| 单词 | peanut |
| 例句 | For the next nine years, knowing that I’d earned it, I made myself a fat peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast each morning and consumed not a single egg. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My dad, feeling sorry for me at the time, gives me the at-home nickname of “Skippy,” in honor of my peanut butter of choice. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I pick my new favorite flavor, peanut butter and chocolate. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z When she took her eyes off the peanut she looked from Margaret to me and asked, “How do you explain its happening twice?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, we slice peeled bananas the long way and smear peanut butter onto the flat sides like glue. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The peanut butter was smooth and dark and slid into the cracks in the floor. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Nathan got up from the table to look for the ingredients for a peanut butter jam sandwich. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She laughed and spread peanut butter on half the apple. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Twinkle’s a bit of a peanut butter chocolate nut,” Sahil said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Empty peanut bags and other items went flying through the air. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “What business you got? Hey—where can I get some peanuts?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z How do you wipe peanut butter off your face?’” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was eating a peanut butter and honey sandwich and drinking a Dr Pepper. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Johnson put on a surgical scrub suit and rubber gloves, and carried the box into the Level 3 staging area of the Ebola suite, where he opened the box, revealing a mass of foam peanuts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What with bus fare in and out of Boston and peanuts and newspapers and abnormal-psychology books and trips to my old home town by the sea, my New York fund was almost exhausted. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A bowl of pomegranates with ruby-red skin and some waxed-paper-wrapped peanut candies sat in one of Mama’s sweetgrass baskets on Doc’s worktable next to a deck of playing cards. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then we passed around our little hoard of sugar cubes and crackers and peanuts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ambuya sat in the corner, grinding peanuts in a small mortar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He finds a peanut butter cluster ball covered in shiny silver wrapping. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was still a big blob of peanut butter stuck to the roof of my mouth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In St. Louis, peanuts were bought in paper bags and mixed with jelly beans, which meant that we ate the salt and sugar together and I found them a delicious treat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweet potato cheesecake and peanut butter brownies and white chocolate cookies and, of course, the delicious yellow cupcake with strawberry icing. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Vivian laid her wineglass down on the coffee table and took a small handful of peanuts in her right hand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get him the peanuts in the yellow package—not the red package. He likes the dry-roasted ones better.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Suesetta licks a dollop of peanut butter and waits for my answer. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To someone who didn’t know any better, they would probably look like simple peanut butter jars. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The dry peanut butter had torn the flaky bread and the syrupy jam was spilling over. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Phil fetched the cooler, which they had filled with sodas, juices, various kinds of cheese, several boxes of crackers, and jars of peanut butter and jelly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Toes tapping anxiously two inches above the floor, the Owner brought the peanut butter to meet his tongue. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “The women heated peanuts on the coals. They held me down and put them on my chest.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The peanut butter molds to the roof of my mouth like a retainer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She went inside to buy peanut butter, bread and milk. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought a huge bag of tortilla chips, some peanuts, and some water bottles from a street vendor. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Some taste better, others look fresher, but in the end they’re all peanuts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We tear through as much of it as we can, James helping me with whatever math he remembers from eighth grade, tossing me peanut butter cups when I get a right answer. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I get some graham crackers and slather peanut butter on them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Nathan sat at the kitchen table with a peanut butter jam sandwich and two bottles of water before him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I bought peanuts for Bobo,” John said, proudly waving the bags. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I swim in the lake provided, and eat raisins and crackers spread thickly with peanut butter and honey while reading detective stories, and sulk because there’s no one my age around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I insisted on “regular” lunch foods like peanut butter. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The air is filled with the scents of corn popping, peanuts roasting, and the tangy undertone of animal. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In their pouches, instead of cement joeys, they had cigarette stubs, used matchsticks, bottle caps, peanut shells, crumpled paper cups and cockroaches. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had eaten only half a box of old Red Hots that had lost their zing, and a pack of stale and crumbly peanut butter crackers nearly forgotten in his book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I fished Maria out of the mud and gave her a bottle of peanut butter to lick—the bottle was empty; it had been empty since a month ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "The peanut bag. Hit it a few times." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared very hard at those little bags of peanuts. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This time I had water, peanut butter sandwiches, a map, and insect repellent. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I always ate peanut butter and jelly at school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I cracked open a peanut from the ten-cent bag I had bought to feed the pigeons, and ate it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When we got back to Mr. Pignati, he had a fresh supply of peanuts and was still chucking them over to Bobo, who kept flashing his dentures at him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She found a loaf of bread on sale for fifteen cents and a jar of peanut butter for seventy-one cents. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sounded so smooth and calm, at least until I reached for my milk to wash down the peanut butter and knocked over the carton instead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny’s favorite dish was a peanut roast which she made to resemble meat, but which tasted like something else. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you’re under the table,” I tell him, watching the microwave warm up my peanut butter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I was shaving and staring hard in the mirror, which was warped and gave my face the shape of an unshelled peanut. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We brought him a batch of Mama’s peanut candy and half of a pound cake. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Matt finished dinner with a handful of peanuts and a chocolate bar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not offer to share the peanuts with Granny, because I was not, in any way, feeling generous of spirit. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Harry couldn’t get away; whenever he tried to sidle over to the staircase up to the dormitories, the crowd around him closed ranks, forcing another butterbeer on him, stuffing crisps and peanuts into his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I’d choose spending time with him over peanut butter chocolate ice cream. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For the next half hour, Madge and I dump out our candy and swap, lollipops for chocolate bars, peanut butter cups for packs of gum. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I look up and she smiles, a spoonful of peanut butter in her mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z As they walked back from the bus stop she produced a sandwich bag from her pocket, and offered Eliot the peeled wedges of an orange, or lightly salted peanuts, which she had already shelled. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It was covered in tiny pea-shaped seeds the color of a peanut. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Many of the visiting family members lingered at our house, sitting around the big table in the main room, everybody laughing and eating peanuts, peeling oranges, and laughing more. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And then hers would grumble, Yeah, or maybe a Ritz cracker with peanut butter. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Chocolate and peanut butter—despite the fact that I do my best to avoid the intake of refined sugar—are a worthy combination. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know why my mom insists on leaving peanut butter in there. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Auntie An-mei leaves the room quickly and returns with a bowl of peanuts, then quietly shuts the door. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at all of the flavors on the chalkboard menu, and decided on peanut butter cookies ’n’ cream in a waffle cone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Pamela had peanut butter legs all right,” Art said, his head under the shower, “smooth and easily spread.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now we can eat peanut butter sandwiches and ride fish ponies! We can fight monsters and see Annabeth and make things go BOOM!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Stacked on the counter were hundreds—I mean hundreds—of Tupperware boxes with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches inside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The object was to reach the peanut butter as fast as possible. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I sit by myself in the kitchen with my eyes glued to the box and my mouth glued shut by peanut butter. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t like it,” says Mackenzie, passing with a spoonful of peanut butter that she licks like a lollipop. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z For a time, I attempted to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the rows of peanut plants in the Amity greenhouses. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Yep,” he says, going to the table to scoop some peanut butter from my bowl. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z His friends were quiet long enough for Coach Hedge to finish a peanut butter and banana sandwich, along with the ceramic plate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Probably sudden-onset peanut allergies; I read about that on the AskADoc.com site the other day.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened, nodded, asked no questions and made himself another peanut butter sandwich. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting fall about this time because I had eaten more peanuts than Bobo, so I just sat back and watched the landscape drift by. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Our playmates’ families exchanged their unwanted food for sugar, coal oil, spices, potted meat, Vienna sausage, peanut butter, soda crackers, toilet soap and even laundry soap. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember when you were a baby, you grabbed a spoon full of peanut butter out of my hand and shoved it into your mouth. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I find Malia’s favorite peanut butter crackers in a kitchen cabinet. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She went on to tell me about making a bird feeder by putting peanut butter on a pine cone and rolling it in bird seed. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sammy asked for strawberry ripple ice cream topped with peanut butter ice cream. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Senator Whitworth leans over to Daddy and says, “I came from nothing, you know. Jefferson County, Mississippi. My daddy dried peanuts for eleven cents a pound.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But it did not taste anything like the Darlington peanut butter he had loved as a child. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He and Harry had bought a hundred pounds of unshelled peanuts in two burlap sacks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He forgot about bringing a lunch so I gave him one of Momma’s throat-choking peanut butter sandwiches and let him eat the last half of my apple. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After class, Hassan found Colin eating a peanut butter and no jelly sandwich on the wide stone staircase at the school’s back entrance. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I wrote about the peanut and said it was small, round, and dirty. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Except the peanut can is going to catch the drops,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gaston was in the station alone, eating boiled peanuts at his desk, when Brother Gerald and I came through the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Did I want to go swimming at the Y sometime and did I like boiled peanuts? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Mostly peanut butter, but also clearly some corn. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Open the kitchen cabinet where the peanut butter was kept and you were face to fossil face with an extinct fox. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Nathan carried the small picnic basket with bottles of punch and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that Lily had thrown together at the last minute. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They grow peanuts because they are high in protein and fat, which is important for the factionless in particular. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z These must be the men who threw peanuts at the Blue Monkey. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Beer. And one of them little packages of cheese crackers with peanut butter in the inside.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To which Mom replies, “Serves you right. You shouldn’t be eating peanut butter before dinner.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was out before I’d even sucked all the leftover peanut butter out of my teeth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I changed my clothes and made myself a peanut butter sandwich. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Dri’s improvised distiller filled two peanut cans a day, and the sky had to be cloudless. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no mention of two suspicious peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the premises, or a flashlight, or a silver cross on a chain. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In silence she prepared crackers with peanut butter for Eliot, then sat reading old aerograms from a shoebox. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The peanut butter, which was supposed to dissolve in the milk, broke off into clumps, like soft pebbles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Not much food except peanut butter and mac and cheese and Cup O Noodles. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I scoop some of the peanut butter out with my fingers and eat it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The Owner stuck a tentative finger into the food processor, where his first batch of his mothers peanut butter sat, waiting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z This girl is normally such a little peanut, but wow. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She can pick up a single peanut with elegant precision, tickle a passing mouse, tap the shoulder of a dozing keeper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z When he ate his dinner at Mister Brannon’s she went into the café and spent a nickel for a sack of peanuts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It tastes like chocolate chips and gooey oats mixed with peanut butter. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On the p of please, he spits out a packing peanut. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Dear Diary, This game is stupid; I’m not a peanut! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My stomach had that sour feeling to it, like I’d eaten an entire bag of raw peanuts. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She made herself some toast, with jam and peanut butter. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He watched the enormous belly move lightly across the room toward the peanut bag, and take over when the skinny white boy dropped his arms and shuffled away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was stocked with food I had never seen before, like peanut butter. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The resistant sweetness that breaks open at last to deliver peanut butter—the oil and salt which complement the sweet pull of caramel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Short, long, fat, thin, and otherwise odd, but nevertheless peanuts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Like peanut butter and pickles, they didn’t mix. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Why were some words peanut butter and jelly sounds, and others caviar? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She opened her hand and studied the peanuts for what seemed like a minute before choosing one. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He swaggered across the gym, rolling his big shoulders, stopping only to rap the peanut bag on his way out. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother sold jugs of water from the public fountain, charcoal, and grilled peanuts to get us something to eat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “This dog sure likes peanut butter,” she said. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Today in Ms. Gruwell’s classroom, I realized that a peanut is still a peanut even if the shell is different. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Pax hurried to where he’d buried the peanut butter jar and unearthed it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I walk over to find the green Jell-O powder and there’s sweet Louvenia in her white uniform looking at peanut butter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I smear peanut butter on crackers for him—after confirming he’s not allergic—and serve them with a glass of iced tea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We all get in line; it’s oatmeal and peanut butter. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Ma would need to sell more water, more charcoal, more peanuts. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There were concession stands there, too, like at a farmers’ market, selling roasted peanuts and cotton candy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Some peanut butter gets stuck in my throat, but it’s not the only reason I swallow. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I leave a note, I make a sandwich: peanut butter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The young kids openly resented their parents’ dawdling in the Store and Uncle Willie would call them in and spread among them bits of sweet peanut patties that had been broken in shipping. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord,” said Gloria Dump, “I don’t know if the whole world likes peanut butter as much as you and me and this dog.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She had a peanut butter sandwich and a heap of guavas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time he sniffed, trying to get wind of the peanut butter at the end of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Kidney beans, peanuts, green and red chili peppers, sorrel, cress, and quinoa, yucca and cucumbers, and of course potatoes and corn were piled, steaming, into the people’s bowls. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z A few parents stand behind a long table and sell homemade baked goods, including Emily’s mom, who passes out her peanut butter cookies. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He set Ralph down in front of an opening in a cardboard wall and said, “When Brad fires his cap pistol, go for the peanut butter.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The chalky peanut butter was the right amount of salty and crunchy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The yams were definitely moldy now, and she was sick of peanuts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A plain old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I met her there once and discovered that KittyBix and peanut butter is a good breakfast. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The peanut bag was easy, once he got the rhythm he could stand under it all day, making it sound like a machine gun. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Some kids put peanut butter in their hands as a gag, or have one of those shock buzzers, like in the cartoons. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We’d be eating way too many of Mom’s famous peanut butter cookies. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Chubs’s fingers were quick and nimble as he opened the peanut butter crackers and started in on them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I said”—the Owner rose from his chair, his feet two inches above the ground—“where did you get this peanut butter?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She placed a dead flashlight battery on top of the tarp, directly over the peanut can. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Down among the partitions of the maze, with so many lunch-smelling rooters breathing on him, Ralph had no idea of the direction of the peanut butter. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I hear my mom rummaging through the kitchen, saying something about peanut butter going bad. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I ate two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as an early dinner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She walked slowly, carrying some puffed rice tossed with peanuts and chili peppers in a large packet made from newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And on the next day, when he came back, we smelled opium’s strange, sweet smell—like roasted peanuts—clinging to Black Dog’s clothes, and we knew where he had been. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, my mouth newly unstuck from peanut butter cement. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In any case, those are the important facts of my life, and I considered them all in the long moment of the car spinning around and the empty peanut bags flying through the air. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She hoped Mama had fixed peanut butter today. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew without looking into my pocketbook that all I had was peanut shells. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He even pulled up a few of our peanut plants, so we could boil them for a snack later. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z First, I will tell you about the peanut butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He even got a Christmas card every year from a peanut vendor who worked the parking lot across from Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For Fadi it was his usual, a sliced Twinkie spread with peanut butter and layered with a sliced banana. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I take some peanut butter cups and stare off some more. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They ate peanut butter crackers, getting gunk all over their teeth while quizzing each other on the periodic table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His favorite sandwich is peanut butter and honey, and he’s nice to his little brother, but his mom still does his laundry and he drives his dad’s old Mercedes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I made a checkerboard of peanut butter wafers and slowly began to eat my breakfast as I searched through the newspaper. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tyson was inhaling one peanut butter sandwich after another, and Grover was loving the lemonade, crunching the Styrofoam cup like an ice-cream cone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was the size of three football fields and filled with vendors selling all kinds of things, like fruit, vegetables, and peanuts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Ms. G’s analogy, “Don’t judge a peanut by its shell, judge it by what’s inside of it,” made perfect sense to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It had taken fifty-three years, but finally Mason Darlington Burgess, the good-for-nothing heir to the Darlington fortune, had discovered the secret ingredient to his own mother’s peanut butter recipe. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I feed Baby Girl a peanut butter sandwich and the phone ring. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Where we’d eat, when we’d eat, who got baloney sandwiches on Day One, who got tuna fish on Day Two, who got peanut butter and jelly on Day Three. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and Peewee got on the trucks between boxes of peanut butter, and started to the airport and to wherever the hell Chu Lai was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And he showed me the peanut butter cookie. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I said, “I know, ma’am, he told me I’ve got a head shaped like a peanut.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Turtle began with the purple-waves story, went on to the whisperings, the bedded-down corpse, the dropped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and her mother's cross, and ended with the twenty-four dollars she had won. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Havermeyer grinned at the colonel’s intervention and shoved another piece of peanut brittle inside his face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They had just had their snacks, so the room smelled of peanut butter, crackers, chips, and oranges. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Out of the peanuts he fished a metal cylinder sealed with tape and marked with a biohazard symbol. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So if we suffered in our little house on the peanut plain of Bethlehem, it was proof that one of us had committed a failure of virtue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Though “peanut butter” is a strange battle cry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As Cady swooped the last curl of peanut butter frosting onto the two-tiered peanut butter cake, she had a whole hour before she and Toby needed to leave for the competition. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I had to promise to buy Tyson an extra peanut butter sandwich at lunch to get him to stop sobbing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z They ate the last peanut butter sandwiches sitting on a low stone wall, listening to a few birds and watching the sunlight fall in bright, moving patterns onto the leafy floor of the woods. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked into this woman's face, her fuzzy jowls hanging like saddlebags, and I pictured her reclining nude in a shallow pool of peanut oil. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His fingers scrabbled with the peanut shells on the bar top. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And when Bobo realized he wasn’t going to get any more peanuts, you should have seen the expression on his face! The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes were the shape of peanuts, and her hair was brown with apricot-blond streaks. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “And I heard one of the moms say he is ‘over the fence and long gone’ from his mom drinking too much when he was the size of a peanut. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They even had a contest once to see who could make the best logo for Planters peanut company. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All I see is Caleb and Susan on the ground in the corner, passing a jar of peanut butter back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Jule ate saltines and sugary peanut butter, packets of salami and chocolate bars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside were moldy packing peanuts stuffed around several jars of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was the name of choice back in third grade when I ate peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches every day for lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z A box of raisins, a sleeve of crackers, and a half-empty jar of peanut butter—Pax would come out of any hiding spot for peanut butter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Reckon Fred’d take a bit of Cockroach Cluster if I told him they were peanuts?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She spread the peanut butter with her jackknife, then wiped the blade clean on her shorts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baxter had given me the usual peanut butter and jelly sandwich, potato chips, and apple. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Between fits of weeping, she ate cold cooked yams, which were beginning to taste moldy, and peanuts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So why is it we don’t care about the contour of a peanut, but would kill over the color of a man? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “He wants peanut butter. He misses peanut butter. He misses ‘good food’ in general.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When he has peanut butter stuck in his braces, I tell him to clean it up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It stuck to people, animals, and inanimate objects like peanut butter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or they’d be dabbing pinecones with peanut butter for the birds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or a fist full of twenty dollar bills, and perform some magic trick and make it real. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s great that Ajit Uncle cooks. My mom and dadi are the cooks in my place. But they never make peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A Nick Eisner is a cookie with a random glop of peanut butter on top, because when we were five, Nick thought that’s what people meant by peanut butter cookies. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z On the dock at Fred Rantz’s house, Harry and his kids and Joyce sat eating peanuts and tossing the shells into the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I use peanut butter morsels and chocolate chips. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z It was a pound box of Loft’s peanut brittle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We like to pour our peanuts straight into the bottle, but you can eat yours separately if you prefer.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Number seven was he liked to eat peanut butter. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “We could make peanut butter sandwiches and cut them up in triangles to make them look fancy.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He tried to say something, and began to choke on a mouthful of peanut butter and jelly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Oliver came out of the kitchen with a thick peanut butter and jelly sandwich in his hand. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “If he agreed with me, then it wouldn’t be in your greasy hands right now. You’re probably getting peanut butter all over it!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She really looked like the wrath of God, and I was too scared to go over and buy a package of peanuts for myself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Or farmers leading mules hauling peanut crops on a wagon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’d usually hit the bar for a cold ginger beer and stale peanuts that were disgusting to eat, but perfect for trying to see who could catch the most in their mouths. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The night before, Joyce, Harry, Rose, Mike, Polly, and Harry Junior had stayed up late, transferring the peanuts to paper sacks, planning to sell them to the race fans. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She went back to a gas station and bought crackers with peanut butter from a machine. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And there’s the Pigman, the smiling Pigman, leaning all the way over the guardrail, tossing peanuts to this mean baboon. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And in the pantry: peanut butter, jelly, cans of tuna, packages of Top Ramen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He dunked the peanut can into the milk crate and drank. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, ma’am,” I said, shaking the peanuts into my bottle, where they caused a little reaction of foam, then floated on the brown liquid. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Three to five dollars must seem like peanuts to the jewelry guy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She found a peanut can in the cabinet. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Vivian at last put the peanut in her mouth and chewed on it long enough for it to have been the whole handful. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An old man sold roasted peanuts on a corner. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I knew I should squeeze out a “hi” or maybe “hello,” or maybe even “hello, JT,” but of course he knew what his name was and my mouth was full of peanut butter. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His tongue felt like it was coated in peanut butter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Over the next few days she planted mealies, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, peanuts, okra, and pieces of yam. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They go back to eating their soft boiled peanuts, saying stories among themselves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she popped a handful of peanuts into her mouth and chewed ferociously, as if she were starving. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She peered down into the water, past the floating peanut shells. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He just said the funniest thing about peanut butter gelato...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My father tucked the peanuts inside his breast pocket, saving them for later. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was nearing noon and my mind was drifting toward my daily lunch of a hamburger and a bag of peanuts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Sweetie taught practically every child in Pine Level their ABCs and how to write their names and how to count to a hundred, using peanuts. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “Nibbles?” he said sweetly, offering them a bowl of peanuts covered in fungus. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There had never been anything like a jar of Darlington peanut butter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z When he eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, he ends up with a pound of peanut butter caught in his braces. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I nod, still working the peanut butter off the roof of my mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z That and Twinkies, peanut butter, lime Jell-O and Snickers bars. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I still had half my peanut butter cookie in my hand, but I dropped it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Police provided each child with one peanut butter sandwich a day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even the boxes of Ivory Snow and Corn Flakes, jars of peanut butter and mustard, hopped. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She had cheese slices and peanut butter crackers in her purse. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I made two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches—one for me, and one for Trevor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It smelled the same—like baby powder and toothpaste and peanut butter. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The peanut bag was rattling against the round board as a skinny white boy with hunched shoulders beat it into a brown blur. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As a chocolate fiend and our resident sweet tooth, Skid lived in a constant state of bewilderment that I was firmly committed to my Reese’s and/or other peanut butter and chocolate sweets. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Salva’s peanuts were gone by the end of the third day. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I find a man with a pushcart who is selling roasted peanuts, and I get a good bargain—he gives me two large cones filled with freshly roasted peanuts wrapped in newspaper. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The next thing I know, somebody’s yanking off the hat and making cracks about my peanut head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He continued to find cans of meats and vegetables, jars of fruit and peanuts. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He exuded a strong smell of peanut butter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My eyes landed on the peanut M&M’s on the table, and I remembered what I’d been wondering earlier. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z You call them peanuts, and we eat them just the way you do, as snacks or in peanut butter, which we also put in sauces or in our porridge. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A Vietnamese baby, which lay nearby, was a roasted peanut. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn saw cartons of Campbell’s soup and ramen noodles, and bundles of water bottles and peanut butter jars. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But I just stare at my chocolate peanut butter pie with the two missing bites and wonder how it all came to this. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Apparently there is no peanut butter and jelly in the jungle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d gather around the cans, open them, and spoon up the peanut butter like soup, giggling as our mouths stuck closed with the gooey stuff. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I made about five thousand peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Your glances stick to my heart like peanut butter to the gums!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I saw a group of old men, two seated across a folding table playing a game of chess, others smoking pipes, eating peanuts, and watching. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The next tasted like chocolate with a hint of peanut butter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My grandmother gets up suddenly and puts the lid back on the jar of peanut butter before returning it to the cupboard. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z At the stream bank she sets out their drear picnic, which is only dense, crumbling bread daubed with crushed peanuts and slices of bitter plantain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Bridge and Emily were in the living room with Em’s mom, eating peanut butter crackers and watching TV, when the doorbell rang. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We strolled along the walkway between the road and the beach, past pushcarts piled high with corn and peanuts and hawkers selling multicolored plastic balls and cricket bats, flimsy kites, toys, dolls, pinwheels. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I take half the peanut butter sandwich off the plate and keep my eye on the box. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I just about spit out my peanut butter and jelly sandwich when I realized it was JT. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We place a big order at Murdick’s Fudge: chocolate, chocolate walnut, peanut butter, and penuche. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I breathe evenly, pretending sleep as Jay and Nessa munch on peanuts, pretzels. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I pick up the spoon with dried peanut butter, hold it out to Garrett, and he gives me a look of profound disgust. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Like, maybe a chocolate peanut butter cupcake with Cocoa Pebbles in the batter, so when you bit into the finished cupcake, you’d get crunchy bits. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As I told you way back on another page, I was called “Fluff” because of my fondness for peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The most stubborn problems were concerned with peanuts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Time after time, his peanut was sent flying, to the delight of the others. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The story goes that one day back in the 1970s, George Finkle accidentally dropped a bowl of peanuts, chocolates, and marshmallows into a frying pan while he was making pancakes. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a Talent for churning happiness into her peanut butter that made his mother’s results so stupendous. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z That night, we sat for hours, munching on peanuts, sifting through the pieces spread out on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Even over the peanut butter, Pax recognized the scent: his boy’s father. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Like peanut butter cookies that had been left out for too long. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was not a single item of conventional trail food—raisins or peanuts or small, portable quantities of packets or canned goods—which was a little dispiriting in a national park. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At a town called Pakok we found some yams and peanuts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought peanut butter was an especially odd concept: You were supposed to cook with peanuts, not pound them into a cream to put in a jar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “If he agreed with me, then it wouldn’t be in your greasy hands right now. You’re probably getting peanut butter all over it!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Dicey went into the second market, just after the stoplight at the center of town, and bought milk, peanut butter and bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z A jar of peanut butter had crashed to the floor; someone had gotten a running start, jumped into it, and skied a brown, onefooted track to the stove. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve already made my selection, which is peanut M&M’s, otherwise known as one of the world’s perfect foods, and I’m waiting for Bennie to take my money and count my change back to me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “The lever was above the peanut butter shelf, right?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There were peanuts sprinkled on top of the chocolate sauce. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When I was in third grade, I got the name Fluff because I ate peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches every day for lunch and also, I guess, because I started putting on weight. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Now I wanted to make peanut butter banana pudding and “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” cookies filled with crushed-up pretzels, chocolate chips, toffee bits, and nuts. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She stopped now and then, when she passed a town, to buy bread, peanut butter, apples, to refill the gallon jug in the passenger seat with water at a fountain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I love getting noodles with peanut sauce and shrimp and spicy chicken skewers. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He’s chewing on oatmeal with peanut butter mixed into it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She dipped a pretzel in peanut butter and chomped it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We categorized all of the peanuts by mentioning their different exteriors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When we’d finished the food, August produced four bottles of ice-cold Coca-Cola from the refrigerator, along with four little packages of salted peanuts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then when it became apparent Ob and I were probably going to rely on peanut butter to pull us through, he finally got the notion to go on home. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He is trapped in a sea of foamy white packing peanuts. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A black guy with glasses sits at the end of the bench, opening peanuts and putting the shells in his left vest pocket, the peanuts in his right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I walk outside to dump the water and wave at my neighbor, who’s boiling peanuts in a hubcap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They might be as small as peanuts, in which case she could easily tread on one that an antelope hoof had missed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Egg salad sandwiches, a bag of potato chips, ham sandwiches, pieces of celery stuffed with peanut butter, a bag of cookies, paper plates, paper cups, paper napkins. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you serious? Yes. Go get the peanut butter,” says Alice in her bossy voice. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “You can have the rest of the graham crackers and peanut butter.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Vic smiled at me the whole time I was taking the peanuts from the rack. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The peanut butter is thick, and it takes a long time for me to swallow just one bite. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s full dark by the time I go back in the kitchen and make a stack of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and fill a jug of water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z You could buy peanuts by the pound in Suffolk for nothing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded in the direction of the peanut rack. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He could, racetrackers marveled, “hold an elephant an inch away from a peanut until time to feed.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back up with a jar of peanuts and a double martini in a water glass, which he carried into his room, and shut the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In some ways, this is a story of woe and confusion, but it is also a story of joy and kindness and free peanuts. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Everything that I’ve traded for thus far will be peanuts compared to what my next transactions will bring. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He missed old Matt, his protector, and supplies of peanuts and popcorn from the Jumping Frog Lounge. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z When we can't find my sister, we know she is under the kitchen table, a book in her hand, a glass of milk and a small bowl of peanuts beside her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z She had not even a wisp of Talent, that’s what they said, and yet somehow she had managed to stumble upon the world’s most perfect peanut butter recipe. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In the last year or so of the war they started giving us something new called K-rations that had a lot more in them, sometimes even fruit drinks, toilet paper, peanuts, and chewing gum. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She took up a hoe instead, and began to put every square inch of her sandy two-acre rented lot under cultivation: peanuts, sweet potatoes, and four dozen kinds of flowers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson kept calling for peanut- butter sandwiches, eating them as fast as the nymphs could deliver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z After a breakfast of coffee and peanut butter-and-jam sandwiches, Granny took out her gardening tools from the shed, and we started working. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever had started punching the peanut bag stopped, letting it squeak into silence on the swivel. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I ain’t hungry now, but sooner or later I will be, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich always hits the spot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She bought three packs of peanut M&Ms from a vending machine and sat on top of her bags. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Vivian plucked a single peanut from the bowl and held it between her thumb and forefinger and studied it for a while. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood at the sink washing dishes as she spread peanut butter on saltine crackers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as significant as each other but completely bypass a peanut. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Deb licks peanut butter off her finger before answering. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I put too much peanut butter in, and my teeth find it difficult to wade through and locate the banana chunks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The boys had left a slimy mess of peanut butter, Doritos, and—yes—sticky puddles of lemonade mix. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z And what the hell does world peace have to do with peanuts? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As she watched, she noticed a mouse pilfering a basket of peanuts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t your mom make those peanut butter cookies that you used to always bring in for class parties?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He made a peanut butter sandwich to eat with his beer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass in our new yard was as brown and crunchy as peanut brittle. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Our lord of cheese is the size of an elephant, but he has a bladder like a peanut, the dwarf mused. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Zafoona had surprised them by getting up early that morning and making them breakfast—Fadi’s favorite of a fried egg and peanut butter on toasted Afghan bread. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I kept a giant-size bag of peanut M&Ms and Bazooka bubble gum in the glove compartment to help stave off hunger when I didn't have time for a meal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Vivian put that peanut—no, placed that peanut—on her tongue and slowly closed her lips. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will never own anything; you will always worry for food. I like very much you own something. Eat, ah, peanut butter.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Holly was sitting across from us, talking away and eating pretzels with peanut butter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Throughout the village, the pungent smells of goat stew and peanut soup, along with waves of papaya and honeysuckle that wafted through the air, made Amari feel hungry as well as excited. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know I love peanuts in my Coke, too? And blue is my favorite color?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, Bertha came outside and brought us saltine crackers with peanut butter. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And so from then on I wouldn’t eat anything but peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches for lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Loaves of bread, jars of peanut butter and grape jelly. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She said “Cokes and peanuts” the way you might say “snot and boogers.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They ain’t a peanut in this whole town. I been all over.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She slathered them in peanut butter and drizzled dark Karo syrup on top. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She opens the refrigerator, and I know she’s put the peanut butter back in there. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He reached into his bag for the pack of peanut butter crackers that Train Ear had crushed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Nana packed me a ham sandwich on white bread, a bag of plain potato chips, a peanut butter granola bar, and a fruit punch juice box. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her white hair shudders like an angry cloud as she smears peanut butter onto the bread, all the while mumbling to herself. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z They wandered through the spires and turrets of Luna Park, rode more rides, gobbled peanuts, and guzzled more Cokes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I opened a PayDay, and the smell of peanuts and caramel, which I usually loved, made me feel sick. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We save some peanuts for the morning, and then, with Rani's help, I climb the tree. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Brezhnev is massacring Afghans and all that peanut eater can say is I won’t come swim in your pool.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wiped the peanut butter off my face and looked at Nico pleadingly, like Can we get out of here now? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The peanuts were running low, and the water and chips were long gone. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said the stand really belonged to his partner, who was out trying to locate some peanuts to sell to the winos of the quarter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I met my father's plane at Charles de Gaulle, and as we were walking toward the taxi stand, a bag of peanuts fell from the pouch of his suitcase. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The farmers’ market at the Civic Center parking lot is a great spot because they give you samples, things like honey in a straw or peanut brittle. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Gogol and Sonia sleep for as long as they want, watch television, make themselves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at any time of day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This certainly wasn’t a peanut butter factory anymore. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I saw mosses and fruit trees and crop fields filled with peanuts, chili peppers, and koka leaves. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She put the peanut can in the middle of the bowl. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer the family lived on an Indian reservation in a teepee, subsisting on government-surplus peanut butter and cornmeal. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There was a concrete bird- bath and tons of feeders—hollowed-out gourds and rows of big pinecones sitting everywhere, each one smeared with peanut butter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Brother’s eyes were as wide as peanut butter cups. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We go to the kitchen and eat sliced apples and peanut butter for an afternoon snack. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Glasses were all over the place, and dishes with peanuts in them. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z A few moments later, she came back out and gave him two handfuls of raw peanuts. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma sang with him, her thin, quavering voice thickened with peanut paste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My father used to surprise us with small gifts, perhaps a piece of paper from the factory, or a pen, or a coin for each of us to spend on a pack of peanuts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We ate peaches in brandy and peanut butter and caviar sandwiches. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Each boy produced a fat peanut that had been marked with charcoal to show the owner. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There were hot dogs and peanuts, and surrounding him was the scent of tobacco and whiskey. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z See the concrete bam where workers live, the small church with tall voodoo drums for calling spirit, the wash flapping, women roasting peanuts, men slapping dominoes, pigs running here and there. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the theater, the peanut vendor continues to work the crowd. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a Joy Ice Cream cart and a man selling peanuts in narrow cones of paper cleverly designed to hold not more than eight or nine nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she walks unhurriedly back to her brick- and-cement house by the sea, chewing the peanuts one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But the most amazing part of the whole operation—V remembered the stories distinctly—was that the factory’s owner, the maker of every jar of peanut butter the place produced, had been Fair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They had lemonade, peanut butter sandwiches, and a kind of pound cake with red jam. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like being licked by a happy dog, but one that smelled like peanuts. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z No customers were over by the peanut stand where that same old woman from the last visit was giving me the evil eye. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Banana peanut butter smoothie. I was up late working on that essay for social studies, and I didn’t have time for breakfast.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The trap was still there, a little glop of peanut butter as bait. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The rules of the game included one piece of paper and a description of a peanut inside and out. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even Ruth wouldn’t take the peanuts I offered. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boys are always hungry,” she mutters before taking a jar of peanut butter off the shelf. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z For dessert we had a peanut butter and jam sandwich or vanilla ice cream. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Incredibly, she hears some desgraciado selling peanuts in the back of the theater. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m hungry. I haven’t had peanut butter since we got here! Let’s go back to camp.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I say with a mouth full of peanut butter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z That was worse than peanut butter sandwiches for dinner and sharing a bed with her covers-stealing sister. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I sat down careful and Gloria Dump made me a peanut butter sandwich on white bread. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Dri took the peanut can out of the water distiller box she had made from the tarp and milk crate. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregor said, “I don’t really know. It’s two slices of bread with meat or cheese or peanut butter or something between them.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This morning, I make an old standby—peanut butter cup. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I opened a package of Tom’s peanuts and shook them carefully into my bottle of RC Cola. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She had never tasted peanut butter before coming here. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe because all the sandwiches would’ve been peanut butter, my mother’s favorite, and I wasn’t even that crazy about it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So many people in so little space that everyone had to stand up, with nothing to eat but peanuts and pretzels. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “That place there has the best boiled peanuts in North Carolina.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ivy and her family ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of brown paper bags. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I did not finish my creamed corn, broccoli, Rice Krispies, or peanut butter sandwiches. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I run an armful of chips and beef jerky and peanuts to the front counter, then jog to the candy aisle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z As precious as the first potatoes of the season, small and sweet like Georgia peanuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the living room, she serves the men a tray of fried plantain chips and peanuts and casabe and pours each one a Presidente in the cheap glasses she keeps for servants. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My peanuts, before my very eyes, changed into human beings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There’s half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich wedged in his left hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They were going to be eating peanuts for a long while. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ms. Castellan started humming as she got out peanut butter and jelly and started making a new sandwich. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He stayed in his room eating peanuts, and drinking, and looking out the window like the old pirate in Treasure Island. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One of the servers scooped a dollop of peanut butter into the bottom-heavy glasses, and another filled them with warm milk from the urn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Maybe my grandmother just moved the box so I wouldn’t get any peanut butter on it. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z A lot of the kids were having fun, gawking and laughing and throwing peanuts at the animals, but the sight of those poor creatures made my throat swell up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For breakfast they brought you these peanut butter sandwiches on thick slices of bread. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Great,” I said, popping a handful of peanuts into my mouth. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chocolate snaps and punch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dinner was pretzels and peanut butter with a side of canned peaches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “This table come with house when we rent. There are many table in America you can own. Many peanut butter. Akira will get sick of it, there is so much!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Fd thought it was just because he always had peanut butter in his crooked teeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a couple of Snickers bars, some chocolate-covered peanuts, a bag of trail mix. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I haven’t had anything to eat since choking down that peanut butter sandwich that Ma made for me this morning. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Some South American crops nevertheless did succeed in reaching Mesoamerica, such as manioc, sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Emily pulls out a bag of her mother’s peanut butter cookies. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z No matter how delicious it is, I’m tired of eating Pakistani food twice a day and have been craving a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch instead of heavy, spicy meals. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They ate mealie porridge, called sadza, with tomato, onion, and chili sauce; boiled pumpkin leaves; and okra with peanut butter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Polish sausage is going for peanuts in Cracow,” Milo informed him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it was more like throwing peanuts at elephants, I said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When the food processor hit the wall, the putrid batch of peanut butter splattered. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Last year when Ma’s appendix broke, when her sick leave was gone, we got bread, peanut butter, and applesauce. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z His voice was rich and creamy, like smooth peanut butter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She takes a small bite of her peanut butter banana. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Where did you get the peanut butter to make this cake?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She ran past Reyna, who was cantering back and forth on her pegasus Scipio—nicknamed Skippy because he was the color of peanut butter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You couldn’t eat a bag of peanuts at the ball game, you’d have to eat peanut after peanut after peanut. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But since she now had a few coins, she still hung around the Store eating Planter’s peanuts and drinking Dr Pepper. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It has too many onions in it, and I push my food around on my plate with my naan, wishing I were eating the rest of my peanut butter sandwich from lunch instead. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s the peanut butter or the strangeness of that word that almost makes me choke. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Two boys would set their peanuts twirling like little tops in the arena. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She was very kind and thoughtful; she knew exacdy how I liked my coffee and fixed me peanut butter and Ritz crackers, but she didn’t say much at all. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I wanted to throw his boiled peanuts against the wall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I battled a different sort of guilt when I sat at my office distracted by the idea that Malia might be allergic to peanuts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His expression was a mix of What do you think you’re doing? and It’s time for me to eat a peanut. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Tyson, you’re wasting away. Would you like another peanut butter sandwich?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It is sharp enough to split a virus cleanly in half, like a razor blade going through a peanut. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She hops from the counter to the table and grabs what’s left of my peanut butter sandwich. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z On Sunday afternoons, after high mass, they went to baseball games and ate roasted peanuts from brown paper cones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman gave Salva a bag of peanuts and a gourd for drinking water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are peanut butter dog treats,” Hyacinth said. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We sat down on the rocks in the shade along the dry creek and ate a lunch she’d prepared for us: peanut butter sandwiches and sliced apples. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then he put the plate of peanut butter cookies on the table and sat down across from me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Grandpop was standing at the counter, using a spoon to smear peanut butter on the side of an apple. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I chewed the chocolate thoughtfully, letting the fabulous peanut buttery-chocolaty goodness wash over my tongue. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew her more than I knew myself: her favorite color was pink, she loved crab legs and corn on the cob, hated running late, and was allergic to peanuts. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The mess was still there—baby toys and clothes, towels, Layla’s lacrosse stuff, a bag of bread, and a jar of peanut butter on top of the minifridge—but her family was nowhere in sight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The egg and peanut butter in his stomach gurgled unpleasantly, making him queasy. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Havermeyer was hiding there in a squat He was eating peanut brittle, and his pimples and large, oily pores looked like dark scales. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With her butter knife, she scraped off some of the peanut butter and licked it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z England was the first time I tasted peanut butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There were all different sorts—chocolate with chocolate frosting, chocolate with vanilla frosting, red velvet, Oreo flavor, peanut butter, sprinkles, caramel. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Lorraine got at least four bags of peanuts, one cherry ice-cream cone, and a black-and-white soda. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Reynie began to flip through his papers, some of which bore faint smears of peanut butter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Henry asks, examining a spoon with peanut butter caked on it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Maman used to make me tell her all the pigments that made up the deep red of an apple, or the brown of a peanut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Havermeyer had tiny bits of peanut brittle adhering to his lips, chin and cheeks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “There’s so many ants in my house, when 1 walk they just about crunch under my feet like peanut shells.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grammy. Who wants to be like peanut butter and jelly? That never ends well. For them, anyway.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z As if she had read my mind, she handed me a package of peanuts. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In Stamps, lettuce was used only to make a bed for potato salad or slaw, and peanuts were brought in raw from the field and roasted in the bottom of the oven on cold nights. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The peanuts on top of the sundae were particularly good. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Calder pulled two packages of peanut M&M’s out of his coat and passed one to Petra. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Boy, you must have liked peanuts when you were a kid.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Starving, he made himself a peanut butter jam sandwich and holed up in his room. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The crowd goes crazy—standing on the bleachers, clapping, whistling, and tossing peanuts onto the track. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Hilly chats, throwing things our way like, “Stuart, Skeeter here lives on a plantation just north of town. Didn’t the Senator grow up on a peanut farm?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Tyson had hay in his hair and peanut butter in his teeth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She flittered around some peanuts in the carton nearest her and pulled out a small, pink cordless drill, pressed the On lever. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Even Dr. Corey had his two cents worth: "Never take your eye off the peanut bag, Alfred." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignored me and asked Sterling if he had any peanuts to sell. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked to steal her sneakers and bury peanut butter sandwiches. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I went up to her and said, “I want four bags of peanuts.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In order to occupy Eliot she supplied him with the comics section of the newspaper, and crackers spread with peanut butter, and sometimes a Popsicle, or carrot sticks sculpted with her blade. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Though no longer pregnant, she continues, at times, to mix Rice Krispies and peanuts and onions in a bowl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I covered the chicken slices with caviar thickly as if I were spreading peanut butter on a piece of bread. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The oldest man in the room—he looks like he’s around seventy—says he married his first wife because her name tasted like peanut butter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I’d shared my peanut butter sandwich with Wishbone, and that was it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Our inventory was down to a bag of Cheetos, peanut butter crackers, some Twizzlers, and a snack pack of Oreos, plus the candy I had managed to stuff into my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This low-IQ peacock came tearing after me as soon as it heard me open my bag of peanuts. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Mom gets a little bent out of shape about the patriarchy. But I promise they’re fun. And my dad makes the best peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes. Hands down.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Eager for peanut butter, Scruffy leapt up, bit into the ribbon, and yanked it down hard. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I eat another fingertip’s worth of peanut butter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z What she gave me was a sandwich cookie with peanut butter cream in the middle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I watch as I feel my hands throw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich together, and I think how I'd give anything for a double cheeseburger right now. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Joyce, quietly jubilant, set about cleaning up the peanut shells the kids had let drop on the floor as they listened nervously to the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was so close I could smell the peanut butter on his breath. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He tried smiling, but it was hard with his mouth all full of peanut butter. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Peeves shot after her, pelting her with moldy peanuts, yelling, “Pimply!Pimply!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "What would you do if you were choking on a peanut?" she asks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z After staring at moldy peanut butter sandwiches and burned cookies, I didn’t have much of an appetite, but the girl waved her hand and a picnic appeared at the edge of the fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Was it unthinkable he could speak one of them to me, even the one reserved for lesser things like peanuts in your Coke? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like she was going to find a gold amulet or a magic ring lying around on the ground amidst popcorn and peanut shells. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo didn’t know what margarine was, but Grandmother told her it was even better than peanut butter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Those cookies are amazing, and I used to always look forward to them in elementary school until they banned any party snacks with peanuts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z World peace is only a dream because people won’t allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Not the hard kind, the soft squooshy kind, like peanut butter.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was about as fierce as one of Mom’s peanut butter cookies. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He misses the press of people, the noise and chaos, black Model Ts rattling along the cobblestones, the treacly smell of street vendors’ peanuts roasting in sugar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I spread a napkin out in front of me, then lifted out my Cheetos, apple slices, granola bar, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich and arranged them on the napkin. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Rumor had it that the peanut butter maker’s husband—a stodgy, surly type—shut down the factory after his wife’s death, purely out of spite. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He had a peanut butter cream cookie in his hand. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was a lady shrew, a tiny thing scarcely bigger than a peanut, but with a wit as sharp as her teeth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Dallas spotted a jar of peanuts, opened it, and dumped them in the bowl. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But first I turn over in my mind which snack I should mention—peanut butter banana or tomato soup. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z How am I going to master the science of plumbing products when I can barely summon the concentration required to assemble a breakfast of peanut butter and toast? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the distiller in there, the peanut can, the empty water jugs. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She served them biscuits and milk and then licked the last of the peanut butter from the knife before washing it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I swear to God, that clueless little peanut. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He was yakking a mile a minute, saying stuff like “Your momma sure can make a good peanut butter sandwich” and “How come these kids is so darn mean?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk from door to door, our brown paper grocery bags filling with candy apples, popcorn balls, peanut brittle, chanting at each door: Shell out! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Will packs a lunch of his favorite peanut butter and honey sandwiches and chips and Gatorade. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She patted my cheek affectionately, giving me peanut butter racing stripes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Every breath took more effort, as if her chest was filled with Styrofoam peanuts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nimbly he leaped to the top of the partitions, caught a whiff of pure peanut butter, and took off across the top edges of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I thought maybe I’d been giving her too many peanut butter sandwiches. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His favorite job was caring for Hannibal the elephant, but he’d managed to mess that up, too—giving Hannibal indigestion by feeding him peanuts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She had baked a fresh batch of peanut butter dog biscuits that morning and was handing them out like Halloween candy. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z On the backseat next to us, I got a bag with a Thermos a apple juice, cheese nabs, peanuts, and two Co-Cola bottles that’s gone be like drinking coffee they gone be so hot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the southern states peanuts are usually grown in rotation with cotton, on which BHC is extensively used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Inside, there are two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches packed tight in plastic wrap, an apple, slices of cheese, a few cookies, and a mostly full bottle of Gatorade. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Dad, sharing roasted peanuts with me in Central Park; wandering the halls of museums; celebrating my birthday. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was pretty chocolaty, but I could imagine pairing it with peanut butter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Would you like some peanut butter and crackers?” she said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But the contraband was peanuts compared to my test. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I know then that had Barbara Walters actually been choking on a peanut, I would have done nothing to help her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There were farmers growing peanuts, hauling peanuts, making peanut oil, peanut butter, even peanut soap. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They bought peanuts, chestnuts, and pretzels from the vendor outside the museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Safer says he trusts me to keep an eye on it while he gets us some peanut butter crackers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z To Alex, airplanes and dogs went together like peanut butter and baloney, which happened to be his favorite sandwich. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I push on my banana slices again, too hard this time, and peanut butter squirts out. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z These were not peanuts handed out on his recent flight but something acquired years earlier, back when all planes had propellers and pilots wore leather helmets and long, flowing scarves. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His tongue was dry and stuck to the roof of his mouth, as if he’d licked an entire jar of peanut butter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Instead, there was a giant urn in the middle of the table and a five-pound tin of peanut butter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The kitchen was closed, too, so I went to ask for some peanut butter and bread while Henry made himself a cup of tea. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The chaise longue on which Baby Kochamma reclined had crushed peanut shells stuffed into the crevices of its rotting upholstery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After that terrible peanut butter sandwich, I could actually use a breath mint. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It was empty, so he pulled a longish butt from the Planter’s peanut butter jar top that was Guitar’s ashtray for the day. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z After a quick snack of crackers and peanut butter, Fadi grabbed his camera and left the apartment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I scoop out a lump of peanut butter and dump it into a bowl. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Windy and I share a bag of peanut M&M’s on the bus ride home. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then she herself takes a handful of peanuts and puts them, like a schoolgirl, one by one in her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Though sugarcane gave them a run for their money, peanuts were quickly becoming his favorite food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, I took my peanut butter and jelly sandwich and carrots out of my brown bag. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pretend to nibble on my cookie for as long as possible, but the peanut butter tastes like dirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I say, putting the bowl of peanut butter on the table. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Monday morning, she showed up carrying a box loaded to the top with two loaves of banana bread, two pies, peanut butter cookies, corn muffins, a dish of macaroni and cheese, and a lasagna. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They take you to the office where the ladies give you three saltine cracker sandwiches with peanut butter in the middle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He’s honest, real polite, and he likes crunchy peanut butter and apricot jelly—never grape—just like I do. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I stood there, trying to think of a comeback, when suddenly, I heard a whoosbing sound, like the sound you get when you open a vacuum-sealed can of peanuts. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Packages of salted peanuts, buttermilk cookies, two pimiento-cheese sandwiches in plastic, sour balls, and a can of Red Rose snuff. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was supposed to bring in those peanut butter kiss things that are your favorite, but every time I told Mom about it, she kept changing the subject. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I call Tats back while assembling my weekend breakfast: chopped bananas, peanut butter, yogurt, and granola. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They ate lunch sitting on a bench at a bus stop on Route 1, finishing the bread and peanut butter, scooping it out with their fingers and licking it off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Food sellers roasted mealies and peanuts—the smell almost drove Nhamo mad. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She opens her book to the marked page, curls up in a chair pulled close to the wood-burning stove, bowl of peanuts in her lap. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And there was a jar of peanut butter, too. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I waited while Vivian put another peanut in her mouth and chewed it endlessly. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ironed her dresses and packed her school lunch in a paper bag. She loved peanut butter. That’s all she wanted. Peanut butter Monday through Friday.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you bring it with you? Or did you find an Indian grocer?” she asked, stuffing a small fistful of the peanut and rice-flake mixture in her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The fridge was pretty barren, so I settled for peanut butter and jelly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Determined to discourage uninvited rodents, Curly carefully baited the rattraps with peanut butter and placed them at strategic locations along the outside walls of the trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She used a flat rock and the force of her will to smash groundnuts into passable peanut butter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I want a peanut, I’ll go to the market and buy one!” shouted the monkey in a rage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Chickens wandered the aisles; women walked back and forth carrying packages on their heads and selling bags of peanuts and dried vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So here I am thirty miles out to sea in a blind fog with nothing but a few peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a jug of water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He had peanut butter in his whiskers, and he kept yawning and stretching. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the old snapping kind, the kind Ma used back home to bait the mice with globs of peanut butter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z All those stories I’d heard about peanut butter allergies and how babies shouldn’t have it until they were older. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z What about all those peanut butter and jelly sandwiches you brung along? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Street vendors push food carts piled with steamed dumplings, smoked beef teriyaki sticks, and roasted peanuts along the sidewalks and begin to set up for another day of business. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them flicked a peanut at the animal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It had peanut butter sandwiches, baby oranges, packets of cheese crackers, and honey-roasted peanuts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My dad went out foraging and returned with a handful of snacks he bought from kids selling them by the side of the road—peanuts and mandazi, little round cakes. 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