| 单词 | pill |
| 例句 | “It was a beautiful pill, honey. Feel proud.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “So, because we could not fall asleep naturally, I simply administered us all a dose of Mother’s pills. Simple.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Well, as long as they give her plenty of pills,” he says. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When the pain dropped a notch and I could breathe again, I pulled the blanket to my chest and waited for Armand’s pills to work. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That night, a new pill appears in my paper cup. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I just stand there, holding this handful of pills and thinking of everything that has happened, and the pain in my heart overwhelms me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The little plastic bag in her hand was loaded with orange pill bottles. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Back at my desk, I line the pills up one by one by one, like a little blue army. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m all right. The happy pills should be kicking in soon.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Hi, Miles. He’s fast asleep. I crushed those pills up in his dinner like you said.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Medicine makes people better when they’re sick. It’s like pills and castor oil.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I sigh, grabbing a chocolate pudding cup and my afternoon pills from off my med cart and dutifully taking them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I could see what had happened: before he collapsed, he had opened a bottle of water and some pills. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Take the two pills under this note before bed, but don’t let the PSFs see you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There are even medicine cups with red-and-white Creon pills set in front of three seats at the table. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You told me you weren’t a drug addict, but you have pills on your dresser.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z So I drop the pill into the toilet and pee on it for good measure, then flush, happy to medicate whatever foul creatures live in the sewers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He gives the couple some pills and instructions. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Still others measured powder into capsules and counted the finished pills into bottles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I let the pill melt on my tongue into a vague sweetness and waited for it to kick in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Albert has a stash of pain pills and a bottle of tea for Papa. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She opened her mouth as she was told, and Scythe Faraday placed the pill on her tongue. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He gave her a large shot of morphine, left a bottle of opium pills, washed his hands, and put on his coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if she was right, or if I would have been better off on pills or locked up in a mental hospital, but her belief in me was absolute. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I pulled the board up, releasing boll weevils, pill bugs, and a small spider from their homes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He goes back over the last twenty-four hours in his head: the sleeplessness, the pills, the tense little grimace Henry does in public that Alex has always read as aloofness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You sound so disappointed—what did you think a resurrection pill looked like?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her disastrous birth experience, and her decertification, had been so sudden and startling that no one at the Birthing Unit had thought to supply her with pills or instruct her to take them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He swallowed, tasting bitterness as if the pill were in his own mouth. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I’m taking every kind of pill I can get my hands on,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z All those pills were making me fat and stupid, and I was still miserable, getting only three or four hours of sleep a night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Maddy picked up the pills and put them in her pocket. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z So after the movie was over, Mom and Augustus and I all took sleeping pills. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “It must really be hell to walk around sick all the time and have to depend upon pills. He’s really a sweet kid. And bright, too.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She was the only one, she could see now, who did not take a pill each day—and she guessed that it was simply a mistake. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mushie immediately took one and stuck it in his mouth, and it was only by throwing my body over the pills that I prevented him from eating them all. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It had something to do with his blood chemistry, Danny said, and the doctor had prescribed three different pills for him to take. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z On the nightstand is a glass for her false teeth and blood pressure pills, cod-liver oil, and rosemary leaves. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z As KGB officers surrounded Tolkachev, one of them forced a thick rope between his teeth, to prevent him from biting down on a suicide pill. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When she swallows her pills, they seem to crawl down her throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Or it could be that the pills are working,” Olly says. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Carefully she pried the pills off the plaster wall, one by one, into her cupped hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I helped her straighten up, noticing all the bottles of pills, lined up on the table, a small army of brown plastic soldiers with white caps. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me how she'd swallowed it all, even the memory of it, like the tiniest bitter pill, and about all the boys she consumed after it just to keep it buried down there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He gives me “meds,” as he calls the pills, in a little white paper cup and takes my “vitals” and records it all in a laptop. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “The Methodist Mission gets us milk powder and vitamins to distribute in the villages along the river. The tins of food and quinine pills come from the ABFMS.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew that guys slammed the pill, but she just said that to make me feel good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I took the little pills and paid my bill and got out of there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Lizabeth keep talking ’bout the doctors give her pills and sometime they help for a while, then they stop working. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But then Brothers pulls the pill in and he’s clear for the basket, but instead of going for the basket he comes out again and around Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I dig through the first-aid kit I got from the boy from District 1 and find pills that reduce your temperature. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The pills and the treatments and those whitewashed walls that push in on you and suffocate you slowly, day by day. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It’s possible I could hoard my pills and then knock myself off with a lethal dose, except that I’m sure I’m being watched round the clock. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “As CFers, so much is taken away from us. We live every single day according to treatments, pills.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She chewed up a toothbrush pill, punched her pillows, and shoved an old portable heater—one that produced about as much warmth as a sleeping, Tally-size human being—under the covers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She slipped half a pill between my lips. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He listens to your ailments, then tells you whether you need to buy a pill, a good-luck charm, or just go home and forget about it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cause of the blackout was evidently an overdose of these pills; I was taken off them, and put on a low-salt diet, which solved the problem. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pill swells on the inside of my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I hear the men talking one night about this one drugstore where the owner, a sympathizer, will sell you a pill you can take if you get caught by the SIM. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I'd tried every over-the-counter zit medication known to man, along with harsher prescription creams like Retin-A or pills like erythromycin that were recommended by my dermatologist. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I smile at the dancing pill bottle emoji. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “What about the lesions? Can you create a pill that cures them?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Cole sipped water from the glass she held to his lips and struggled to swallow the pills. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Partly, I kept forgetting, but also there was something else I couldn’t quite identify, some way-down fear that taking a pill to become myself was wrong. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then we clinked glasses and I took my pill. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember noticing her yellow pallor and the way her pills stuck in her throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z There must have been needles, pills, something like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think will happen if you take the pills?” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I returned my seat-back tray to its upright and locked position and bent forward to dig pills out of his backpack. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Then Danny came over and was drunk, or on the pills, and just started ripping into Terryl, telling her she was nothing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My morning pill was supposed to last all day but it gave out on me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She could just as easily have chosen the sleeping pills. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There were two pills on the nightstand next to my bed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Something within him, something that had grown there through the memories, told him to throw the pill away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z They add extra ingredients for color, coating, and to make the pill stick together. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In addition to the occasional shot of Haldol, I now take four pills, twice a day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He had a vague memory of his uncle bringing him pills earlier and helping him downstairs to the lavatory, which was hidden behind the panelling in the cellar. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Jonas? Are you ready? Did you take your pill? I want to get a good seat in the Auditorium.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She drank a bottle of water with two pain pills that were specifically for arthritis. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I feel fine. I’m just a little logy from all those pills and shots you’ve been giving me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He came down dribbling the pill between his legs like it was supposed to impress me. i knew as long as it was going between his legs he wasn’t going anywhere with it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But I knew the pills would make me sick again. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Reaches into her housedress pocket and opens her bottle of pills. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She used beer now, instead of water, to wash down the pills that Jordan brought her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What the hell is in those sleeping pills!? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to get so mad about that to where it made me sick and I had to take pills. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Now, looking around in the Hatchery cafeteria, Claire was aware that all the other workers took a pill every morning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Advil, aspirin, some kind of over-the-counter sleeping pills I stole from Kate and then stored in an old prescription bottle of Mom’s. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When the public protests, confronted with some obvious evidence of damaging results of pesticide applications, it is fed little tranquilizing pills of half truth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And every time I woke up, I took another pill and went back to this place. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he discovered the pile of pills behind the radio tent where we’d been tossing them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold him down as she forces him to swallow a pill that makes him go floppy and then she cleans out his broken teeth and puts a cream in his eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Did you take your pills for your back?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z More and more pills fall down, pinging one by one as they bounce on the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Want to join us?” said a skinny little kid who was making up pills. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From far away they could hear the voice of a radio announcer singing the praises of Dr. Ross’s pills, tiny but effective against constipation, insomnia, and bad breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She passes me a pill and the glass of water and I take it quickly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They gave you a pill to help you sleep, then they woke you up all night. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z When Manny Toole came in, he said Joseph looked like he needed something bad and he could have these if he wanted them, and he held out his hand and there were two yellow pills. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z So he would continue to receive the pill. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We eat in silence, and afterward, I find the sleeping pills in my mom’s medicine cabinet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A third stall hawks diet pills not approved by health departments, while another offers discounts to watch a famous Dark World girl’s R-rated livestream. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “About the hospital and the pills. About Life Is Life.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There are only two ceiling lights in the ward and they’re switched off when the tea tray is taken away and the nurse gives me pills. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Once, when he’d been ill, his boy had forced a pill down his throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a nurse who came through the cellblock once a day, pushing a cart full of medicine, handing pills to the prisoners. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I removed the sleeping pills from my bag and rolled them out like dice onto a flat rock. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Out of a cupboard,” said I. “And I saw pistols in it,—and jam,—and pills. And there was no daylight in the room, but it was all lighted up with candles.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I try to sleep, and somewhere in the back of my mind I think, Wait, I have to give Mango his pill before I fall asleep. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Later, when he gave her more pills and some water, she took them dutifully and then lay back and waited for the strange stillness they brought. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some people, they’d heard rumors, even brought caffeine pills to stay up through the night. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I hated those pills, so much that I tried to avoid taking them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He checked out the stitches, checked out the face, asked about the head, gave me a couple of pills I recognized as Tylenol for the pain. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She hands me a plastic cup, retrieves the pill from the floor, and goes into my bathroom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z My stomach flips again, but I wrinkle my nose, about to delete the message, and then the four o’clock reminder for the AffloVest pops onto my screen, a tiny animated pill bottle dancing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “How long are you going to keep giving me those pills and shots?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z First he'd smoked marijuana, then he took pills, then he started "mainlining heroin—China white—Iranian tar—Mexican brown." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Look, Mom, just get off your high horse and give Shay the pills.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Carver got the pill, busted it down- court, and Carver’s shooting guard threw it up for Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Tonight is when Dray is supposed to go and sell those pills. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then he looked at the pill in his hand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Matant Jo opens a cabinet, pulls out several small bottles of pills, puts them into the pocket of her short dress. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I stood, hurled the pill bottle on the floor, and ran to my room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Her mother was a nurse at the hospital, counting pills, drawing blood, changing bedpans, no stranger to night and double shifts. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He said the word as though it was the bitterest of pills. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There’s one pill back at camp, in its special slot on the sleeve of my Mockingjay suit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the bedside table were sixteen empty packets of sleeping pills and a note: “I forgive everyone and ask forgiveness of everyone. OK? Not too much gossip, please.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The pill was cupped between my fingers and my wrist, and I felt the move. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I didn't even care that the first few pills of the month would make me so queasy that I had to bolt out of class and vomit in the bathroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I push my limbs through the doors of the emergency room and say to the first person I see, “I swallowed pills and can’t get them out of me. Get them out of me.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This is also where Dad stashed the antibiotics—various vials and pill containers in Ziploc bags. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I drop the pills into the toilet and flush them down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He found a bottle of water purification pills, a first-aid kit, a pocketknife, matches, and lighter fluid. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody on Carver’s squad could throw the pill down and that was a big part of their game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But when Daisy left him the old man did not come anymore and he had to content himself with purges and kidney pills advertised in the newspapers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I check and double-check my “At Bedtime” pile of bottles and pills. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then he developed abdominal pain, and that made him think that he might have typhoid fever, so he gave himself a course of antibiotic pills, but that had no effect on his illness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman selling it displayed a small pill—but not to give to the subject. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Time to get a sleeping pill from the medical supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like constipation pills, adult diapers, ointments. A bunch of butt-related stuff, now that I think about it.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mam took her pills and sat by the fire with Malachy on her lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He stood back from the door feeling like a man who had just swallowed a suicide pill—nothing to do but wait. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I took the pills and shoved them into the standard-issue sports bra the camp controllers had bestowed on us when they realized fifteen hundred teenage girls weren’t going to stay twelve and flat forever. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was far too drunk for sleeping pills. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I still haven’t quite recovered, I fear. Five more days of these, what are they called . .. sulfa pills.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I was instructed to dissolve a tiny pill under my tongue, which would keep me from vomiting, and then swallow two codeine pills. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He said he would have to take the pills as long as it persisted. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He reached into his robe and produced a small pill in a little glass vial. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I swallowed the two pills one at a time, the taste of chicken broth still on my tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If you are already taking the pills, stop immediately. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She woke me up in a panic and was about to call an ambulance when I told her I hadn’t taken any pills. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Rowan though he might get a reprieve, as he had when Faraday asked him to hand that woman the cyanide pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I poured a glass and took two of Armand's pain pills. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No more knocks on the door for Mr. Milgrom’s pills and potions. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “You’re asking me the names of the pills? I can’t even remember anymore. One is pink, the other yellow, another light blue.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She understood that he was being eaten up alive because for him freedom was even more important than love, and that there were no magic pills that would make him change his mind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The oblong pill made me feel exceptionally groggy, but only from the bridge of my nose up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Even with the pills puffing up the edges, I could see things weren’t going to be so easy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Give her another pill if she gets too agitated. There’ll be more bleeding. But don’t call me up unless it’s heavy.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I suppose, despite how terrible those pills tasted, that I should have been thankful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mean cure like you take a pill and it all goes away,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I unsealed the bag and dropped the little pills into my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “What did you do with those pills I gave you every day?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I told you, I’m depressed. I take pills for it like your girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Luke, I’m telling you I don’t want you taking any pills today. Okay?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Late that afternoon I woke to find a sympathetic note and a packet of flu pills on the common room table. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He unrolled his bindle and put things on the shelf, his razor and bar of soap, his comb and bottle of pills, his liniment and leather wristband. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand her two orange pill bottles of Keflex. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "I've been stuffing the extra pills under my mom's geraniums. And I'm happy to report those geraniums haven't had a single seizure since I started doing that." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I go to the bathroom with a Mountain Dew and take three pills, feeling too rebellious to take the recommended dose of two. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was not able to gauge the effect of the mild pills he took occasionally to help him sleep and felt guilty about for days afterward. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t remember taking a sleeping pill, but there might well have been something in the drink she’d had. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The General came more often, even on some weekends, bringing her hot water bottles, herbal pills, things he had heard were good for pregnancy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They get all excited, tell me stuff like how her cells helped make my blood pressure medicines and antidepression pills and how all this important stuff in science happen cause of her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The clear bag went back into my bra, and the first pill went into my mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I took the sleeping pills Ted had left behind in the medicine cabinet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some nonsense about a bachelor party. I just want to take a sleeping pill and go to bed.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z About once a week we had some kind of pill overdose or drug- related emergency at the hospital—often involving homemade works. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “To bring me some more pills? Nonsense. I’ll go in the morning.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Pedaling rapidly down the path, Jonas felt oddly proud to have joined those who took the pills. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He left yellow, green, and red pills to be taken in sequence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He sifted through a plastic bag of pill bottles, lining up cylinders on the bedside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The pill was the size of a pinhead, and it had a pale brownish color. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “After you give birth, you take the pills again, until you're ready for the next time,” Nancy had said. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A part of me regretted making her miserable in this way—I think some of her pills made her feel even more awful than she already felt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “The sleeping pills should wear off before the alarm goes,” said Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Mama found the pills I stuck on the wall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When my mom came home and saw all the pills spilled next to my bag, she freaked out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The table held more pill bottles than ever—Selestone for his asthma, Ativan to help him sleep, naproxen for pain—along with a powdered milk mix and laxatives. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out my desk drawer and counted the rest of the sleeping pills: candy-colored pretties, bright on a sheet of typing paper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then, gingerly, he roused himself, took a pill, blew his nose again, and went back to the bedroom to put on fresh clean clothes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the white sweater with the tiny pills. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The pills had taken the edge off my headache but they’d left my brain foggy and my stomach sick. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z So Lily gave me what I needed, including a little pill in case I got cramps, which I’d heard could be so bad, they could make you faint. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My Arm v. troublesome this day & I have asked Octavian to heat it a Bath & administer a pill rolled of camphor & gum asafoetida. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He swallows his pill without even chewing and settles down for the night on my pillow instead of on his blanket. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In fact, after that first day the pills only worked on and off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I took the glass of water and the bottle of pills and went down into the cellar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Bring me another beer. It settles my stomach. And one of those red pills from the doctor. Gotta do what the doctor said.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She says if they had pills for that, they wouldn’t need places like this in the first place, would they? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Mother pulls the pad of paper from under the covers, tucked in the invisible pocket she’s had sewn in every garment, where she keeps antivomiting pills, tissues. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There’s a martini glass filled with green liquid, a pack of cigarettes, and a pill bottle with a skull and crossbones label. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z You could even start before you were eighteen with pills called androgen blockers that stopped the boy hormones already inside you from turning your body into a man's. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z And there were pills for cramps, and to expect pain the first few days of every period. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I almost didn't make it onto this plane because I thought about taking a bunch of pills last night. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “She’s hysterical. I gave her a pill to calm her down.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I decided to take no more pills for a while. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was told to measure pills with the younger children, and his quota was twice theirs, “to teach him the value of labor.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin had gotten a prescription for some pills once when he was having trouble sleeping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a pill,” she says; or, “What a creep.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I find my pills and turn off the light. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Nurse Duckett made a note to give Yossarian another pill, and the four of them moved along to the next bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The doctor gave me pills to give at intervals while traveling so that the ailment never came back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Kate said, “I needed some more of those pills and I couldn’t come later.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was always a daub of anesthetic ointment, or a pill; or in severe instances, an injection that brought complete and instantaneous deliverance. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Where are we going to get sleeping pills?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I close my mouth, lodging the pill on the inside of my cheek. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When she wouldn’t go along with the plan, I’d hunted through her underwear drawer, searching for her birth control pills, figuring that if I confiscated them, maybe it would yield some results. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “So you really bought pills off the Internet?” he asks. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I open my hand and disclose my own pills. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers were higher than the ball and straining toward it so I pulled it down and stretched my body out and pushed the pill with my fingertips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She lined up the vitamin pills by each person’s plate and made sure they were swallowed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She put a pill in my one hand and a glass of water in the other, but before I could take the pill she said, “Just hold on a minute more.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hueper has little patience with the wishful thinking that promises “a magic pill that we shall take each morning before breakfast” as protection against cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I scoop up the sleeping pills and hold them in my palm. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was pretty happy with the new T-shirt gig, and despite Stan invading my space, I'd managed to forget the pills in my pocket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba went into town and returned weighed down with pesticides in every form known to man—powders, liquids, and pills—which he sprayed and sprinkled everywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z For several days Aureliano carried a small bottle of pills in his shirt pocket. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Go get some pills,” he says when we break apart. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z At the moment she was sleeping peacefully, having swallowed the sleeping pill that Juliet had left on her tray. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “These pills won’t change the way you look. They’ll only affect your brain, undoing what Dr. Cable did to the way your mind works. Then you can decide for yourself how you want to look.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His phone chirps and I see the animated pill bottle appear on his screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z If I stayed home, I was going to end up swallowing those pills, but the certainty I’d felt minutes earlier was retreating. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then maybe they’ll do some heavy thinking and settle for a chill pill. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Hear she’s bringing her mother’s pills to school and selling them to pay for it? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They were trying out some new pills, and his brother would remain in the hospital until they were certain the pills worked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes when his ribs were bothering him, he took a pill. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z We get three seconds Of pinwheels, whistling banshees, Some cones and pyramids That stink but won’t work, And black pills That vomit snakes Of ash. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She took Dr. Troy’s prescription and told me run over to O’Connor the chemist for the pills, that there would be no charge due to the kindness of Dr. Troy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then I unlocked the strongbox and took out the bottle of new pills. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After we finish using our AffloVests, Stella hangs up to give her mom a call and to check in on her friends in Cabo, vowing to call me back in time for our nighttime pills. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My narcolepsy had become such a consistent problem during my first week that I was now being issued two little red pills each day to help me stay awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I also took my regular medication, and then a few minutes later an oblong white pill I’d been told to use when panicky. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This was not surprising as Mum had said she’d had a sleeping pill. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z So she spends $9 a pop for pills to control the migraines she wouldn’t have, she insists, if her estrogen supplements were covered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I give her the glass and watch as she swallows the pill and water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Henry shook a few aspirins into his hand, along with a couple of mystery pills from his pocket, and washed them down with the glass of whiskey Charles gave him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But in this case the power of suggestion failed, and the second bottle of pills was swallowed by Barrabas in a moment of oversight that fortunately had no appreciable results. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The twins are stealing sleeping pills and diamond earrings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Now he swallowed the small pill that his mother handed him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and pulled out his pill. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I examine it and find a tiny pocket that both secures and conceals the pill. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I hand her a pill and a glass of water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z When they sent the fat boy and a forward into the paint I pulled up and dropped the pill from the top of the key. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I bring another glass of water for her and she takes a few pills with it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She says that Stephen is a brain and that if he weren’t so cute he’d be a pill. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I give him a few more treats without pills in them, and then he yawns in my face and I wave away his icky tuna breath. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Time for my pills,” he said after we had eaten. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Also sometimes we’ll see a witch doctor with aspirins, pink pills, yellow pills, and animal pieces all laid out in neat rows on a black velvet cloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleeping pills make your brain waves calm down into a sleep pattern. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, swallowing a pill and handing the bottle back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You’re in here costing the state money, taking the same pills you took before. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I had to jump for the pill and when I came down Ice was in my face and going for the pill. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z There would be no more hospitals, doctors, pills, or pain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The air had a strange smell to it, too—maybe the space behind the bookcase was full of dead centipedes and millipedes and pill bugs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Be my good little baby bird,” she said quietly, and slipped the pill onto my tongue. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat up and reached for the pills and put them in my mouth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I should have saved some of the sleeping pills I slipped the man from Edgar Street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It’s a get-well card with a little bottle of pills with a smiley face on it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The pill was by far my favorite acne treatment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I held the pills in my palm and was reminded of that afternoon when Charles had given me ibuprofen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z While I’m not sure taking off your shoes in a strange hotel room and swallowing too many sleeping pills is what I would call dying valiantly and with acclamation, it’s the thought that counts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But if the pill was just what it looked like, a chocolate lump, then he, Fezzik, was going to have a lifetime of bad dreams of bodies growing stiff between his fingers. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Paige decided to bite the bullet and go on Accutane, a new acne pill on the market that came with harsh side effects. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I shook out the pills that Brooke had suggested I use to get them to fall asleep early. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I get a couple of pills and some water into him when he's not noticing, but he refuses to eat even the fruit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When I opened my eyes, two red pills were on the counter in front of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He and I both know there are only two pills left, and the math is easy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The other main reason for his trip was quinine pills, which we had just about run out of, how unfortunate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I know there’s nothing I can do about the dissolving tablet, but maybe, with practice, I can squirrel away both the capsule and the green pill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The guy had just put the pill into his mouth and was getting water from one of the water cans when he got hit in the rear end. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And they gave me some pills to take.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I let my hand fall, and I hear the cascade of pills as they drop and roll everywhere. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When Yossarian woke up again and went to see him, Doc Daneeka made ready to give him another pill and a shot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “This one is the cheapest. You swallow the pills and they take pictures as they go down.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks ago, just days before Hannah took the pills, someone slipped an envelope through the vent of my locker. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I crushed them with the bottom of the pill bottle and then pounded them into finer particles with a scissors handle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Now, I suppose you’re going to say, but, Mister Ibis, these people were primitives, they didn’t have radio controls and vitamin pills and jet airplanes.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I always used to give Mango his pill right after I washed my face and brushed my teeth. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Watch Officer Alex Williams was the supervisor there and that was where we went to take our pills. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to send Tea Cake some pills to take right away.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Wrapping my black coat round me like my own sweet shadow, I unscrewed the bottle of pills and started taking them swiftly, between gulps of water, one by one by one. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Leila had slept little, despite taking a sleeping pill around eleven p.m. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘I’ll say you had a very severe infection of the stomach which I am curing with pills,’ he answered smiling. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When the host jockey became too malnourished, he could check into a hospital to have the worm removed, then return to the track and swallow a new pill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, at her parents’ insistence, he concocted some lilac-colored sugar pills, which he prescribed with the warning that they were a Siberian remedy for deaf-mutes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the pills in my backpack. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I could feel it going down my throat like a little white round superhero pill on its way to beat up all the bad stuff in me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose these smart pills might put a few of our top colleges and universities out of business.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In March, as I had eight pills left of my final refill, I started thinking that I didn’t need the Zoloft anymore. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mam said, No, no, but Grandma said, He doesn’t have the pills to ease him, God help us, and a bottle of stout will be some small comfort. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For one thing, I wasn’t convinced the circular white pill was doing anything when I did take it, and for another, I was not taking it quite as often as I was technically supposed to. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She hands me a white envelope with six blue pills in it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The other reason I made the cut is this: you just know that the resurrection pill has got to work. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time you read this, I’ll have taken an overdose of sleeping pills. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Contact the right people, and you could get hold of a special capsule, a simple pill guaranteed to take off all the weight you wanted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Quinine pills taste bad enough to give you a hair problem. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Cramp warned me to “stick to the recommended dosage—two pills, three times a day—otherwise you’ll be completely stoned. Okay?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He took the pain pills he was offered, gulping them down with plenty of water the way he was instructed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I finish the pizza by the time I get to my room, and I lay the plate next to Mango’s pill bottle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Fat, kindly Dr. Cuevas attempted to treat her with pills of his own devising, with vitamins in syrup and throat swabbings with borax honey, but all to no apparent effect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t be drinking on top of those pills.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Though he knew that his failure to take the pills accounted for some of it, he thought that the feelings came also from the memories. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I heard he took someone’s pills and freaked out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I needed one little pill of Cipro, or a couple of tabs of Imodium. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “No, no more quilts. You shouldn’t take pills that aren’t prescribed for you. ‘Don’t eat pills you find on the curb,’ you always told us.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d had a bit of a crack-up my freshman year, after which I was prescribed a circular white pill to be taken once daily. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A bunch of empty pill bottles and a few alcohol bottles lie open on their sides. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’d take some birth control pills if I could find me some.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we can flush those pills down the toilet, she might be okay. In the meantime, speaking of that TV show, do you think we should call the police?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "He gave me some pills to aid my digestion and help me sleep," Haupt said. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “The pills were probably just a different vitamin that we don’t need anymore.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I give him more fever pills and stand over him while he drinks first one, then a second quart of water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It doesn’t matter if there’s a cluster of pill bottles on the bedside table. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z You may now give your dog a pill which, it is claimed, will rid him of fleas by making his blood poisonous to them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I took some sleeping pills and went to the movies: Japanese film, I couldn’t seem to follow it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He gave the undertaker a small bottle of white pills. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Susan Kidwell and her mother had managed to sugar the pill and install a cozy atmosphere in their apartment—three rooms on the ground floor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A button of grayish ooze collected at the bottom of the test tube—a tiny pill of dead and dying cells. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael had maneuvered behind this dead man and taken the sulfa pills and a roll of bandages from the medical kit at his belt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Doctors had given her pills so she could continue to function, even though her father was broken and her mother was dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The pill he took now, each morning, was also unrelated to training. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z None of my friends were on the pill. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A very hungover Haymitch waits with a handful of pills and a tray of food that neither of us has the stomach for. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “We refined the trigger chemical, created a once-a-day pill. Over a few months, our old faces came back.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, I was definitely headed for some serious anger—the only emotion I was really any good at—but I short-circuited the surge with a fistful of pills and some screaming videos. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And anyway Estella never woke up at night, not now that the doctor had put her on sleeping pills to help her rest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She knows way too many names of prescription pills—even for someone with an interest in medical school. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I twist the lid sharply and it comes flying off, pills showering down onto my med cart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I handed John a corkscrew while I laid out the crystal—three plastic coffee cups, a jelly glass, a shaving mug, and several wide-mouthed pill bottles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The pills in my bottle are getting low, though I filled my prescription before we left home. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The sleeping pills that had been for the plane were still in their plastic cylinder, and also in the duffel I had a liter of pond water and a handful of foraged nuts. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I had to keep my eyes on the pill and keep going for it and keep making the moves even when I wasn’t hitting. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She was supposed to take only one pill at a time, but she often took two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My pockets are disgusting, covered in spit and dust from the nearly swallowed pills, but it’s better than being drugged all the time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Them white kids over at the Park will pay for anything....I was thinking, with all those pills Ma got...,” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He and I had us a great manure war then, throwing dried cow cushions and sheep pills and horse biscuits at each other and dying laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “What happened to him I heard from one of the nurses,” Abdul Sharif resumed, tapping his chest with a fist as if to ease the passage of the pill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z God, I could use about ten of those little pills right now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t paying enough attention. I might have missed more than one pill. I don’t even know for sure.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “So, Carla. In your professional opinion, do you really think the pills are working?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A girl who, two weeks ago, swallowed a handful of pills. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He took the glass from Mariam and from his coat pocket produced a large white pill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Cyclops choked, trying to swallow the unexpected pill. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “It could be the pills are delaying your sickness. Even without any pills, it could be you just haven’t met any of your triggers yet.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I downed four pills as soon as we got home, another four after dinner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He left some malaria pills on Peewee’s bunk and split. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bend over a drinking fountain and take medication that way; I either choked or accidentally spit my pills all over the basin. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I put her up on the counter and crush up a little pink pill, mix it with some applesauce and feed her the spoonful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When she brings the pill, I swallow it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The pills are already in my palm before I notice it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I know Ma will remind her to take her blood pressure pill. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z While Beau ran around in the shadows of the trees, sniffing and going to the bathroom, I fished the pills out of my coat pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she was being obstinate, I had to force the pills down her throat and hold her mouth closed until she swallowed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z "But your khaleh Mandana told me that going on the pill might help clear up your skin. Do you want to try it?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I roll the pills around in my palm. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Her malaria pills,” Mother said, and she was right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well. And I suppose they feed them a lot of pills. Sedatives.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z By then Mom had already gone to the beauty parlor and left me a pill to take and a note telling me to just stay indoors all day. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a pale blue box of pills, but nobody was sick. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside him lay a water bottle, a green plastic thing, knocked over and spilled; beside that lay a jar of pills, large white ones, with the top off, also knocked over and partly spilled out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Gay said, “We both tasted something bitter. I chased down Tabitha, and she admitted that you put”—she choked—“pills in our drinks.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z These pills were going to bring me back to my old self, able to tackle everything, functional and efficient. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes after I swallowed the red pills, the earache was gone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I still hated that he was seeing me have to take pills. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He never went anywhere without a faux leather valise stuffed with dozens of orange plastic pill bottles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Given that Russia was at this point at the very vanguard of modernism it was a bitter pill to swallow, and understandably so. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “My girlfriend doesn’t take any pills,” Aaron says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a bitter pill for me to swallow, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You will, though. After you produce, you'll take the pills. Maybe six months. Then you stop, and you get ready for your next Product. See Karen over there?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “We found a bottle of aspirin, so we dissolved pills in the soup,” Julie said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He gobbles down the treat, never suspecting a pill is hidden inside it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And on that tablecloth, evenly spaced, were weapons: a pistol, a shotgun, a scimitar, a bowie knife, and a vial with a poison pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Doc Daneeka gave him a pill and a shot that put him to sleep for twelve hours. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I gagged down a sandwich and some pills at my locker, then headed for the library, the safe haven of freaks, geeks and small-town prophets. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She shows me her technique for taking pills with chocolate pudding. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When Yossarian woke up and went to see him, Doc Daneeka gave him another pill and a shot that put him to sleep for another twelve hours. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I send the message and wait around the computer, organizing the pills into groups of three, then ten, when really I’m hoping for something from Violet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “She just produced. She's on the pills now. But in a few months she'll need to start getting ready for her second production.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finishing, she tilted Cole’s head up and put some pills gently inside his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I swallow the pill of my doom and clear my throat. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I pulled down Dad’s bottle and set it on the counter, then popped the lid off my own and shook out my pills. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He came often, sometimes even when he was not summoned; and his presence, as much as the powders and pills he made her take, gave my mother her ease. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretend to happily take the sleeping pill Crick offers me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I don’t know if they gave her more pills or none, but it’s working. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I invent a pill that will allow you to drink seawater, and another that will erase the effects of either twelve cups of tea or seven beers and two scotches. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Despite the pain pills, his whole body felt raw, the horseshoe in the center of his chest etched in angry purpling bruises. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’ll take the others but not this,” I say, flicking the pill from my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He pointed out the name to the Delivery Ghost, who took the pills back. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as he’s concerned these pills are a miracle. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He said to me, “I’ll have to say a few words to the men to explain to them why they should take their anthrax drugs and malaria pills, or they just won’t bother.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z My father took a vitamin pill every morning now with his orange juice, but they didn’t seem to be doing much good. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She helped me raise my head, and I put the pill in my mouth and swallowed it down with some of the water. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The pill may be bitter, but down it must go. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Esther came back with transparent packets of pills, on which instructions, but no names, were written in a crabbed handwriting in blue ink. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Mr. Jankowski. I have twelve other patients to take care of. Now please take your pills.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Dad shook out his pills and filled a glass of water. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It was as good as whatever Ugwu cooked, she was sure, but, except for the chalky pills, she had been unable to taste anything in so long. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Down in the national news section, there’s an article on a new pill, the “Valium” they’re calling it, “to help women cope with everyday challenges.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I wrapped my fingers around the pill bottle just to bug her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Good intention” is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But there’s no pill, and our quarrels fray instead of knot, always ending in him crying and me soriy for hurting him over something he can’t help. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no cure for what Lolo has, no pill that can take this away forever. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I found myself doing calculations I’d failed at in geometry class as I determined the angle to cut the round pill. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I put the pills—those that were still clean—back in the bottle, capped it, and looked at the label: Cysteamine, whatever that is. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z At the gate to the cemetery on Gesia Street, Mr. Milgrom gave the guard a bottle of pills and we were let in. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Its sweetness comes from the seeds at the heart of the chinchontle plant. It is a sedative more potent than any sleeping pill you can buy at a farmacia.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I have chosen for you a life-terminating pill,” Scythe Faraday told the speechless, tremulous woman. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Anyone on the Island she might go to for pills or a diaphragm would know who she is and would surely rat on her to the family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The next morning, for the first time, Jonas did not take his pill. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Baba is at home. She couldn’t sleep last night. She’s afraid another catastrophe will happen. The doctor gave her pills to calm her nerves.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She had attempted suicide three times, and she survived the last attempt—an overdose of pills—only because someone found her in time and rushed her to the hospital. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You’re supposed to keep taking the pills, four a day for another ten days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I know when to look for the pill bottles, when to let the body take its course. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the middle of that exercise, the cold pills took effect, and I gladly sank into unconsciousness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I’m on my knees, raking the carpet with my fingernails to find those precious pills I flung away in a stronger moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z While he poured pills into a round cardboard box she stood in the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was tempted to squander two more of my sleeping pills to buy myself relief. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "Then take these for good luck. Pretend they're power pills," he said, which I thought was funny because for me, they kinda were. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then I set the glass of water and the bottle of pills side by side on the flat surface of one of the logs and started to heave myself up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A woman behind the ticket counter says the Germans carry fog pills and wear rocket belts; their uniforms, she whispers, are made of a special cloth stronger than steel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But when she was selected Birthmother at the Ceremony, part of her list of instructions had specified: No pills. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Deborah took an average of fourteen pills a day, which cost her about $150 each month after her husband’s insurance, plus Medicaid and Medicare. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m mesmerized by the pile of little round pills. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The pill bounced off his hands and went against the backboard and in. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She brings Mam a little tea in a mug to wash down the pills that ease the pain. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He handed me mine and then shook out his own pills. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then I wonder aloud that perhaps I shouldn’t take the pills anymore, and Lelia knows I mean another thing entirely. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him his pain pills, washed his clothes, read him the international section of the newspaper every afternoon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Boys who are pills have sweaters like that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I rearrange a few pill bottles, making sure one more time that everything is in the same chronological order as what I programmed into the app after cross-referencing his Donkey Kong-covered regimen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I gave her a smile and settled back into the couch, getting comfortable as the little blue pills started pillowing my thoughts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Every time I got to the part where I mixed the crushed pills in their drinks, I would run to the toilet and vomit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You said you’re ninety-nine percent sure these pills will work, right?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a cure that was so common that children would stand in line several times and instead of swallowing the pills would take them home to use as bingo markers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “On the days the pills don’t work. I want it to end and I would do anything—really, anything—if I knew for sure it would end the pain.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z So, when he handed me my pill he would watch closely as I put it into my mouth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried taking Tylenol, hoping it would help his severe sore throat and fever, but the pill lodged in his throat, refusing to dissolve. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I clawed open the pill bottle and choked down the medicine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “You take the Zoloft with food, once a day. We’ll start you on fifty milligrams. The pills make you feel dizzy, but that’s the only side effect, except for sexual side effects.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I swallowed my pill without water and could feel it roll, then stumble, then roll a little more, then stumble all the way down my throat and vanish into my belly. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Red pill or blue pill?” said Aru, in her best imitation of Morpheus. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But even among poor whites, the collapse of slavery was a bitter pill. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Entrepreneurs hawked anti-comet pills and gas masks, the latter an eerie premonition of the battlefields of World War I. Some confusion about comets continues to our own time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She is still taking a pill every night to be able to sleep. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I looked at him for a moment, and then I took out a handful of pills and held them out on my open palm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I put the pills down and climbed back into the tub. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z When she first died, I felt sorry about all the pills I’d given her that made her feel so miserable. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I take them one at a time with a cup of water she gives me that’s slightly larger than the cup the pills are in. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The books depressed me, scared me, made me stuff Kevin’s sleeping pills into my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “If you give them malaria pills, make sure they take it on the spot,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That's my name for "hot water with a caffeine pill dissolved in it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents were asleep; her mother had been taking sleeping pills at night to calm her nerves, and the crack beneath their bedroom door was dark. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I opened the box of cold pills before we were out of the store and popped three of them into my mouth. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Morrie swallowed the pills, put down the paper cup, inhaled deeply, then let it out. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With their love of novelty, the bonobos swarmed me, poking at the pills. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t chew the pills, and you won’t taste the oil,” girls reminded one another. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Neumann Two removes a small tin from his coat, dumps three round pills on the table, and gulps them down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m the one that brought that pill man out. I paid him and I got him to put my boy back together.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the jar of pills, still on the floor where I had put it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t want him asking any questions about the pills. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For a while she simply stands there before tending to the shampooing of her hair, the soaping of her softening, slightly shrinking fifty-three-year-old body, which she must fortify each morning with calcium pills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I took the Excedrin, what was left of the aspirin, and the sleeping pills back down with me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I took my pills and gulped down the whole glass of water. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He gulped pills by the fistful, grimacing, without water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how a pill can help me feel better. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was just wide awake on coffee and cigarettes and Mini Thins, which are these small pills you can buy at Quick Marts or Truck Stops. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I was the reason she didn’t eat a bottle of sleeping pills when her boyfriend cheated on her. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z They prescribed vitamins and sugar pills and pills to make her sleep, but Celia diminished, ever more pallid, in her bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They have been kept for years in pill boxes, and yet on subjecting them to moisture, have crawled about appearing as well as ever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe he had drug education at school. Plus the twins snooped in my room and told him I had a dresser full of pills, so he wanted to make sure I’m not an addict.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Speaking of horses makes me remember the Atabrine pills we had to take to keep from getting malaria. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was brave of you to take the pills and come with me. I knew there was more to you than the quiet girl I met in the Infirmary.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t give me that. I see your pills behind you on your bedside table.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You want to know something else about your Jake Mosby? His daddy owns about twenty percent of the steel mill that owns us. He’s got more money than Carter’s got little liver pills.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I give her the pills, and she runs back up again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z So I hold in my arms and hands as many of her dirty clothes and pill bottles and alcohol bottles as I can. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But when he sees that pill bottle—and the label reading “Keflex”—he has to reevaluate his whole concept of reality. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z C. January 11, 1937 Mi amor, The pills they watch me swallow make my thoughts stick like cotton. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bad blood that had lately arisen between the Washington and California crew programs, Cal’s two gold medals had been bitter pills to swallow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Potato Head spoke up for the first time since they’d drifted from the subject of malaria pills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Blanca made her all sorts of soothing teas and warm baths, and Esteban resorted to the old box of homeopathic pills to calm her down, but her nightmares continued. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing for it but rest and sleeping pills. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I finished with Alice and gave her, not aspirins, but sleeping pills. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He set his cup in the sink and picked up one of my pill bottles. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “They got worked out. It was my fault. I got all freaked out about her being on pills and we broke up for like, a few days.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Right. But Dr. Farooqi’s going to make a pill for that.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I hope you’re taking your cod liver oil pills and keeping out of trouble. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “When you're between births, and taking the pills. Nothing is much fun. You don't really notice it, though.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Brothers makes a little okeydokey move and Ice goes around him for the pill. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z When they had got me resurrected and pulled up to the table again, von Linden came in and laid a single white pill in front of me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A year later, heavy crews cut open a section of iron and the little licebiter’s mummified body had popped out like a pill from a blister pack. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I go ahead and eat the food, take the pills, rub the salve on my skin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You must think I’m nuts. And even if those pills work, look what they’re supposed to do. From what I can tell, ‘cured’ means being a jealous, self-important, whiny little ugly- brain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately this pill only helps a little bit. I don't know why they claim it does more.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I turned and headed back toward the hoop as Nick got the pill. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “That is a lot of pills,” I remarked, not knowing what else to say but the obvious. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rather than allow themselves to be taken prisoner and tortured for information, the men were instructed to bite this pill. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Right away I chugged some pills, and I stuffed another fistful in the pocket of my jeans before heading downstairs for breakfast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Scythe Faraday opened the vial and carefully removed the pill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It had real cool covers, there were always drawings of smiling white people on it standing next to cars with wings or sitting in private submarines or eating a whole meal in one little pill. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he got suspended for punching Zac, and Cheyenne said that he’s going off the rails. The rich boy trinity: booze, pills, and meaningless sex.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead, she tried a home remedy: salt water, a double dose of hypertension pills, and a glass of vodka. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell you about the sleeping pills because you’d fight them. It's only natural. And it was imperative to the plan that we all go to sleep immediately.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I had French at two, but after Greek I went straight back to my room and took a sleeping pill and went to bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “So, we give her the pills secretly, right?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z My medicine chest was not designed for general practice, but I did have a bottle of sleeping pills—seconal, one and a half grains. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the doctor gave her a pill, and the-shaking got a little better and things were clearer in her mind. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The chemist gave us the pills, we stopped to say the prayers, and when we returned to the room, Grandma gave Dad money to bring a few bottles of stout from the pub. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Not only was the watch officer in charge of dispensing the pills to us, he had also been told to keep a very close eye on us Navajos. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten or more of the little brown pills. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Milgrom was at the one table, seated in the only chair, doing things with his pills and bottles. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I did, and my pill was in her hand. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z How John gave me a handful of pills while we drove around in his car, and how I’m not really sure how many I took. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A few days before she took the pills, Hannah was herself again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I leaned over to take hold of the wheel, closer to Bob Presto than I wanted to be, while he struggled with the caps and shook out pills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She fed Rachel the pills Brigid had brought her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Mother told us all about it that night, while Dad was snoring under the effects of sleeping pills. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had a sleeping pill to take, she thought, and looked again over her shoulder, compulsively, at the window, and then again at the door, and thought, Is it moving? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But you never know when you might need a good sleeping pill. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He studies the pill bottle a long, hard time. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But Mrs. Underdown warned us that, pills or no pills, too many mosquito bites could still overtake the quinine in our blood and spell our doom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my pills and open Skype, scanning the contact list to see if either of my parents is on. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A cook was at work in the kitchen, where the breakfast table was piled with junk mail, pill bottles, and tissue packets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The sleeping pill was an extraneous gesture; I didn’t need it, but the mere possibility of restlessness, of an afternoon full of bad dreams and distant plumbing noises, was too unpleasant to even contemplate. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If someone in authority noticed the error, if they delivered a supply of pills to her, she thought defiantly, she would pretend. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Sunday. He said he was there because he swallowed a bunch of pills and had to go to the hospital. I thought you should know.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I clenched my teeth, then pulled it out and opened it and rattled three of the pills into my hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Going over to the med cart, I take my bedtime pills with chocolate pudding, just like she taught me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We sipped hot chocolate, and then she held out her hand, the pills in her palm. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The pills were in a tiny clear bag clipped on top of my real medical chart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Reverend Crump asked for a last glass of water so he could take his “anti-panic pill” and Liyana stifled a laugh, pretending it was a cough. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of the diseases you can do something about like take lots of pills. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know they were smart pills when I ate them.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z We were on some kind of pill or drug I think, they put it in the food, to keep us calm. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he’d hand me a glass of water, stand there in front of me, and watch while I drank the whole thing to make sure the pill actually went down. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Jesland came in at the last minute and needed her heart pills. Want to come, Catherine?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I forget to take a pill one morning and she peppers me with comments about my preternatural plotting to burden our life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the pills left her sleepy and groggy most of the time. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Effie starts giving me pills to sleep, but they don’t work. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “A missed pill or two or ten wouldn’t have made a difference,” Dad says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She herself had not been deemed ready for the pills before her Ceremony of Twelve. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Angrily, I slam the bottle down, the pills jumping again with the force of my hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My fingers closed around the plastic prescription pill bottle. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Spending more time outside the house, and the pills, had worked wonders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They’ve invented a pill so married women don’t have to get pregnant. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He had not taken the pills, now, for four weeks. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z As they pull me away from him, I feel the pocket ripped from my sleeve, see the deep violet pill fall to the ground, watch Cinna’s last gift get crunched under a guard’s boot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All I knew was that my parents were at work, and it was my job to give her some pills. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Just like Coyote, I started palming my malaria pill before putting it in my mouth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I am concerned you can chalk that one right up with malaria pills and Bibles for a tedulous topic, but Mother and Father seemed to take it as a shock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is Hampden College. If we want sleeping pills, we can get them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When it’s my turn, I introduce myself as Josh Raymond, seventeen, no previous experience beyond my recent halfhearted experiment with sleeping pills. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Bates tried to sell her his iron pills and told her straight out that that tea of hers would raise her blood pressure and burst her heart. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rewinding, and living it again, this time without the captain and the parrot and the pills and the shoelace-free bowels of the White Plastic Kitchen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He brought her glasses of water with tiny blue pills. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Olympic sprinters and weightlifters, cyclists in the Tour de France, football linemen and baseball sluggers: they have all been shown to swallow whatever pill or powder may give them an edge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He was reading the Atlantic Monthly, and there were pills and medicine all over the place, and everything smelled like Vicks Nose Drops. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The pharmacist sold me blister packs of pills to soothe pain, bring down fever, and help you sleep. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He would take it out every two hours, put three pills in the palm of his hand, and pop them into his mouth for them to be slowly dissolved on his tongue. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Even with a bitter wind pushing me along and a couple fresh pills cushioning the march, I had to squat down and run a finger up the bird’s soft belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z About 99 percent of a pill is made up of other stuff that has nothing to do with the medication. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Finally, a nurse came in to give Samantha a cup full of pills, and things changed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He found that bag of pills in Shawna’s locker,” Moss said, each word a struggle to get out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I would pretend to swallow while hiding the pill under my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So I dumped the rest of the pills down the can and decided to take control. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z All he had to do was to take a chill pill. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My phone goes off and I look down to see a notification from her app, a tiny pill bottle emoji dancing away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A medic from Tam Ky came by with the pills and gave me some powder for my feet and told me to keep them as dry as possible. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to tell him, also, how the pills tasted, the ones Dr. Patel brought, clammy like her tongue in the morning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But the next time I called him his brother was all right—the doctor had changed his pills, Danny said, and that seemed to work. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a still life on Billy’s bedside table— two pills, an ashtray with three lipstick-stained cigarettes in it, one cigarette still burning, and a glass of water. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The round little white pills dropped like hard, heavy snowflakes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She swallows a handful of pills and downs them with water. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Nita pointed at a bottle of pills, swank pills by the lettering on the side. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was like an angry machine, shaking as if he’d just eaten those caffeine pills my mother used to take to stay skinny. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “The Assumption under any Modification will I fear be Considered as a Bitter pill in this State,” ran one typical account, and “Arguments of Accommodation will have but little Avail.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When I got the pill Ice had his hand on my leg. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They told me they had been patrolling the city for the past three days, staying awake on coffee and pills. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled a glass of water and set it in front of me, then gently pushed the pills forward until they touched my arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Sure hasn’t. Guess he finally decided to take a chill pill.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Three meals a day, with a lovely dessert cup of pills!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “I found a guy on the Internet to write me a prescription for horse diet pills.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I say, my words garbled because I’m trying to keep the pills on the center of my tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Soon, however, I figured out a new way to avoid those awful pills. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the pills and my hand trembles. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She swallowed half a bottle of pills, was forced to drink charcoal in an emergency room. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The Lord, however, may or may not be aware that our mother assisted this miracle by forcing Ruth May to eat the same pills twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to go give Mango his pill, so I stand up to leave. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z While I was locked up, her parents had dragged her to a doctor who washed her brain and weighed her down with pills and empty words. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He takes a vial from his vest, shakes a few deep violet pills into his hand, and holds them out to us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the narrow bottle-crowded room that he rented on one side of the square, he lived several years off the hopelessly ill who, after having tried everything, consoled themselves with sugar pills. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, “Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Killinger handed me the little crinkly paper cup with my pill in it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Blue pills, blue pills,” Semaj says again, and taps Mom’s head. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then, after I fed Lynn, I would give her her iron pills. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had been diagnosed back in the Fort with high blood pressure and had been given certain pills. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He started taking malaria pills, but they didn’t do any good, so he asked one of the nurses to give him an injection of an antimalarial drug. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole wrapped-up bundle, which was shaped like a large vitamin pill, bent slightly from side to side, then was still, then bent back and forth again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside the pod, these things that looked like little green pills were hiding out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I have to take pills to help digest my food and perform breathing treatments. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It goes into my chart, which will go to the pastels, who will bring it to the pharmacy, and a new pill will find its way into my happy paper cup before dinner. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was a foolish, desperate move, and now here she was, stuck on an island with only a week’s worth of pills. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Still, it was a hard pill for a young boy to swallow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was there to calm me and feed me pills that I saw were my own inadequate aspirins, and to assure me that my punishment was over, that I was all right. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Protruding from the elastic pocket on the outside of one arm was an aspirator, along with two or three pill bottles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When me and Ducky were in the same play I looked for him and got the pill to him sometime. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He went temporarily insane and we took him to a doctor and he got a pill and now he’s better and wants to see you? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z From the passenger seat, Shaan shakes a yellow pill out of a bottle and passes it back to Henry, who readily pops it into his mouth and swallows it dry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mom gave me some antihistamine pills after I got out of the bath. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She remembered now that the pill prohibition had seemed unimportant at the time. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe knock down a bunch of pills. Gas the car up while it’s still in the garage and take a snooze. Something that wasn’t all messy.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I point to the empty bowl on the counter, next to the huddle of pill bottles and the Bluberridazzlepops box. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Before his examination, Haupt went outside and swallowed three nitroglycerin pills to make his heart beat rapidly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The Underdowns and mother were just finishing up with the fascinating subject of quinine pills, and then it went quiet for, as they say, an uncomfortable silence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stephen,” he said, “you take these pills too?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She gobbled gigantic green vitamin pills, ate lots of fresh oranges and apples, and she had this habit of touching her bulging belly and mumbling a prayer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He presents the glass with so much ceremony, my gratitude dissolves like the pills in my stomach. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr Strauss gave me some pink pills to make me sleep good. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z At least my battle with bad skin felt like a disorder I could somewhat control, but there were no over-the-counter creams or prescription pills that could decrease the size of my famously large Persian nose. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You took all the pills in your bottle last night.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Two blocks from school, drug dealers slip powder or pill packets to customers, stuffing cash into their pockets. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z A green oblong pill, a blue-and-white capsule, and a yellow tablet that dissolves in your mouth like flavorless candy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And in combination with a couple of wicked blue pills, it stole the energy I needed to get myself out of the den. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Milgrom pushed his pill cabinet and the table to one side of the room. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “It’s just I been remembering, about the pill.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I reach out and close his fingers over the pill. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z |
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