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the bags, Enrique puts on clean pants, a shirt, and a new pair of shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Twig found her pants owner first, reuniting her bellbottoms with the astronaut. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes stung, and I realized that in my fear I had wet my pants. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sliding up on the edge of the cane seat, he dug in his pants pocket until he brought up his knife, the one he used to clean his nails with. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much, so I had little difficulty repacking: two shirts, two undershirts, and three pairs of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

So Stuart slipped into his old pants and prepared to go down the drain after the ring. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I shove the gun under the waistband of my red pants. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher perches on the edge of her desk in her bright batik pants, careful not to upset the stack of fantasy novels on the corner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Henry’s blue serge Sunday pants were creased to painful sharpness, his tan jacket smelled of cleaning fluid; Jean Louise recognized Jem’s light-blue necktie. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Colonel got up and dusted the dirt and moss off his pants. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the two teams finally took the field—all wearing long pants despite the heat—and play began, it became difficult to follow the ball in the clouds of dust kicked up by the players. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mack got up in the dawn and hustled his pants where they bound him and he stood looking down on the bay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he unbuckled his pants and dropped his trousers to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting to tug her gum boots on now, and she was already wearing men’s pants under apron and dress. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a hazmat suit, with a skirt instead of pants. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As I drew nearer I recognized the loose gray shirts and pants worn by the veterans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram pulled her dress up over her head, and Gramps undid his buckle and let his pants slide to the ground. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

These guys were geeks in training and as soon as they realize it they are gonna kick the pants off of me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dream come true; two dreams come true, long pants and a room...His eyes saddened then, as he thought of how these good things had come to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressed in short pants and khaki shirts and neckerchiefs, looking for all the world like Boy Scouts with swastikas on their armbands, they ranged in age from eighteen down to ten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Because I had pants and a coat and even gloves with only two fingers worn to skin, all clothes we found were passed on to the others. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was a short, stocky man dressed in khaki pants and a short-sleeved shirt, half tucked in. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

These villagers are all dressed in the familiar loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts with a red-and-white checkered scarf wrapped across their shoulders or around their head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were sweaty so I wiped them on my pants and went on: The next time she called Fluffy, Trotter winked at me and meowed back. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the tube into his large pocket on the right leg of his dirty orange pants. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I had one blue pair and one green pair, so my legs, when I took my pants off, were covered with blue and green spots. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes seem like they’re about to burst from his face, but once he’s up, I unbuckle his belt and pants and squat to push them down so he can step out of them. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

All she needs is the hood and the red pants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But be sure to check the pants and the sweater, too. I wouldn’t put it past them to use more than one.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The pants came with the top, so I knew how to make it work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was dressed up as usual, in khaki pants and shirt and brown shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Emma pulled her clothes over her swimsuit and I tripped into my pants, all gritty with sand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He handed us his shirt, his pants, his socks, and his underwear, and then he turned, bent over, and spread his cheeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is like trying to stuff over baggy boxers into a pair of tight pants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The last I saw of him was his straight back convulsed in laughter, his khaki pants and knee socks spattered with mud. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I reach inside and pull out the matching pants. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I put it with the others and wiped shed clay on my pants. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On top of the pants and socks was the helmet, each turned the same way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like other boys, he wore knee pants and heavy shoes with brass toe tips. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the hammer into a cloth ring on his pants, then picked up his level and measuring tape. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

These supposedly “Western” clothes marked them as identifying with infidels in the eyes of Fazlullah’s followers, so, for their safety, he had the boys switch to the traditional tunic and pants of the shalwar kamiz. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, as he pulled up the pants on his suit, he was surprised that he was able to button the waistband. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pull out a small bunch of one-dollar bills and a few coins and stuff them into the pocket of my pants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The place was crammed with Americans who had taken their pants down. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have to do a thing in the world to be fascinating but move around in our house, speak, wear pants, boil our water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her back as the boy abruptly pulled off his pants. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I removed my dirty, too-short shirt and pants, and added them to a pile. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling incredibly generous, Jinjoo ordered two hotteok, and wrapped the second one in paper and carefully placed it into her deep pants pocket. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wiped my dirty hands on my pants and opened it nervously. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as I wade back to shore and pick up my pants, this monkey starts hooting at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you allowed to be left alone in a dressing room without me? You don't like, need me to button your pants or anything, do you?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I put my sweaters neatiy in the dresser drawers, my socks and underpants, too, and hung my pants up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had used the two I had for a door and a pair of pants. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The perspiration from the ice had left a ring of water on the thigh of my pants. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A light shone from her pajama pants pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What if some obnoxious kid makes a comment about how hot you look in yoga pants,” Ms. Platt said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their legs were rubbed raw from the chafing of their wet pants. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He has on his old jacket again, his baggy pants, his squashed felt hat with the fishing flies stuck into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I slid out of the robe and pulled on the pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No, her pants were solid blue, and as the other Messengers cheered and clapped, her face shone simultaneously with malevolence and triumph. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is the man who wears his pants hitched up to his chin and a white button-down shirt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

With his worn plaid shirt and brown pants that had been stitched and patched, he looked the part. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The striped cat rubbed along his thigh, covering his uniform pants with fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then the Flop’s jacket went flying, and then his pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Brownburr clung thick to the bottoms of his pants and the rough leather of his boot’s laces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother had kept and been wearing his pants all these years. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She yanked off my jacket, pulled off my pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his tunic up over his head, and his underwear had been pulled up out of his pants. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger put his hand in his pants pocket and gave her the note. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then he reached his right hand into his pants pocket for the jar, squeezing the icy chill out of his palm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tessie was up now, too, shouting at Milton not to go, and Milton was hopping on one foot, trying to put on his pants; and before long everybody was into it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His pants had slipped around his ankles again, revealing his blue undershorts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In my closet there are a few shirts and a few pairs of pants and a suit and a tie for church. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood, I smacked dust off the seat of my pants. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It has nothing to do with how you wear your pants or how you style your hair. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Our Christian charity has come back to us sevenfold,” he declared, taking liberty with mathematics, gleefully slapping the thighs of his khaki pants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, she looked like she was about to overthrow a dictatorship in her black T-shirt, combat pants, and boots. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Grandpa says it’s just a chance That I got to wearin’ pants, Says that when a kid is small, They puts dresses on ’em all. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He jogged after them, cursing every time his pants fell down. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d tied her blond hair back with a strip of denim torn from her pants leg, and in the fiery light of the river, her gray eyes flickered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not looking at Mo and Elinor either, he put a hand in his pants pocket and brought out a matchbox. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Alex checked their closet next, rifling through his father’s pants pockets. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he entered a tournament, dressed in a khaki shirt and pants and dark tie and displaying that mustache, it was as if a doppelgänger of Der Fuehrer had been incarnated. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Farid shook his head and took a piece of bread out of his pants pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I went past the Trophy Room, downstairs into the pungent air of the locker room, changed into gym pants, and spent an hour wrestling. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and we stood up, I noticed for the first time Quentin’s worn, faded shirt, thin at the elbows, and his patched cotton pants and his scuffed, ankle-high shoes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Anybody who can suddenly keep their pants up, we’re going to be very suspicious. Watch out for Solomon, that means. And Ebony.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She runs a finger down the center of Justyce’s chest and hooks it into the waistband of his pants. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

Actually, I had to do more than that but no way I was taking my pants down out in the boonies. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes are closed, because if I open them I think I might get a little too excited and ruin my pants, and Mom didn’t bring me any pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“They have to squeeze in tight,” Horse grinned with his ugly horse teeth, and he took the white stuff he had been picking from them and wiped it on his pants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The splintery wicker of the subway seat pressed through his damp pants. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’ve never wet my pants, and I never will, but I swear to you, I come really, really close. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

First there was Johnny in green wrinkled salt-stiff pants, an undershirt full of big holes, a derby hat and a disorderly mustache. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s Russian. I was just testo-testing you to keep you sharp. Take your eyes off me, mister. Do you want to get in my pants?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with his pants ripped at the knee, and his hands scratched up, smelling like sour metal. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Her baggy gray pants did not look cheap, and the same went for the tight top that covered her from wrist to neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A man in tan pants, a blue shirt, and brown shoes with laces came out of the building. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, pulling the pants on over my shorts. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we were in Charleston, so those eagles didn’t get him. Unfortunately, he lost the laundry bag with your pants.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Well, now he'd have to sleep in his pants because he wasn't letting the girl see the robots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was squat and barrel-chested, with thick bowed legs that strained the seams of his checked pants. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Powell hauled at the slack of his pants. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The fly of his pants was unbuttoned and one of his shoes was flopping loose on his foot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The last time he found himself in this situation he'd used a safety pin to keep the pants closed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kicked my legs and could tell I was under the covers with one sheet underneath me and one sheet on top of me and my pants were off too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

God... took him... bleeding down there... his pants... doesn’t talk any­more .. .just stares... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before World War II the factory made heavy cotton pants and shirts for farmers and coal miners. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Flowing black pants made of a thick, warm material. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt something wet in my pants starting to run down my leg. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Truth. Well, your pants are staying on for this challenge.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I had always begged Mom to let me wear patched pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were mostly thin, beautiful women in formfitting dresses, and heavyset men in what Luke’s dad and brothers called sissy clothes—shiny shoes and clean, dressy pants and jackets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our mother, dressed in green silk flowing pants and a gold boat-neck blouse, assessed Lily coolly when she made her appearance in white capris and a brown sleeveless knit top. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick of seeing you in them pants.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like I say, let her lay out all day and all night with everthing in town that wears pants, what do I care. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks tugged at the seams of his pants, rose and swiveled around the edge of the table, then settled in his chair and pressed his palms together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many cried when their mothers left, and one wet his pants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked the men to untie me and give me my pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He showered, groped around in the dark for his brown pants, a beige shirt, and his new Old Navy baseball cap. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Using this right hand you will all reach into your back pants pockets and remove your wallets and set them very, ver-y quietly on the table.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall, dark brown woman in man’s pants whose face was half hidden by a scarf, hat, and big dark shades. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All guys wanted to do was get in her pants, she'd said, but they didn't actually want to know anything about what was in her pants. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Patterson, dressed in pressed pants and a button-down shirt, held the urn tightly to his life jacket while we pushed on into the bay. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

You move around the board and ask yes-or-no questions, and the first pair of pants to be reunited with its owner wins. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As Jinny finished tying the drawstring on the pants and stepped back from her Care, Ess grinned and spun around, looking down at her new clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This came with a wink, and a kind of sideways look that made Ralph’s pants bulge — lucky thing he was still carrying that hat around. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson wiped his palm on his pants leg. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take your pillow with you if you want to. And get some cigarettes, too, while you’re downstairs picking up my underwear and pants, will you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The one in the pants also had a fresh mirror. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a pair of my old pajama pants on bottom, the dog ones. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Victor, dressed in black sneakers, pants, and hood, like a cat burglar, walked in, followed by his boys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got the pants up and said, “A guy just came by and said somebody dropped a bomb on Joey’s church.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had chainmail over their chest and arms, and steel codpieces sewn into their pants, but only leather on their legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cook came over and looked at me, at my pants. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way, do you sell pants here?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fern cried out, “I did not wet my pants!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lifts up his pants leg, revealing a plaid sock over a prosthetic. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He is wearing a denim shirt and denim pants. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, drawing up his pants and buckling his belt, Bernabe knelt on the floor near the spider, watching it work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for the ball in the pocket of her pants. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wearing black leather dress shoes, pants, and white shirt, he looked nothing like a country boy from the Delta. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He wags and pants, and when I’m pretty sure we have an agreement, I ease open the front door and hop out after him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And to answer your question . .. you are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I’d tom open my pants across one knee, and it looked like I was bleeding underneath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he made his way back to the stern and tucked his flashlight into his pants waist. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His long, bushy beard collected more stems as it brushed the countertop, and his shirt and pants were spattered with whatever Babulya was furiously stirring in the pot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He pulled his harp out of his pants pocket and wiped Train Ear’s spit and fingerprints off its body. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And then I put my pants back on. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Aileen and Jules stepped the four of us back out into the street, and I suddenly realized neither of them was wearing pants. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Renzo stuffed the two wads of bills into his jacket and dropped the sugar tongs into his pants pocket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And whatsoever of my pants he finds fit him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve switched into my new warm-up pants, so when Fiona takes me in, all she sees is me in my Nikes. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was sweating and my own breath came in quick pants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby was now in a black cape over tiny black pants and a thin black blouse. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That's why most of the elderly wear pants with elastic waistbands. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He drifted back to the dining room alone, buttoning his pants. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone else seems to know when the khaki pants the boys need are on sale at JCPenney,” she said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody—a man she guessed from his pants legs and loafers—sat down at the other end of her bench. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing bell-bottom pants and a peasant blouse with puffy sleeves, and she has shiny dangling earrings. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ice and one girl, Bianca, sat in the front seat of the car and me and the other girl, the one with the tight pants, sat in the back. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Peach was wearing his perfectly pleated pants and a white button-down shirt. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would pat my pants and say aloud, “THIS IS GOD’S ATTIRE!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His red pants had a convenient hole in them so that his tail could stick out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One had a bat, another a baseball and the third had nothing but wore a pair of baseball pants. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But this time you just look like a woman wearing pants.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling pretty stupid sitting there talking to her with my pants below my knees, chatting away with her in my boxers, so I pulled up my pants and started getting dressed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even try to wear the pajama pants. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The slop slid along his sleeves, trickled into his pants, and puddled on the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On her elbows, she tries to crawl to the door but pants in frustration after a few yards. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She signs them with things like, “Yours till Niagara Falls,” “Yours till the cookie crumbles,” or “Yours till the sea wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My pants just burnt my crotch rather than split me in two. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Héctor, the boy in our family, was the only one to get new pants and shirts, because none of Mami’s New York relatives had boys his age. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Take your pants off,” I tell him, “and we’ll lay you down.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lay in the wet scum of dishwater as it soaks through my shirt and pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he dressed me in a clean shirt and too-big pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I wore black pants that were too short for me and a white shirt that was too tight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still his hands swam frantically between the slippery silks, looking for his cotton shirts and wool pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath was coming in pants, like a dog’s that had run too fast and too long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pants, but flashes me a pained smile. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I held my suitcase in my right hand and was wearing brown traditional summer pants with zigzag thread patterns at the bottom and a T-shirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello had changed out of his judge’s costume into some kind of cat burglar outfit—black pants, ribbed black turtleneck, and sporty black beret. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Torn pants, grimy jackets, one of the men in suspenders; they do not wear uniforms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly through the bustling crowd, looking closely at people’s pants and shoes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the wedding, Mom wore a traditional African dress—long and formfitting, in shades of blue and purple—and Dad wore a classic dress shirt and pants. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“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

Remaining clothes—a jacket, two shirts, and pants: good, too. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On this he put an old pair of pants and a red sweater. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down my left side, it runs past my rib cage to the top of my pants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He turned back to face the shelves, hiding his face, but I saw his hands clench at his side, bunching up the fabric of his pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He reached into the pocket of his pants, uncurled Mariam’s fingers, and pushed a handkerchief into her palm. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I like you, too, even though you’re wearing those pants,” I tease. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And he walked like his pants were frozen—which they probably were. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They wore striped pants, loud ties, sideburns, goatees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And now he would have to sit in the blind with ditchwater soaking into the seat of his pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Juvenile Hall’s gray sweatshirt and khaki pants, his hair cropped close. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A black man on a horse, wearing a military uniform—white pants, white gloves, navy jacket, and a blue, white, and red sash. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And they killed a man in the valley because he refused to wear his pants short the way the Taliban did. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After some trouble with the buttons, Cholly dropped his pants down to his knees. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the newspaper, laid it out on the kitchen floor, pulled down my pants, and squatted and got to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It wore a crude straw hat and a pair of sackcloth pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Broken glass stabbed my fingers, tore the knees of my pants. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he had seized my shirt to save me from falling, the front two tassels of my tzitzis had slipped from my pants. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Watch the lump grow in a little boy’s pants.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Roofie, it was spooky. The doctor sewed me up with a needle and thread, like I was a pair of pants.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The teachers all wore those pants Grandpa calls “slacks.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But after months of fighting, an American bomb dropped near him, and threw a chunk of metal into his pants, hitting him right in the backside. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The chief’s messenger and bodyguard, Mister Ngwata, stood at the door in his short pants and army boots, dressed as a policeman. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Also, there was a Chinese laundry on Eighth Avenue that sold used comics for a nickel, and I bought my share, sneaking them into the house rolled into my sock under a pants leg. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Probably because I didn't have no shirt on, and my pants were rolled to my knees, and my belt was yanked so tight that it made the denim bunch around my waist like genie pants. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She even sent him a few new sets of clothes—simple, undyed cotton pants and shirts that she must have made on her loom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s leather and it holds your pants up!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’s the gym teacher when he’s not running homeroom, he wears track pants every day, and they make a swish swish swish sound as he walks. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

I was wearing my track pants and a Granger sweatshirt that had the school’s name on it and nothing else. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He wiped his hands on his pants, stepped away even farther. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“What? That’s not fair,” I mumbled under my breath before going back to my room and putting my pajama pants back on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A cab skids past me, spraying an additional forty gallons of puddle water onto my pants—the only things, so far, that had remained relatively dry. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wear my first of three costumes, which is this scraggly, oversized oatmeal-colored shirt and baggy drawstring pants and no shoes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

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

Blue pants, a blue hat with a raspberry band above the brim. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His pants were definitely not as immaculate as her whiter-than-white apron and there were some pigeon droppings on his sweater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw Mrs. Huffer on the way to the pants factory and she was worried,” Mom added. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I slip out of my shoes and pants, into the zoot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts me in a shirt and pants the color of a blue sky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was like a Niagara Falls of razor-sharp ice cubes pouring right through the fly on my pants. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled on long cotton pants that used to be June’s and August’s white shirt, which needed the sleeves rolled up about ten turns. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some days Angela would come in dressed simply, khaki pants and a blouse, no jewelry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

I think that was when I was about to wet my pants. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then ghostly clothes enveloped it—a muscle shirt, camo pants, and army boots. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I dress in a simple shirt and pants and go down the hall to the dining room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are plaster drips here and there, including on his shoes, and a scuff of it on his pants. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Slouch your pants down a little, boy. You look crazy with your pants all up on your chest like that," he'd joke. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I pulled aside Sandy’s pants a little,” Fox recalls, “and jammed the needle into her hip, right through her long underwear and everything.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh pulls her sagging pants up before she hops in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and he came up a little later, smelling from the sweat and with his pants split up the back. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Doc Mom,” I said, and unbuttoned my pants and began pulling them down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Wearing my tzitzis tucked into my pants and a newsboy cap instead of a yarmulke, I was indistinguishable from those in the crowd. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of his pants were covered in dirt. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could pull his pants up, Bull reached under the partition and tackled the man by grabbing his pants and jerking them into his stall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe took his own sweet time about it, flicked droplets of urine all over the floor, zipped up his pants with a flourish, and turned away without flushing the toilet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his white shirt and black pants looked like they’d decided to meet in the middle at gray. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His short pants and jacket, his knee socks and his only pair of lace-up shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got down and put my pants on. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly she ran to the washstand and tucked a towel inside the seat of her pants. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though she is so weak, I’m surprised by the steadiness of her hand as she writes on the “Do Not Wear” list: “Gray, shapeless, mannishly tailored pants.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Though Ashima continues to wear nothing but saris and sandals from Bata, Ashoke, accustomed to wearing tailor-made pants and shirts all his life, learns to buy ready-made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on an inverted wash- tub and trembled as its metallic coldness seeped through my pants. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept it in my pants pocket during the day, and at night I hid it in the bottom of the cardboard box where I kept my clothes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and brushed the dust off his pants. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A girl wearing very short pants and a bikini top was jogging with her dog. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The men tended to be taut and well built regardless of age, dressed in beige or gray pants the color of the plains and cowboy boots that were worn for function. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another kid had pants belted just above his knees. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Trub reaches into his pants pocket and pulls out a silver watch. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dimple hopped off the bed and began pacing, her T-shirt and pants hanging off her like she was wearing her big brother’s clothes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He slid the necklace and seed into his pants pocket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All her other pants had something wrong with them—a broken zipper or a tear in the crotch—some flaw she had to hide by constantly pulling down her shirt. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

You had only to look at his bare knees between the top of his socks and his short pants to know that he would win. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after I had said no, he had reached down into my pants and grabbed me, gone inside me, and continued, forcing himself as I repeated “no,” again and again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my shirt and my pants, let them drop to the floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The boys wore dark pants and white shirts on those Sundays, and the girls wore their prettiest white dresses. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I grunted disapproval and reached under the rag pillow for my tattered khaki pants and shorts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The helping hands didn’t stop swarming around him until Thomas stood up straight and had the dust brushed from his shirt and pants. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The women are wearing red lipstick and colorful snug- fitting long dresses that split at the side over loose, flowing pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She managed to get the soiled pants down and flung them at me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a black shirt, black pajama pants, a gray ammunition belt, a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His well-bred clothes had disappeared; these days he wore khaki pants supported by a garrison belt, and boots which rattled when he walked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Maybe the angle is weird. Looks like she forgot to put on pants.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sit down first, wipe my hands off on my pants, and then lie down. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an old fishing hat that seemed to cover his entire face, and plaid pants that left about two inches of sock and four inches of ankle showing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hands in my pants pocket and rediscover my gummy worms. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was clothed entirely in black, a black shirt and black pants and high black leather boots. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dress in a dark green shirt and pants. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I ran upstairs and I grabbed my schoolbag and I put some food for Toby in it and some of my maths books and some clean pants and a vest and a clean shirt. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We have someplace to go today, so stop whining and put on your pants.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aki gazed at his knee, where his pants had gotten dirty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stashed the fish in his front shirt pockets, and then in his coat pockets, and in his pants pockets, if necessary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his belt out of the loops on his work pants and wrapped it a couple of times around his knuckles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We threw on our dress gray uniforms, including the gray wool pants that scraped every blade of hair off our legs and dark blue cotton shirts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When nobody answered him, Barbarossa shook the coat off his shoulders, climbed out of his huge pants, and stumbled toward the merman. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Globs of cream cheese have smeared on his booster seat, his pants, and his chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She’s fine, I guess. Some hippie in pajama pants and sneakers. Like, really, are you going to be able to help my child? Are you going to be able to understand my child?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Where his belly sagged, the shirt hung out over his pants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father sheepishly pulled up the right leg of his pants to reveal a bare ankle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And the little babies cried, wet their pants, slept, woke to cry again, wet their pants again and went to sleep again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman in black pants and a loose-fitting white shirt answers the door and then calls for her husband. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Windermere said I might have to tone it down a bit since we didn't want people in the first two rows wetting their pants. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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 woman wore a fashionable wrap, high shiny boots, and tapered pants; the man lounged in a rumpled shirt and stained trousers, giving an air of almost deliberate vulgarity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

By association, though, so was I. We were the school retards, the mentals, the losers who stuttered or could explode in rage or wet their pants or who just couldn’t say the words. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nell lay on her back, her breath coming in shallow pants. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sneak it in whenever you can. Patriarchy on toast. Patriarchy in my pants. Patriarchy with a squeeze of lemon.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I gulped them down and wiped my hands on my pants. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing pants, baggy at the knees, and a jacket too short in the sleeves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. Them Alkeans can’t button their pants without ten sets of instructions. Of course they leave it to us to figure out the hard parts.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re the second person to say that, Annie. I think I’m going to have to come over and have you and your mom fix my pants again.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After he had draped my pants and shirt, I got under the shelter. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he slapped the cuffs on me, the metal cutting into my wrists, he yanked at my shirt and pants, searching me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stared at Buddy while he unzipped his chino pants and took them off and laid them on a chair and then took off his underpants that were made of something like nylon fishnet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I was afraid of you after you said I wet my pants.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny stepped out of her loose pants and kicked them aside. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I almost forgot. I need you to sign something," he said, fishing around in his pants pocket for a pen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He reeked of the acidic barf that dripped down his pants. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Everything is torn, shirt, gansey, short pants, stockings, and my shoes are ready to fall off my feet entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He allowed women to wear pants at public events. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re getting a little too big for your pants,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced over her shoulder, to be sure the door was shut, and then she leaned down and examined her pants. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They purchased some new pants, shirts, underwear, socks, and shoes, leaving their dirty and sandy clothes behind in their dressing rooms. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I stop rubbing my hands on my pants. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Inside her wigwam I see that her deerskin pants we made last spring are missing, as well as the denim jacket she came here with. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned off the light and began taking off my pants. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pick up Mister Johnny’s folded pants off the yellow ottoman. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Because of the log cabin interior and maroon accents, he looks like a candy cane in the middle of a lumberyard with his red-and-white-striped shirt and white pants. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a pastel polo shirt and pleated dress pants. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She took a clown doll and sewed giant baggy pants around it that ruffled out with dozens of little pockets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What kind of man is it that pulls a corporal underneath a latrine stall and assaults him with his pants down?” the colonel answered in a voice remarkable for its softness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a pants leg so I could see the Ace bandage he’d wrapped around the ankle he swore was strained. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since it’s quite cold downstairs, we put on pants and head scarves. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was still snowing outside, and I was wearing summer dress pants and a long-sleeved shirt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His legs were sprawled wide in helpless relaxation and one of the buttons was missing from his grease-caked pants opening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin was nearly through the fence when his lower legs slipped off Park’s torso and came into direct contact, through the two pairs of pants he was wearing, with the bottom strand. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They’d have to have seen something to know either to swallow it or to stick it down their pants. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his pants low in hip-hop style with about four inches of his shorts showing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wore to them: shorts, jeans, jogging pants. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s handsome, wearing polished black shoes and a neat orange button-down shirt tucked into his ironed pants. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the pants my mother wore and shook his head. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A boy blurts, “They have a bomb called the Secret Signal. It makes a sound, and everyone who hears it goes to the bathroom in their pants!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hope no one is in the dormitory to see me walking in my towel, but I can’t wear those pants. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just in case, he also scrawls it in ink on the inside waistband of his pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

How dark, almost black, Hassan’s blood had looked on the snow, dropping from the seat of his pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of women do they sew these pants for?” she mutters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I washed the black pasilla chiles off my hands, patting them dry against my pants, and glimpsed the clock, which read just past five. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, he wore blue bell-bottom pants, jean jackets, and thin sideburns that were trendy at the time. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in line, he smiled to himself as he noticed all the other men dressed like him: white shirt, sleeves rolled up, dark pants, tie. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He slid out, pulled on his pants and a shirt, and ran a hand through his hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If I wear the green sweatshirt, then I wear the green pants, so it’s a fashion match, and not weird. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And there are soldiers in olive green and red, and old ladies in gray tops and pants that stop mid-calf. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s parents and the old man bought him toys, bought him everything—new diapers, new plastic pants—not homemade diapers, not bread bags. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Commencement speakers, why not give these expressions a sabbatical? seat of the pants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her man’s pants and poured a lot of nickels, dimes, pennies, and some quarters into my hands. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, ghosts in baggy pants, their underwear showing, wearing short-sleeve T-shirts and body tattoos, are from my time. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are no tents selling eight- track tape players, imported vinyl pants, or hair-coloring cream, nor are there elaborate stalls glistening with dangling gold or silver necklaces and bracelets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On big game days, we were allowed to wear Granger sports gear instead of our usual school uniform of khaki pants, white shirts, ties, and boat shoes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I dry my sweaty hand on my pants—three swipes—before I take one of the pretzels. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They buried him in his brother’s pants and the old woman pumped another bucket of clear water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, since he was wearing brownish pants, it wouldn’t show. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing clothes borrowed from my father, an old blue workshirt and denim pants that were a little too tight for him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Halloween, only better. It’s the ugliest, gooshiest thing you ever saw, and I bet both of you wet your pants,” Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover wore his fake feet and his pants to pass as human. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She's got on a dark green sweater and some reddish corduroy pants. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on his sweater, wool pants, hat, and blue peacoat. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew away and stripped his pants off and laid them next to his shirt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His sandwich was finished, and he wiped the remnants of it on his pants. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a long coat, rather than just the meager shirt and pants he had worn when he’d attacked them yesterday. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of Gramps's soaking pants legs, of his skeleton body, of the blood on the handkerchiefs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dimple ogled the drawing, the rich detail of the boys brocade kurta and pants, the intricate metal work on the gada. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His clothes are ragged but well kept, though his pants are too short and may have once been blue or brown or green but have faded too much to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stripped off his shirt and his pants, then demanded mine. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday morning I dug out my old Houston Oilers hooded sweatshirt, a thick pair of corduroy pants, and a wool shirt that has always been too large for me to wear. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked my shirt into my pants, planted my palms in my armpits. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You look at this,” she said to me, not even glancing at Tess who had stopped pounding a pair of Weylin’s pants to watch us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Band pants? Those goofy things that go up to your chest?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My parents, in muddy boots and earth-stained pants, lay them over our mud like bathroom tiles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was two at most and didn’t have any pants on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay ’em down and rub my hands on my pants. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he sliced Lourdes’s riding pants off to her knees and tied them over her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are your pants,” I said and I ran back to the swings. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lunchtime, boy,” R.C. said as he pulled his pocketknife from his pants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In contrast, our team had no particular uniform, and each of us wore whatever he wished: dungarees, shorts, pants, polo shirts, sweat shirts, even undershirts. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Banda also forbade women to wear pants or dresses above the knee. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

His perfectly combed hair, khaki pants, and loafers with no socks made him look twenty years older than he really was. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, if you look very closely at my brother in this home movie, you will notice a strange thing: his face, arms, shirt, and pants are covered by thousands of tiny white dots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I heard his roar, and I had to run while pulling up my pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I think I really like it best when you can kid the pants off a girl when the opportunity arises, but it's a funny thing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s always in black—pants, T-shirt, thick jacket, heavy Doc Martens. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Albert Einstein stood on the porch of his rented cottage, looking cool, tan, and relaxed in loose pants, a T-shirt, and slippers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was wearing his school polo shirt and khaki pants, holding a book at an angle to block the sun as he read. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He also gave away an extra pair of pants. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Cole clawed his way out of the sleeping bag and fumbled into his shirt and pants. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was left with the choice of wearing the pants either around my ankles or hitched up to my bellybutton. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana wore a neatly pressed pink shirt, a bolo tie, beige, tapered western pants, and cowboy boots, and he carried a pack of filtertip cigarettes in his shirt pocket over the heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s in a hurry. We’d—” then I saw another man, an oldish man running heavily, clutching a stick, and a boy naked from the waist up, clutching his pants as he ran. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They twisted, merged, formed a single image: Hassan’s brown corduroy pants discarded on a pile of old bricks in the alley. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice preferred skirts, but she had on her playsuit with the long pants. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home Mom has the brilliant idea that what I need are some of those warm-up pants with zippers that run all the way up the sides of the legs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Your coat belongs on the far left, followed by the shirts and pants. Not vice versa,” he said as he opened the drawers of Ben’s bureau. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt small in my little blue woolen jacket and pants and my simple brown cap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Muqtada and Solomon shake hands—Solomon’s pants fall down a little but he bows his legs to hold them up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As usual, she looks plump and respectable, but for all her prim and proper, Aibileen can still tell a dirty joke that’ll make you tinkle in your pants. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Granny unraveled sweaters and picked apart dresses and jackets and pants; she wound the yarn into balls and the thread onto spools, and people bought them to use in making new clothes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

On second thought he took his pants back off and tied them on the handrail as well. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took me a shower and dressed in the brown pants and white shirt the Brown Cow give me to wear in the store. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then he dropped the last piece of biscuit to the ground, wiped his hands on his pants, and trudged up the stairs, across the yard, and into school. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Camo pants, it turns out, do not come in regular numbered sizes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We talked loudly about him through the fly screen, pointed at his hairy arms, and laughed at how he pulled up his dirty pants before swinging his hoard onto his shoulders. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To wear pants! But your legs look so pretty in that skirt!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What a landing party we were as we stalked about, identically dressed in saddle oxfords, long-tailed shirts, and pastel cotton pants, but all so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got some camo pants over by the motor oil.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A woman in camo pants and a black shirt whose name was given as Ms. Smith interrupted. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stood next to Gramps s pants on the bank. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But I still knew that when you referred to a girl as Anne Frank, it probably didn't mean you wanted to get into her pants. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I knew my shirt and pants were in tatters. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” the man said, dusting off his pants. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I held my pants with one hand and ran back to the bus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of the small ways Stanton showed solidarity with her feminist friends was to wear “bloomers,” the controversial new fashion, a below-the-knee skirt worn over loosely fitting pants. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The men rolled the legs of their taffeta pants, women adjusted their wrappers, and the children stared at us, their hands inside their pockets or in their runny noses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He could remember the toughest calculus formulas and had nearly perfect pitch as a musician, but he literally could not remember to put his pants on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pants are tight and my collarbone is showing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had on a white dashiki etched in purple, blue, and black designs over white pants, and she looked stunning. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wears the same size clothes as Baby and Freddie but the pants are too long as yet. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dressed in fatigue pants, a military issue T-shirt, and combat boots. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My blazer was too long and my pants were too baggy and my shoes flopped around. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Adding insult to injury, the arrogant aloof sheepherder never carried a little chunk of osha in his pants pocket to ward off poisonous snakes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at ail that blood on your tennis shirt and pants.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other was a teenage Hispanic guy in tattered camouflage pants and a dirty black T-shirt. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I told him that it was in my back pocket, and he fished my wallet out from my pants. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All faction clothing is represented in the group before me: black Candor pants paired with black Dauntless shirts, yellow dresses with blue sweatshirts over them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a faded red shirt, ragged, dusty, and dark pants ragged around his legs. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Big Ma, pants were a man’s business and no woman had any business in them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He put on rubber gloves and began taping them to his sleeves, and he taped his socks to his pants. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe it off on my pants and try to blink the tears away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed down the hood and smeared his hands front and back on his pants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrifying image flashed through try mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Glad to meet you,” I said, wiping my sweaty hand on the side of my pants before shaking hands with Peggy’s father. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He wore green velveteen pants and a brown corduroy jacket from which hung a red bandana handkerchief. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He wears a strange outfit, some kind of canvas pants that I’ve never seen before with a checkered shirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the shotgun seat and pushed open the door, and that’s when I realized the stain in my pants wasn’t blood. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He stood up and brushed off his pants. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The escorts were dressed identically in blue pants, snappy white tunics, and blue sashes, but they could never be mistaken for each other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No. No. In a panic, I patted down my other pocket and then my pants and waistcoat as well. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Horse freed my hand and began rubbing at the front of his pants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The puppy wouldn’t let go of his pants. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wore black leather boots, black woolen pants, black moleskin gloves, and a fine supple coat of gleaming black ringmail over layers of black wool and boiled leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He is wearing his typical band uniform of a T-shirt, skinny pegged pants, and Converse, with Gramps’s plaid scarf draped over his shoulders. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Kennedy is a boy in small pants," Khrushchev said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He patted the goat nibbling on his pants, then perked his head up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He put on a pair of clean cotton pants, and the blue tennis shirt with the little alligator on the pocket that Mrs. Elversen had given him for Christmas. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor started dancing a jig so Scruffy couldn’t latch on to the cuffs of his uniform pants and yank them down. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I got my pants dirty for nothing? I crawled across the floor like a baby for nothing? I’m so stupid! I can’t believe they’re letting me go on.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miig wore army pants, alternating between two identical pairs, and layers of brown and green sweaters. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

How in the heck can he do the splits with pants so tight? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Twinkle nodded, slouched on the floor in front of the fridge, wearing black stirrup pants and a yellow chenille sweater, groping for her lighter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I have use for this money,” I said, folding my pants, and tucking them under the pillow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, knowing that the step of the bus would be too high for him, Stuart seized hold of the cuff of a gentleman’s pants and was swung aboard without any trouble or inconvenience whatever. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was wearing khaki pants, a white shirt, and a striped tie. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has thick blond hair that stands up almost in knots, wears old suit pants for comfort, and jangles his keys in his pockets with his hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I knew better than to ask for a pair of bell-bottoms or jeans, although Miss Honeywell looked snappy and mod in her shocking-pink bell-bottom pants and matching jacket with big gold buttons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The first one threw a glop of molten rock at me and set my pants on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wore a tunic and pants, and her hair was unbound. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Good dog,” I puffed, and he let go of my pants. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“This shank probably klunked his pants when he heard old Benny baby scream like a girl. Need a new diaper, shuck-face?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had only half my bread left, tucked into the waist of my pants. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tells a few more one-liners and introduces a young kid dressed in black pants and a black turtleneck sweater. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I was roasting in the lined silk jacket and pants obviously made with a cooler day in mind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his state pants tight and exaggerated his hip movement when he walked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wear pajama pants, but she was pretty sure that it didn’t matter how many babies she had, her mom wasn’t going to let her go to school in plaid flannel PJs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The shoes were impeccably shined; the pants had a fresh crease. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted his pants, feeling for his wallet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike some of the younger women teachers, she never wore pants to school. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been saying on the radio that the economy was improving, when anyone with two eyes could see the only thing getting better was my mother’s ability to patch holes in pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pride—and survival—of an eight-year-old boy depended on a flannel shirt and pair of man’s wool pants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I help him switch from jeans to pajama pants. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Reaching into his pants pocket, he hauled out some crumpled bills and laid the money on the table. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They covered my body, filled the cuffs of my pants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marigold picked her way down the stairs, her arms piled so high with shirts and pants and things for her father that she practically tumbled to her death three times. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then I turn around, face the door I just closed, pull down my pants, and fall on the toilet—I don’t sit; I fall like a carcass, feeling my butt accommodate the rim. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s almost a hundred degrees outside, and Charlise is dressed in a white button-down shirt and black pants as if she’s coming home from a job on Wall Street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With a satisfied smile, Capricorn put his hands in his pants pockets. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

His pants were so loose that every time he leaned over the water, I could see several inches of his underwear. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Unbuckled and unzipped, my pants went to my shoes, and then she laughed and said, “Are those Pokemon?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How in the name of Merlin’s pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Still, he kicked off his shorts and slipped into the pants, the shirt, and the crossing-guard-orange vest. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She did not turn, did not stop her beating and beating of those pants, though I was certain now that she heard me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tip my palm at each of them—it’s at the level of the frills on his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tugged the folds of cloth of his pants and undershorts free from his crotch and gave Yossarian a limp hand to shake. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rolled up his pants so they were way above his ankles. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But then the door to my parents’ bedroom nudges open and out shuffles my dad, wearing plaid flannel pants and yesterday’s T-shirt. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Fist tripped over his pants again and fell with a splat on the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not writhing anymore; apparently the nurse gave him what he needed, because he’s sitting up, eyes closed, pants rolled up to his knee, scratching everything—his lower leg, chest, face—mumbling and swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tucks it in the waist of his pants everywhere he goes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that lawless flower-child Camp Day-Glo, they probably let you drive when your foot could reach the pedal without breaking the moisture seal on your training pants. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the back of the trucks, men wearing faded black long pants and long-sleeve black shirts, with red sashes cinched tightly around their waists and red scarves tied around their foreheads, stand body to body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man's wearing warm-up pants and a white T-shirt with Brooklyn written across the chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled on a pair of pants and threw on a shirt as I ran. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Squelch shoved one hand down his pants and gave his grollies a good scratching. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He is made out of slabs of stone and gives off a smell that makes me afraid I’ll wet my pants. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why does he think he has pants on? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Dad grinned vacantly, and walked so that his pants cuffs swished like Oxford bags. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my back on Buffo and pulled down my pants and gave him a moon. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

If you want to wear your pants down around your knees, with some big old chain dragging them down, a do-rag in your pocket, fine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a gray vest and pants and a burgundy bow tie. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sure thing, guys. Just give me a minute to get my pants on. Then I’ll be right out.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I look ridiculous! These pants are absurd, and this shirt is awful.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He pants, and his eyes aren’t focused on her, but rather on something over her shoulder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the second room was either Dana’s mother or Dana himself, wearing red spandex pants and a ratty wig. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody laughs and it ends with two sets of luggage and a hilarious trip shopping for pants before we got back to Ellie’s place. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Winter calls for Fair Isle sweaters, lined wool pants, and Christmas hair ornaments. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She is dragging by the hand a little boy in short pants and knee socks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, as miraculous as snow on Easter and strangers passing out onto the ground, the small, smiling man pulled a stubby banana from his pants pocket and handed it to her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down, took off his shoes and socks, stuffed the socks in his pocket, and rolled up his pants. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pants had been Billy’s, the shirt was David’s, the coat had been passed down from Dennis to Billy to David to Richie to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her clothes wait patiently on hangers, organized by type—skirts together, pants hanging by their cuffs, her sweaters stacked in plastic bags on shelves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cyril suspected that the discussion of bad taste alluded to his loud pants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

An American, she wore a blue shirt and black pants, and she spoke in a no-nonsense tone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al floats toward us in black and white checked pants and a crimson vest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two, three men with their pants down are always sitting about outside and cursing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got back downstairs, Darryl was sitting in his chair in the living room with a needle and thread, finishing up fixing the hem of his jacked-up pants. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bobby showed up at CBS’s Television Studio 52, garbed in his characteristic corduroy pants and flannel shirt buttoned at the collar and displaying an attitude that was one part assurance and one part skepticism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She stands up and wipes her fingers on her filthy pants. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As we ate, I felt the dampness from the grass seep through the seat of my light blue pants, the ones Audrey had helped me pick out when we’d gone shopping. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their board-stiff khaki pants and shirts revealed the painstaking care of a dutiful daughter or wife. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her black pants. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If he has his spinner and he watches it going round and round, he will be able to control himself and not make in his pants. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was even a sketchbook open in front of him, and he looked like he was drawing a cross between a space alien and a girl in yoga pants. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa burst out of there in a cloud of hornets, trying to swat and hold his pants up at the same time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Guffawing, several of them strolled in closer, carrying their lunch buckets, their helmets set back on their heads, pants tucked in hard-toe boots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a long, nasal and softly whining Hellooooooooo, with the ooooooooo reaching for me like a tap on the shoulder or a gentle tug at my pants. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced down at her clothing—black pants and a thin white button-down—and Pearl understood suddenly: this was her work uniform; she’d left work without even bothering to change. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you still can't get over, then quickly as quickly as possible take off your shirt and pants and shoes, and try again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had changed pants and now undid my belt and gingerly let the changed pants down. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as she left I wiped my hands on my pants and dumped all the stuff she brought me inside the house. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed the shirt under the desk and unbuttoned the top of my pants. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Near her stood a small boy in very short pants, sucking his thumb. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to open the refrigerator door, and that’s when Genie noticed something was sticking up from the back of his pants like a short tail. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just like I pretended I hadn’t seen the dark stain in the seat of his pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled off my shirt, socks, shoes, and pants and dumped them all into the washing machine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I cut them," I said flat out, letting my pants drop back down. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There, she hands out food and clothing, often shirts and pants her children in California send for her to give. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He’s in a wife-beater undershirt and his tan pants are pinned under his stumps. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy in pants meant for a younger child follows, beret thrown back on his head, some kind of shiny jacket on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their bus-driving leader left the Gladers in the hands of a small staff—nine or ten men and women dressed in pressed black pants and white shirts, their hair immaculate, their faces and hands clean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m fat, but Millie’s the type of fat that requires elastic waist pants because they don’t make pants with buttons and zippers in her size. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turn and see Sausun, lounging in a tank top and huge track pants with a laptop on her flat stomach, on one of the twin beds in the room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All are wearing beautiful black shirts and pants, not the faded, gray-black I have on, but shiny and new, with bright red scarves around their waists. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shirt was a little tight, the pants showed his ankles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They flirt with us, looking handsome in their neat, long braids and pressed khaki pants and button-down shirts, all the best brand names. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might as well be walking around without pants. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Look, why don’t you take off your pants and dry them on the screen of the fire? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A gentleman in baggy pants, an oversized jacket, and headphones swaggered by holding a rhinestone-studded leash attached to a pocket-sized Chihuahua. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In his house, he was the one to wear the pants. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. picked up his pocketknife, wiped the blade on his pants leg, folded it closed, and shoved it into his pocket “Let’s get out of here, Hiram. I’m done fishin’.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next day—spodess souls—we walked as a class up the aisle of the church, the girls in white dresses and veils like small brides, the boys in white pants and white shirts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to the demoness’ house in my clean tunic and pants, my boots shined and my face scrubbed—and my charm around my neck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with bright red hair and freckled arms unzipped his pants, shuffled closer, and grinned. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the elevator to the twenty-third floor and smoothed the pleats on my pants. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I try to think past the babies and the motorbikes and the popcorn and the short pants. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they just want to give you a new look, a more African look, instead of those big pants you always wear,” he joked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The man took his broken shoes in hand and made his way out of the crowd, his cut pants flapping. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson was sitting on the porch, in a pair of pants with no wrinkles and a collared shirt. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I slid out from underneath the dead man, staring at his blood that had spattered my pants leg. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked bored and confused, sitting there in short pants and shiny leather shoes with his mouth hanging slightly open. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even Pri has shed her dark clothes and now wears a white turtleneck and pants. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I smiled to myself and thought, Miss Diana Ross wasn’t hardly digging any ditches in her sparkly gold pants. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grave chuckled, sticking his gnarled fingers into the pockets of his worn and dirty pants. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The correctional staff at the prison processing center couldn't find any uniforms that would fit a boy Ian's size, so they cut six inches from the bottom of their smallest pants. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wore canvas pants, homemade sandals, and a raw wool poncho in the winter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Food, glorious food. I can’t believe I’m telling you this, but I wish I could unbutton my pants.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Being helpless and thinking baby thoughts and dreaming baby dreams and messing up his pants again and smiling all the time. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The next step was the supply depot for our standard issue of boots, socks, shirts, and pants. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their tight, shiny bike pants shoot past, meteor streaks of luminescent yellow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You'd think he was maybe two years old, that's how small he is, until you notice where his leg brace makes a lump in his pants. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander’s pants were on his legs, but inverted, with his feet stuck through the bottom ends of the trousers and the waistband encircling his ankles. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He’s practically jumping up and down in his old-man pants and polo shirt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hugged him as he whimpered in my arms, and I could smell the poo in his pants. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Genie slipped his hand into Grandpop’s pants pocket and pulled out a set of keys on a key ring. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His other hand was unbuttoning his own pants. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach blocks his view of his feet, and since his wife passed nobody tells him that his pants are too short and his socks don’t always match. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He had a mustache and a goatee and wore black leather pants, a black leather jacket, a ton of jewelry, and a black beret. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing white pants and a soft white sweater that was just a stone killer outfit and she knew it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my right hand on my pants and saw Danny Saunders step slowly to the plate and set his legs in position. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a pair of dark blue pants that Mrs. Baxter had hemmed for him, with a crisp white shirt and light tan jacket. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if they float up to heaven, but as he tugs at my pants, the doorknob rattles and Fizz’s mom’s voice comes down. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I set my plate down, glance at my manure-stained hands, wipe them on my pants, and, finding them no cleaner, dig into my food anyway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Another time when Stevie wasn't paying attention, Marcus and the boys ran up on him and threw a cup of water all over the front of his pants. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She lifted up and wiggled her hand inside my pants. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A video was playing on a television hooked up in a comer of the store: a row of young women in harem pants were thrusting their hips in synchrony on a beach. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Frank took the quickest possible shower, put on the clothes Hazel had set out—an olive-green shirt with beige cargo pants, really?—then grabbed his spare bow and quiver and bounded up the attic stairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Capricorn merely flicked some ash off his pants and smiled. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the porch again, Sherlock kisses me and pants as I tousle his ears. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She wore black leather biker’s pants, tall leather boots, and a bloodred leather jacket—sort of a Michael Jackson joins the Hell’s Angels look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He adjusted his pants, running his right hand flat along the inside of his waistband so that it sat properly on his equator. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jacket and shirt hang open, his cravat is a loose tangle, and his sailor pants are worn at the knees. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His stomach fell over his belt and he kept trying to discreetly hike up his pants. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

His mother touched him, and he wet his pants. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had on a dirty leather jacket and some greasy butt pants. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a pair of groovy lounge pants of Dawn Celeste’s, and a Bob Marley sweatshirt of Luke Messenger’s. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Martin leaned against the wall in camo pants and boots. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She bought shirts and pants and shorts and costume jewelry and makeup. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

His shirt is made of the same yellow material as my dress, but Portia's put him in long black pants. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wore khaki dress pants, a white pinstriped button-up shirt, and dress shoes, with the socks bunched around his ankles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You go around with no pants on you got to be cool.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drops turn into a stream of water, and soon water gushes out of the tank, splattering all over the slab, soaking the bottom of Reggie’s pants. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He brushed those off, found more in his pants, brushed those away, and the wind hit again, heavy gusts, tearing gusts. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a white polo shirt that emphasized the natural glow of his skin, and pressed khaki pants casually rolled at the ankle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Danny appeared at the head of the stairs, wearing his black caftan, black pants, and a black skullcap, and told me to come on up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I apologized for the hole in his pants, but he still sent me packing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Leo stuttered, trying to shake his fist and hoist up his pants at the same time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stood off to the side as Clancy knelt in front of them, completely unbothered by the wet earth staining his own pressed pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Honestly, how am I supposed to know how to pick a destination and set the mood and charm Ben’s pants off? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She wears leather pants and loads her pockets with gadgets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My soon-to-be teacher wasn’t sent home to change clothes, but she never wore her shocking-pink pantsuit or any other pants to school again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He thinks of the colonel with his perfect jawline and flared pants; he thinks of the sallow sergeant major eyeing him over the top of the newspaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know how important it is to him to look put-together for work, and last night he was saying that he didn’t have any clean pants to wear.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried them both on, mixing with biker boots and plaid pants...definitely not working. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I entered the house and found my mother busy ironing my brother’s school pants. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They both wear black pants and white shirts, typical Candor outfits, and his father speaks so loudly I can almost hear him from where I stand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I know you have ants in your pants because Brandy is back at Seaside,” she says, standing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He had on die same thing Dad did, a T-shirt and pajama pants, but it looked like he’d been painting with red, red paint. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he examined the underwear she hung in the bathroom—black slips, slippery bras, white pants. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wore the typical junior engineer’s uniform: a canvas shirt with baggy khaki pants tucked into brown leather miner’s boots. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This morning I put on the clean clothes I am given: black pants—too loose, but who cares?—and a long-sleeved black shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shock and terror had made him wet his pants, and no one in the laboratory would notice him, not even the instructor, who hated him sincerely for similar explosions in the past. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why was it scandalous for me to converse with any man in Kilanga old enough to have a whole seat in his pants, except for Anatole? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray tucks his shirt into his baggy pants. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We stood outside in the cold, the winter air whipping through the thin cotton of my pajama pants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My pants were still on, I knew that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wore canvas pants and a plaid work shirt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four men stand in our entryway, all dressed in khaki pants with small holsters at their belts and tiny revolvers that don’t look real. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Any weapon he had would have to be hidden in his denim jacket or pants. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he turns to me and says, “Be a dear and pick me out some camo pants. And maybe a better T-shirt?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His pants baggy and scratched; his face bruised. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My mother told me the other bag contained the most ridiculous clothes, all new: bright California- style beachwear, baseball caps, cotton pants with elastic waists, bomber jackets, Stanford sweatshirts, crew socks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three white shirts; a couple khaki pants; and the tie, folded neat and clean. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Joe took off his shoes, rolled up his pants, and waded quietly into the shallow riffles upstream from the pool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on. I know you’re not shy, so drop your pants and let’s do this. I assume you want to see if the rumors are true.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were lying on the ground next to him as he stood with one foot on the ground and the other resting in the lap of the student measuring his pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw on a shirt and pants several sizes too big for me, grateful to have a little protection from the cold. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Quentin put the seed back on his pants and then pulled it off again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said no word, but he heard her panting as an animal pants which has run for a long way. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But no matter how slow he was, there was always a cube of sugar in my pants pocket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our school uniforms were white shirts and dark blue pants or skirts. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Abuela stood in front of a car like that, wearing white pants and a flowing jacket. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That was easy to do because Rufus only had two shirts and two pairs of pants and Cody only had three shirts and two pairs of pants. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wraps her arms around her stomach, runs to the bushes, pulls her pants to her ankles, and lets the poison run out of her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife was barely a finger's breadth from Basta's white shirt, but suddenly Dustfinger plunged his hand into Basta's pants pocket, took out the keys to the cells, and stepped back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And even though my gait is now smoother and people swear they don’t even notice, I never forget that under my pants is a pipe. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When Branwell rides his bike, he gets his pants leg caught in the chain of his bicycle. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran for the store as fast as his zipperless pants allowed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped a small silver can and pulled a pocketknife from his pants. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in black yoga pants and a light pink T-shirt with her hair pulled back on one side, fastened with crisscrossing bobby pins. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I finally clawed my way out, my pants and my coat were thoroughly wet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree handed me my pants and shirt at the same time. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Henry mostly sends tame, fully clothed thirst traps that make Alex sweat in his lectures: a mirror shot, mud-stained white polo pants, a sharp suit. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thalia was great at giving evil looks, what with the punk clothes she always wears—the ripped-up army jacket, black leather pants and chain jewelry, the black eyeliner and those intense blue eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pushed the other hand into his pants pocket. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Hasidic Jewish guy comes in holding up his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mother started working on the pants and shirt to make them fit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the youngest child, I always got the hand-me-downs: shirts, shoes, pants, and toys. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Granny always prided herself on keeping his wild hair and beard trimmed, his shirts clean, his pants brushed and “nice.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My breaths come in rapid shallow pants, and I feel betrayed by this body that remembers panic with ease but needs coaxing to remember friends. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The other two were dressed in jeans jackets and pants, wearing baseball hats backward and new Adidas sneakers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The electric charge singed the seat of his leather pants. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There are many soldiers at this base, and it is easy to recognize them because they wear identical loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wylan’s uniform was far too big, and Jesper’s sleeves and pants looked ridiculously short, but at least the boots were a reasonable fit. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jacket, pants, cap, boots, and bulletproof vest, like the kind the police have, but more heavy-duty and with shiny black plates across the front, like something Batman might wear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I shook with fright and—I will hide nothing here—relieved myself in my pants. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Elevate the injury if you can,” he said to her as he wiped his hands on his pants to get a better grip on the bar. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Neither of my parents had finished high school; my mother did wear pants suits, which she purchased at a factory outlet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With the tassels of my tzitzis tucked into my pants and my newsboy cap pulled low, I was indistinguishable from any Christian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, every time an officer sees a soldier or gives an order, he’ll be practically wetting his pants, because the soldiers have more say-so than he does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Papi kept his back to her as he tucked a blue shirt into his pants. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

In the spring they appear around the corner of the house in their baggy gardening pants, smudged with mud, to see me off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Max is wearing a hospital gown too, but she's got purple warm-up pants underneath and a matching sweatshirt on top. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning my mother took me to town and bought me a white shirt and dark pants and jacket. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Val Moren asks, and in turn, each of his sisters and then his mother bring him a white tunic and pants made from hide, a collar of gold, and high kidskin boots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One guy had these rectangular black glasses—definitely not standard Stokum issue—dark, narrow pants, plaid jacket with the sleeves jacked up his arms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dressed only in cutoff pants, all of them were soaking wet They were playing some sort of three on one, where three of them ganged up on one to dunk him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sammy gave a gulp so loud everyone in the tent heard it, then he let loose of his pants and they dropped right ’round his ankles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The sight of the old woman in her kerchief and long skirts over track pants made Lincoln laugh. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His pants were cardboard stiff from dirt and sweat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They all wore camouflage pants, long-sleeved camouflage shirts, and bright orange vests. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Noodles and I got up to see what the fuss was, but before we could get to the window, Ms. Janice came dashing from the back, tugging at her shirt and buttoning her skintight pants. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With my rustic security system in place, I change out of my wet bikini, dry off, and pull on a T-shirt and yoga pants. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I finished his pants, got the two dollars, and gave him one back. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lili asked, tucking the boy’s shirt down deep into his short pants. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Charlie, dressed in a sweatshirt and khaki work pants, is a frail, nervous man with rheumy eyes and a growth of white stubble across his chin. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you start. If you had a big rat on your foot, you’d wet your pants.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had on a light-blue shirt and dark-blue work pants and I wore the four-cornered garment under the shirt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He tied off the thread and began on the pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took my pants leg in his teeth, tugged it, and then rippled softly back to the boulder. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went outside and sat next to her, the cement cold through my pants, the ground mostly clear by then except for a few patches of dirty snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Want to bet,” he said, reaching for his pants in the bag beside him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That’s when it hits him: Doc just found me under the desk in my dorm room with my pants down. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed in big, drooping pants that show his underwear. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Quickly, Rashid slipped off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants in order to wash and get ready for prayers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just then, Nemo walked in, wearing an Edwardian waistcoat, pleated black pants, a starched white shirt, and a cravat patterned in blue and gray. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, she slipped into a fresh tunic and pants and darted to the wishing cabin, where she dropped the bloody clothes into the wishing hole. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There is a gun stuck under the waistband of his pants, right under a tattoo. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jinny jumped to her feet before she could make a bigger mess and ran next door to the store cabin, where she pulled off her stained pants and tunic. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was an unsightly creature in leather pants burrowing holes beneath the foundations with no apparent regard for the fairy commandments. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I lifted the hem of my pants and was relieved to see it hadn’t spread up my leg. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They fit well, and were the best-looking pants I had ever seen. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina reached into the pocket of her pants for her copy of the Instructions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed practically for traveling, pants and shirt, and was just young enough for it not to seem improper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turn and he’s running at me, wearing blue pajama pants and no shirt. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At school, I’m so wiggly that Ms. Saintima asks if I have ants in my pants. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Each pair of well-cut pants had a small pocket for Edward’s gold pocket watch. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

For example, any pants with a leg narrower than eight inches for women or nine inches for men would be considered fourolds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chartreuse polyester pants were grotesquely tight, and his acne had only gotten worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She took the money, unfolded and counted the bills, then stuffed them in her pants pocket, except for a ten-dollar bill, which she held out to me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood so long my pants dried out. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He frowns at me and looks down at his pants. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He hopes there will be no sniveling and pants wetting among the passengers, that no one will go berserk and start screaming, and trigger a jittery massacre. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve got crisp uniforms and the Boys and Girls Club logo on our backs and down the side of our pants. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was so cold and my pants were so big I might not have noticed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He high-stepped through the pluff mud, the hem of his pants rolled up to his knees, fishing for treasures. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I went to my room and skinned off my shirt and pants. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shorter man holds his back at first, as if not wanting to dirty her hand, but finally, after wiping it on the side of his pants, he gives it to Yolanda. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He lives in Capitol Oaks,” I said, and Officer Mora pulled the radio off the belt of his pants. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wore a flannel shirt and brown work pants. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Scat!” so he darted right to my knee, put his broad furry paws on my pants, and looked me in the face. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood quickly and quietly, wiping his palms against the front of his khaki pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For example, he usually carried a little piece of osha in his pants pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need new pants, but it’s impossible to buy them at a thrift store since I can’t try them on. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was, of course, the only female teacher anyone had ever seen in Lark Creek Elementary wearing pants. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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 stood on the two trap springs and released the jaws, and he pecked at my legs, slamming his beak against my thick winter pants. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They got my pants down to my knees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The shirt showed his belly button, and the pants bulged around his hips and barely covered his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The stain on her pants was like a flag, but she made no attempt to hide it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he did was salute crisply, spin around, drop his pants, and bend over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see his work pants and boots. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Santoni played the organ, and during The Eyes of the Mummy, she got me so anxious with her scary music, I spilled my lemon fizz and everyone thought I wet my pants. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His waistline had grown slightly over the years; his suspenders now pulled his pants above his belt line. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He shouted to the clerk of scales to hang on, raced to the bathroom, emerged a moment later with his pants still at half mast, and made weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babou had changed into a plain white shirt and loose white pants with a drawstring waist, and he had hitched them halfway up his torso. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday, they got dressed up, in nice pants and sweaters, and had dinner with their grandparents. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, some guy in cargo pants was caught tipping over one of the monument’s pillars. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally I decided to just pour the water on his pajama pants. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Most of my clothes, which are not many in number, are pants and jersey tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This grandma walks toward the car wearing high heels, fitted dress pants, an apron, and hair so perfect that I’m sure it’s a wig. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Abuela marks a V at the back seam of Tia’s pants. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As I was putting on my new army shorts, a soldier took my old pants and threw them into a blazing fire that had been set to burn our old belongings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He plucked a beggar’s lice—endemic in West Virginia—off his pants leg and inspected the tiny fuzzy seed that hitched rides on anything or anybody who walked through the woods. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She also had on high heels, dramatically flared black pants, and a frilly blouse with swoopy sleeves. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was wearing the white shirt he and Mamou had gotten me for Nowruz, and my one pair of khaki dress pants. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As we shuddered toward our destination, I said, “You nearly charmed the pants off my mom.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Honestly, though, flying by the seat of my pants would be a step up on the planning scale from where I am now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And the boys across the street say she is a tall red-headed lady who wears tight pink pants and green glasses. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of his pants legs were wet, and mud clung to his shoes and smeared his hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hedge was wearing pants and specially fitted shoes over his hooves, like satyrs usually did to blend in with mortals. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A few feet from where we are standing, a body floats past, dressed in a black pajama shirt and pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leapt the last four feet and dusted off my pants. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She wore her tunic and sash as always, but not the typical striped pants of a Messenger. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a wool hat and pants with suspenders, and he was laughing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her black pants and a white shirt with a faded soy-sauce stain on the cuff, and from this Mia knew she was headed in to work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So far the pants have stayed up, so I think the lesson was well learned.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a pause, and I hear her friend ask if I got my pants pulled up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He went and wiped down and pulled on a clean undershirt and pants before walking the rest of the way down the hall to the living room to tell Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other woman is wearing pants, and she has Abby’s face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She left the larger blade on the ground, but concealed the small one in a pocket sheath sewn into her pants. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As I grew, I longed to wear the uniforms I saw the big girls wearing when they arrived each day: shalwar kamiz—a long deep blue tunic and loose white pants—and white headscarf. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The pants he’d worn the night before were on the floor of his room. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Middlefield, in blue lettering, is written downward on the outside of the pants. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, with both hands, she tore the pants to the knee so the man’s pale calf was exposed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the living room with my hand in my pants as the phone rings. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We were told to wear dark pants and a white shirt. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My waistband tightens to the point where I feel like I’m gonna bust a button on my pants. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a flash, a pricking sensation on my leg, and I looked down in time to see The Baron leap from my pants to the cover of fern. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stepped in to help him, he was dressed only in a pair of wrinkled khaki pants. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't notice that the man's gray golf pants were wet from the green bathing suit he'd worn underneath. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Rashid rolled down his pants, put his shoes back on, and picked up his bag. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Black political activists were from time to time found dangling from belts, shirts, pants, blankets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went up to the hall closet, found three brand-new toothbrushes, and shoved them into the front of her pants, along with a bar of Dove soap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung stood listening at the door to those heavy animal pants. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He hiked up his pants and sauntered over to the driver's side of Nathan's car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A woman followed behind carrying a basket of laundry—pants and shirts and shalwar kamizes piled in a heap. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We got into the lobby and there was a guy standing there with no shirt on and blood dripping down the front of his chest and onto his stomach and the front of his pants. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The man spat on the curb and adjusted his soiled pants. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me sing ‘liar, liar, pants on fire.’ The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

These things bunched at the ankles and sagged at the crotch so you always felt as if your pants might be falling down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Their pants were tucked inside their boots and their shirts were tucked into their pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He hitched up his pants, pulled on his boots, threw his rifle over his shoulder, and grabbed his riding whip from the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Baldwin hikes up his pants and hurries to catch up with him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were stinging his face and his hands and his neck and his nose, they were crawling up his pants’ legs and stinging and crawling down the back of his neck and stinging. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to know the truth, the only other part I remember is that I couldn’t hold it anymore and went in my pants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Well, now he'd have to sleep in his pants because he wasn't letting the girl see the robots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Roamer says, “They keep that door locked and barricaded. That place is harder to get into than your pants, from what I hear. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Frank brought out a folding ruler that he had slipped into his pocket a few minutes before, and measured the cuffs of the visitor’s pants. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you offer to pay him in pants now that you work at a pants factory?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You got to get them pants off her ugly butt anyways, so put ’em over her head,” Darrel say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were fifteen of them, and they were dressed alike in white shirts, dark pants, white sweaters, and small black skullcaps. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She caught the redheaded dewey by his shirt and held him by the heels over the banister until he wet his pants. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were outfitted in a uniform C.P. didn’t recognize: white helmets, heavy black boots, light blue shirts, and dark blue pants with what appeared to be webbed Army belts, some of which held holstered guns. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In my haste, I took the pants from one set of shalwar kamiz and the top from another, so I ended up with things that didn’t match. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She draped my pants over her arm and glanced around the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her feet were bare, and the cuffs of her pajama pants rose past her ankles as she sat in the grass, settling the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His belly stuck out above his pants top. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia appeared at the top of the stairs, wearing yoga pants and a hoodie, her hair in a messy ponytail. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Another informant, a lawyer for the East German Ministry of Posts and Communications, secretly copied information about Soviet cables to paper cards, which he then taped to his backside, underneath his pants. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kate had trapped him like a rat—caught him with his pants down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached into her pants pocket and took out two quarters. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"You can't stop me," she snapped, then took a second glance at him, wearing pajama pants and nothing else. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her work uniform—navy pants, navy shirt with a name tag, offset by her fuzzy, dingy pink house slippers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Most Sundays, he shows up in a polo and dress pants. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No ants in my pants, though. Another season of cleaning all of those guest cottages.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I had a friend in grammar school whose mother wore hot pants and white vinyl go-go boots just like Nancy Sinatra. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a white shirt, black pants, and a tallis on his shirtsleeve, and that was like his uniform. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Nenny, who is stupider, already is asking how much and I can see her fingers going for the quarters in her pants pocket. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sends Enrique an orange polo shirt, a pair of blue pants, a radio cassette player. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Women are dressed in saris far more dazzling than the pants and polo shirts their husbands wear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hand lets go of my mouth and tugs at my pants, pulls them past my hips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucked in between old woolen socks and pants were mementoes: circus bills, a dance card, penny postcards, a few photos. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I managed to get my hand out of my pants, hoping Faith didn’t hear the waistband on my Calvin Kleins snap as I came up for air. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When Boy21 reaches us he puts his arm on my shoulder and pants for a few seconds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t playing,” I say, trying to pull loose from the big one with the droopy pants. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She took my hand and slid it under her pants. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My head aches,” called the woman in the tight riding pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt and pants were scorched from the electricity, and his skin was black where the wires had touched him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The summer visitors in Delhi are dressed in old pants and T-shirts, too. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got into his pants and shirt and then his socks and boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped into my pants and walked barefoot down the narrow, dim-lit hall to the door with a crudely lettered sign reading MEN. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were everywhere—the dark glasses, the ironed pants, the pomaded hair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meir Katz, a colossus, wore a child’s pants, and Stern, a skinny little fellow, was floundering in a huge jacket. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just slipped my hand inside my pants, where, seriously, it had lingered for only the briefest of seconds, when, eyes wide, Faith turned to face me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In winning another race, he rode with such supreme concentration that he didn’t notice that he had torn right out of his paper-thin pants. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope Karen totally lets you in her pants, okay? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Next came old Ab Pulliam in his goat cart, the pants of his gray uniform folded under his thigh stubs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I peek in to see the dark-haired dude from earlier wearing a pair of flannel pajama pants and a Food Network T-shirt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I continued playing but was unable to concentrate because I kept the corner of my eye on his restless hands, the elegant fingertips that danced against the pale blue fabric of his pants. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But his mother should darn his pants and dress him in warmer clothes. The winter is coming. Didn’t you hear the wind in the chimneys today?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore olive pants and a white T-shirt that were both probably from the men’s section of the Army-Navy Store. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Ellis shook her head and smoothed her pants suit down over her rump before she put on her coat. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had to go find a private place and drop my pants and smear on this antibacterial ointment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman stuffed a revolver in the band of her pants. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cullen noticed that the man was wearing gray pants and a brown fedora hat. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She pointed at my black button-up shirt, black pants, and black boots and said, “You always wear black, so I figured I should dress like you so I blend in.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It's actually warm enough for hoodies and pajama pants and leftover ice cream cake and Scattergories. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our pants, and stepped gingerly out into the frigid water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she comes out of the car we will beat her up, make red marks on her white skin, and she will cry and ask us do we want her to pull her pants down. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take people too long before they counted how many pairs of pants and shirts Rufus and Cody had. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked and talked until Willie got so excited about helping to win the war that he jumped out of bed and made Aunt Evy scurry around getting him his pants and shoes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I resisted the urge to take off my shirt and pants and examine the rest of my body. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She glared at me, knowingly, because she and I were both pants girls. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t changed out of his work clothes, and his shirt and the knees and cuffs of his pants were stained with the slick juice of spoiled vegetables. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s in a plain white T-shirt and pajama pants. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore camouflage pants and a sheepskin vest filled with pockets. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"He's going to wet his pants," Hot Pie suggested. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

I catch a sliver of a white shirt, the variety of which I’m used to ironing every day, and the leg of a pair of khaki pants like I hang up in Mister Johnny’s closet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The women were all in red or black sweaters, and jeans or dark-colored pants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And dress pants so skinny and fitted, we can actually tell how their legs are bowed: slightly curved around the knees, as if they’re Olympic runners. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Gerald almost wet his pants and Angel fell on the floor, rolling in laughter. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now now, isn't that a kick in the pants?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He entered the house wearing a grungy white T-shirt and gray slacks with red-and-blue suspenders, though his pants didn’t seem to be at any risk of sliding off. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look scared—like I’m about to wet my pants. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I took off my old pants, which contained the rap cassettes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His hat was askew, and he was still buckling his pants. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got twenty dollars to put tape on the bridge of his glasses, wear too-short pants, and don argyle socks for three days. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The warder grumbled, “Mandela, you say you want long pants and then you don’t want them when we give them to you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look like those balloon pants the clowns wear in circuses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

These images would have nasty comments under them from people saying stuff like, Looks like he’d rob a store, and If he’d pull his pants up, maybe he would’ve gotten away with the crime! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No...no, too short…” he said, holding up a pair of pants. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His pants had very large pockets, but the rock still made a bulge. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Each resident of the camp has a space on one of the bare coils on which to hang his shirt and pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The pants and socks had been placed on top of the stool, each laid out the exact same way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew it was the short brown velvet pants that got her attention. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My pants felt loose around the waist, so I tightened the belt another notch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I scooted to the rear edge on the seat of my pants, ignoring Ayanna’s mocking look as I eased up next to her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I rub my hands on my pants hard, back and forth, back and forth, until Momma kneels next to me and holds my hands, making them quiet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For the lower body, there were pants called knickers, long white socks, and special fencing sneakers. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, she’s good at sewing,” I said, and pointed to a patch on my pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did he reach down in his pants pockets, haul up an old leather pouch tied with a wax string and count out old green pennies that looked like junk too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half-dressed, in shoes but no socks, in pants but no underpants, Milton Stephanides raced his Delta 88 through the early morning streets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And another, then white hats, denim shirts and pants. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy began to move away from her the day he first put on long pants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had rolled my pants up so as not to get them wet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets her in his wheeled desk chair and pants as he whirls her in circles until she cannot laugh anymore for the pain of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A knife sheath had been knotted to a belt loop on his work pants, but no knife was in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He bought me a suitcase and some clothes, mostly long-sleeved shirts, dress pants, and traditionally waxed, colorful cotton suits with intricate embroidery on the collars, sleeves, and hems of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He circled the Titan’s feet, bumping his head against the Titan’s pants cuffs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This is a tall, muscular man with sharp creases in his pants. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It came as a total surprise to him when he was grabbed off the deck chair and first his scarf, and then his jacket and pants, were ripped from his body. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Learn to keep your pants on your butt and we’ll talk.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, whenever he sees me with my shirt hanging over my pants—this being a favored style of chunky people everywhere—he goes, “Bobby, you look like a shlub.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Dolan rose, dusting off invisible crumbs from his pants. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I picked moss out of my hair and tried in vain to brush the mud from my pants, but succeeded only in smearing it, making me look like some bog creature vomited from the earth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some guy wearing sunglasses, a really tight shirt, and white pants jumps into the middle of the circle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My pants are too tight in the waist and in the crotch too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured a few more drops of water on it and rubbed it on the inside of his pants pocket. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In a vivid recounting, Terryl says she didn’t see Danny until it was too late: He was standing right next to them, wearing the familiar blue work pants and shirt, literally stinking drunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in dashing fashion, with tight black pants, a tailored black coat, and a black hat. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on a Lorde kick this week and could be listening to more of her music before class, but I got my best friend pants on because Dylan is thrown off by Samantha right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She got this pair of navy-blue stretch pants done stretch way too far. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby picked at a smear of sap on her pants. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Annabelle shuffles and pants, feeling the pull in her thighs and calves and the press in her lungs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When that was done, Jinny squatted down and, holding each tiny ankle, guided the wobbling girl into her pants. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But even those hundred-dollar pants suits she brought in for me to wear can’t make up for the hurt I feel when she slaps me with them mean words of hers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the counter near the muffins is a small plastic figurine, a boy with a pointy hat, purple pants, and a big swoop of yellow hair. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The ground was muddy everywhere, so for the sake of my pants I stayed standing with Otto, rocking him back and forth and humming. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me help get your pants on and go home.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then he slipped it into his pants pocket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clenching clothespins between her teeth, she folded towels, pants, and work shirts before dropping them into the wicker basket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I got pretty soaking wet, especially my neck and my pants. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We passed a file of inmates, all dressed in baggy pants, ragged coats, and caps, gray faces in dim light; one had one of the most crooked noses I’d ever seen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One of them accelerates as it passes; a wheel dives into a water-filled pothole, spraying freezing muddy water over Salim’s pants and coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Will uncrossed his legs and pulled at his pants where they were binding him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this all right?” he asked as if I wasn’t the one who’d wrestled him out of his black dress pants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a tan jacket and pants and strode with a gait as free as Sam’s. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was dressed simply: black long-sleeved shirt tucked into black pants; black pants tucked into soft black boots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands on my pants and carefully removed the note pad from my shirt pocket and took it to the Carcachita and left it there. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We took off our shoes, rolled up our pants, and carefully slid down the crater to the edge of the water. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Tad Hunter—who for some reason was wearing dress pants and a tux shirt—had just saved him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They wore white shirts, silvery camouflage pants, and combat boots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z