The black patch that covered his right eye looked like a huge skin mole. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The paint peeled in patches from an old water leak. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh," Lewis said, "well if you won't let us then— Wait . . . wait a minute .... I'm looking at my shoulder patch and it turns out I'm the commander. Sit tight. We're coming to get you." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As quickly as they could they scrambled off the beaten way and up into the deep heather and bilberry brushwood on the slopes above, until they came to a small patch of thick-growing hazels. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most of the snow had melted and the hills in the north were already dotted with patches of green grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A fox trying to catch a rabbit usually creeps upwind under cover—perhaps through a patch of woodland to the edge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the charcoal stick between the patches of red and white on his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The lawn had turned the same brown as the haze of dust hovering over the city, dotted by bald patches of dirt where nothing grew at all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of sunlight has broken through the clouds, and I can hear the hiss of the ice melting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pod flew out from under Ron’s fingers and hit the greenhouse glass, rebounding onto the back of Professor Sprout’s head and knocking off her old, patched hat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When it had had enough it rolled over onto its front once more and walked back toward the tennis court, like a tiny patch of midnight in the midday sun. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There is a wet patch on the mattress under my face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wilfred and the white woman were standing on a patch of freshly mown grass in front of the first of four all-weather tennis courts, whose surface was strewn with Dunlop tennis balls. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few clumps of snow cling to the ends of bare branches overhead, and there are glistening white patches of it on the ground, but they’re thawing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miyax tied another red patch on the sedge, rounded a boggy pond, and climbed the heave where the owl lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patched couch sat in front of the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, to our starboard side, I see another patch of churning water even closer to the ship than the first. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Above the engine roar comes a loud crack, followed by a scintillation spreading underfoot, as the Packard hits a dark patch on the frozen lake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At the front, nestled along one of the sides, I feel something hard and rectangular beneath a patch of fabric. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The green fields were again covered with dark brown patches. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, James and Dicey started patching up the holes in the porch screens, where the screens had pulled out of the wood or just ripped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat quiet for a little, nibbling a patch of bran spilled on the boards outside the hutch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the nurses figured out that if she covered my damaged eye with a cotton patch, my double vision wasn’t as bad. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The potter had still not come out of the house with instructions for the day, so Tree-ear turned to the vegetable patch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I noticed how you skated over the sticky patches in that obituary of yours!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was ready to go home, ready to leave Greenwood and Grampa’s house, ready to try to patch things up with Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe my eyes were deceiving me, but I swear the skin of his upper torso was covered with patches of green moss. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But a patch of ground in this trashy lot—I can change that. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

About three weeks after the fire, Mother announced that the skin around the edges of the burn had begun to grow back, and that she had hope for even the worst patches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sky above them was striped with grey and white bands of cloud, through which patches of blue could be seen. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The green light and the glossy patches of sunshine played over their befouled bodies. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At night, the darkness is black—only straight up a patch of gray and an occasional star. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fritz showed them such special blackberry patches that they could fill a quart without taking a single step, and each berry was the size of Mr. Chris’s thumb. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true thatI have pale patches on my face and neck and elbows and toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a chilly morning, with a damp breeze and a gray mist that blew by in patches. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A group of guys on a patch of lawn with an iron panther statue at its center. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was hot work, and the corn shucks made my skin itch and sting till sometimes I’d wake up at night scratching like I’d stumbled into a patch of bull nettles. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frieda and I lag behind, staring at the patch of color surrounded by black. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tarred patches on the cracks of the street were melting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She could feel patches of red creep up her neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Rosie stands in a trampled vegetable patch, running her trunk lazily across the rows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It moved in patches across the village square, not thick anymore, sometimes just faint ripples like fog. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was packed with lopsided row houses patched with tin sheets and scrap wood and cardboard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier dropped by one day wearing a patch she recognized from Captain Denny’s uniform. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It looked as if rather than knock a building down and build a new one, the citizens of Ci’gazze preferred to patch it up indefinitely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until now he had been too much ashamed of his pale and meager body, with the varicose veins standing out on his calves and the discolored patch over his ankle. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There were bright pink patches on her cheeks and her eyes were brighter than usual. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But after I had turned up the whole patch—in fact after I had it partly planted—I realized that it was really not big enough. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling on the floor, marking, with ripped bits of a Post-it, patches on the baseboard that needed to be retouched with paint. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be a patch of grass. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The forest had been hacked away in patches surrounding a few missing segments of rail, but it held the rest firmly in its grasp. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I think there’s a fence right there,” she said, pointing to a wooden patch we’d hit just after crossing the parkway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She puts her hand up and touches the patch of hair in front of my ear. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dray takes off his sunglasses, and he’s still wearing his eye patch underneath. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I saw they had little gardens going, I said to myself, "I believe I'll plant me a patch of goldenrod right here." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, and stepped back, then threw it as far as I could into the pumpkin patch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin of the peach was very beautiful—a rich buttery yellow with patches of brilliant pink and red. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I notice that some of the factionless I pass are marked with patches of blue dye. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was motded green, with blisters the size of buildings, and blackened patches from eons of being stuck under a volcano. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I saw some tents here and there—for the most part, old ones with patches on them, or tents improvised out of sheets. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft moonlight came down through the treetops and made patches of light and shade on the road ahead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face was a volcanic red landscape of bites and stings with blue patches of bruising under the eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair is always washed and neatly braided, and her clothes—even when they’re old—are patched, ironed, and spotless. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If your chest is hairy, it takes even longer to get the electrocardiograph all hooked up, because first someone has to shave little bare patches for the medical sensors. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yoren had a twisted shoulder and a sour smell, his hair and beard were matted and greasy and full of lice, his clothing old, patched, and sel-dom washed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And meanwhile, all the little birds would find the luscious patch of berries she alone knew about. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of black hairs on the lobe of his left ear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The road curved slightly and then leveled out, and there was a patch of dense underbrush to my right. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He resolved to remain binocular and specified to Doc Daneeka that his eye patch be transparent so that he could continue pitching horseshoes, kidnaping Italian laborers and renting apartments with unimpaired vision. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She stepped back on the board and continued, slower now as she looked carefully for whatever might fit Shay’s clue, remembering to stick on a sunblock patch as the sun rose higher. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when police found the trunk they discovered a hole drilled through one side, covered with a makeshift patch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The first rabbit stopped in a sunny patch and scratched his ear with rapid movements of his hind leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was missing a bit of fur from his left haunch, where a patch of skin showed through, the same shade as the wad of bubble gum stuck to his tail. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We had a small peach tree in a tiny patch on one side of the house and on the other side my grandmother had a driveway. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The branches above created a canopy patched with dark swatches of the sky, embroidered with the stars and falling snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He and Annabeth and Bob stumbled along in the darkness, the air thick and cold, the ground alternating patches of pointy rocks and pools of muck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, it was torn and dirty, but I kept patching it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To help me get my eyes on, Ben began leaving in place patches of morels he’d found, so I could study them where they grew. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand over that empty patch of dirt and said, “We keep going and try something new.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had two needs: food and Frightful’s warm brood patch, and now, at last, she had both. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

"I bet Rosalie baked bread and patched quilts and dumb stuff like that." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking nonsense, Wraith? Don’t die too quick. Need to get you patched up.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We steered clear of the island, and soon it was just a red patch of haze behind us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amaranta was too wrapped up in the eggplant patch of her memories to understand those subtle apologetics. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She folded her hands under her head and stared at the gray patch which was the airshaft window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mood is so much lighter, and I don’t feel Mom’s eyes tracing the outlines of my patches, trying to tell if they’ve gotten bigger or not. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hazel, with a delightful sense of having been proved right by events, set to work on a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we bump along, I hang on to the wooden bench with my mittened fingers so I don’t fall onto the floor when we hit a rough patch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His truck was parked at a wild angle on the gravel patch, but all the lights were off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there were bald patches all over him, places where he didn’t have any fur at all. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she wasn’t feeding us, she sewed, if she had fabric, or polished the bedstead and Papi’s dresser, or mended whatever was worn, ripped, or needed patching. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Genie had never seen an actual pea patch—a pea garden—before. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They started on one side of Cooter’s ma’s truck patch, went clean through her vegetables, then disappeared in the grass. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A tear wiggled through a patch of dried salt on his cheek. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these were sacred figures in rich velvet capes and glittery robes and shepherds' cloaks beautifully stitched to look ragged with patches by the Carmelite nuns. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Bien had grown up playing soccer in a refugee camp in Mozambique on a patch of bare earth with goals marked by small piles of rocks. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

While I was poking at Barrone’s drive, her firewall was re-upping with new patches, and I had to get out of there. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, one may describe the whole universe in terms of a collection of overlapping patches. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why canna he kill me, then? I begged him to have done with it I told him that if he left me to be patched, I should but fight him fresh when I was mended. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might be in a forest and find yourself in a patch of silence, as if no birds dare sing there. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Velutha knocked on the wood and then scraped a little patch clean with his nail. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From the garden patch, where we’re living, to the edge of the pasture by the stream.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined his hands quivering with fear, a wet patch spreading on his trousers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was stupid to think she could patch this thing together; stupid to think there’d be nice motels and cheap B&Bs along the way. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Yet that seemed unlikely since I had never talked to him about his dreams—how would I know what the patches were? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I called my friend Bettye. She patched him up as best she could, then shot him full of morphine. But she said he’ll need a proper exam once he reaches Maryland.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maddie was going off duty by the time the ambulance men had finished hurriedly patching up the German pilot and brought him into the ground floor office of the control tower. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Presently he had the pencil of light trained on her right eye and the adhesive patch again in contact with her cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t think there’s a single flat patch of land, and huffing and puffing up and down those hills takes a while. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Dad’s head was bandaged and there was a thick patch over his eye. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the front desk, where a middle-aged man with a bald patch on the crown of his head sits, sorting through a stack of paper. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Little disregarded patches of ground revealed that they had been gardens all along, and nondescript underbrush around the gymnasium and the river broke into color. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train lurched over a patch of rough tracks, jarring me out of my woolgathering. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The road was only visible in the long patch of bluish brightness from the headlights. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ma was squatted down tending to her truck patch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Fiona stayed behind to watch Claire, who was still sleeping, and with Grunt and the emu-raffe loping after us, we crossed the plateau to the little patch of woods that grew at the far edge. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them lay the berry-hedges—raspberry, blackberry, bilberry—and the strawberry patch where every August sleepy baby creatures could be seen, their stomachs full after eating the pick of the crop. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me the marsh looks huge, its patches of brown spreading farther than I can see, even up this high. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Before us stood a giant cactus patch, each pad covered with budding prickly fruit that sparkled in the light, like tanzanites. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

One time at the meetin’-house picnic, boys with patches the same color as their overalls had laughed at him and pointed to the checkered gingham on the knees of his overalls. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there’s always a rough patch at the beginning of the year when I’m breaking them in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bright as hammered gold, it hurts my eyes when I sit down on a patch of clover near the stables, looking back at the house. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One patch of new ground that made us particularly proud emerged from David Cay Johnston’s obsessive mining of tax records and other government statistics. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Where Coraline came from, once you were through the patch of trees, you saw nothing but the meadow and the old tennis court. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Harry watched the Hermione in the pumpkin patch throw the Invisibility Cloak over him and Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a battered old thing of green canvas, with leather patches on the corners and edges. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I caught my breath then quickly got the tube patch kit from the shelf and went up to the cash register. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And I can turn the saddest rag of a shirt to find the one good spot that can be snipped out and turned into a quilt patch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sported an infectious grin, wire-rimmed spectacles, and a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All I could see was a tiny patch of Otto in front of my eyes, his wiry hair and a few fingers of his good hand where they curled on my shirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A small patch the color of dried blood blooms at his feet. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kyle went with the Redneck: woodland camouflage shirt, overalls, trucker hat with a Confederate flag patch, dingy cowboy boots. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At various places inside the monkey house, they set out patches of paper saturated with spores of a harmless bacterium known as Bacillus subtilis niger. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t even focus on that gray patch of sky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe that the sweater, brown with bands of pale red and green highlights, cost half as much as the sleeping bag, which was threadbare and patched. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

This is the fiftieth time I've been made to scrub this same patch of floor over the three or so years I've been at Miss Preston's, so I know it well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One could guess at the movement of the sun by the progress of a light patch among the clouds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had planted, in the flat patch of ground behind the hut, a few pumpkin seeds. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, on the horizon, was a patch of lighter sky where in a moment the moon would rise. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had the advantage of knowing the exact location of the greenest patch of wild parsley. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of mud off to the side, leading into deeper water, and he could see old clam shells there, so there must be clams. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collected the first-aid kit, cleaned her wound as best I could, and secured a large patch of gauze over it with surgical tape. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His long, stubbled face looked pale, and he wore a thick bandage over his right eye in place of the black patch. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, hanging my head and scratching at the dry patch on my scalp that I had already rubbed bald and a little bloody. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pale sky looked vast and you could see it reflected every so often in the patches of water breaking up the land. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go and bring him back,” she said, and the monkey, crouching low, darted from one rock to another, making for the little patch of green among the rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thus we see that buildings undertaken and completed by a single architect are usually more attractive and better planned than those which several have tried to patch up… The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bristle stretched out in a patch of slanting sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So he let Merry sink gently down on to the pavement in a patch of sunlight, and then he sat down beside him, laying Merry’s head in his lap. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As she picked the shiny green sprigs from the sandy patch that was their garden, Jinny thought about Deen, wherever he was. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not long before the first patch appears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even in the dusky light, I’m sure they can make out my patches. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Flume gasped and dissolved right back into the patch of dewberry bushes, and Major Major never set eyes on him again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But some of Stuart’s cavalry had cut the wires and they might not be patched yet, so Washington would be in the dark and screaming its head off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their shade of blue is peculiar, so dark it is almost black, with a small patch of lighter blue on the left iris, right next to the corner of his eye. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless traitor guard lies between us, his eyes glazed, a dark patch on his chest from where someone— Edward, probably—shot him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few green patches visible from the sky. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I also see the body of a guard, his arm dangling over the edge of a stair, and standing over him, a factionless man with an eye patch. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Claiborne Paul Ellis, known to everyone as C.P., lived just a weed patch north of the railroad tracks separating white Durham from black. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

What soil is rich enough for planting and the patches of land that need a year of rest. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I carefully peeled it off, the contact patches made tiny popping sounds as they pulled free of my skin, leaving tiny circular marks all over my body. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But, I swear, almost from the first patch I could feel myself winding down like I was on a swing that was slowly stopping. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Motorists in Scotland and the North should be careful of black ice on the roads, and the Midlands should anticipate widespread patches of freezing fog. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I'm guessing from his attitude that he didn't have a problem with the patch of red lava rock and weeds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He hauled stones in off the desert and built a small rock garden outside our doorway, with succulents and a patch of moss. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the water to the potato patch and poured it out too fast. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the woman had patched the torn place, she got the walnut basket, folded her apron in her lap, and began to pick out the golden-brown kernels. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember me? I cut off Maria’s nose tip and was sent to the big special-ed center and got a patch. Wanna see?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its random patches, the jacket would probably look silly on anyone else. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He put some kind of soothing substance into my eyes and covered them with eye patches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeds grew out of the tennis court; the tile roof of the house was patched with sheets of tin. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers Ray to the ground in the first patch of bareness he sees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, it was a time for paying your debts and patching up any quarrels that may have occurred during the year. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insists on holding Aurora’s hand and helping her around a patch of black ice. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’s got on the white robe with the circular red and white cross patch on the chest, and he even has the pointed hood with the eyeholes cut out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was watching some little boys playing on the nearby patch of grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He staggered back a few steps and buried his muzzle in a patch of new clover, chewing the sprouts to cleanse the foul odor from his sensitive nasal passages. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A short sidewalk led over to the blacktopped driveway, and both the sidewalk and the blacktop were just as crumbly as the porch, with large patches of rocks and dirt showing through. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow there was a little patch of stillness around her, where the particles were resisting the flow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“My entire coffee patch washed right off the hill.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the glassy water just ahead of them and then to a patch far ahead where little ripples danced in the sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doubletree Mutt came sideways and embarrassed up through the vegetable patch, and Jody, remembering how he had thrown the clod, put his arm about the dog’s neck and kissed him on his wide black nose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brass was dull and there were patches of green on it that took the form of another hand that once had held it but otherwise it was perfect. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The patch kit is too small, but still useful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soil was a baked reddish brown, like terra-cotta, with patches of dried-up stubble here and there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

No tracks in the random patches of melting snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I nudged Cherry to get her to stop staring at the man’s eye patch. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

So Genie went back over to the pea patch, grabbed the basket of winners he and Ernie had picked, and headed back toward the house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I dove into the patch of tall dried grass in front of the gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colorful embroidered patches covered the shirt’s sleeves and front pockets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But Will knew without the slightest doubt that that patch of grass on the other side was in a different world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse went flying backward and landed in a smoldering patch of grass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Little patches of dust rose at his feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tiptoed straight into the melon patch, all viny, with melons ripe for the picking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In summer I always remember her with dirt under her nails and on her jeans. She had a pair she only wore for gardening. I swear the knees were made of mud patches.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He leveled McWatt out with another harsh cry and whipped him upward and around again into a ragged blue patch of unpolluted air just as the bombs he had dropped began to strike. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was pretty dark inside the car, with only small patches of light where the boards did not quite fit together. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know how just yet, but the patch kit and its pressure-resistant resin are probably really important. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find a patch with as few dandelions as I can and skim the grass with the shovel, carefully removing a sheet of dirt and sand and grass. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s an old bramble patch behind the inn.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they spot a fresh patch of snow, scoop some of it, and toss it at each other. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

All my father’s stories were about our mountain, our valley, our jagged little patch of Idaho. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My hair was in tangled patches, brown with dirt and matted with blood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was going to set him on fire, then patch him up right at home! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark patches, not light, show in the spaces between us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Greta’s hair had begun to fall out, revealing flaky patches of skin on her scalp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jumping to her feet, she lined up the spot where they had disappeared with a patch of brown lichens in the distance, and ran with joy along the invisible line. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my other hand I find the patch of fire tattooed over his rib cage. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, she pointed to a patch of soil behind the toolshed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just over the top of the hill they came on the patch of fir-wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Will we soon be in the city, Mamma?” she asked, rubbing her chilled nose, and watching with interest as the patch of moisture which her breath had formed on the pane shrank slowly and vanished. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Matt stepped back and the patch appeared again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooped it off the patch kit with my fingers and quickly spread it around the rim of the faceplate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the fishermen, the blackberry patches, and the huckleberry hills. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoe that cornfield again, scrub that porch, weed that bean patch. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear made her seem ill; it distorted her body lines, made her appear as if someone had broken her and then, with malice, patched her together badly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The patches aren’t fast enough, and before we know it disgruntled men swarm the ticket wagon demanding refunds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In twenty-four hours it was all gone except for some lovely shady patches in the woods—white-laced branches dripping rain holes in the crust—and the slushy gray piles at the roadside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As we walked down the street Mom held up the box of patches the doctor had given her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lack of food has made her lose so much of her beautiful hair and it is now little more than wispy patches on her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were dark red, with brownish patches where the paint was peeling away. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was hot and sticky, my feet hurt, I wanted just one tree and a small patch of shade—or the ocean, better yet—and I was hungry for my pocket lunch. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I liked her very much, but she wasn't a patch on my grandmother for telling stories. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

"This is where I found the shovel," Stanley said, pointing out a patch of weeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Our relationship remained rocky for two or three years after my failed attempt on the Eiger, but the marriage somehow survived that rough patch. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got a nice melon patch over at the Bolls’,” I said. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the back and in the sleeves there are big dark patches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Hand's private audience chamber was not so large as the kinjg's, nor a patch on the vastness of the throne room, but Tyrion liked its Myrish rugs, wall hangings, and sense of intimacy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gutters carry rain off the patched tin roof into two barrels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tiny patches of green poked optimistically out of the cold earth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There have been some disorganized patches in her life—an out-of-wedlock child, a problem with alcohol and drugs—but that’s all over now that she has given her life to Christ. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, phone calls were manually patched through by an operator at a switchboard, with long-distance calls often relayed through multiple switchboards. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Their every word seemed to be mixed with merriness; their laughter pushed her toward the cheerful yellow patch in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was only the gnarled branch end protruding upward from the patched coat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

To the south, the flowers give way to a patch of raveled gherkins. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The flare had burned out in the floor leaving a patch of white ash and there was a faint smell of burnt wood in the room. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We knew a family who had a sign in their vegetable patch: “Since this is not a Communist garden but cabbages grown by private enterprise, please do not steal from my garden.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water poured in around it, and they all screamed until Ivan patched the hole. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, she’s good at sewing,” I said, and pointed to a patch on my pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear cows mooing in a far pasture and bees buzzing in a nearby clover patch. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke was seeping through the branches in white and yellow wisps, the patch of blue sky overhead turned to the color of a storm cloud, and then the smoke billowed round him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sleeve of her new coat and the bright red patch that made it and she gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There's a small patch of sea daisies growing from a crack in the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

On and on they flew, over countryside parceled out in patches of green and brown, over roads and rivers winding through the landscape like strips of matte and glossy ribbon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are two carts waiting for me when I arrive at two, and tossed items inches deep on major patches of the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sailed ahead and by three o’clock could make out the faint patches of green tussock grass that grew among the snowy rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon, ma’am,” says the patch, tipping his hat and picking his way carefully across the ruined garden. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Below were endless fields of white, interrupted only by a few barren patches. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now there were only patches of grain on the bare hillsides and on each side of the water-courses. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Soft white luminous patches, like schools of jellyfish, floated before Jason’s eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The surface was sometimes loose gravel, sometimes patches of slime. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Not the real thing, though. It never will be. It’s a patch, that’s all.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When we walk into the first patch of light, I hear a gunshot and drop to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

By the time Daniel catches up, Axel and Ray are out of breath, but they are together in one bald patch of earth where the light beams inside the forest canopy. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even toward the beginning she must have noted my silences, my bitten fingers, the dark scabs on my lips where I’d pulled off patches of the skin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could see the top of the Giulia's smokestack, the smoke itself discernible only as a starless patch of night sky. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A patch of ivy shook as the thing disappeared into it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I followed a throng of spectators to a tent on a patch of green next to centre court. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have no swords, wear no eye patches, and hang no skull flags anywhere on their ship. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He edged up the trunk, to his favorite place in the crook of two branches, and looked down at the Potter’s Field below him, a brambly patch of weeds and unmown grass in the moonlight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She would sit in the backyard with him, or play with Baby, or watch him weed the vegetable patch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After we ate, I headed to a patch of grass under a pine tree. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The potatoes were old and full of black patches. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And with the fresh patch kit, I can seal the arm with more resin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bundimun at rest resembles a patch of greenish fungus with eyes, though when alarmed it will scuttle away on its numerous spindly legs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the great business that is much simpler than complicated patching. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kids tried patching the roof on our own with tar paper, tinfoil, wood, and Elmer’s glue, but no matter what we did, the water found its way through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could already feel a hint of bum on her nose, and realized she had forgotten to stick on a sunblock patch after daybreak. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We get Inej’s feet patched up—” She flexed them, then stood, testing her bare soles on the gravel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The young man from whom he'd taken the mazer was a small, one-eyed youth—he wore a patch over his other eye. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good I do, too, because I have a feeling I’m missing the patches that indicate the force field more often than I’m spotting them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One spring morning I was at work in my tent repairing equipment, patching my clothes, and studying maps when a voice said, “General, may I visit you in your tent, please?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to patch it, and she was trying to make her stitches as invisible as possible so no one would be able to tell it had been torn in the first place. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Today there is less drug trafficking, but smugglers' runways can still be seen, cut into remote patches of forest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a forest of cork oaks, and the sun came through the trees in patches, and there were cattle grazing back in the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a kid named Trey who was picking on John John, calling him an old man because John John had a patch of gray hair in the front of his head. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I spent all morning on hands and knees in a clover patch outside school, all for nothing—it was picked clean. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And there it was: like a sheet of glass hanging unsupported in the air, but glass with no attention-catching reflections in it: just a square patch of difference. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rays of sun dance through the valley, painting light on the plains even as the floating isles cast patches of shadows; flocks of white birds cry out in formation below us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

First, I patched it up, then I cut strips of spare canvas to place over the seam. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many were infected; ugly sores dotted the lining, and the stomachs had lacerations and bleeding patches. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I waved my hand over the rocky patch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Constance stood just outside the boys’ room, pointing at a patch of mildew on the ceiling and wrinkling her nose. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I love the patches of human wrinkles on her face and the joy in her eyes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He points to the branches on the brown patch of grass in his yard. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then one day Laura saw a patch of bare ground in the yard. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no green patches and few sidewalks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under Dinah’s headscarf, the little patch of hag skin was gone, leaving a paler brown piece of cloth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing prepared him for the wall of bones that burst skyward - hundreds of femurs, ribs and fibulas entangling the wolves, forming a spiky briar patch of human remains. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She picked her way carefully along the deep muddy ruts and looked as cross as an old patch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

High above her floated a small, gray patch of evening sky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One hot afternoon Mr. Dawson caught me sleeping in the strawberry patch that I was supposed to be weeding and told Mrs. Dawson about it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have spared myself the trouble—after all, it was for Richard Parker and he would have dis­patched it with expert ease—but for the hook that was embedded in its mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of scarlet swam past, and Harry heard a soft clatter of claws beside him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone who examined the wall too closely would have noticed that the slightly transparent patch was exactly the same as the stretch beside it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They raised fences, mended fences, hauled stone, patched asphalt, painted, trimmed trees. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were little flowers she did not recognize, white and palest blue; and endless, tangled vines; and here and there a fallen log, half rotted but soft with patches of sweet green-velvet moss. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long feathers that had developed around her brood patch dropped around the eggs like a down comforter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Hermione, whose bushy hair obscured the tiny patch of sky visible through the dark branches high above them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When it hits my skin, it turns my vitiligo patches almost to silver. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I first came to the group, she was still wearing an eye patch, like a real villain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They were all bending over the vegetable patch, their clothes drenched with perspiration from the heat of the sun burning down on their backs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a glance round among them Holly went up to Silver, who was feeding with Fiver in a patch of yellow trefoil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were passing through a particularly dense patch of trees, however, when Firenze suddenly stopped. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A black paramilitary beret with black glasses and a little fledgling soul patch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sled rumbles on icy patches beneath us. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drum hopped into a huckleberry patch at the edge of the cliff and lay down on his stomach. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I used to try to patch up the whole world. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

There’s a place where his jeans are fraying, and a tiny patch of brown skin is barely visible between the fibers of the denim. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The small patch of land in the monastery garden produced an overwhelming volume of data to analyze—twenty-eight thousand plants, forty thousand flowers, and nearly four hundred thousand seeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But on my way to school, weaving around mud patches and potholes, I feel less certain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand moves to the patch of hair at the center of my chest, then to my heartbeat. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was all black except for the patch of white on her face and on each paw. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The patched places showed up bleak against the wasted pink paint of the barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through one patch a white cow was plodding, seemingly up to her belly in blood. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe so, but right then Joe felt like a lint-headed fool, crazier than she and just as wild as he slipped into mud, tripped over black roots, scuffed through patches of dirt crawling with termites. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides this, she always had to keep one eye on our very active pig to keep him from rooting in our small vegetable patch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a small but sunny patch of land in the back," Baba answers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a patch of bushes to my left, there's a snap, and my heart skips a beat guessing at what might have just scampered away. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Omakayas walked toward the strongest center of their music, and then, on a patch of thawed grassy ground, she lay back in the sun, her head against the bark of a fallen log. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Because if I were to look up, I am sure I would see a gnome popping her head up from the patch of moss closest to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He saw a patch of pink sky between the buildings. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A counselor supplied her with nicotine patches and advice, not always easy for her to follow: stay out of the house; stay busy; avoid stress; satisfy oral cravings with, say, candy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Blackberry led the way to the trampled patch of nettles and Fiver sat still among them, sniffing and looking about him in the silence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the world that moves—the streets, the air, and the dark patches of inner sky. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s nice being able to see patches of uninterrupted sky. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy for the medic to patch me up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

These puny trees were growing right out of little patches of dirt in the middle of concrete. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to cave in to the fear and go hide in my bed, when the flashlight beam landed on a small patch of sticky residue on the edge of the wraparound porch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure whether they hibernate or not,” Hagrid told the shivering class in the windy pumpkin patch next lesson. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He took a healthy swallow of wine and closed his eyes for an instant, leaning his head back against the patch of nitre on the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyebrows had been very thick and dark, and her scalp showed through the thin hair, in patches. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You get some rest while Rosey finishes patching you up,” he said to Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Nearby, Pipkin and Dandelion were pretending to feed on a patch of scrub. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw it: a wolf, silently, stealthily making its way up the coulee to the very spot where Violet had found a patch of needle grass for dessert. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He landed on the ground with a grunt, his gun clattering against a nearby patch of rocks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I saw Robben Island as an opportunity to patch up the long and often bitter differences between the PAC and the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and I follow her footsteps as she nimbly avoids the rotting patches of floor. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was unable to find large patches of soil, but she found many small ones. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two waited all day in the Rusty Ruins, patches of sunlight crawling across the floor through the crumbling roof, like slow searchlights marking the hours. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A waitress in a long dress with a patch over her right eye swayed up to them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One December afternoon Paul Helm was pruning the patch of floral odds and ends that had entitled Bonnie Clutter to membership in the Garden City Garden Club. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled a jug of water, a small bag of patching cement, a trowel, and a plastic tray from the tar pail. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

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

When I got closer, I spotted an open patch of ground directly in front of the castle’s entrance, just outside the shield wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By chance, she saw a dark patch looming in the murk ahead of them, and Gubina pulled up the nose of her plane to avoid hitting it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, Harry could see a patch of dim light through a small opening. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I weeded the bean patch and found a few hidden string beans for my efforts. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It blazed deep red for a moment and then dwindled into a patch of gray smoke, but it was a signal as clear as a tocsin in the night. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a strange girl on the bench, with a bandanna tied around her head and big sunglasses and a patched coat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s eyes drifted up from the bloody patch on the ground and fixed on Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Merry Midwife stole into White Harbor on the evening tide, her patched sail rippling with every gust of wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had been locked up as if they were very precious, but they were so patched and weatherstained that their original colour could hardly be guessed: it might have been dark green. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No. If I come, everything is broken forever. If I stay, we may be able to patch it up. You can always rescue me if necessary.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My shoes melted crossing this big patch of burning flowers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The golden Cornucopia sits in the middle of a green meadow with patches of gorgeous flowers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was little more than a shadow, and it scuttled down the darkened hall fast, like a little patch of night. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A patch of grass caught fire, lit up, and Ugwu saw a ferret by the cluster of trees ahead, hunched like a giant tortoise. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t let the reporters see me with the patch because they would ask questions and make a big deal of it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I have to find the breach and seal-strip a patch in place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt saw, not far down, a patch of brown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma swept a clear patch in the hay and knocked on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The pumpkin seeds wore little silver patches, like French medals, and Nokomis blessed them gently as she pushed them into the soft new earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She later discovered a charred patch where someone had started a fire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His father had salvaged the little boat off a scuttled motor yacht and patched up the fiberglass as good as new. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Plus, Mr. Yang kept the house in impeccable shape, repairing leaky faucets, patching the front concrete, and coaxing the stamp-sized backyard into a lush garden. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t keep messing with it or I’ll put a patch on you.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She considered the lines that were roads, the green patches that were parks, and the flat blue of the sound, so different from the tumultuous, gray-faced ocean, where she had grown up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sandy hair was discolored in patches to a grayish blond. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A small, sporadic stream of automobiles with faded paint and patched tires bounced along the rutted roads that paralleled the railroad tracks, all heading the same direction—west. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There are twenty beds in the ward and there are men and boys with bandages around their heads, black patches on their eyes, thick glasses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His trousers sported multiple patches of various colors and materials, and his purple velveteen jacket had buttons made from—were those spools of thread? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On a bare patch of earth, Liyana lit two edges of newspaper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I had the pattern for the piratas and everything. I bought hooks for their hands and was even going to reuse those patches that Merci used to wear for her eye exercises.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They had walked into a patch of tents that were all covered with a thick growth of shamrocks, so that it looked as though small, oddly shaped hillocks had sprouted out of the earth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was piling in heaps on sidewalks, on roofs, gathering in patches on the bark of straggly trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I recognized a leg or two, various patches of hide, parts of a head, a great number of bones. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Boomer’s ears perk as something stirs from a patch of jewelweed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rashida headed for the small patch of flowers behind the hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen opened the coffer in the darkness and stood near the moonlit patch from the window, holding a strip of something in her hands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bare branches spread out to join together the separate patches of land. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An oxygen tube lies across her upper lip, and a large patch is pressed against her chest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was a simple adjustment, a quick patch over an ugly memory.... The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Base Camp patched through a call on the satellite telephone to Jan Arnold, Hall’s wife, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Often he had to borrow or patch together equipment in order to pursue his radiometric dating of rocks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It came from several thick patches of soapwort growing along the edge of the pasture. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared through the glass, fixed on that patch of green, thinking it must’ve been the breeze, but then each of its fingers flexed as if sensation were slowly returning to them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

You might not notice the water rising as one wave follows another, but if you wait half an hour, the dry patch you were sitting on is in danger of being overtaken by water. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

Naomi was cooking the last tortilla when she heard Henry’s truck pulling onto the patch of gravel by the back porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the goats, a white one with black patches, was lying down in a cart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I prayed that he landed on a nice soft patch of grass. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He directs his gaze at a patch of sand between his feet as he makes this de-claration; then he stops talking. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your spots or patches may stay small and be confined to one area of the body, or they may continue to spread, covering much or even all of the skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And this is after—” The lights start to recede, the patches shrinking like puddles of water drying in the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But our mechanics always just patched up the outsides, tuned up the insides, and then repainted them Marine Corps camouflage green. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After New Haven, the map showed a yellow patch connecting the cities, all the way down to Bridgeport. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some patches, she could see the screen on the porch, but they hadn’t gotten a quarter of the growth yet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there wasn’t room in the greenhouse, she’d find a tiny patch, and if there really wasn’t room, she’d find a space on the side of the road. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera — I don’t have to close one eye like everyone else.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Etienne tapped his eye patch and said, “Now tell me, what in the world brings you here?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Some of them were pretty fancy cars, too—Mercedes and the like—and there I was, in my old, patched school uniform. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On January second drab patches of grass could be seen in the fields. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only way out was a raspberry patch. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her brood patch was swollen and soft with a jellylike fluid. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I ran through these bright and dark patches so fast that the changing light nearly blinded me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t have acne or sweat patches. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They lay restlessly and noisily among the dry leaves, watching the patch of stars that was the opening toward the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As a pink sun rose over the pines, vast patches of grass in the field flared up and crackled. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I found a relatively rubble-free patch of ground and spread out our sheet. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, the quiet is shattered by the percussive racket of the helicopter, which spirals down from the clouds and lands in a patch of fireweed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were like patches of moving darkness in the rowdy, noisy traffic. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were pursuing the sow along a road on the edge of the resort where bungalows were fronted by small patches of gardens surrounded by fences. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Acre-size patches of bobbing vegetation, the famous “floating islands” of the Amazon, drift by. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Each of us who now looks at his own patch of work sees Mendel’s clues running through it,” Bateson proposed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’m really not in the mood for his girlfriend trying to patch things up between us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The last trace I saw of the ship was a patch of oil glimmering on the surface of the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Butternut found a patch of sun and lay down on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi pointed out a sunny patch just off the path in the woods, and they spread an old sheet over the pine needles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple glanced down at the list as they meandered toward a patch of green field where a few students were tossing around a football. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he lifts up his eye patch, revealing a nasty hole that has been plugged with a peach pit. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Sorenson was wearing a brown jacket with patches on the elbows and a bow tie. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A woman almost slips on a patch of ice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny patch of unwanted hair that had never even made it onto my "Ten Things I Hate About Myself" list, until Gideon Wright pointed it out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I surely don’t. But she’s had use of the room, and meals, and I had the doctor out to patch her up.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would continue to manage my upper-lip hair, and do my best not to constantly run my finger over the tiny patch of hair that was destroying my will to live. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The land before them sloped away southwards, but it was wild and pathless; bushes and stunted trees grew in dense patches with wide barren spaces in between. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sylvie may have got a full portion that time, but when Laura got caught running through the rhubarb patch, Miss Emily just snapped: “Shouldn’t be here, girl. Off you go,” and walked on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big patch of dry blood was all over the horse’s right-hand flank. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then we went out to the patch of grass where Sophie and Butter lay, and he got Sophie up and led her to the barn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A smaller group of younger chimps goes out into a small forest patch near the sanctuary with one of the Congolese keepers. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

There the darkness seemed to clear, and through the opening could be seen, high and far, a patch of shining sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I found my roll and did a quick patch job, stretching a strip of tape across the bottom of my shoe and over the sides. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She helped hoe the corn patch almost every day, and never complained. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and there was Lizzie, just wrapping a red shawl around herself—a shawl that, needed about as many patches as the house had. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The dense iron of the locomotive rusted from his mere presence, and the paltry patches of grass shriveled and died under his feet. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each word is a naked patch of him, and I want so badly to add up all the bread crumbs I have and make sense of him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dad was talking about weeding the old vegetable patch the other day, but he didn’t get around to it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was an old cabin with its chinks filled with chalk-white clay, with bright new shingles patching its roof. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small triangular patch of light illuminates one wall, but darkness paints the rest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We dug through the snow and slosh for the sun to reach our little potato patch. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My dad picked through the patches and stopped beside my uncle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He pointed to one of the sows trotting over to the patch of ground where he’d dressed the pig. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To patch them in with a matching fabric would require an ability far greater than mine. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And something vast, green, and glittering erupted from the patch of darkness Harry’s eyes had been struggling to penetrate; it flew up over the treetops and into the sky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I found the patch a few years ago, but Gale had the idea to string mesh nets around it to keep out the animals. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In a patch of clay, Hen Wen’s tracks showed as plainly as if they had been carved. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Swear toads infested every damp patch, cursing like sailors. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He lifted his little friend up and carried him to a soft patch of grass. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had baked a slick ice over patches of sidewalks, so we tried to step on only the snowy, crunchy parts. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

So I reach over, take Dray’s face with its black eye patch and sharp lines, and kiss him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He kicked to avoid a floating patch of wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Through soggy patches, over rocks and across a stream, sliding down banks and whacking through brush. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every patch on the quilt had come from a dress she had made for herself through the years. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t gotten used to seeing him with a proper beard, although there are patches on the sides of his mouth where it hasn’t grown in fully. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

An idle wind tussled the leaves in the trees and wafted a patch of smoke like a low cloud toward me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t understand what Emma had meant about going through the patches of feeling—fear, hope, fear, hope, fear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Today his eye patch has a big blue “X” stitched over it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A rock, he thought, and almost passed on, but a patch of white caught his attention. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Old Yeller and I took to sleeping in the corn patch every night. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana wore blue jeans with paisley patches on the knees and her aunts pointed and whispered. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a horrid patch of mud on the beautiful lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hall was dark stone, high ceilinged and drafty, full of drifting smoke, its stone walls spotted by huge patches of pale lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, he still needs to know. In case he has any inclination of patching things up with her. For the sake of Senator Whitworth’s career.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They crossed a row of yellow bricks and reached the shushroom patch on the other side. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A patch of the dress is visible through a plastic window in the garment bag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma had been walking me ’round the yard near our truck patch, and I must’ve been mighty young ’cause I had my arm stretched way over my head to hold on to her hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a damp patch of sweat on my jeans in the shape of my right palm. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was true: A large patch in the middle was different from the rest, although the difference was so subtle only a botanist—or Sticky—would have noticed it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She and James worked on figuring out how to make patches. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the women left their quilt patches in disarray to run to the house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark these white patches are terrifying. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they saw nothing except a field mouse, which came out of its hole and began furricking in a patch of seeded grasses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the petroleum companies, Conoco, that was exploring for oil, agreed to build a big sanctuary for the chimps—a patch of forest with an electric fence around it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the young girl went back to the window and looked down, the damp patch on the gravel had evaporated. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The blessing is that these heartbreaks are but a few of the patches in my prairie year quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Twice I saw a patch of white and thought, The dog! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I leapt up the bank, slipped, and my face went down in a patch of dogtooth violets. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning from the principal’s office window were two uniformed men, the patches on their arms identifying them as West Virginia State Police. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was an oldfashioned drugstore there with a black marble counter and chrome stools with tattered plastic seats patched with electrical tape. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And in the front, where the band had stuck directly to the bare skin, there remained a whole lot of small patches of brown leathery stuff that no amount of washing would get off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dead patch spread outward, as if poison were seeping from the soles of his shoes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Guilt’s all over his face—but so are swollen patches of different colors. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

At night, when I look up at my patch of sky, I see no moon, no stars, not a single point of light. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He wants to know what's happening with the "big dirt patch in the courtyard." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She stared at the dark water, and at the patch of ice just out of reach. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought of the fifty dollars, the nickels and dimes, and the fishermen and blackberry patches. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

These spots can grow into larger spots and merge with others to create patches of pale skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Workmen had patched up the house in a temporary way, covering the windows with plywood and draping the leaky roof with sheets of heavy blue plastic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She sat down and pressed her brood patch against them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I brought his T-shirt, new, only two weeks ago, but already it has brown patches like stains from cashew juice, which never come off. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a long robe, patched and mended to such a degree that I couldn’t really guess at its original color or shape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I studied the map above my father’s desk and pictured Mr. Pirzada on that small patch of yellow, perspiring heavily, I imagined, in one of his suits, searching for his family. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every time Gran’s gaze drifted in that direction—a yard covered in half-clothed dolls, every sports ball imaginable, and patches of trampled grass—she mumbled a prayer to save their souls, or maybe her mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And Father made a vegetable patch in the garden and I helped him. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Warthog tusks were oudined briefly against a patch of cloud in the dock lights. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We found him a hat, an eye patch, and a plastic hook we thought would look perfect sticking out from his black arm sling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes as they lovingly patched and painted, they listened to Bill’s records or sang, Leslie and Jesse teaching Bill some of Miss Edmunds’ songs and Bill teaching them some he knew. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tore my way through the blackberry patches until my hands and feet were scratched raw and red from the thorns. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tin roof was rusted in large patches. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cleaned and bandaged Nate’s blistered hands and patched up the holes in the bottom of his boots. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her last foe was a northman with an axe, a big man bald and bearded, clad in a bymie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With her foot she rubbed both wet patches, so they conjoined. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The walkway was lit up, and the store windows were lit, so she moved through patches of sharp light. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, there was a patch of light from a window on the far side, just like one square of light, but it didn’t do anything to help us see where we were going. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

While I patched the inner tube, Miss Love leaned against the hood of the car, looking like she might faint. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Terryl got back home, in early July, she got a call patched through from the receptionist while she was sitting in her office, in the basement of the Cache County prosecutor’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We stood on the side of Highway 40 in a patch of shade provided by a faded billboard for Lucky Strike cigarettes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed, and I looked, and there was Old Yeller jumping the rock fence and racing toward the pea patch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lit patches of ground like the reflections from some tropical disco ball. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the campus, students emerged from the mustiness of Suzzallo Library and the dankness of their rented rooms, blinked warily, and looked about for a place to stretch out on a patch of grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Solovet began to work her way around the group, cleaning wounds and patching people up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining Fox Brothers men, no longer on anyone’s payroll, sit and watch, smoking and spitting wads of tobacco juice into tall patches of Queen Anne’s lace and thistles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was, without a doubt, the strangest sensation of his life, standing behind the tree, and watching himself in the pumpkin patch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Surely the sleeper hadn’t woken already: in the dimness Ama could make out the shape of the sleeping bag, the lighter patch that was the girl’s hair, and the curve of her sleeping dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I worked my way around a patch of thistles. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey threaded her fingers through his and pulled him into a patch of wildflowers, more weeds than flowers, a patch that came up almost to their elbows. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Other plants began to turn brown, leaving brown patches throughout the field. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the space of two seconds, my mind has zigzagged from her unwillingness to perform, to her history with the elephant tramp, to her lemonade thievery, and back to the cabbage patch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry watched the grass flatten in patches all around the cabin and heard three pairs of feet retreating. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But one day, an old man arrived at school, wearing trousers with a mended patch near the knee, his face gaunt, his body bowed with the humility that poverty had forced on him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Absolute nonsense. Bunkers are safer than lying in a cassava patch.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few years back, Dalton’s mom had left him for a loser with nice pecs and a soul patch, who she subsequently kicked to the curb a year later. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The parrot has an eye patch and a security badge around his neck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I hauled buckets of water to the potato patch, drenching the plants which looked healthiest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owl paused, turned away from her and looked again at the entrance to his hollow; the patch of light it admitted was growing steadily dimmer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A school patch sewn on the breast pocket. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wore a shapeless brown-gray dress with many patches. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if things ever get really cold, I can tape that to a bare patch in the rover, and the RTG will be winning the "heat fight." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dirty snow was pockmarked from the warm rain, and melting in patches to expose the slimy, yellowed grass beneath it; icicles cracked and plunged like daggers from the sharp peaks of the roofs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A patch of space about six inches square at the corner of the table seems almost to be vibrating. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the white tigers prowling on the other side of the fire, but I could not distinguish them from the snow patches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees stood bare again, with patches of white snow still lying where their shadows fell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Horace muttered, “Oh, no,” and I followed his gaze upward, to a dark stain discoloring a roughly circular patch of ceiling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and faded Levis patched on one knee with an embroidered yin-yang symbol. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the gap, I spied a patch of green. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Oil lamps made yellow, trembling patches of light in the doorways and windows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were going past a patch of lawn where there were no trees, and Malcolm felt horribly exposed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We stood outside the door on the patch and he said, “You better not go up there drunk.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled up the right side of her blouse and there was a patch of skin missing, about the size of a large walnut, from her side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They patched up their quarrel, but inwardly she knew something had ended. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Arya saw the matted greasy hair, the patched, dusty black cloak that covered his twisted shoulders, the hard black eyes squinting at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We reach beyond the lavender patch into a thick green hedge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

For this event, you had to cross over a ten-yard patch of Poisoned Peanut Butter but, as Ms. Owens explained, “Only two of you can wear the Anti-Poison shoes to get across at a time!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I returned to my patch on the mountain, talking to myself all the way. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then she glimpsed a round boulder or a patch of sand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They staggered up to a small dry patch near the top of the roof. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat at one of the long curving tables, poring over manuscripts laid out like patches in a quilt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With a millisecond to spare, he’d summoned the winds and avoided becoming a floating patch of demigod grease on the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He needed more patches, he said, so he had to go out and buy another six-pack. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A little patch of white on the floor of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Above his left ear, a patch of blond hair still smoldered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He went without a shirt but something about the wood smoke smell on him kept die insects from bothering him as he walked to the berry patch. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a patched shirt that had faded from blue to gray. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a patch over the hollow of his left eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she hadn’t heard me—her eyes were locked elsewhere, on a patch of dark water near the stern of the boat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I dropped next to him, lay on a thin patch of snow, wheezing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand touched a patch of Arctic peas. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some time before ni-Frith, in the heat of the day, Silver paused in a little patch of thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put a peaked blue cap on, and Velcroed a patch to the breast pocket of his jacket. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We settled on a patch of grass, and taking off our sandals, we swung our feet into the brown water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before long they lost the course of the brook, slipping across the moonlit patches as fugitives and halting in the bushes with raised ears and staring eyes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, a little white house with a miniature patch of green grass in front of it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“There’s still screens to be patched,” Dicey said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, pinned to the earth, under a thick branch, is a brown dog with a white patch on his chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They’re showing off their dance moves, busted robots and the cabbage patch, and looking ridiculous. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Rasheed opened the front gate, Mariam found herself in a small, unkempt yard where yellow grass struggled up in thin patches. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Swans swam past like elegant ships, and the village was all pastel with patches of blue shadow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Halfway around, she reached a blackened patch where the fire had already passed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The snow glittered in patches all over the park. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The doctor had said I wouldn’t be able to tell that the patch was working, like I could with my old meds. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat, With pipe hanging From his mouth, Runs around the yard, Through the patch Of chiles and tomatoes, The purple of Eggplants. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fog wavered and lifted, swirled about in sudden drafts, floated across the path in thin layers, showed a patch of blue sky for an instant and glimpses of trees ahead. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I could see a patch there all right, and a few threadbare spots, but no whiteness was showing through. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holograms were handy for quick patches, but no good under scrutiny. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson used a first aid patch to pick up something that had erupted from the hellish wound on Jenkins’ chest and fallen on the ground near him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lines would have her trek the same patches of rocky earth many times over. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside him, his friend lifted his eye patch and scratched the skin stretched over his empty eye socket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The patches of new skin were dull reddish brown. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a tunic, patched and soiled, and leggings— oxhide patches, bound below his knees against the brambles; gauntlets on his hands and on his head a goatskin cowl of sorrow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the castle together, crossed the vegetable patch, and made for the greenhouses, where the magical plants were kept. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He had patches of honey on his shirt, which were attracting a horde of flies and causing him to swat incessantly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, young man!” he said, and he was kind of weird-looking, because he had on a red beret, like a French person, and an eye patch, like a pirate. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d worn a patch on my other eye to make the lazy one work but that didn’t do anything either. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t walk through the field or wander in the bare patch left by the storm and on out to the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Coarse grey stubble, going white in patches, covered his cheeks and chin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She just kept her eyes set on that yellow patch of grass in her yard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The flap of the rucksack was quite long and could easily spare a patch of the right size. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They see a stuffed giraffe in a closet, patches of hide wearing off its back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I held on by instinct and shouted “Hey!” to Estraven to slow him down, thinking he had speeded up on a smooth patch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry gazed at the circular patch of dusty floor enclosed by his hoop and tried hard to think of nothing else. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Remember when Daddy used to do things like this? Painting, mending stairs, patching the roof.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was thirsty, my tongue a mixture of dry and moist patches, like a sun-baked pond bed, but I didn’t want to hazard drinking the wild stream water unless it was totally necessary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the sky darkened, bugs began appearing above the weed patches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A patch of sweat breaks out on my forehead. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A solitary sunbather in his underpants, facedown on a towel, had patches of uneven sunburn on his shoulders and legs—pink and white like a strawberry and vanilla ice cream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was her favorite part of the Academy—the crescent-shaped patch of earth carved out of the edge of the island, facing the mainland. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were only the flying fish that went up from his bow sailing away to either side and the yellow patches of Gulf weed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully rise to my feet and find I'm in a patch of the stuff that caught on a trunk on its way back to the lightning tree. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, he stopped to pass hraka and then hopped through the thorn patch to the open grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A killer whale surfaced beside the ship, its black sides glistening and its white patches tinged a dirty yellow by algae. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A few scientists, though, found patches of something better. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Soldiers streamed down the hill across the smoking patch of field and then plunged into the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They glided away from the tombstone of Voldemort’s father and then came to rest on a patch of ground that was clear and free of graves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, we did have a chance to talk as we sat next to each other on the ground of the prison courtyard sewing and patching up shabby old mailbags. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the only adequate response to what he just told me, the only thing that does the tragedy justice instead of patching it up hastily and moving on. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The sky was broken now into scudding patches that dragged their swift shadows up out of the shabby garden, over the broken fence and across the yard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take this,” he said, “and hit the patch of bluish crystals just across the crooked fissure. You see it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I could show you a hill, with patches of grass. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim waved and, with a groan, straightened himself to a stand from the patch of garden he was weeding. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was thinner than ever, large tuffs of hair had fallen out leaving wide bald patches, and he writhed in Ron’s hands as though desperate to free himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A black-brown-white group on a sandy patch by the Sabine River. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I broke the seal on the patch kit, I had sixty seconds before the resin set. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He warmed himself and watched a patch of red glow the size of his hand at the bottom of the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I cover the rest and replace the patch of long grass and dandelions. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But I already knew I was going to go through a rough, lonely patch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But a hundred yards from the orphanage, in a thick patch of weeds and brush by the side of the windy highway, something else did. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a circular, sloping patch of ground, with a steep gravel driveway looping around it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky that shows between the patched slats is black, and the train is still moving. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In front of the door were patches of zinnias and marigolds and rhubarb. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was beginning to turn into a mix of orange, pink, and gray, with clouds interrupting in patches all over the horizon. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My father and I have patched things up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The colors appear in geometric shapes like spirals or balls or zigzags, that sort of thing. Or sometimes just a hazy patch of colored air.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sat down and used it to draw in a patch of hard dirt. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The washing rocks at the river were empty, and the watermelon patches, if any, were left alone to heat their hidden liquors in the sun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

People sought out the patches of sunshine or huddled together, cloaked against the early October chill. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Beatriz’s steps match the different beats: a slow tread through the grassless patches of black soil, followed by a faster two-step on the cracked concrete. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I got a piece of rawhide string and patched up the trace chain, and Mama and Lisbeth used Jumper to drag up big dead logs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head was huge and he had about seven or eight patches all over his body. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two goats munched at the edges of a small vegetable patch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As bad as it looked, there in the Albemarle, I still think we could have patched it up somehow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We won’t patch him up and send him out there to break his heart trying to win.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had stood up well to sun and wind, but after the monsoon rains several small patches showed wear and it was well to get things done in good time. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched his mother as she patched his father’s overalls with a piece of ticking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found a grassy patch and sat and ate their warm, fresh bread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Diligent mice tended the neat little vegetable patches which every season gave forth an abundance of fresh produce: cabbages, sprouts, marrows, turnips, peas, carrots, tomatoes, lettuces and onions, all in their turn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The goatman pitched the bucket of stew into a tangled patch of thorns and bounded over a fallen log. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he did,” said Hermione, the pink patches on her cheeks glowing more brightly.'“So what?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A sheaf of foolscap from her father’s office was before her, the desk light threw down its comforting yellow patch, the fountain pen was in her hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She paused on her way to the berry patch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He coughed another patch of blood into the handkerchief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dark patches grew darker, but they shrank; and suddenly he saw, towering ominous before him and leaning slightly towards one another like the pillars of a headless door, two huge standing stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nigel had no eyebrows; the patches of slightly pink skin where his eyebrows should have been gave his plump face an unfinished, ghostly look. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Og patched all of us into your audio and video feeds,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And Will saw a patch of golden light at the cave mouth that had a face and eyes and was watching them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s the same size as mine. Look, we’ll start on that patch over there.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there was a patch of moonlight or the flicker of a lantern from the window of some house along the way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This patch was much smaller, and most of the bottles were intact and floated on the surface. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skillets, beds, patched up spare inner tubes all hanging and dangling from the ancient cars on the outside and hopeful humanity, herded and hovered on the inside, chugging on to the muck. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Briana is dressed like the astronaut Sally Ride and has a jumpsuit covered with homemade patches that say NASA. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Between 1867 and 1871, he pushed himself even harder, growing thousands of hawkweeds in another patch of garden, emasculating the flowers with the same forceps, and dusting pollen with the same paintbrush. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

City clothing only used seams and stitching for decoration, but David’s jacket seemed to be cut together from a dozen patches of leather, all different shades and shapes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had no idea where they stood, but held out hope they would eventually patch things up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The bleak walls have unsightly patches of blue-green mold. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley couldn't see his feet, which made it difficult to walk through the tangled patches of weeds and vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sister’s cheek patches were bright, and across the cheekbones the pink skin met the white in a precise straight line. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His overcoat and trousers seemed older than he was, the way they were patched and hung on his body like the bark of an ancient tree. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had accidentally slept in a patch of poison ivy and was itchy and grumpy. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The day had dawned clear, but now there were clouds beginning to patch the sky with hazy blots of cottony white, and not even any motion there, just the white silence against the blue. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just patched things up with her and now here I was, starting something new. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When Roosevelt leaned over the side of his cot and looked at the floor, he saw moving patches of red and green. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Yet, for all this rare color, his clothing was ragged, torn, and patched in many parts, enough so that I could see his dirty, hairy skin in several spots. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, they had big patches of metallic sheets—the “flypaper”—unspooled and placed at various points throughout the yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just in front of the entrance to the school, her sneakered foot landed on a patch of ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Kelly was sitting at his bench in a patched bathrobe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And in some patches you could see the stars, but I liked to think that they were not stars but the eyes of dragons watching us from above. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no air resistance to slow it down, nor wind to turn it aside—and when it hit the ground it threw up crystals precisely in the center of the “blue patch.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Over the next months my parents did their best to patch the hole left by Ben’s absence, bringing in the other troupers to fill my time productively and keep me from moping. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We can’t patch an artery like an inner tube. By the way, how do you get him to let you take his blood pressure?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has been waiting expectantly since after lunch, tidying up the patch of garden this American woman will be able to see from the galeria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of old snow, he thought, until he saw it stir. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and headed for a big gnarled liveoak tree that stood in a clear patch of ground down the draw apiece. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really peaceful, like a library, with a high ceiling and dusty old wood, and it smells like a pumpkin patch. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boy knelt down to clean her face, slowly lifting whole patches of blood from her cheek, her nose, one eye, then the other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took another bite of corn dog and stared at the patch of dead grass under my feet, chewing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The world was one world, and the notion that a man might kill another over some small patch of it did not make sense—though Ishmael knew that such things happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had to ice Manny’s face and get him patched up before we went home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

For one thing, we’d had to persuade the National Park Service and the White House grounds team to tear up a patch of one of the most iconic lawns in the world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The school ran from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade, which meant that by the time I’d reached the upper grades, I knew every light switch, every chalkboard and cracked patch of hallway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The road was exposed to the wind from the sea and it was blown free of ash save for patches here and there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then complex, whirling patches of fire: oranges, reds, yellows. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had discovered a path of sorts, skirting the dense underbrush and avoiding patches of marshland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle Holt’s old work boots on my feet, a pair of Karl’s patched overalls, rolled up, those heavy canvas gloves on my hands, topped off with my straw hat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We walked on the road between the thick trunks of the old beeches and the sunlight came through the leaves in light patches on the grass. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Worst of all was his head: a helmet of twisted rock and metal with no particular shape—just jagged spikes and pulsing patches of magma. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not because of my patches or my boots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Look!” he called suddenly, aiming the light at a patch of soil just in front of him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the rare occasions that Min dismissed him early, he would hang around the house, looking for little chores to do—pulling weeds in her vegetable patch or sweeping the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A repair crew would patch the outer wall and replace the door. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mist hung just above the trees, burning off in patches where bright sun dulled the intensity of red hibiscus blossoms, yellow morning glories, the purple centers of passion fruit flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The only signs of green were the pale patches of lichen strangling the living rocks on which they grew. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be some way they can patch this up,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The church attempted to patch the holes in the old way of thought, but Aristotle, the geocentric world, and the feudal way of life were all mortally wounded. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The nifflers dived in and out of the patch of earth as though it were water, each scurrying back to the student who had released it and spitting gold into their hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even her hair, which had been as black as a crow’s, grew colorless in scruffy patches on her skull. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The little collection of fruit- bearers growing by the river was his attempt to contrive, rain or no, a patch of the paradise, the green, apple-scented Eden, he envisioned. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men were already out working with shovels and getting things patched up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an overgrown patch, a former plantation bricklayer built a forge for a former plantation blacksmith. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He wore a dark, wide-brimmed hat pulled low to cover a black patch over his eye. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Greenguts’s mail was old and heavy, patched and patched again, much worn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I've brought you a treat. I found a new patch of berries a little farther downstream." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The walls showed cracks, and clods of mud had fallen where people had bumped against them, but these I left for patching in the morning. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody continued on through the large vegetable patch where the green corn was higher than his head. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wounds were patched or covered, and they were oiled and prepared for whatever was to come next. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the wall, where Matt could have sworn nothing had been a minute ago, was a red, glowing patch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dark red patch on his jaw where Maxim had hit him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The little patch of moving shadows had vanished, but the rumble went on for a few moments. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I find a patch of shadow, I use it to crawl under the edge of the cloth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They lifted sticks in the air together whenever they came to an easy patch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

So I do a second sketch that does look like the parrot, eye patch and all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then he dragged Felix across the lobby and outside to his favorite small patch of grass near the Grand Regency sign. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Directly in his field of view, the Hab canvas patch flapped violently as the ship exponentially gained speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see; my faceplate was covered by the makeshift patch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I can do is watch the patch of black night through my window turn to blue and then yellow, ever so slowly, with the light of morning. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carefully blotted the dark patch, staring down at the spill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came home and gave the patch to my dad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were dark patches in the red gravel where the pavement ended, and she drove the car over Mr. Healy’s blood. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"It's coming from her scalp. Look where the bald patches are. They're oozing. The comb's been piercing her." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know Ali Shekari yet, because this was only our second week, but I had seen him cause he was a seventeen-year-old dude and had a denim jacket with patches. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She and the other girls stayed in a rundown house with shabby equipment and patched straw mattresses. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He led me around the side of the house and there, strutting across that little patch of grass, was a chicken. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The rabbit dove into a patch of greenbrier and Oksi flew back to her perch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They had been painted red years ago but had chipped over time, revealing layers of orange and green, and patches of bare steel underneath. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She crouched down and peered at something on the ground, as a patch of shadow moved into the moonlight, revealing itself to be a grizzled man in his mid-forties. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her sturdy little legs carried her through the grass from one patch of wildflowers to another. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Trouble was, when I got within ten feet or so, he would just move away and graze on another patch of grass. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a patch of ivy,” she said, hitching Constance higher on her back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bits of it have begun to peel away, exposing pale patches of new bark underneath. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of the pier, a guy who looked about a million years old was passed out in a patch of sunlight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she reached for her skirt, a carelessly raised foot revealed a patch of soil on each pad of her sweetly diminishing toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But now, in the bright sunlight of midday, the place looks like just another worthless patch of prairie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The little ones explored the little patch of woods while Dicey studied the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will remembered his own absolute certainty, on seeing the patch of grass through the window in the air, that it wasn’t in his world, and he nodded. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s big patches of oak trees there. And whenever Sounder was given his head, he picked the hills for huntin’.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They really were going to make me sleep in a shed with a patch of blood from that kid who had disappeared out of here a couple of weeks ago! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We won’t let you pass unless you show us your boobies,” one of them yelled, a tubby one with a plastic pirate patch over one eye. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Me and the Preacher walked through a patch of woods toward the sounds that were cutting through the night air. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She wore a flower-print dress that had been patched so many times it almost looked like a quilt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When they removed it, I was pleased to see large patches of raw, angry skin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The patch kit is a cone-shaped valve with super-sticky resin on the wide end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one else cared that Professor Lupin’s robes were patched and frayed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Who would question a boy with that many patches on his shirt? Besides, it was the only disguise I could find that came with a hat.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The manager, a paunchy man with sweat patches under his arms, kept flashing smiles and telling me that no one in the bank had touched the money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a photo on my wall of a woman I’ve never met, its left corner torn and patched together with tape. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

You were underneath it, really thinking you would be able to find a way to patch all those holes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It begins with a disturbance off the port bow; a patch of bubbling white water marking something beneath the surface. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The light grows brighter still to reveal his face, the gaping eye sockets, the beard torn out in bloody patches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Here and there, on slender patches of beach, shirtless young men tossed footballs back and forth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the scene was empty; the wet patch on the ground where Cecilia had got out of the pond was the only evidence that anything had happened at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a round grassless patch in the middle of the lawn, like an island in a green sea, where a thin palm tree stood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A guy wearing an eye patch steps closer to me and starts dancing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I see the eight of us in the Annex as if we were a patch of blue sky surrounded by menacing black clouds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The other is pushing the pole too hard into a patch of mud at the bottom of the river. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They could have let him keep his cloak, Jon Snow thought, the one the wildling woman patched with strips of crimson silk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When she was far enough away not to be noticed, she sat on a patch of grass under a tree and began to draw their two faces in the dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He burst into the living room, his bald patch gleaming with sweat, his spectacles askew, Fred right behind him, both pale but uninjured. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A patch of Dauntless flames covers his right side, but other than that, his chest is unmarked. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He watched more alertly as the cat approached the spot again, just an empty patch of grass between the hornbeams and the bushes of a garden hedge, and patted the air once more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colonel’s ponderous, farinaceous cheeks were tinted suddenly with glowing patches of enthusiasm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The views atop the hill were bracing, yet it was the ringwall that drew Jon's eye, the weathered grey stones with their white patches of lichen, their beards of green moss. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, he had an eye patch, and he’d tied his hair down under a doo rag made from an old black T-shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We got to Cooter’s home, opened the gate, and went ’round back to his mother’s truck patch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We were outside, standing on a patch of lawn off to one side, out of sight of the public but with a beautiful, close-up view of the White House, lit up in pride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

A funny little garden gnome stands guard by Uncle Phil’s squash patch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was wood everywhere: in fences; as cooking spits; laid down in walkways over muddy patches; and in big stacks by the fires. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her question was answered a moment later when a gout of flame shot from the machine, squirting across the river to ignite another patch of flowers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was May Belle who came to tell him in the bean patch that people were moving into the old Perkins place down on the next farm. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden clogs I wore were terrible for crossing icy patches and clomping through snowdrifts, but I was still better off than those who had lost their shoes, or never had any to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

So Bronwyn set her on a dry patch of sand, and we all stood back and waited. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the morning, bright sunlight turned the roughened water into patches of flashing silver. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hair had burned away, leaving only ragged patches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I look down at my arms, lightly tracing the outline of my patches and thinking about Ivy’s story. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But there are more flower patches to check.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sweltering heat alarmed her, as did Aunty Uju’s old Toyota hatchback, with a patch of rust on its side and peeling fabric on the seats. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The path was crooked, rocky, and potholed, sloping downhill like the last one, and it seemed to be heading for a patch of dark trees a little below them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The windows to the living room, the foyer, and the upstairs guest bathroom were broken, patched haphazardly with sheets of clear plastic or wooden boards nailed across the frames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing he noticed was that the gull’s head was molting and turning white, though a dark brown patch remained behind each eye. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had put on his finest clothes to come to court, but his breeches were patched, his cloak travel-stained and dusty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Earlier in the spring I had found a lush patch of miner’s lettuce and wild rapini in the Berkeley Hills, but by June the greens had begun to yellow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The remaining darker patch on the ground was also a person, changing shape again as it sat up and called her name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We had gone up to the corn patch to pick a bait of blackeyed peas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

No other houses were visible, although patches of light from windows showed through high hedges or trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then the mirror disappears, and my—his—our hands are around our own throat, dark patches creeping into the edge of our vision. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Her apron has its share of it,” Heather said, referring to the darkened, spattered patches on the cloth, and she and Claire both laughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was so hot, if you stood still too long in the vacant lot, the sun bouncing off a chunk of broken glass or metal could fry a patch on your hide. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel-rah, I’ve been quite close to that wood you spoke of,” he said, “and there are two rabbits playing about on a patch of short grass just outside it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark and windy and kind of spooky, the way pumpkin patches are at the end of October. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He wore a brown corduroy suit with leather elbow patches and carried a worn, overstuffed briefcase. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus he wore an eye patch, which I’m assuming would have made playing tennis difficult. But his younger brother, Glenn, was a member of the team.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The red tile roofs of the mansion spread out in a patch of intense green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new smith tower had risen from the ruins of the old, its stone a paler shade of grey, and as yet unmarred by patches of lichen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My overalls were patched and faded but they were clean. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some patches were so dense with weeds that strawberry plants struggled to survive. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But he could perfectly well live for years, as far as that goes. Born and bred in a briar patch, Brer Fox.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where his silhouette is, I can only see a patch of static. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was now high, and it shone down through the half-stripped branches of the trees, and lit the clearing with bright patches of light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was quiet in the harbour though and he sailed up onto the little patch of shingle below the rocks. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fur was old, and there were small bald patches where the bare skin showed through. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if anyone would hear us scream in this remote patch of land. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bolt took one side of the ticking patch with it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of birds was clear in the air; the sun dappled the ground in patches of yellow and light green; the new leaves whispered gently when the breeze rustled through. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waits outside for Marco to return, a pale blue shawl pulled around her shoulders like a patch of day-bright sky in the night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They glance at the stripes on his collar patch and sleeves; the cords in their throats tighten. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So he hooked a patch of yellow Gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t have a patched hull or old battered house doors like so many fishermen’s boats. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His music was causing lines of bugs to leave the strawberry patch in every direction, like refugees fleeing a fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is the only self-indulgence of his day’s strict routine—Parzival as a nightcap, to clear his mind of the blood that flecks the silver pips on his black collar patches. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Great patches of grasses around them were scorched to ash. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jack was fine, no eye patch, no shard of glass sticking out of his eye, no permanent disfigurement. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every time it hits a patch of uneven pavement, it jostles me from side to side, even though I’m gripping the seat to keep myself still. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They roll over a patch of green grass, man and beast, Baba’s curly brown hair flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She approached the little patch of air with passionate curiosity, because she hadn’t had time to look at the first one: she’d had to get away as quickly as possible. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A small caption appeared under an image of a reporter standing before a patch of swampy woods. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Using a toilet brush, I scrubbed my boots and legs to remove obvious patches of dirt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butternut flopped back into a sunny patch on the steps between the two of us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I could see my culling like a trail behind us on the quickly forming ice patches. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plug was quite the gentleman as we picked our way around patches of mucky gumbo the next morning. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sheriff gestures toward a patch of wall in the distance with a group of Negroes and drovers patrolling it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“So, do you want to know what’s under my eye patch, then?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Milkman became agile, pulling himself up the rock face, digging his knees into crevices, searching with his fingers for solid earth patches or ledges of stone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peel away the edge of the bandage, revealing the puncture wound—no longer bleeding, thankfully—and the patch of blue dye that doesn’t seem to be fading. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mending, scavenging moss, patching the leak in the roof. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Valley pushed a cauldron from the other side of the room toward the small patch of light made by the overhead candelabra, and Seven poured the remaining roba recuerdos potion inside the cauldron. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

While the other containers were brightly colored and marked with company logos, this one was black with big patches of orange rust. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps something had caught his eye, a likely habitat for microbes, say, or a patch of green where none should be. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Zeebo, right now. You can come help me turn my car around. I’d be in the corn patch before long.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ron’s magic wand was lying on top of a fish tank full of frog spawn on the windowsill, next to his fat gray rat, Scabbers, who was snoozing in a patch of sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Because he was the only Negro doctor for two hundred miles, Tony’s father delivered babies, gave tonics and cough medicine for head colds, and patched up scratches, cuts, and burns. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They would warm a man’s bed by night, patch the holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The patched and ragged Sorting Hat was standing on a shelf. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they approached this gray foundation, Mrs. Frisby saw that near the middle of it, a few inches off the ground, there was a square patch of darker gray. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother patched up Bulelwa’s ear and made sure to stop the bleeding. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Not fistfuls, but one little hair at a time until I had round bald patches on my head. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured that was less noticeable than if I sewed on patches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In each patch, one can use a different set of three coordinates to specify the position of a point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could half see, as faintly glowing patches ahead of her, two adults, three children. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I rested my hand on a small patch of bandages while Audrey and Mother rushed around me, chanting and tapping. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There is a black patch over his left eye and his face is a series of sharp lines—a tight jaw, a straight nose, and a hard smile. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All she needed was a small patch of earth—then her powers would be restored. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The girl’s jacket, an old army one, was covered in pins and patches. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The balloon bobbed and weaved with the air currents for a while, the patches of trees making way for taller and taller buildings, and Zane sat, not thinking much of anything. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

He pointed at the large patch of freshly turned earth Harry had watched him digging from the Owlery window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were surprised to see how easily they got her up, but of course there weren’t any holes in the hull or other damage that needed patching. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The basketball court is a strange patch of neutral ground, a meeting place for every element of a neighborhood’s cohort of young men. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His left crutch shot out onto a patch of loose stones. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at the sleeve of her new coat and the bright red patch that made it and she gasped. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Blaise was twenty-three, his father slipped on a patch of ice and broke his thigh. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Over snapping branches and soft patches of earth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even when the hills were brown and baked in the summer that little patch was green. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel like...like we’re going through patches of fog?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sips on his longneck beer from start to finish and touches the whiskers that seem glued in patches on his man-boyish face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Eric bent down and blew softly again till the patch was bright Sam poked the piece of tinder wood into the hot spot, then a branch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He was a great Beater, though,” said Ron, leading the way off the path into a small clearing, and sitting down on a patch of dry grass at the foot of a tree. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kids who slide on icy patches in the winter and stomp in puddles in the spring. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Whenever I’m playing center field, I always keep a wad of seeds in my cheek and spit them at patches of grass, divots, pieces of paper, and dandelions. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Tents were jammed side by side on the few patches of muddy earth not covered with snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I unbutton my shirt and stare at my bare side, which is patched with bruises. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Covering the poles were hides and rags and in some places patches of straw thatch. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them were sitting outside the kolba, in a patch of shade thrown by the willows, on folding chairs arranged in a triangle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

With these problems patched over, the two theories are no longer incompatible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As loud voices approached the dock and a plane droned overhead circling to land, Cole watched the white patch of hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

First the water glistened with patches of oil. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a patch of dirt that had been dug out haphazardly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A patch of silence follows before his voice returns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was custom engineered—“no hand-me-down magnets, no industrial discards . . . ‘no patch work,’ ” as the Joliots’ emissary Maurice Nahmias had derided the old standards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The Renegades are going through a rough patch,” he says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But when I looked closer, I saw bald patches and sores. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were all on edge, sometimes starting at nothing and, again, lying down in any patch of long grass that offered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicked the sheet clear of her legs and turned the pillow to find a cooler patch for her cheeks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Outside of Greenwood, the sun cast patches of light and shadows across the cotton fields revealing a thin gray mist, unstirred by morning breezes, that clung to the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mama had found a patch of chokecherries that were much more luscious than most. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bright green pastures stood out against patches of black forest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The island was less than a mile wide, a barren patch of sand and rock distinguished only by the wrecked foundation of an old tower used by the Council of Tides. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bloody patches appeared on their scalps and made their hair disappear. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I look at the little patch of ground in the middle of so many families. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They aren’t a patch on a woman except they’re better at fixing cars and playing football, just what we need for the improvement of the human race, right? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I’m warm and patched up in my old bed in the hospital. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a sea of green, a kind of baseball Emerald City, with not a bald patch in the grass far as you can see. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I point to the patches on my jacket, which is increasingly wrong for the weather, but I refuse to shed it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The walls were discolored with patches of nitre. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After ten noisy, rocky minutes, the trees thinned, and Harry could again see patches of sky. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But Jean Price doesn’t attribute the rough patch in their relationship to Scott’s climbing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He yawned, scratched his ear then rolled lazily on a patch of dried mud. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jacket was multicolored, made of large patches sewn together — some dark blue, some deep purple, a few bright red. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

To complete the picture, El Alacrán wears an eye patch, from when the eyeball was gouged out. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

TJ looks handsome in his navy blazer with brown suede elbow patches. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Flowers grew intermittently; a patch of iris here, a colony of dandelions there. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And my bangs are' all funky, too, so you can see the patches above my eyebrows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Hel and I argue, we usually patch things up in a few hours—a day at most. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was only a short distance now to the river, but among the sodden patches of rushes, the bushes and sedge and deep puddles, they found it next to impossible to tell their direction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I saw was a patch of brambles. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you were level with the patch so that it was edge-on, it was nearly invisible, and it was completely invisible from behind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, every person is a book with chapters. Some are glorious and some are dark and ugly. Every person survives something. We should get a patch for it.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He came to a bare spot between two large patches of weeds and sat down to rest. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I waited by the back door as the sun got hotter, staring at the hard-packed dirt of the backyard, wondering how even the few patches of crabgrass were still alive. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every day, for several summers, that tiny secret sand- patch on that tiny secret island was our regular destination. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countryside speeds by, fields of blues and yellows and reds and greens, the patches and swirls of summer. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They moved through warm patches of sunlight and dark pools of shade. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine-clad servants’ cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came out into a patch of bright moonlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biddy was lying on her fat stomach, wiggling her fingers at a patch of rosemary and singing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But eventually they relented, and we were able to cut out a small garden on a narrow patch of earth against the far wall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One very hot morning in July, we were down on north beach where Timothy had found a patch of calico scallops not too far offshore. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, the drive tunneled between massive oaks, dark with shadows, but lit here and there with patches of moonlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was no encampment outside this gate, only brown fields with patches of moss growing over the ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But they saw none and soon grew bolder, crossing open spaces and even stopping to nibble at dandelions in the patches of weeds and rough grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Segee was next to the barn raking through his truck patch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba spent four months wrapped in bandages, stiff as a board from splints, patches, and hooks, in a dreadful torment of itching and immobility, and consumed by impatience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the small patch of America to which they lay claim. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had a regular uniform he met trains in, a sort of Uncle Tom's cabin outfit, patches and all. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all had our little “patch” in the wilderness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hamilton children went barefoot, and their overalls were patched and food was sometimes scarce, to pay for the crisp blueprints with cogs and planes and elevations. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We touch down in a small tree-covered patch across the road from the Maine Mall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then we lie down next to each other on the floor, shoulders touching, staring at the same patch of white ceiling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I can remember where I left a patch of vetch—it must be somewhere this way.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year, the children watched to see that coat emerge—big and shaggy and always different, sewed with new furs, patched with discarded calicos, even velvets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So what’s going to happen if my patches keep spreading and spreading? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

From small clearings, now, they could see in the distance the rocky peaks rising above the Little Baldy Bear Lakes; some saddles between peaks still carried slim patches of snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached underneath and found a patch of pitted metal that crumbled like stale crackers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He hobbled now among the patches of ice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they climbed higher, the patches of weeds grew thicker, and they had to be careful not to get their feet tangled in thorny vines. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was a dark patch above his muzzle that made him look like he had a black eye. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tore a clump of fresh mint leaves from the fragrant patch at her feet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Olmsted recognized that Burnham’s forces could not possibly finish patching and painting by May 1 and that his own work would be far from complete, but he saw clear improvement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As we follow the meadow down the last steep slope of the mountain range, I see a patch of evening primroses near a stone fence. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved to a water-stained patch of concrete floor directly beneath the hole in the ceiling, sat down cross-legged, and angled my body so the light shone upon the book. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For seven, you could buy a coat—it would be an old, patched coat, but still warm. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crouches beside me, outlined against the lake, a blacker patch of water. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had pale eyebrows and a ton of black hair, with a big wine stain covering the skin around his right eye and beyond, like a pirate’s patch. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And whenever a new hole appeared, he’d get out his hammer, down a beer, and do another patch job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She patched up the hole in the dome with a latticework of branches before adding a layer of mud and leaves, and soon the repairs were complete. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d better ring him later and tell him I’ll play Hopefully someone will break my neck in the middle of a giant nettle patch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Only it’s patches of feelings? Hope, fear, hope, fear....And it goes along with how strong the smell is?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The patches on my feet are bigger than quarters now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Usually Toby showed up at his apartment, rubbing at his stomach or arm like he’d run through a patch of poison ivy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

These patches of disorder make no difference — it is a house too spectacular to suffer distraction, forgiving of oversight and mess. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me how you shot him in the chest. You had to patch the bullet holes in the suit. In this very suit I’m wearing, the one that saved your life.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even my cartoon hair is wild, and I added a patch on my eye to look especially menacing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The audience is patched in to the direct reports from a field artillery battery in New Jersey’s Watchung Mountains. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The local sawbone doctor had patched me up as best he could, and, unfamiliar with the remarkable thickness of my skull, expressed serious doubts as to whether or not I would ever wake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sarah reached for my elbow as we trod upon a slick patch of cobblestones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must have climbed a long way up; Tally could see patches of moonlight rolling slowly across the low hills around the city, pushed along by the fight wind that barely tugged at the clouds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That is why he wears an eye patch. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Today he wears a patch with a blue eye painted on it, complete with a half-lowered eyelid. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Boomer and I duck beneath the wire and weave between the trunks, keeping clear of the patches of poison oak. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lurvy, the hired man, heard the noise and came up from the asparagus patch where he was pulling weeds. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

De Vries harvested and planted fifty thousand seeds from the patch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

After patching up my leg, I took every bit of rainy-day money I had saved and bought five pints of dreg, a cheap, foul liquor strong enough to blister the inside of your mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His left eye was covered with a black patch. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was slim, with black hair that she wore in a bun, jeans, and a denim jacket with peace insignias, “Stop the War” buttons, and red, black, and green liberation patches sewn on. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of glowing white hair appeared over the ridge, then a familiar grinning face with pure silver eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She woke early, met Pol in a stable yard or at an empty patch of dirt near their hostel, raised the bow, and loosed arrows until breakfast. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of dried blood on the bridge of his nose. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

For my dare, we went back to the Pit for me to get my first tattoo, the patch of Dauntless flames covering my rib cage. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The patches of mold disappeared from the tree trunks, and the drooping plants rose upright, their leaves turning bright emerald as they basked in the blossom's light. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if there was a patch of night it couldn’t get through. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The building pushes out into an L shape, and the empty section is the dark one around the back, in a patch of frozen dirt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His preoccupation lasted all the way across the sodden vegetable patch until they arrived in greenhouse three, but here he was distracted by Professor Sprout showing the class the ugliest plants Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing but blue sea with occasional patches of orange-brown seaweed. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its bare patches glimmered in the fuzzy light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shrank into the shadows and watched as it emerged into a patch of moonlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“What is your plan, then?” said the bear, who was basking in the sunlight, his belly flat down in a patch of snow among the rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rifleman swatted his friend, who laughed and straightened his eye patch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were still patches of undeveloped land only a few blocks from our house. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved carefully away from the cliff’s edge, feeling her way in the dark to a mossy patch beside some bushes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And that was in a circular patch of red volcanic chips that hurt Dell's feet, even when he wore thick-soled shoes and was just trying to take a shortcut to the always- strange-smelling stairwell. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She takes the back of my arm in one hand and runs the other over the blue patch that’s spreading beneath my skin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At least this helped Thomas know directions—the wooden building crouched in the northwest corner, wedged in a darkening patch of shadow, the grove of trees in the southwest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He should have a black patch, over one eye, a cravat with horseshoes on it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been out in the village much since I stopped wearing makeup, so I’m sure he’s wondering about my patches. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Another time: “I picked you from a cabbage patch. Didn’t you know?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the doctor’s instructions to wear an eye patch for twenty-four hours, I had to take it off. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jersey has a black number 5 on the back and a round black patch over the heart, hand sewn, that shows a ferocious-looking eagle with arrows in its talons. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It disturbed him that the plants thrived and filled the fenced patch with bloom like a funeral parlor, but would not set fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dri emptied the wrenches and rope and hammer from the plastic milk crate, and then she lined the crate with the patch of tarp we’d just cut to form a sort of bowl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parker Head had become a curved slope lolling easily and lazily up against houses and over fences, leaving a bare patch now and again to show just how high the snow had reached. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The day has turned even colder, the wind more forceful, the sun a faint white patch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go and have a look,” said Harry, pointing to a large patch of tents upheld, where the Bulgarian hag — white, green, and red — was Buttering in the breeze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Multicolored patches are sewn over spots where he ripped open, his stuffing pouring out when I squeezed too hard during the most painful of my treatments. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he even got little patches of baldness on the back of his head, and she checked for them now, sifting through his dark brown strands with slow method. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After her first sunburn, Tally stuck a sunblock patch onto her skin every morning at dawn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear complied, and the man stuffed them into the container as a temporary patch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They always left wearing kerchiefs to cover their bald patches. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark when Jam started walking home, but she hopped through the large patches of yellow streetlight on the sidewalk, her steps soft and hopeful. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the wooden door and stepped through into a yard that had very little in it save for a parched strawberry patch and a bare lemon tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every wrinkle was a patch of sorry to be smoothed and flattened. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The fireflies were dancing dots of light in the dark patches, and the air was sweet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Each time she returned, she could see that slowly but surely the patch of cleared earth was growing larger. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neatly clipped black hair, silvery about the temples with scant patches of grayness, reminded me of my father’s head ten years before, those dense shines of hair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without Bobby’s knowledge, the nurses applied morphine patches to his body to ease his pain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At one point they came to a little lake, a patch of intense blue scarcely thirty yards across among the red rocks. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo looked up through the dark, fan-shaped leaves at patches of bright sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked the dirt in the garden—rich dirt wriggling with worms—bringing a sad patch of vegetables to life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Need to patch up a few spots over behind the barn next,” called Mr. Babkow, fastening the fencing to its post. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the cat, sitting in a patch of sunlight, carefully licking his paws and rubbing his face. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The next day my leg was so purple it had patches of green in it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I slide my palm into his, leaning against him to keep the weight off my tingling knee as I inch my way down to a patch of sand below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Smith patched them together, soothed their ailments, and learned. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was alone on the small patch of ice, while freshly displaced water churned next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The asparagus patch looked like a silver forest. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Strangers make noise in sleep or waking, every one of them dreaming of somewhere other than this stony patch of ground among strangers. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was when he reached the bottom step that it occurred to him how very pleasant it would be to pass the vegetable patch on his walk to Hagrid’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We could patch up that broken trace for pulling an ordinary load. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shield of Hercules rolled away and wobbled to a stop in a patch of poison flowers. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But then the patches blinked more rapidly, dulled and went out, so that he saw that a great heaviness of smoke lay between the island and the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The drums pounded and the pipe music was shrill, and everywhere the flow of the crowd was broken by patches of dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had a patch of black sticky stuff in her hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I walk on, eventually settling on a patch of grass some distance from the Fox Brothers menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the soft earth of a bean, potato, black-eyed pea and asparagus patch there is plenty of food left over for mice after the human crop has been gathered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The patches of white above the eyes, on the cheeks and around the mouth came off as finishing touches worthy of a Kathakali dancer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bessie strolled over to a greenish patch—most of the field was brown and dry—and yanked up a mouthful. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They took patches of skin from my upper thigh and put them over the most badly burned parts of my stomach, ribs, and chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt had been smoothed over and grass had already started growing in patches. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And underneath, a boat-shaped patch of withered grass. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside her padded coat she wore an old blue blouse, loose and faded, with a big patch on the elbow. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside Ben stared at an old leather flight jacket with a warm fur collar and the patch of the Red Cobra Squadron on the sleeve. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could just locate a game trail or spot a particularly green patch of vegetation, these might help me along, but nothing seems to change. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had to wave my hand in front of my eyes to clear a patch in the fog of cigarette smoke that filled the room. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The most petite sheet-wearing person touched my arm and gestured for me to walk away from that gathering toward another patch of bushes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fie was wearing a long black cloak, and there was a bald patch at the back of his head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

Black patches danced across his vision, then he lost consciousness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The taller one wears trousers patched with careless stitches. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pops it back in place, but somewhere in the storm, the eye patch was lost. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A few animals rummaged for food, and Tally watched in silent horror as a stray rabbit was taken by a wolf, the short struggle leaving only a patch of blood and for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I hear you,” she called softly back, as she ran towards the empty road and the patch of woods beyond. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s shivering nearly as bad as the gunman as she waits for some zitty twenty-nine-year-old fella with a tie and sweat patches under his arms to fill the bag with money. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Money? Do you see any money? The goats are in a patch of grass over the dune somewhere. The people sleep right here. They eat right here. Their lives are extremely simple.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to be sitting outside with patches of snow still on the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

What we do is go down to the playground and cut over behind that little patch of trees, just in case anybody is looking, and then we can circle around behind the pond. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Bill and me worked in that patch of field peas. Run cultivators, both of us. Bill was a hell of a nice fella.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That one flower stood all alone in a patch of sun, one bright pink spot on the brown leaves under a maple tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I reached under the kitchen table for my patched khaki shorts and dressed hurriedly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rounded patch of sunlight fell on his face and a brightness appeared in the depths of the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was sitting humped over, with his hands jammed deep in the pockets of his patched and worn mackinaw. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Preacher opened the gate, walked into the truck patch, squatted down, and peered at the tracks just as sharp as I’d done. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Buttercup ripped her clothes into patches and ties, and they worked at the wound, caking the blood with mud from the floor of the Fire Swamp, then bandaging and rebandaging over it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she was done I had patches of acid burns all over my scalp. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In this case there were two identical patches of spiderweb cracks and two reproductions of the same Rembrandt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It had lain near the strawberry patch for as long as anyone could remember. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a poor job, unsteady, the patches of wood-filler showing through, and the varnish heavy and uneven. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unlit oil lamp hung on the wall beside the door, the patch of will behind it was singed soot black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road has some patches of snow, but mostly it’s just wet. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped suddenly and sat me down in a patch of heather along the lane. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was well known by sight to all the warren, for his fur was entirely gray, with patches of near-white that now caught the moonlight as he sat scratching himself without speaking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a few steps below; Ugwu could see the bald patch on the middle of his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a dark, shapeless, ungirt robe covered with patches and stains. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remember having books in my hands, and that as I moved towards where Ruth and the others were talking, there was a strong patch of sun across the desk-lids they were sitting on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are patches all over Baba’s tunic, and Mama’s work dress is stretched and slightly too big for her bony frame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The moon was a thin, bright machete cutting its way through patches of clouds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually the plant engineer removed the tubing to use to patch other outworn equipment at the Hediondo. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak is all dressed up, too, he's wearing this tweedy new suit jacket that has patches on the elbows and Grim says all he needs is a pipe and he'll look like quite the professor. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of Chicago, where you can go days without ever once stepping on a single patch of actual earth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Smith patched through an emergency call to their cruise ship: Come to Belmont. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trudged along as fast as they could, over patches of grass, and through thick drifts of old leaves; and all about them the rain pattered and trickled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the younger children couldn’t go past the pine clump toward the big house and the town, or the bramble patch where they picked blackberries in summer in the other direction. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out Uhmma’s sewing kit and patch up the hole as best as I can. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She lifts her skirt up and shows me the big red and purple patches covering her white thighs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow patches lay under trees where the sun did not fall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And in the faint gleam, he could see it: just above her left temple, there was a little patch of hair that was shorter than the rest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cole’s head rested on a patch of spongy moss that acted as a pillow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Our patch of dirt sat not far from the southern fence along E Street, where tourists often congregated to gaze up at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I finish searching one patch, then look up at the chain-link fence that separates where I’m allowed to go from where I’m not. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unofficial and true story involved a Bog Monster following him and Sheed home after they uncovered an eldritch patch of swamp deep in the Gnarled Forest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at the black patch on his right eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A hazy patch of sunlight shone through the open door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was early December, and patches of ice alternated with drifts of brown leaves. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven tried not to feel jealous, and she tried not to look for Poppy in the large patch of purple in the crowd but she couldn’t help it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If I may be so bold, ma’am,” the patch says with the slightest hint of a bow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dray, with his eye patch and gold cross, holds his hands out and calls Donna’s name. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The other Gladers murmured their conversations in hushed tones, an intense feeling of dreadful anticipation hanging over them like a patch of thick fog. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A patch of sky, frozen in a cloudy retina, reflected in a puddle on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fern pushed the straw aside in the center of the run to reveal patches of grass but mostly dirt. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was indeed a small patch of earth poking through the cement. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When Kaori imagined her birth, she pictured herself emerging from a patch of lavender, dark haired and full of rage at the injustice of her past lives, of which there were two. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Just like her namesake, Omakayas now stared long at the silky patch of bog before she gathered herself and jumped. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I used my own hairbrush and worked real hard at all the knots and patches of fur stuck together. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We crossed the residential street and were trekking through a barren patch of rough land that led to the hill when, suddenly, a rock struck Hassan in the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once I break the seal on the patch kit, the binary components of the resin mix and I have sixty seconds before it hardens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The NSA had instructed him to patch up fraying relations with Britain’s intelligence community—and also to lay the groundwork for spying on America’s enemies, as well as some of its closest friends. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Round, wet patches of sweat encircled his underarms, darkening the white of his soutane. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the others had made it halfway up the hill to the stretch of path nearest the drapeweed patch, Kate had already reached the hilltop well above them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We, too, were always being patched up, dropped somewhere, and told to do the best we could with what we had. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right!” said Hermione, red patches blazing in her cheeks as she pulled a very old piece of newsprint out of her pocket and slammed it down on the table in front of Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The road ahead of us is long and straight, marked with cracks and swollen patches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We slipped off our sandals where the road met the sand and carried them up a dune, weaving through patches of beach grass and the green-and-rust-colored ice plants. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing for it but follow the way the dog might’ve gone, scanning the clotted woods for patches of trotting white. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Here there was nothing except white patches of salt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fool turned his patched and piebald head to watch Pylos climb the steep iron steps to the rookery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly here, in and out through patches of sunlight like empty mansion rooms, methodically listening to each footstep press the grass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A gray tinge lingers just under the whiteness of her skin, and tiny patches of whiskers crop up along her cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, and he stared back, a patch of darkness lighter than the rest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could see the sun-splashed ground over an area of perhaps fifty yards from where he lay, and as he watched, the sunlight in every patch blinked at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They could find her honey patch even if she, herself, didn’t return. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He's wearing a navy-blue uniform with some kind of official patch on the arm, and his cap has a gold shield on it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The back seat is patched with gray duct tape; the half-open Plexiglas barrier is covered with notices warning him not to smoke, telling him how much to pay to the various airports. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Even more sunburned, covered in mud, or trying to scratch patches of bug bites with their free hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Cat’s legs was so long and his pants so short his knees showed—an’ his head looked like a briar patch!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop thinking about the patch of warmth Yakov’s hand had left on my back, the heat and weight of his touch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just as we got up to the slabrock fence that Papa had built around the corn patch, I looked over and spotted this gobbler doing our pea-picking for us. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the lee of a boulder no larger than a dishwasher, the climbers hunkered in a pathetic row on a patch of gale-scoured ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

What were those little white patches dotting every sidewalk? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the faint patch of light below the ragged hole in the roof, a rabbit was standing—no Efrafan, a rabbit unknown to the General. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby sighed and held her breasts, laxly rubbing the nipples until they grew stiff, letting her body flow and twirl with the currents, her toes stepping lightly off rocks, pressing gently along patches of sand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go patch the hole in her barn and do some chores quickly so that by the time Ivan’s papa came back, she’d be free for the day. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Biddy’s face look like—I don’t know—a full moon rising over a corn patch. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Apollo sprinted to the nearest patch of wildflowers and picked a yellow one from a crack between the stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not for long,” said Mr. Weasley, mopping his bald patch with a handkerchief and peering in at the four bunk beds that stood in the bedroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But, everything said, it would be easier to patch that than my kidney. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then we rounded a corner and the cathedral’s dome revealed itself, proud and imposing despite patches of fire-blackened stone and a few crumbling arches. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He walked up through the vegetable patch, kicking his bare toes into the dust. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where the water spilled over and sank into the ground there was a patch of perpetually green grass. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so are the bald patches where the stucco had crumbled off. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There were little patches of yellow beneath her ears. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We hoped you’d only gone one grate too far. He mopped his glistening bald patch. “Molly’s frantic — she’s coming now —” “Where did you come out?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The medicine has transformed all the angry red patches to a soft baby-skin pink. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They had to thread cautiously between sinking ships and patches of drifting wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Built themselves a home right here on Birdsong Creek and fought off the Indians and cleared a corn patch and raised me and Little Arliss and lost a little sister who died of a fever. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, come in," I said, combing my fingers through the patch of hair left on the back of my neck. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Seemed as if folks were seeing German spies and seditionists under every patch of buffalo grass. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the little patch of white was still there on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was only safe to let go of him when Snape had seen them out of the castle and they were making their way across the vegetable patch toward the greenhouses. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Huge forests and deserts became mere patches of green and brown. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We westbound folk made do with poorly patched corrugated metal that leaked rainwater the color of old blood. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was not a patch of clean soil in sight, and the only plants growing anywhere were rank weeds and coarse grayish grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As he approached the seafloor, he realized the patches were glowing fields of algae surrounding the ruins of a palace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A bunch of the younger men were up on top of the church-schoolhouse patching the roof with palm leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the long, strange drought we were having in place of last year’s rainy season, soft dust had spread across our yard in broad white patches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of blue dye marks his forearm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The houses there were modest but neat, with patches of new lawn that seemed oddly green and out of place in the uniformly brown surroundings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Behind the barn was nothing but a patch of dying grass. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods are dense, with thickets and patches of poison ivy that we have to make our way around. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Hugo thought about his father’s favorite movie and wondered briefly if the man in the moon had to wear an eye patch after the rocket flew into his eye. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They are dark blue, with a patch of light blue on his right iris. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, some patch of dry skin on her face would jump out her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

From a flat upstairs, an adult yelled, “Nee any a, if you children make patches on the garage walls with that ball, I will cut off your ears!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was pulling his cheek before the glass, looking to see if there were unshaved patches under the line of the jaw. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“No way could we have patched together a plausible story from this. Good Lord. It was weeks before I got over it. Camilla couldn’t even talk for three days.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even the students, many of whom were former prisoners, wore the same uniforms as they had before, with new patches over the pockets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Looking up between the trees, he could see puffy bits of cloud, and patches of blue sky, and the pattern of them kept changing in the wind. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As much as I know that there are women who sit up through the night and undo patches of cloth that they have spent the whole day weaving. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I now notice, too, the faintest patch of redness high on her cheek, between her left eye and ear, like she’d been sunburned just there, or was slapped once, very hard. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was done, but his heart sank as he saw how crude the patching looked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Large families lived in small, crude lean-tos with dirt floors and roofs made of banana bark thatch, often patched with rags to stop leaks during the rainy season. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Here!" she says, settling down in a patch of shade cast by a wall at the corner of two busy roads. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes moved out over the sugarbush; patches of snow and deep brown leaves lay on the ground under the bare trees. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later we were all in the pumpkin patch with our baby pumpkins that we were allowed to pick off the vines. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for her to cross a bare patch of ground where it would be safe to build a fire. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it passed behind a patch of thistles and disappeared from view, Hazel and Fiver returned to the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy’s coffin. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stare at the worn patch on the back of my grandmother’s housecoat and wonder what her face is like. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I kept going, but toward the head of the creek, a marsh taken over by a patch of tall phragmites warned of shallow water, and I turned the boat around, not wanting to run aground. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The only pieces of the sky I see are flecks through the small, high win- dows, and a patch above the courtyard where I wash clothes, surrounded by walls. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally reach a wide patch of solid ground, I nearly kiss the dirt in thankfulness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She realized with a gasp that it was the garden patch, and Martin and Teresa, if they were still there, were too small to be seen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The children scrambled out of the car and Dicey led them across the highway to the woodsy patch where she had hidden the night before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ada stood there, encased in her coat of patches. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It hops to a new branch, momentarily opening its wings, showing off its white patches. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Naima noticed the patch she was trying to hide, and how faded the saree looked among the bright colors of the others. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She zipped it to my phone with a patch that I opened first to prevent the worm from vaporizing my hard drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I have to patch the hole in the barn.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The raw patch on the bullock I had noticed had begun to fester, more skin had been eaten away and trickles of blood were running down the edges. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breathing hard, skimming away as fast as she could, she got away from everyone before she sat down on a little patch of dry, sunny ground. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The faceplate patch bowed outward but otherwise held firm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the cages were patches of dirt surrounded by iron bars, with forlorn gorillas or restless bears or irritable monkeys or anxious gazelles huddled in the corners. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Occasional lampposts opened up dreary patches of light. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The air was sharp, and there was white frost thick on the ground and on the dead leaves at the edge of the wood across the garden patch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We sit and eat on a little patch of sunburned grass outside the station, well away from Turkish people. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had the patches sewn together on the purple blanket when I woke up that morning. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Some ugly patches mixed in here and there but, overall, it was shaping up to look like a mismatched jumble of better than perfect. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When we get outside to the patch of grass in front of the building, Tank immediately starts doing his business. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They had no moon to guide them home, and only now and then a patch of stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Setting it aside, I reached past the table to get Martinez's patch kit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mask kept clogging, and in the rush to dive back into the hole, he’d forgotten to renew his LED paint patch. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d forbidden me from bringing my camera to work after I’d photographed an irate man with an eye patch and a peg leg. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He sees a young couple standing in a patch of sunlight on the sidewalk, feeding each other pastries from a bag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this also failed, and the patches continued to spread. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Last time, I had to spread the resin pretty thin; I'd used most of it for the faceplate patch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chicago is finally beginning to thaw—most of the snow has melted, except for a few dirty patches—and everyone looks brighter, more alive. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she threw herself down onto the grass, flattening a patch with her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She led me to a big patch of grass on a hill at the front of the trailer park. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like an old cat, she slept more and more, some days awakening only to move into a new patch of sun and fall asleep again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Jazz finished braiding the last patch of hair I had left. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Harry lay there, staring up at the patch of light on the ceiling, his recently mended skull not hurting, precisely, but feeling slightly tender underneath all the bandaging. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Wet patches spread under their arms, and their smiles were strained. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Anya gathered some up and wove a patch for the sukkah wall, then wove its ends into the wall’s ragged hole. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

By this time it’s autumn, and we have long coats which flap against the backs of our legs, coats with baggy, outsized patch pockets, good for pinching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All around his house were small square patches of things enclosed in fences to keep the rabbits out, and—as Harry said—to keep the flowers and vegetables in. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The debris in the hallway has been swept clean, but the broken lightbulbs haven’t been replaced, so I walk through stretches of darkness, like patches of bruises, on my way to the right cell. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not even a path so much as a series of hints— a broken branch here, a patch of stomped-down grass there—that people had come this way before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Naomi looked up from the shirt she was patching to see the twins hovering in the doorway from the hall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of blood spreads over her shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But still there were patches of woods here and there, so as I plowed along through the snow I kept looking around for woodlots to run to if something happened. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of sky showed and then disappeared behind a cloud of dust. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I hadn’t seen him do that to the poor old man, something about the way he grins and that eye patch makes him look like he’s been to the underworld and back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was while Papa and I were cutting wild hay in a little patch of prairie back of the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Bobby started casting a small yellow bucktail, hopping it through the grassy patches where the snappers hang out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered walls of pale red stone festooned with patches of nitre, a grey door of splintered wood, four inches thick and studded with iron. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I wore a pirate patch on my good eye to make the muscles in the bad one get stronger. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And with that, the stranger realized that he was being drawn, like it or not, into the conversation and, reluctantly, he stepped out of the shadows, detaching from them like a patch of darkness. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Lurking behind them were a minotaur and a bearded guy with an eye patch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he said softly, “look to your left. See the patch of light? That’s the hole. The light comes from the kitchen. We’ve piled dirt up under it, so it’s easy to reach. Come on.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Together we discussed and gravely considered the relative merits of side compression straps, spindrift collars, crampon patches, load transfer differentials, air-flow channels, webbing loops, and something called the occipital cutout ratio. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At once, without speaking again to Kehaar, he took a few hops in Chervil’s direction and began biting busily at a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

White throats and cheek patches shimmered above pale breast feathers stippled with black flecks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tell myself this, over and over, until dawn comes, and a patch of weak morning sunlight seeps through the high-up windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiver and Acorn followed him out and fell to nibbling at a patch of sainfoin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using a “spinneret” gland just below its mouth, it spins a patch of silk on a branch and grips it with strong rear feet, hanging upside down. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We found them everywhere in caches in the tall grass at the edge of the patch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shot an anxious look at the freckled patch of skin on her wrist, where her red Talent bracelet with the shiny silver beads usually sat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Around it on the plateau were scattered a few shacks, and at the far end was a small patch of woods, but we paid no attention—our eyes were on the tower. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She uses wax paper to iron some kind of patches onto denim tablecloths, for the pageant luncheon, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were some tufts of hair, little patches of grayish brown fuzz. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the horse he was leading and pretending to try to sell had not looked like much—a thin bony beast in a bridle patched with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette’s pullover does fit, and I have a many-times patched over wool jacket that once belonged to her brother, but the combination of these warm outer garments and the dowdy frock looks dead weird. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Theo was being patched up in the hospital emergency room after a slight miscalculation in his "solution" experiment. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden plank walks had been placed on many of the school paths for better footing, but there were icy patches everywhere on them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only a small patch of blue to aim at, but he hit it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the plane he stares through the window at the land below, at the snow-covered patches of the Midwest and at curving rivers that seem covered with tinfoil glinting under the sun. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after I got a patch for learning how to bring someone back to life, I quit. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Starting perhaps a hundred feet below them on the steeper side of the mountain, the patch might have been designed expressly for fuel. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dill studied the carpet for a moment, fixating on the discolored patch that sometimes caught his eye while he sat playing his guitar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His shoulder patch was a silhouette of Abraham Lincoln’s profile on a field of pale green. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away in the South a dark patch appeared, and grew, and drove north like flying smoke in the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her chicks were under her breast feathers, nestled against her brood patch; her wings were around them like insulating blankets. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We walked the two blocks to the store, stepping carefully trying to avoid the patches of ice, looking down, trying not to skid into a fall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I had believed that we could ignore these eight minutes, I would have patched up my hypothesis accordingly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain has an eye patch and a parrot. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We walk along, and when I come to the patch of windfall apples, I kick one so hard it ricochets off the trunk of an elm tree. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond the bars, framed by the high, square window, slides a small patch of sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The snow was almost a foot deep and already the oxen were having trouble on the hills, slipping and stumbling when their hooves would strike an icy patch or a pothole hidden beneath the snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there in his petty officer’s uniform, tall and almost shockingly broad-shouldered and thin-hipped, his cap pushed slightly back, the sun lighting on the patch of reddish hair that showed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He . . . isn’t dead. Baggers went to get him . . . arrow missed his brain . . . Med-jacks patched him up.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But to my mind it was, since every inch of it—aside from a patch put up by my fairy godfather—had been set with my own two hands. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the next patch of cheatgrass mocked me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall now placed a four-legged stool on the ground before the first years and, on top of it, an extremely old, dirty, patched wizard’s hat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cotter contacted Hall to tell him that Jan Arnold was on the satellite phone from Christchurch and was waiting to be patched through. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lay a little while longer looking at patches of sunlight on the wall, and listening to the sound of a waterfall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly I ease myself onto all fours, but standing seems like too much, and finally I let Ollie help me sit back down on a patch of frozen grass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a small rug in front of the bed, and a long bare dresser across from it, near a door to another room patched with pictures of singers and movie stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I kept on looking at the patch of curtain, and saw where the sun had faded it, making it lighter than the piece above. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only the still trees and the grass and the unmoving little patch of sea remained. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier—a translucent, frozen medium that glistened like polished onyx. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Fudge’s voice started again, Harry darted out from behind his tree, vaulted the fence into the pumpkin patch, and approached Buckbeak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His only answer was to step sideways to a greener patch of grass. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You have not had a morning bath?” her mother asked him one afternoon, when she came back from work looking drained, clutching files to her chest, wet patches under her armpits. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Clean air and trees and long brown fields that curved with the hills like patches on a wrinkled blanket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was an ancient tree nearby with many well-placed branches and rough bark that should give my feet traction between the slick patches of moss. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three of the men were dressed in black, with no visible patches or insignia. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I see my reflection everywhere, warped by the curve of the walls, broken by patches of rust and grime. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The front seats, pale gray leather, were strewn with fragments of broken glass and stained with patches of dark brown. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I pictured guys with beards and eye patches and peg legs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The Chinook had uncovered a patch of rocky ground near the crest of the bank. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Flies nestled over patches of his dried blood, feeding happily. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had glossy black hair, and his left eye was covered with an eye patch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“They threw him in it so fast, the Med-jacks had to patch him up in there.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They all wear black shorts and a light blue tank top with a rectangular patch sewn on the back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She hurried after him, hopping from moss patch to moss patch and praying to Athena that she didn’t fall in a sinkhole. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’d read that in the Pacific, patches of this stuff stretch out for hundreds of miles. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the edge of the wood a sheet of wild clematis showed like a patch of smoke, all its sweet-smelling flowers turned to old man’s beard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne soon arrived, wearing a beautiful black tuxedo and a brand-new eye patch. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Dark patches pit the face of a rocky hill near the jungle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hit a sandy patch, that’s all. The tires are getting old on this thing.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She turned me onto my stomach and examined the bruise—a patch of deep purple the size of a human head—that had formed a few inches above my hip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I figured that if I got an early start, I could finish the corn patch by sundown. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu opened the door before she knocked, his shirt unbuttoned, slight sweat patches under his arms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I like your eye patch. You remind me of someone I know back home.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You know,” mused Neeley, “Mama found that blouse and sewed a patch over the hole and she never asked me about it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed colorful flowers around her face to disguise her glowing eyes, and any bare patches were covered with tree leaves and strips of moss. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, another patch appears and he has to go in the other direction. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That first day, Cora acquainted herself with the life of the park, the patch of green she’d seen across the street from the house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was a breakthrough on the right but some junior officers patched it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned off the projector, a ghostly white patch hovered on the wall for a moment before disappearing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or if there were no guardians around, you could take a short cut through the rhubarb patch. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the densely wooded wilderness Europeans depicted in literature and art, the real American landscape included cornfields, berry patches, and groves of nut trees that contributed to the food supply. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

In that place, where they tore the nightshade and black* berry patches from their roots to make room for die Medallion City Golf Course, there was once a neighborhood. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What was she doing here anyway, Sir Francis Tyler’s granddaughter, squatting in an onion patch? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds ringed the horizon, but a large patch of blue was visible in the middle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Wearily he swayed on his feet and, putting out a paw to steady himself, he touched the wall—the exact patch of stone over which Martin’s likeness had once hung. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The shadows of bars lay across the tiny patch of light; instead of brightening the cell, the wan rays made it appear only more grim and closed in. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His thin, colorless hair was unkempt and there was a large bald patch on top. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And I know I could get used to my patches if I knew everyone else would, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boy led Roy to a hole in a grassy patch of ground. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just beside him was that bare patch in the air, as hard to see from this side as from the other, but definitely there. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For half a heartbeat the night came alive with a thousand smells, and Jon Snow heard the crackle of the crust breaking on a patch of old snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Roz stumbled on until she found a patch of ground that was flat and open and carpeted with pine needles. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We even grew a little patch of corn with seeds we’d brought from down south. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His eye patch was frayed around the edges and the black cloth was faded, like he’d been wearing it a long, long time. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I put a big patch of canvas on each end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Lord Roke, lying in the open on a patch of moss. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I study myself in the mirror one more time and dab concealer around the patch of zits that have decided to accompany me on my first day. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He wore creaseless flannel trousers and a brown tweed jacket with patches all over it and bits of dried food on the lapels. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent that afternoon cutting out the triangles, planning each patch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Surrounding it is a patch of blue strands,like someone injected blue dye into the tiny veins just beneath the surface of my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He handed Edgar to Naomi and then followed his father out to the dirt patch in back of the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nsukka is a little patch of dust in the middle of the bush, the cheapest land they could get to build the university on,” Kainene said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gary was fifty, with that smooth Lacks skin, a thin mustache and soul patch, and a gap between his front teeth that the girls loved. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If my white patches keep spreading, people might be staring at me for the rest of my life. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Okay, I'm sorry. That sounds patronizing. I just mean those glasses! Those sweaters with the elbow patches! Real ones that he sewed on himself because the sleeves wore through. He was the real deal." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If you let it, it will take over each and every patch of ground it encounters, adding the soil’s biological and technological distinctiveness to its own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky—with long stems creeping through the grass and each minute flower spreading its two upper petals like wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be red, but with a reddish-black patch on it, like rot in an apple or a bruise. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did as she commanded, his weight balancing the tilt of the craft as she slapped a patch onto the hissing hole the meat hook had made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I place my hand over the patch of carpeting, like some truth will filter through. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Peeta takes the lead, cutting through the patches of dense vegetation with his long knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed a paper packet from the box, ripped open the edge, and shook out the see-through patch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the entrance to the cemetery, a tall man stood in shreds and patches, his face slackly wrapped in scarves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calico slipped out of its knot; I pushed back the layers of muslin and uncovered a rainbow of patches—ticking and shirt cloth, gingham and calico, in faded blues and greens and yellows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sam washed it with cold water, saw it was not severe, and patched it with jewelweed leaves to stop the flow of blood. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and looked at a little patch of curtain above his head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was too tired and too depressed to do any more than watch them and watch a patch of sunlight as it moved across the room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally found a patch of sun shining through where the roof had collapsed, and unfolded the hoverboards to recharge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I tumbled to my knees in a patch of grass, letting my forehead and my fingers touch the earth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked away from me as he carefully peeled the magnetic sticky patches that detoxified his cells off his wrists and slid them into a pocket. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob fingered a patch of dead raspberry leaves. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jethro frowned and stared at the blue patches above him without comment. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullock with the sore patch is slowing the other up; the carter turns, impatient and brings out his whip. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the patch of quickly fading sun that fell across the room, I noticed something I hadn’t before. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were marched across the plaza, down a walkway, and finally over a patch of grass. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Midfolk ran screaming left and right as patches of the thorny ceiling fell to the ground in explosions of heat and sparks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Darius is stretching out his legs, and both of them have patches of sweat around the necklines of their T-shirts. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the end, there were more patches than suit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have shot him. I shouldn’t have ...” I stare at the patch of blood. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Skirmish firing broke out in the fields below Seminary Ridge; musketry popped in patches of white smoke as the lines felt and probed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, the scar on his face ran across his left eye, and over this eye he wore a black patch, fastened by a cord around his head. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took a roll of dark tape from the hall closet and patched the hole in Stick’s jacket with a wide X. Then I slipped it on. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The kids I liked best would be near the barrier fence at the far side of the tobacco fields, so I made a beeline for that patch of trouble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mel Willis was the owner of Hippie Queen Honey, and she lived on a shaggy, overgrown patch of berry bushes and brambles and flowers with her hives and with Priscilla. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Annie looked up and down the empty road, to the patch of trees that had somehow survived the farms that bordered it on both sides. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touch ing down everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

David is wearing a khaki jumpsuit with the Exclusion Authority patch on his short sleeve. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the land was being used for farms, interspersed with patches of loblollies and other trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my immense relief, I recognize him as one of the patches. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The man and woman part, leaving a damp patch on the ground which rapidly evaporates—and there we have reached the end. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They walked from one patch to another, using the weeds as footholds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then he throws the burning cigarette into a dry patch of grass before he gets up and stumbles away, not even turning around or saying good-bye. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They could all see the field mouse, which was exposed in a patch of smooth grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very much like the main town: shabby little huts, repaired a dozen times, patched with scraps of plastic or corrugated iron, leaning crazily against each other over muddy alleyways. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside, the yard was an ocean of green grass, punctuated only by a clothesline, a barbecue, a hedge along one fence, and an assortment of fruit trees and vegetable patches. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When we reached the cliffs overlooking it, we found the rest of the children in a thick patch of sawgrass near the edge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I curl up on my side and stare at the patches of moonlight on the cement floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood and stared at the house as if wondering how it was holding itself together, layered as it was with patches and odd boards. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The memories of that moment were like an unfinished quilt, patched together with careless thread and always threatening to unravel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Stale enough to patch a roof, but I've scoffed down worse." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody told her not to, so she went out in her purple coat and took a full two hundred and fifty steps away from the house, then sat in a cool patch of grass. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each time he passes a restaurant he considers turning off the road, but then he finds himself in a residential section, blocks of Victorian mansions on snow-covered lawns, sidewalks covered with lacy patches of ice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wives took up work outside the home, earning what they could to sustain their families over the rough patch. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. I have about a hundred in the bank. It might be enough for you to buy some eye patches.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At first, he weaved through a patch of trees. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The goal of his philosophy is to make new discoveries, not to patch and mend an existing body of knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stepped across the cleared patch and took it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Chino, I’m sorry about Blanca, okay. You two will patch it up.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I take a blanket and walk outside, spreading it over a grassy patch in front of the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The patch of grass is so small you can walk across in four long strides. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my father and mother tended to their garden, cutting weeds from their patches of com, beans, sorghum, and pumpkins. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got sick of him using the patch under her clothesline. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One plane seemed to be right above us, seeding the ground around us with bullets and bombs, and as it trailed off into the distance, it set nearby patches of the darkness afire. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen so much brown before—not a patch of grass anywhere. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In it some bushes grew, and there were patches of grass upon its sides. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

People with white patches all over their bodies. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the front of the bus, Billie picks up a pair of Chris’s patched, ragged jeans and, closing her eyes, presses them to her face. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through one elongated triangle she sees a clean patch of cloud. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And old Dusty,” said Ron, glancing at the patch of carpet from which the corpse-figure had risen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Mole got too close, the fox would splash into a stream and wash away his trail, or he would sit in a scented wintergreen patch and watch Mole run right past him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her brood patch fit gently around the eggs like a soft hot- water bottle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A strip of sky separated it from the lake, but it was most definitely a patch of land with trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only place they did not inundate was the patch of hard earth where the hurdles were and where he now sat with Sandy and Nan. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in time he threw himself down in a patch of long grass behind a tree that overshadowed the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She walked back, turned, and snuggled them against her brood patch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the small vegetable patch behind Hagrid’s house were a dozen of the largest pumpkins Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He lassoed a nasty patch of storm cloud and pulled it in. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His eye caught on a patch of color ahead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A handful of men wanting their money back are hustled away to be mollified by the patches before their train of thought has an opportunity to spread. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the tape around my wrists, see the smooth patches where it had torn the hair from my arms, and my groin ached when I took a deep breath. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The polished metal was cool, and her touch left little patches of shrinking condensation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he barked treed a couple of minutes later, it was in the woods the other side of the corn patch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves around the car, chasing patches of shade. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The patch of red on Naomi’s chest matched the one on Wash’s back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

An even more spacious garden spread out in back, which boasted apple trees, a vegetable garden, a strip of flowers, and a patch of wattles. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been patched—that is, new plastic had been welded over them so that they were airtight—but from the inside you could see that they were bullet holes, round and quite large. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Despereaux’s sister Merlot took him into the castle library, where light came streaming in through tall, high windows and landed on the floor in bright yellow patches. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mama Joe wore a wool hat even though sweat had made yellow patches under the sleeves of her blouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t want to take her carefully patched- together document to the Gathering Hall, either. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, this had once been somebody’s home, but whoever they were, they were gone now, and the land around here didn’t look like it could support so much as a carrot patch, let alone people. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I brush my cheek against his, feeling the odd patch or two of uneven boy-stubble. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

First off, Kite was a Kalbro man, and as far as I knew the plant was still on a three-years-without-injury streak, so I didn’t think he’d be the guy to patch me up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They went about three meters, hit a patch of mud, and went sliding into some crates of ammo. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of it on the floor of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were things that had belonged to Lina’s parents, her grandparents, and even their grandparents—old, broken, cracked, threadbare things that had been patched and repaired dozens or hundreds of times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just back from the lip of this chasm, at the Col’s westernmost edge, the tents of Camp Four squatted on a patch of barren ground surrounded by more than a thousand discarded oxygen canisters.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were stories of competition in the oil patch turning into a Mafia turf war. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing marbles in the cemetery—there were always good patches of dirt to be found there. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

In patches where the snow has melted, they thrust their bell-shaped blooms to the sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We walk around the back of the building and find four locked steel doors and nothing but ranch land, patches of palmettos dotting an expanse of gold-green grass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A wet, dark patch covers most of her thigh. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, I tossed the arrow as far as I could into a patch of thick bushes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then one day Beverly Maas, who sits right next to me, raises her hand and I see darkness up her sleeve: a patch of light brown hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wore a denim jacket covered with bright sew-on patches, and under the jacket a stained white T-shirt. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Its rulers rebuilt Monks Mound, but the poorly engineered patch promptly sagged. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Inside the Convoy, cigarette smoke mingled with fumes of grease from the back-room grill to create a filmy substance that hung near the ceiling like a patch of stubborn fog. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took him to Doc Murphy and he patched him up.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washed and patched, it had fit her little brother very well. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I sat on the porch steps with my earbuds in while Butternut napped in a patch of sun at my feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she opened them, the garden patch had vanished far behind them, and Jeremy, searching the trees below, began a long, slanting descent. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like a pirate, with an eye patch and a fake stuffed parrot elasticked to his arm. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Where the repulsive scar had been there was now a smooth, pale patch of skin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it over as he hopped down the bank and sniffed out a patch of salad burnet in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where’s my patch box?” he asked then, and Mary gave him the little tin box full of little pieces of greased cloth. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They poked about for a while, avoiding tour groups and ducking from one patch of shade to the next. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tidy up his mother’s flower garden, a treasured patch of disheveled foliage that grew beneath her bedroom window. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a pair of men’s boots, patched and worn and lopsided, that she must have borrowed from one of the groundskeepers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They found Florida flailing in a patch of briars on the far side of the stream. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

You could see where the holes in his sole had been patched up with sap and scavenged leather. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I returned to the backyard with the tomato patch and the little girl of the eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But this time I had a whole patch kit just for the arm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe one hand, then the other, on a small patch of my jeans that’s not already dusty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Discarded shreds of unidentifiable stuffs were sewed patch on patch, including some black beaded velvets and bright calicos. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

That night, Dallas fell asleep quickly and was dreaming about his favorite place: a sandy patch of earth beneath a leafy tree, with a curtain of branches dipping down all around him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Hell, yes! The bear. Caint you see these patches where he's been clawing at my behind?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping deeper into the sanctuary, my foot skidded in a slick patch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had enough time to get wise! See this!” he hollered, and he flipped up his eye patch. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All glorious reigns have these blank patches, during which the Crown is unpopular. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had patched up his wand with some borrowed Spellotape, but it seemed to be damaged beyond repair. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Narnia is a weird patch of pine trees in the middle of an empty field behind the gym that we don’t use. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thunder rumbled above and there was the distant whine of the vast clouds of flies, but this little patch of Manhattan echoed with Belet's laughter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Crazy, I know. I don’t ask those kinds of questions. I’m only here to patch up the wounds,” she tells me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“What you doing here, Fabulous?” he says, still with that eye patch, like Baron Samedi. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Etienne reached beneath the eye patch and pulled out a coin, which he handed to Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

An oversized cardigan, worn through and patched at the elbows, slung over an antique wingback chair near the window. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She pressed the precious eggs against her warm brood patch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Harry had no idea what Dumbledore meant; this patch of dark bank was exactly like every other bit as far as he could tell, but Dumbledore seemed to have detected something special about it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Mary Janes?" a man wearing an eye patch called from the back of the room. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The only blooms were a few early meadowsweet and a patch of pink butterbur. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning light made its way in only through a few windows, painting pale patches high up on the walls and columns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We stood out like pickles in a pea patch. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The patched robe was the only piece of clothing he owned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were, I remembered now, some wicked briar patches, but I was feeling no pain. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Calvin and I finish painting the last patch of wall. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He put his pencil down, shut off the beam of light, removed the adhesive patch from her cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then there are some who have patches all over their body and actually have their doctors give them a depigmenting cream to get rid of the rest of their color. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My cap is pulled low, and I've added to my disguise with a bandage patch over my left eye. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sefia ducked into the nearest patch of ferns, trembling so violently the fronds began quivering at her touch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jam took a step closer to it, her good hand stretched out, the paleness of her palm like a cooling flag, the old bandage still a brown patch across it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If not Allah, who else could have put such wisdom into that little humble lamb of a man from the Georgia fourth grade and sawmills and cotton patches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on along like this for around fifteen minutes covering a good mile and maybe more, when I saw a patch of hemlocks bordering the left-hand side of the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked Mr. Yang to patch the plaster and took her time finding a new tenant, the right sort of tenant. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll not forget all your help, wretched cat,” I muttered as I knelt in the squash patch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since all seemed to be well, he began nibbling at a patch of sweet vernal with the best air of indifference that he could manage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see one of them has a large raw patch on its shoulder where the yoke has rubbed the skin off. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had bothered to patch it up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I found myself thinking about how to best lean into turns so that the mower wouldn’t leave rough patches that needed to be trimmed by hand. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The patch was a different color and plant species, but it worked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Kind of you, I'm sure. But you know, and I know, that it's just fried fleld-mushrumps, and never a patch on nothing proper...." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

To counteract any evil result of that bad conjunction he walked quickly past the ranch house, through the chicken yard, through the vegetable patch, until he came at last to the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had also found time to wash and mend my workaday clothing, and patch my tom shoe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think it’s awesome that she loves her patches. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Every year after that, the daughter came for her father's birthday, and in the way of women, soothed and stitched and patched over the hurt feelings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just by the patches in the air I can tell who has recently been in which rooms. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The outside of the onions is varying shades of greens and browns with white patches of fuzz, but on the inside the flesh is bright and good enough to eat. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We walk down an empty sidewalk, the streetlights over our heads making the icy patches shine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The roof was nearly complete, although Arturo pointed out a few areas where sunlight filtered through, which needed to be patched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He kisses my neck, the soft patch of skin south of my ear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The door of the cabinet was cracked, so Luke had been able to peek out and see the man’s patched trousers and holey shoes. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving a boat-shaped patch of bare dry earth, cleared and ready for love. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faceplate patch wasn't exactly smooth or reflective, so I had to look at a rippled, messed-up version of the camera feed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other corner of the room has her bed and quilt, bright with patches of color. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as one pilot returned from a mission, the ground crew quickly reloaded its guns, refueled it, patched up any damage, and another pilot would take off in it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now he was stuck in the muck of the Pipeworks, patching up pipes that would leak and break again in a matter of days. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He came to realize that any business in the oil patch was an enormous gamble, even when prices were sky high, and he really wasn’t much of a gambler. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golden morning light seemed to glow all around him, while brighter patches fell, now on his lean, brown hands, now on his hair and face, as the leaves stirred over his head. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack knew the value of an eye patch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes fixed on a shallow depression in a soft patch of sand: the imprint of a bare foot, definitely human. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crude litters had been patched together for four of the men who could not walk; the fifth was carried by his son, upon his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Malcolm couldn’t keep the canoe steady: all he could do was stop it from tipping over and hope that they’d find a calmer patch of water near Broad Street and Jordan College. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps ashes had once fallen on a plain-glazed vase in the kiln and resulted in patches of the clear celadon color. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

On his military coat were sergeant stripes, paratrooper “jump wings,” and a ranger patch. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had been wounded four times—and patched up, and sent back to war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered what he was doing; it looked as though he were making a new vegetable patch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the sky is peeking through the thinning white haze overhead, in pale blue patches. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The patch seems to be some kind of pocket, but I can't immediately figure out how to open it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a patch of stray hairs between his eyebrows and an uneven mole above his lip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was the man, and the older girl who’d brought the blanket, who I saw was wearing an eye patch and had an angry red slash down her cheek. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I lifted my shirt and showed her my patch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How they’d made their way through the wreckage to that tiny dry patch of roof. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have a patch kit on my EVA suit, of course. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel sees the patch of grass where Byrd likes to do her yoga is now safe for her to sway and breathe. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed rubbed the sun-browned circle of skin at his wrist, the only empty patch of skin on his left arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But my patches are still really small compared to those people’s. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sitting in a patch of withered yellow grass was a lime-colored snake as short and thick as Frank’s arm. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hear ringing and try to blink some of the black patches out of my eyes; how did something get in my eye? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So many ships had arrived by then-hundreds, folks said, with thousands of soldiers-that we could see the patches of white sail far down the harbor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pyjama jacket, stained with rusty patches, had been unbuttoned and thrown back. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving around the same patch of black water, towing a giant fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a single living tree on the island, just cedar skeletons and patches of green-gray shrubs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The patch of ice rocked with it, and Hazel struggled to keep them both standing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mother had patched the blanket and forgotten to take it out. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The lizard shot its tongue out and then disappeared into patches of clover. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

None of the medical team was focusing on looks when they patched up the gaping hole. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It looked as if someone had cut a patch out of the air, about two yards from the edge of the road, a patch roughly square in shape and less than a yard across. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His other eye has no eye patch, and the peach pit has been replaced by a diamond that glitters in the midday sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, we reached the school and I was ushered into the principal’s office, a tiny cubicle facing a row of privies and a patch of yellowed grass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two or three weeks of spoiled lettuces and nibbled cabbage plants, the cottager had lain in wait and shot him as he came through the potato patch at dawn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four beds in the room, each covered with a brightly colored quilt: hundreds of patches of red and orange and yellow and brilliant green stitched together. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

After passing through a patch of brush and willows Robin came out into a field. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the floor, her legs crossed, and pats a patch of wood next to her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pictured its tiny body washed by strangers, wrapped in a tawny shroud, lowered into a hole dug in a patch of windswept land under the disappointed gaze of vultures. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The children Mariam saw, chasing after their mothers or running ahead of them, wore shirts patched and patched again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast had recovered from Thorn’s exceptional attack and ran toward them, a patch of burnt fur on its face and its red eyes aflame with rage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She even asks once whether it is possible to patch things up with Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you and Mom always want everything to be perfect, like you are. I thought that’s why you taught me to do my makeup. Because you both wanted me to hide my patches.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In front of almost all of them was a dory or two, some overturned, some pulled up long ago for caulking or patching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The stink in the air tells me that the glittering patch of blue to the west of me is Lake Vitan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the summer, he says, he grows herbs in a patch behind the house— mint, rosemary, and thyme—and hangs them to dry in the shed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They peer at us through a patch of foxtails. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her dress had once been red, but it seemed to have been much patched and taken up and faded over the years. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Looking round for Hazel, Pipkin caught sight of Kehaar, a little way off, standing in a patch of shallow water between two clumps of willow herb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scraped a patch of ground clear of wet leaves and twigs and put the little pile of papers on to the soil. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Elagrid was soon yelling, “Don’ panic, now, don’ panic!” while the skrewts rampaged around the pumpkin patch, now strewn with the smoldering wreckage of the boxes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The evening sun was still hot when it hit him as they came out of the patches of shade made by the trees on the bank, and the cool water on his neck refreshed him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The land is covered with grass that grows eight feet high between patches of forest and farmland. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twitched and sighed often in his sleep, as old dogs will, and for once his shabby tail with the bare patch on the last joint was still. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were just in an argument and they went to that restaurant to patch things up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Soon they came to what they hadn’t seen clearly from the bluff: one of those patches of black or dark brown ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She noticed their thin washed-out clothes patched here and there by Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The patches above my eyebrows are spreading down past my temples. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After that, Day would park the Buick behind Hopkins at the same time each day and sit on a little patch of grass on Wolfe Street with the children, right under Henrietta’s window. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Spots or patches often form symmetrical patterns on the body, so a person with vitiligo on her right arm is likely to have it in roughly the same place on her left. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He has a patch over one eye, which seems less like a costume and more like he got into a bad fight recently. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Also, even though Ellie and Maya never patched things up, Ellie and I have hung out after school a couple of times. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His own cloak, which was travel worn and patched, he presently tied by a corner to an iron-bound chest which stood under the window. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

At a place where the undergrowth ended and the papyrus began—the water’s edge in winter, now a stretch of mud—he stopped beside a spreading patch of some low, green plant. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There were dark curls of hair on the backs of his long hands, and he wore a black patch over his right eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Keth-Selhan here’s a full-blood Khershaen, and his color is lovely, you have to admit. Not a patch on him but isn’t black. Not a white whisker—” The tinker burst out laughing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Harry got outside again, he found Ron being violently sick in the pumpkin patch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the moonlit patch of water seemed to froth with anticipation. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Something about those steps...I back away from the house and stand on the narrow patch of brown grass. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see any roads connecting the villages and at the smallest patch of level ground, someone would flag the train down and get on carrying bundles of firewood, lemonade, or tamales for sale. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to patch up this wound immediately so she could clean the studio before her blood dried completely into the floors—she’d never be able to hide it from Bitter then. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

With Fidelito dancing attendance, they carried him to a soft patch of sand. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon we had time for practice and I found a patch of grass to try my handstands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Leathery patches of skin hung off his face, among patches of raw red flesh seeping with pus and crawling with flies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

If they planned every detail, the Shakers had believed, they could create a patch of heaven on earth, a little refuge from the world, and the founders of Shaker Heights had thought the same. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kevin’s now sported a crew cut, a small patch of short blue hair on each side of his head, just above the ear. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ajima was in the vegetable patch, crouched over with her back to him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There was the green of the headlands, the white, red-roofed villas, patches of forest, and the ocean very blue with the tide out and the water curling far out along the beach. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe an eye patch is a ticket to the lawn. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The late-afternoon sunlight leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, slid along branches and down trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scattered patches of smoke hung in the still evening air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Around the rustic table placed in the center of a patched circus tent where the delegates sat were the last officers who were faithful to Colonel Aureliano Buendía. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Directly behind each pen was a rectangular patch of closely cropped grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their lives. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he floated closer, something caught his attention: a patch of fur. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Two giant tears welled in his eyes and went tumbling to the ground, boiling two patches of moss clear away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nguyen was late, and the pathetic patch of shade provided by the umbrella was doing little to improve Artemis’s mood. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She settled back in her seat, her head tilted in a patch of sun, and closed her eyes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He slid into a patch of weeds and grabbed onto a thorny vine. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached the platform above a fluttering patch of Hack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her legs were pumping so fast beneath her that she tripped where the lot’s loose asphalt met a patch of wild grass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Because if everyone reacts the way Fina does to my patches, then all that’s going to change is the reflection I see in the mirror. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They sat like that for hours on their little dry patch of roof. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The black patch over his eye gave him a pale odd appearance, it made him look older, different. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before I begin to patch him together, lest a number of men grow nervous, let me declare that his name is not Harry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They wanted to know if we saw any identifying patches on them,” Gearhart said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day there was a squabble in which Grover’s nose got clawed; Ken lost a star-shaped patch of fur. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the tiny yard was a cement patio and the other half was another patch of grass that our imaginary cow would devour in two bites. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was backbreaking work: digging out a level patch of earth, hauling rocks in wheelbarrows, hammering boards in place. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the door flies open, I tumble out of the guardhouse and land on a patch of earth that's more mud than grass. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

About half a mile south of that, the other patch of darkness was a storm brewing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In the garden patch. Near the big stone.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kev walked over to an uneven patch of floorboards next to the fireplace, where a mangy dog lay sleeping. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The bat was the child's shadow, shrunk by the vertical sun to a patch between the hurrying feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The robe he wore went down to his brown feet, and in the dim light of the church it shone blue as a patch of the sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe she is wearing a patch too, I thought, because I hadn’t seen Mom look nice at a man ever. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can tear off a length of tape from your ankle and use it to patch a hole in your suit,” she said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z