| 单词 | plaster |
| 例句 | Already, things looked different—the fleur-de-lys pattern on her wash bag, the chipped plaster frame of the mirror, her face in it as she brushed her hair, all looked brighter, in sharper focus. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They reached through the nostrils of the pink plaster gnomes and blossomed in their hollow heads, giving them an expression half surprised, half sneeze-coming. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m picking at the plaster on my forefinger. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheets' were tangled, his leg splinted and plastered. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There was nothing demonic or unclean about them, no reason for them to be subjected to such violence, but the message on Nazi propaganda posters plastered all over the city told a different story. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The giant rock being hoisted by that suspiciously scrawny kid could have easily been made out of plaster or foam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z This intersection Willem and I have chosen—this overhanging awning and this plaster cow—it's more than one kilometer from the Muiderpoort station. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The procession left the brush huts and entered the stone and plaster city where the streets were a little wider and there were narrow pavements beside the buildings. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z His long, white- blond hair hangs in dirty strings, and he doesn't even seem to notice that some of it is plastered across his face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Not a single one of them can walk better than he could before, almost all of them worse, and most only with plaster legs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldier in white was encased from head to toe in plaster and gauze. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Governor Wallace’s hard face and tightly knit brows, plastered on the front of Time magazine some twelve days later, covered the nation’s coffee tables and city newsstands. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Each of his hands was covered by a plaster cast, and each cast was as large as a honeydew melon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She knelt in the bits of plaster and glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The snowfall of plaster was gone; in its place was a long wooden table ringed by chairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They are actual human skulls whose faces have been “reconstituted” in tinted plaster, with pieces of seashell for the eyes. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of large glass windows plastered with sale signs, these stores had small panes, like house windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The kid was small and scared, about six or seven years old—maybe just four billion miles or so—with thin buckwheat hair that was plastered down against his ghostly skin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The ceiling was plain plaster, but it would do. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When he awoke he was relieved to see his leg still attached, covered in plaster from hip to foot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The wind plastered their thin overalls against their bodies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The Viennese carpeting was wet beneath the dripping radiators and the mirrors had been removed, leaving ghostly rectangles of plaster and ornamental screws. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was wobbly on my feet and had a sickly grin plastered on my face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I kept to the fringe of the shadows so nobody would notice the grass plastered to my dress and shoes, and with my black stole I covered my shoulders and bare breasts. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with plaster on the outside and a village artist had been hired in a good year once to paint upon the white plaster a scene of hills and bamboo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The walls of the lobby were badly damaged, unsheathed layers of wire and wood and corrugated paper hanging out of gouges in the plaster. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pray up to the plaster Jesus in rose- colored robes, his arms reaching out? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z One ear was folded back and plastered to a sticky corner of the bandage on his head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The teenage Sirius had plastered the walls with so many posters and pictures that little of the walls’ silvery-gray silk was visible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sadness, though, streaked every happiness like plaster dust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pray the plaster is soft enough, then leap off the stairs and throw myself toward the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We passed by Friendship Baptist without Uncle Darnell making mention of the Arabian Knight or his sword, plastered into the yellow brick face of the church. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Here and there the archaeologists had scooped it away to reveal granite walls that had once been smoothly plastered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The courier, whom Longstreet did not recognize, saluted, then for some unaccountable reason took off his hat, stood bareheaded in the sun, yellow hair plastered wetly all over his scalp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They headed under the arbor of plaster grapes and into the library. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She scratched an I in the plaster—that was an easy letter—then she lowered the key. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Their faces were plastered white with ash and smeared with blood. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad finally got a job in the gypsum mine, digging out the white rocks that were ground into the powder used in drywall and plaster of paris. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I stood with my hand over my mouth, staring in disbelief at the empty field until I realized there were splinters of brick and small white plaster tiles pressed into the dirt and grass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The crack on the back of the ukulele had been neatly mended with sticking plaster and the round hole in the middle was covered by a piece of wood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sweat was rolling down our backs, plastering our blouses to our skin when we finally reached the temple. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Tangles of my hair were plastered to my forehead, and I brushed them out of my eyes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Since when is plastering a bumper sticker on something that serious of a crime?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The first thing I see is a ceiling like the ones in school: plaster tile rectangles spotted with holes and separated by thin metal strips. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Enormous crystal chandeliers hung shimmering from high, ornately plastered ceilings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In fleeting clear spells of lucidity, when Amaranta would bring him his meals he would tell her what bothered him most and would accept her sucking glasses and mustard plasters in a docile way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I stab one knife straight into the plaster. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z A return to clay and plaster followed, and ghostly casts of her acquaintances haunted corners of the house, or tumbled off closet shelves onto people’s heads. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the bed with his back against the whitewashed wall and watched tiny crystals in the gypsum plaster as they glittered in the stream of sun from the window. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Huge posters as tall as we were, advertising the latest movies, were plastered on the walls. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Thanks to Father—who brought my entire postcard and movie-star collection here beforehand—and to a brush and a pot of glue, I was able to plaster the walls with pictures. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In her room, Mabel had posters of her favorite singers plastered across the walls, along with piles of brightly colored yarn everywhere, since she was in a bracelet-making phase. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mary sat on the side of the bed that wasn’t covered with plaster and began to cry. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His face is covered in a sheen of sweat, and his hair is plastered against his forehead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her arms and face were plaster made to resemble marble, her gown gilded in gold leaf that, upon catching the burnished sun, transformed her garment into a mantle of fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wind kicked up huge swirling waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf, plastering my clothing with frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z We’re going to wrap Edna into a human burrito using plastic bags, then plaster her with two coats of paper strips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I had a splitting headache and a false smile plastered on my face and managed to give a mediocre performance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Huge old war maps were plastered to the ceiling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In every room, save Radar’s, their home was awash in black Santadom—plaster and plastic and marble and clay and wood and resin and cloth. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They had put chrome in the plaster, so that it was faintly gold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even over the stink of his labor, of the mud and the plaster and the rain that had wet him and then dried, he could smell Cari’s body. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “If I go out to the desert and get plastered tonight, will you and Susie drive me back home?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z That word, plastered, on the brink of obsolescence, indicates to me what sort of an event that was. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her long curly hair was plastered down the sides of her face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z My head rocked back, my skull hitting plaster. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The children had strung a few naked lightbulbs running on batteries throughout the large room, and even in their dim light you could see the plaster coming off the ceiling. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A spray of gunfire brings down a shower of plaster. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They did try hard to avoid going into his study when they were bleeding and needed a sticking plaster to put over the cut, because they knew Charles hated the sight of blood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl of fifteen or sixteen years, he judged, dark hair plastered across a gaunt face by the falling rain, her bare feet muddy to the ankles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The plaster reaches to my chest and around my back. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z When she’d built a thick boot, she frosted it with more plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The four of us leave at the end of the night with this look of wonder plastered to our faces, like we’ve spent the last few hours sitting too close to the TV. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He slipped the paper underneath the windshield wiper, then ran back to the car, an alligator-shaped grin plastered across his face. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The ringer is so loud it could shake the plaster off the walls. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The plaster ceiling was bellied in great swags and the yellowed dentil molding was bowed and sprung from the upper walls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As Percy suspected, the twins had lifted another plaster mountain and were waiting for a clear shot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His undershirt is so plastered into his wounds I have to cut it away with my knife and drench him again to work it loose. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Like a popped bubble, the walls spilled inward, no longer plaster and wood, but a downpour of salt water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ruth May fell back into bed with her hair plastered to her head in a dark sweat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On one wall, chunks of plaster had crumbled away, revealing the wooden ribs and pipes and wiring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The green plaster over the kitchen sink had finally cracked loose, leaving a powdery-white hole as big as a fist. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Now plaster was hailing, in clumps so large that even after pulling the covers over his head, he could still feel them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Nduoma had a permanent smile plastered on his face, as though he would break bad news to a patient with a smile. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Hannah says, and we throw little pieces of plaster at her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The other end he slings through a bent strut wedged into the congestion of timber, stone, and plaster that has become their ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He uses both rolls, then tells me to relax my leg and begins massaging the plaster of Paris around. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But Winnie was adamantly opposed, thinking it unhealthy and outdated, and instead smeared Zenani with olive oil, plastered her little body with Johnson’s Baby Powder, and filled her stomach with shark oil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Johns has used the same plaster cast four times, which lends the faces a curious anonymity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a narrow face, a sharp nose, crisp blue eyes, and jet-black hair that looked as if it had been plastered down with about a quart of Wildroot Cream Oil. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As I recall it all the footlockers were in order, even yours, except that the inside cover of your footlocker was plastered with pictures of pin-up girls. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And lying there on my bed, tracing the maze of cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, I face a fact: What I've actually got is only slightly more than nothing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z People that been in my house have seen the sagging ceiling, the cracked wdndow, the broken plaster on the wall and they know that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On a shelf opposite Werner sit eight or nine plaster heads, the purpose of which he cannot guess. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She was put in a plaster cast, then a brace. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The walls of their guest room are vibrant blue, not a paint color but the pigment of the plaster itself. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The disrepair of the house did not bother her at all, the crumbling plaster, the peeling wallpaper, the faded paints or the columns; none of it made any difference. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up at the blind plaster eye in the ceiling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Ugwu continued to slice, in a turgid silence, until Master came home, tennis whites plastered to his back with sweat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They getting plastered, he thought, feeling the effect of the rum creeping outward to his fingers and upward to his lips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Cracks in the painted plaster run along the walls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the next day we snuck out to lunch, alone, and got plastered. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew that basketball season was starting sometime next month—I knew this, because I saw the posters plastered everywhere—but the gym was, for some reason, already busier than I’d ever seen it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Lots of Hearts of Love are still plastered all over the walls. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z His elbows and knees were covered in lint and flesh-pink plaster. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The other half of Alex’s half of the room was plastered with pictures of dogs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Apart from the bloody stump, the hand was so completely whitened as to resemble a plaster cast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I'm on my knees, desperately plastering the bandage back onto his wound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His fair hair was plastered over his eyebrows and he pushed it back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When she turned over, she saw that her mother’s nightgown was plastered to her thighs, dark with blood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He twitched and plastered himself against the wall of the chimney. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Tendai struggled with the monkey, but the owner threw his arm around Tendai’s throat and plastered a rag to his face, too. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was for that reason that he hounded Úrsula to tell him where in the courtyard the gold coins that they had found inside the plaster Saint Joseph were buried. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Mother knelt on the floor beside me, pressing my plastered hand the way she pressed Luke’s, dabbing my forehead, praying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was no rug on the floor and the plastering on the walls and ceiling hung loose in many places. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her nose piercing and acne scars are hidden under the foundation plastered on her skin. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “This has plaster of Paris in it,” he tells me as he wraps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z On the right was the birdbath altar with the plaster head of Nefertiti, lovely and gracious in spite of the cracks and chips. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She had Mama bring her some plaster and tools. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing he saw was Pipkin, plastered with mud, crawling to the bank a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My body felt heavy, and though someone had pulled off my sweater, my shirt was plastered to my skin with a thin sheen of sweat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “The last time I helped you ‘mobilize the student body,’ I got my face plastered on everyone’s computer screens.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z We were checking out the black wall of the lounge, which was plastered with spray-painted tags. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I drilled a hole in the bathroom wall so I could watch her naked, but it got me so excited I decided to plaster it over. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All the walls in Granny’s house were horizontal pine boards, painted to look like plaster. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sohrab stayed under the canopy for a moment, then stepped back out into the rain, hands stuffed in the pockets of his raincoat, his hair—now brown and straight like Hassan’s—plastered against his scalp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Volkheimer has taken to switching on his field light and focusing its frail beam into the far corner, where eight or nine white plaster heads stand on two shelves, several toppled onto their sides. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As you see, my parlour is nothing but four plaster walls. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re made of wide, rough boards with cracks in between, gray with plaster dust and scattered with white speckles, like bird droppings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes she returned, her sopping hair plastered to her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It’s Thursday, March twenty-ninth!” she basically screamed, a demented smile plastered to her face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The final designs were drawn on two sheets of plaster and presented to the bishop and the chapter. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z And behind the film of frost etching the glass I saw two brashly painted plaster images of Mary and Jesus surrounded by dream books, love powders, God-Is-Love signs, money-drawing oil and plastic dice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Augustus boasted that he found Rome a city of brick and left it one of marble; in Alexandria, history has taken a city of marble and left it one of tin, plaster, and tar paper. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z East Texas clay mixes with plaster dust from the school; red sludge sucks at the soles of work boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Over his bed he has a pink-and-white plaster angel, some pictures of famous athletes, and two or three photographs of naked women. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z At that moment, the duct tape separates from the plaster, and the tarp peels away and drops to the floor. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And we know that this is precisely what Masaccio did: we can see the lines he scored in the plaster on which he painted. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tucked behind a baseboard or stashed in a compartment beneath the floorboards or plastered up inside a wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Dimly I saw a hearth fire casting its feeble light upon the uneven plaster walls of a small cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sketches done in charcoal and pencil plastered the walls, and I wondered which ones, if any, belonged to Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Just like chick feathers, her baby hairs are plastered to her forehead from Sagan’s humidity. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Those with rheumy lungs favored her simple but pungent mustard plaster. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He saw, with a kind of bitter pleasure, that Jorge’s shoulder was encased in a plaster cast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There are commemorative royal wedding souvenirs everywhere; Prince Philip and his bride’s face plastered on everything from chocolate bars to underwear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Today, it’s the posters plastered on the dingy tile walls of the subway station at 135th and St. Nicholas. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I wonder if his face hurts because the same smile has been plastered on it since this morning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Small cones of damp plaster standing in the floor. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I kept a smile plastered on my face as an announcer called each new team member to the stage. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His arm was bandaged up and he had an adhesive plaster on the comer of his mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z My dad was at least four weeks away from being allowed behind the wheel with that plaster boot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z While she was at Brown, postcards would arrive from time to time, envelopes plastered with colorful, oversized stamps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the spot where flesh joined with plaster, stared at it uncomprehending. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “We can use plaster of paris. The model would have to lie still and be totally quiet—but only until it sets. It doesn’t take long. Then we can let them out.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At first they lived in a Beacon Hill boardinghouse where the walls were plastered with pictures from magazines and where the white people on the streets outside treated them with humiliating disdain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a brilliant dark vermilion, like a ripe orange, and it was plastered back with immense quantities of brilliantine in the same fashion as the Headmaster’s. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We shuffled up the stairs, kicking balls of dust and busted plaster as we went. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Granddaddy appeared with his beard trimmed and his hair plastered down. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The outer layer of plaster had peeled and flaked away from most of the building, showing ancient red-brick walls that were absolutely straight, rising up higher than twenty feet from the yard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He stood up and took off the ridiculous hat and smoothed wet plastered hair across a balding skull. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z News spread between our window bars, across our clotheslines, and over the pigeon droppings that plastered the parapets of our rooftops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The roof sagged and the plaster was cracked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t guess what time it was because Skardebek had fallen asleep plastered to his face, her tentacles clamped over his eyes, nose, and mouth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Why should he, when he had more than he could do to take care of the rich people who lived in the stone and plaster houses of the town. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The envelope was a pale blue gray, small and square, and plastered with colorful stamps that took up one-third of its surface. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He made me wash the cut on my cheek with Dettol to make sure that it wasn’t infected, then he got me to put a plaster on it so it didn’t bleed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My face ached from the strain of my plastered smile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I rush to the bathroom and turn on the fan, a smile still plastered on my face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They dove together into the nearest trench and the mountain shattered above them, spraying them with plaster shrapnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I gathered the courage to glimpse at the Mosses, their faces seemed carved out of lifeless plaster. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The other half, red and white with posters of the Singapore Lions plastered on the walls. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After the surgery on my right ankle, I had a plaster cast covering my leg. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z It was made of plaster, he said, and had come in pieces from Sears, Roebuck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Rain was beginning to plaster her hair down. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He probably paid more for the plaster lions flanking his front door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She found Dustfinger behind the house, standing on a lawn of short, rather rough grass where a solitary deck chair stood next to a plaster angel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew Sam’s was one of the main sponsors, because Stan and I had sold shirts for Hank there last year, and Sam’s logo had been plastered everywhere. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Covered in gauze and plaster and hardly able to move.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She mixed salt with cold water and gently plastered the gritty mixture onto my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I slapped the cow dung into nicely shaped cakes and plastered them to the walls, a neat handprint on each one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Wallpaper hung from the plaster in long, loose strips. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The plaster of the broken houses was gray and wet. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Hooper had gone to the hospital, to have his plaster seen to. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Great!” he said, bobbing instantly to the surface again, his wet hair plastered in droll bangs on his forehead. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z An agent wrote of the bombing of the Smiths’ house, “The two women perished instantly, their bodies being blown asunder, and pieces of their flesh being later found plastered on a house 300 feet away.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But sure enough, when I peek underneath, I can see that Edna’s eyebrows are pulling up with the plaster. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z In the night in the corner of the bedroom the four of us share, comes a pick, pick, picking of plaster paint gone come morning. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He could feel a dull ache in his shattered leg, an itch beneath the plaster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the edges the inhabitants would be plastered up against the walls with a force that would change as the rotation rate changed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The inn was respectable though, two stories tall, with plaster walls and red clay tiles on the roof. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, WHAM!, the engine started, kicking like a mule and plastering us up against our shoulder straps. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Vola rummaged under the sink and drew out a sack of plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I would have doubled over in pain, except that his weight was plastering me against my seat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a warning symbol plastered across the top, the kind that indicated the contents were some sort of biohazard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Things float in it, flakes of ceiling plaster, maybe, and there’s grit on the floor beneath her knees, but she puts her lips to its surface and drinks her fill. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It shattered and left a mark on the plaster. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared into the woods so that he wouldn’t have to see the smile he knew was still plastered on his father’s face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The side of her face and body was plastered with a brown-gray mud. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the glass lay a row of plaster figures, all frozen in the throes of death. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And on the beach the white and blue canoes that came from Nayarit were drawn up, canoes preserved for generations by a hard shell-like waterproof plaster whose making was a secret of the fishing people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The tradition in academic training has been, since the late seventeenth century, to draw first from plaster casts and then turn to models. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There are two spacious rooms, flaking plaster walls, scuffed parquet floors, towering stacks of boxes he has not yet bothered to unpack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My father started chipping away at a plaster wall in the living room of our house in Bybanks shortly after my mother left us one April morning. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The thing had been plastered on every blank space on every wall, even outnumbering the portraits of Big Brother. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Howard brought a man to the barn to make plaster casts of Seabiscuit’s hooves for the production of souvenir ashtrays. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny scuff in the plaster on a western wall of the White House, which he was seeing up close for the first time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The freezers were fitted with padlocks and alarms and were plastered with biohazard flowers and sealed with bands of sticky tape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes roamed the bare off-white walls of the room, as if there were other things concealed behind the plaster. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She wrinkled her nose and cast a contemptuous look through the window at the crumbling plaster of the neighboring houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When she comes back, she is looking up at the plastered ceiling, her arms folded, pinning the sheet tight against her chest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally he glanced up at the low plaster ceiling, where a half dozen shiny yellow fly ribbons were hanging like party decorations. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z You have probably noticed,” he pointed at the crumbling plaster on the walls, “that I am not actually very rich,, even-though I do live in this palace.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z There was Bits, too, a grin plastered on their face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But instead I count all the way to sixty, a stupid smile plastered on my stupid face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stood numb and plaster stiff in the corner of the kitchen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall at the top of this strange staircase was plastered over with many layers of wallpaper. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I flinched at the grisly crack of plaster. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My bewildered face is plastered all over the front pages, and even a guy from a radio show shows up and tapes a conversation with me in my lounge room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The crowded tent was hot, and sweat plastered limp yellow hair to her broad, homely face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They voted instead to clad their buildings in “staff,” a resilient mixture of plaster and jute that could be molded into columns and statuary and spread over wood frames to provide the illusion of stone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She plastered the whole cart with her kids. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He walked up the spiral staircase slowly, smelling wet adobe plaster and listening to the rain rattle the waxy green cottonwood leaves growing near the porch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Staring at the plaster death figures in the museum window, she wondered what they had been thinking as they curled up to die in the ashes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There I sat plastered on the front page of the newspaper. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One is modeling, an additive process using soft materials such as plaster, clay, or wax. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z General Russell’s office occupied a corner of a low-slung Second World War barracks that had been recently plastered with stucco in a hopeless effort to make it look new. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a creature a layin’ down there, but I’m blowed if it’s fish or fowl, there’s so much mud and dust plastered on it,” whispered the hedgehog. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z That night, when my father reached up to feel it, a handful of plaster came down on his face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z His chin was propped on the plaster cast covering his front right leg. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Two more boys with plastered heads and round eyes came out of the bushes, buttoning shirts that had already dampened onto their shoulders and arms, and I tried to stop the laughter, but I couldn’t. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a few parked trucks behind him, the vehicles plastered with oversize menus. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Matt, that’s swamp grass. It’s awful stuff. What do you mean, plastering yourself with it?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a little pile of plaster lying on the pavement ahead of him, and in the middle of it he could see a bright red streak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The hood of Leslie’s raincoat had fallen back, and her hair lay plastered to her forehead. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Lena hoists a bucket of water onto a desk and puts it next to our pile of plaster strips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “By my calculations, Michael will take up too much plaster,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He picked up a fragment of fallen plaster and drew dusty white stripes across the backs of his hands, the way ceremonial dancers sometimes did, except they used white clay, and not old plaster. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a roughly built log cabin with mud plastered into the cracks, and there was one door and one square window covered with greased paper. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There are plaster drips here and there, including on his shoes, and a scuff of it on his pants. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Though just barely substantial enough to support body weight, the rime was plastered over the rock to a thickness of two or three feet, so I kept plugging upward. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The plaster was pitted and peeling—pieces littered the floor as if someone had recently punched the wall and no one had bothered sweeping up afterward. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then, of course, we had to go to the hospital and I had that plaster put on my foot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers soon arrive from the hospital with hot water, brandy, blankets, and materials to make a mustard plaster. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Both of their faces were thickly coated with plaster. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Henry drove fast and then faster, a grin plastered across his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Mam sees her bed buried under plaster and slates and pulls at her hair, What’ll we do at all, at all? and screams at me for interfering with the beams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Except for flakes of plaster in its streets, the little city is entirely undamaged. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rooms were big and anonymous, with wide-plank floors and no curtains on the windows and plaster walls painted white. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I know perfectly well my plaster bandage will not be reopened if it can be avoided. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bracketed to the wall was a small shelf holding a plaster statue of the blue-robed Virgin Mary with her hands held out supplicatingly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my face still as a plaster mask, but inside my brainpan, thoughts chased round and round. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn my attention to Mya’s pile, but she’s busy texting away from the green hospital chair in the corner, a big smile plastered on her face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He is soothed by the chill of the air-conditioning, by the beautifully carved plaster ceiling, by the voices that echo pleasantly in the marbled interior. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sarota looks like she’s going to have a heart attack when she sees my body in the cast, the plaster reaching all the way to my chest so I can’t even sit up. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Hooper went, he could move much faster, now, on the plastered leg, but Fielding waited for him all the same. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Half her body is encased in plaster, and one of her hands is cuffed to the bed, as if she could escape even if she wanted to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We roared up the road, plastering our faces to the car windows, looking for any sign of our wayward Auk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He touched his head and felt a bandage plastered over his headache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Housewives of a provident turn of mind filled their cupboards with treacle as a medicine for bad air, and with home-made plasters called Flos Unguentorum for the rheumatics and musk- balls to smell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg was given a canvas cot next to the colonel’s in one of the plaster buildings. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Politely he admires the plaster cove moldings, the ceiling medallions, the marble mantelpieces, things he knows how to speak intelligently and at length about. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Beneath his painted vest, a plaster of fig leaves and caked blue mud covered the wound on his breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The floor shook and plaster rained from the ceiling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Once, we had a slumber party, and we were going to make plaster face masks. When we tried to remove one of my friend’s masks, we started to yank her eyelashes out.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When he’s done massaging the plaster, he smooths it down with his hands, then presses his thumbs around the bottom part of my kneecap, getting a good impression of that area. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Lena looks at me gravely across the plaster we’re all holding. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Next thing I know, Maddy is putting on a white apron with the bright pink sweet Stephanie’s logo plastered on the front. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Beloved gave the world a long-suffering look, and Jam leaned against a cabinet with a grin plastered on her face, watching them banter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He hates the bow tie And his hair plastered down With the stink Of Abuelo\\ pomade. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Abruptly, they all paused, holding their clothes in their hands, their attention caught by a light tapping in the thinly plastered walls of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The next moment, Chess had a goofy grin plastered on his face, but even that felt wrong. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A model of the bell, as if it were solid, was first made of clay and plaster of Paris. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z She was plastered in ice cream and T-shirts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally, there was an eerie silence, interrupted only by the sound of far-off gunfire and the nearby trickle of plaster from the ceiling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom riding a tiny tricycle with tiny me on her shoulders, me eating breakfast with cinnamon sugar plastered all over my face. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The walls were soon plastered with reproductions of Vermeer paintings, and library books were piled on every surface. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z In the semidark I stare up at the blind plaster eye in the middle of the ceiling, which stares back down at me, even though it can’t see. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she mind this painful memory being plastered across the front page of the newspaper? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t tell if it’s confusion plastered all over his face or something else. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Estha’s hair was plastered down in clumps, like the inverted petals of a flower. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t in the hallways at school, he didn’t have that toothpaste-commercial smile plastered all over him, and he sure as hell didn’t have that hopeful, the-world-is-an-amazing-place-so-let’s-get-out-there- and-love-life glimmer in his eyes either. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The place was dismal; plaster was falling from the walls; the wooden stairs sagged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain had plastered their hair down over their foreheads. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the door and was greeted by Radar, who had an armful of plaster black Santas. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z That day he could smell the pale, almost blue clay the old women used for plastering the walls. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He also had a plaster on his cheek. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was nothing, nothing; it was a stroll through another store, and his currency strange and unusable there, and his passion cold, even when he touched the wood and plaster and clay. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mouth there’s the taste of toothpaste: fake mint and plaster. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at the manger, past the red plaster Joseph and the blue plaster Mary, at the mostly naked child in the hay. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I’m a mummy with a painted plaster cast! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A plaster cast, hidden by her black-and-gold brocade gown, covered her left leg from foot to knee. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z My entire body started to itch, as though I had just been removed from a plaster cast and was unused to the new freedom of movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z In the living room, at the base of the stairs, the little shepherdess lamp was waiting, a pink-cheeked smirk plastered on her face. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Magdalys screamed as a flaming chunk of plaster plummeted from the rafters. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He pulled back and looked at her, not caring about the goofy grin that was most likely plastered across his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Dark hair slants steeply across his forehead and is plastered to either side of his head, and there is a disturbing, vaguely supercilious smile set into long, narrow lips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Past the red and blue plaster figures, a pink baby lay mostly naked in the hay — as if anyone would leave a mostly naked new baby in hay. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z The construction had come a little further along on this floor; half-finished plaster dividers rose up between the metal beams, and electrical wiring snaked alongside the ceiling pipes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The mud plaster was more soothing, and the herbwomen made him poppy wine as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mother went off to get me a sticking plaster. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He lifted the candle to the wall, and there I saw that he had tacked sheets of music all over the plaster, high and low, affixing other pages with paste. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The plaster casts of arms and legs glimmer whitely, like broken statues in a ruin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Himself not especially susceptible to flattery except in a sentimental way, he soon learned its efficacy when plastered thick on big business men,” Sullivan wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He breathed deeply, trying to find a trace of the locust-blossom perfume, but all he smelled was the white clay plaster, as timeless as the cliffs where it came from. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The great sala all along the front was half plastered, the line of white halfway around and then stopping, just as the workmen had left it over ten years before. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His skin is peaked pale, and his fair hair is plastered against his head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The wall opposite was made of some rough clay or plaster. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I had turned my back on him and the sledge and the plastering, blinding, suffocating snow in order to get my breath, and when a minute later I turned around he was gone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Moss cast a glance upward, and it was like the first time he had noticed the same cracks and plastered holes in the skylights. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I sighed and tried to plaster a smile on my face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I lie, then, inside the room, under the plaster eye in the ceiling, behind the white curtains, between the sheets, neatly as they, and step sideways out of my own time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My back and shoulders throb from bricks and chunks of plaster that beat me as they crashed down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Apparently he saw one of the many, many flyers Skid and Aaron helped us plaster all over the school. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Hair coated in dust and debris and plastered down with sweat. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He appeared to consult the ceiling plaster briefly, then closed his eyes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “It was nothing,” Charlie said, but the giant smile plastered on his face said otherwise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “When—” she begins, but plasters on a fake smile when Ava waddles over with her baby doll and a comb. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She listened to the rattling of automatic gunfire and counted the rockets whining overhead as the house shook and flakes of plaster rained down on her from the ceiling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I stepped up to the map plastered onto the wall of the bandstand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel like I am little more than my plaster cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I awoke one morning to find my picture plastered on BYU’s home page. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Under the awning is a large plaster cow, life-size, more than big enough for one or two people to hide behind. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The maid leads him into a grand drawing room, its ceilings aswirl with plaster flourishes, its walls painted a delicate eggshell blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If only he could see the boy again, sit and talk with him . . . pain shot through his broken leg, beneath the filthy grey plaster of his cast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But the artificial heat and mustard plaster that I had applied warmed his cold body and stimulated his nerves.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A black plume of smoke hung in the sky, and below it a cloud of plaster dust in which a crowd was already forming round the ruins. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He plastered the adhesive disk against his cheek, arranged the beam of light until it fed directly into his eye. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Chamberlain looked: a scarred man, hatless, hair plastered thinly on the scalp like strands of black seaweed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked Mr. Yang to patch the plaster and took her time finding a new tenant, the right sort of tenant. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her white slip was plastered to her body and quite transparent, her small nipples and the divot of her navel plainly visible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The plaster had caked hard as the mud walls of the Lamb Men, and like those walls it cracked easily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Your faces will be plastered all over the kingdom in a matter of hours. The few who don't already know you by sight, will." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They rounded the bend in the road, and the low plaster building that made up the Tanaburi Village School came into view. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z For two hours and twenty-two minutes Roy remained as stationary as a plaster statue on that mountainside, until one of his teachers found him and led him safely back to the group. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor of the room was smoothed concrete; dusted everywhere with flakes and chips from the painted plaster that had peeled away from the top of the walls and the ceiling. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z With three legs wrapped in plaster casts, he wouldn’t be able to work on Dog Squad for at least a month. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The thatching was evenly trimmed, the walls freshly plastered, the ground smooth without the print of a foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a floorboard creaked right over my head and a little shower of plaster dust sprinkled down. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They kept sending me out to take photos of crime scenes that they’d plaster on the front pages. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He has a huge fake smile plastered on his face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z My hair lay plastered, flat and dark against my scalp, and when I rubbed it, a misty spray of soothing droplets rained down on me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Lexie scanned the living room: only a few throw pillows stacked on the carpet, bare walls now except for some stray thumbtack holes in the plaster. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His hand broke the surface; gray particles trickled and hurried down, fragments of plaster resembling the radioactive dust outside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Here Zooey stared blankly at the plaster ceiling for a matter of ten seconds or so, then closed his eyes again. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The walls were plastered with posters and newspaper clippings and photographs, bombarding me with scenes from the life of the Panthers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s not as if we got into a fight one night at home and I went for him with a golf club, taking a chunk out of the plaster in the hallway outside the bedroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her arm was out of the sling and she had a band of sticking plaster round her wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Its woodlands were cleared for agriculture, or cut to obtain construction timber, or burned as firewood or for manufacturing plaster. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was still at the hospital in a plaster parish cast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This was then covered by a layer of clay and plaster compound. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z There were crude charcoal sketches on pieces of whitewashed plaster, carefully transplanted into a frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Her face was plastered on all her campaign materials, along with lots of sparkly stickers and glitter. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Before he had finished the signs were plastered all over with ‘Very Cheap’ and ‘Come At Once’ and ‘You Give Me Any Watch And I Make It Run.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If no one was around to see him, my older brother would help me carry the heavy pails of mud from the pond to plaster our walls. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Her dark blond hair was plastered against her skull, framing a pink scar that curved between her top lip and nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z His meager hair was plastered to his forehead and the back of his neck, with small pieces flopping this way and that as he floundered in the shallows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And I agreed, with probably the dumbest smile plastered on my face. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Wipe dust and pulverized plaster from my eyes and nose. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Flames lick her, and the walls hiss and spit molten plaster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Olanna looked at the threadbare cotton boubou plastered with His Excellency’s glowering face and realized that this unsolicited lesson was an apology. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Ben was lying on his bed studying the cracked geometry of falling plaster that hung above him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom would look up at me, her face plastered with sweat. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize I’m still frozen with my hand plastered to my chest and my mouth open in surprise. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He arranges to draw from plaster casts in the evenings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They built churches out of plaster and wood and sat within them, reading books written in foreign tongues. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat plastered his short hair to his temples and the nape of his neck. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And every year Kino refinished his canoe with the hard shell-like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a silence from the kitchen, and then Flora’s mother came into the living room with a big, fake adult smile plastered on her face. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The ceilings were low, white and smoothly plastered, without a light fixture or a wood beam in sight. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In the long, hot days, they idled away, picking plaster from the walls and digging into the earth with sticks. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Heavy rains washed the outside mud plaster off their house, and he was too feeble now to mix up fresh plaster. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma took down their names and ages, and with the help of the team manager, Tracy, wrote their names on strips of masking tape, which the women plastered across the backs of the boys’ T-shirts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Still, he eats the paint and plaster until a white hole grows where pale green paint used to be. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The police plastered the neighborhood with wanted posters, advertising a sizable reward. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It missed Ben’s head by less than five feet, and tore a chunk of plaster out of the wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Staring at the brown water stain on the ceiling, I counted the droplets plunking from the saturated plaster. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I feel the cold sting of the steel blade as the pieces of plaster fall away like the husk of a coconut. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Not only blown, but with those blown bits plastered all over the internet like stickers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Alfred unfolded his bed, and sat down on the edge, staring at the green-painted plaster beginning to crack over the kitchen sink. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Not wanting to give up his mount in an upcoming race, Donoghue drove to the stables, had himself carried to his horse, and rode every day with a bulky plaster cast on his leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed my mother and twirled her around, and they danced beneath the newly plastered ceiling of the living room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z We watched him mix up the white plaster and lay out strips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Ah!” says the sister, "but he shouldn’t climb out of his bed with plaster bandage. What do you want then?” she says turning to me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They made a big panful of mud, and plastered him all over with it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It will be printed in every newspaper, plastered all over every newspaper, tattler, and pamphlet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They brushed his bandages often with a whiskbroom and scrubbed the plaster casts on his arms, legs, shoulders, chest and pelvis with soapy water. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z People like the sleep-in maid for Beacon Hill white folks who used to come in with her ‘ ‘ooh, my deah” manners and order com plasters in the Jew’s drugstore for black folks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was plastered down over his forehead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew the house would have to be gutted, all the insulation and wiring replaced, the plaster and Sheetrock and paint and wallpaper. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I pull the filthy plaster off the end of my finger and look at the pale, wrinkled flesh beneath, dried blood caked at the edge of my fingernail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The news swept on past the brush houses, and it washed in a foaming wave into the town of stone and plaster. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Etched brass with leaf motifs and plaster swirls above the door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The shuls of Maxwell Street were all brick and clapboard, some with plaster walls painted to resemble stone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I rush to the kitchen, scarf down a granola bar, tuck my hair into the Pagoda Pizza hat to hide how one side is plastered down with drool, and run out the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The canoe of his grandfather, plastered over and over, had a splintered hole broken in it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused at the doorway—the smell of paint, plaster, and glue permeated the air. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She feels a stain descend within her, like water through a plaster wall. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had been hit, and the scream was of pain this time, and Will looked down to see a tangle of writhing bodies covered in plaster and dust and blood. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was lying on her back with her mouth slightly open, snoring at the plaster angel on the ceiling above her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The upper story was plaster and timber with stone reinforcing the comers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Holes in the road had not been repaired; windows were broken; plaster was peeling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The roof’s edges, a little more than half a meter all the way around, were plastered with black tar. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, except for knocking plaster all over the floor, they had done no real damage; they had gone through the wall and almost straight up into the ceiling and hit nothing on the way. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z For this reason, people often plaster their walls and bed mats with kwacha notes to protect themselves during the night. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I pull on the beam, the ceiling groans and down on Mam’s bed there’s a shower of plaster, slates, rain. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His hair was plastered to his head and a small puddle was forming round him on the linoleum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The stiff winds that plastered snow onto the face and made the eyes water had calmed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The windows were covered with blackout blinds, but the blinds themselves were plastered with travel posters. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The shampoos and lotions and balms that used to be at the back of the store I shift to shelves near the pharmacy, so that people filling prescriptions can also buy plasters and ointments. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Fault lines were spidering out from it like cracks in plaster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He makes wooden boxes with compartments, each containing a different item: three pairs of outsized ladies’ panties in fluorescent colors, a plaster hand with long false nails glued onto it, an enema bag, a toupee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the bits about Amber and me, and plaster a stiff smile on my face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A little plaster and paint will take care of it,” Dad said of the hole in the wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the stucco row house I’d lived in in London, this house, fully detached, was covered with wooden shingles, with a tangle of forsythia bushes plastered against the front and sides. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It had a patina, as though from the soles of bare feet in generations, like old silver or the walls of Mexican houses which have been plastered by hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived at my place plastered, I felt happy for them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a plaster model of the Eiffel Tower in there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth May usually fell asleep, open-mouthed in the heat, with her hair plastered down across her sweaty face like the poster child for fever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will no one come?” it cried; and then, while the staggering and stamping went on wildly, I distinguished through plank and plaster:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Only two walls of the hotel stand, joined at the corner, bits of plaster attached to the inner wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Though Cootie could barely move his arms, he’d built the house on his own, teaching himself construction as he went along, hammering the plywood walls and plastering the inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I remember Rabia’s comment about forgiveness and plaster a polite smile on my face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On walls and in buildings, the Nazis plastered posters that advertised the taxpayers’ cost of caring for the patients. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I clomped toward the front of the room, the plaster cast on my leg banging on the wooden floor as I crawled. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They stood there side by side with their wet clothes plastered to their skins, little pools of water collecting at their feet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind an overgrown forsythia bush was a plaster Virgin Mary as tall as their waists, with a blue painted hood draped over her head in the manner of an Indian bride. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A billboard plastered with Arletta Paisley’s face smiled down like a Texan angel sent from above just for me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I get one good glimpse of the stairwell, a large, cylindrical chamber with tall plaster walls and tiny windows. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I asked, the smile still plastered on my face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Joey still had that cocky smile plastered on his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, getting flattened under a plaster mountain had only energized him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I began to notice that the items of clothing had one thing in common: they all had the designer’s name plastered prominently on them. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z On the day after he found out she wasn’t returning, he flew to Lewiston, Idaho, and when he came back, he spent three days chipping away at the fireplace hidden behind the plaster wall. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z After she’s gone, I lie there in my plaster cast, staring at the empty spot where she had been standing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I don’t feel too bad; I have some pain, but the worst of it is that apparently there are still lice under the plaster bandage. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z What stubble is left is covered in little balls of plaster, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I plaster a big fat smile across my face and go back downstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She fixed plasters for the child’s chest, trying to turn it into a game, desperate to hide her own terror. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He read the sign plastered to the window of the connecting car door. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Duke himself was sitting in a very cushy, very regal dog bed—his right front leg wrapped in a plaster cast. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The floorboards were plastered with mud, apparently from a recent flash flood. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They would plaster advertisements on every visible surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her head met the plaster with a sickening thud, and she collapsed to the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As if on cue, the plaster mountain exploded behind them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A chunk of plaster had been clawed or kicked out of the wall, with a long network of cracks emanating from the spot. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Each time this happens, even now, the nuns beam and kiss my cheek and shake my hand and give me fancy certificates that Maman plasters on the cardboard wall at home. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The whites were made of plaster, wire, and paint. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So I lifted my head and, avoiding the scared-looking kid plastered onto the pane of glass at the other end of the table, I told Ted I was listening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I look up at the ceiling, the round circle of plaster flowers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The man they wanted was all the way at the top of the hill, in a huge house of timber and plaster whose upper stories loomed over the narrow street. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After a few minutes I hummed along to Mrs. Smith’s song, a smile plastered on my face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Think of it this way: she’ll have her mouth plastered shut for at least half an hour,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Carefully she pried the pills off the plaster wall, one by one, into her cupped hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Willie the waiter came over then, that eager, toothy smile still plastered on his face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Rosaleen’s muumuu was sopped and plastered to her body, and May was catching water in the bowl of her dress skirt and tossing it up across her face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I plastered on a smile pretty as a string of pearls. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z While the British colonel set Lazzaro’s broken arm and mixed plaster for the cast, the German major translated out loud passages from Howard W. Campbell, Jr.’s monograph. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Up around her collar the cotton of her dress was plastered to her skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kino and Juana strode side by side through the stone and plaster city and down among the brush houses, and the neighbors stood back and let them pass. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I pressed a poultice of certain herbs over the whole wound, using a trowel-like instrument to plaster it on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Because there he was, plastered across the screen, spewing about his upcoming series on the local guys who were headed to the Gulf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The boys had their hair plastered down wet and slick. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The thought came to me that he should be treated with a hot mustard plaster, but I chased it away as unfit for the solemn moment at hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z In the center of town were a few plaster buildings with corrugated tin roofs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The pole holders line their thick bamboo reeds flat on the floor, and we plaster on big smiles. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The same face dominates the Erudite library; it is plastered across every article Erudite releases. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The paint was plastered so thick on her face that it looked as though it might crack like a cardboard mask. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Here hang bits of uniform, and somewhere else is plastered a bloody mess that was once a human limb. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, a chandelier sprouted from the rough plaster, its brass branches leafed with shards of cut crystal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Only one shoe, as my other foot was still securely encased in plaster. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She stared into the fire and fog, her wet black curls plastered to her carved wooden head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Because he convinced himself hours ago that the plaster heads on the other side of the cellar will kill him if he moves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He and the white plaster walls inside were much the same. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z His golden fur was soon darkened by the rain and plastered close to his body, making him smaller and less easy to see, but all the same he was horribly conspicuous. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Dr. Leale immediately applies a mustard plaster to every inch of the front of Lincoln’s body, from shoulders down to ankles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z There was no floor in this tunnel: you had to step from rafter to rafter, and between them there was only plaster. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I did cut them off on purpose, but only because she was stuck inside a plaster mask. It was the only way to get her out.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was just moving toward them when three sections of the ceding suddenly collapsed, breaking apart in a crunch of plaster and metal. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It made the air so hot, Seven’s curls were plastered to her forehead in an instant. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She was the only one of these wood or marble or plaster Virgins who had ever seemed at all real to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The halls had been plastered with Cupid cutouts and paper hearts. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Max studied the pattern of the cracks in the plaster. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When I wake up, I’m in a new white plaster cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z But my foot finds no support, I begin to slip, the plaster leg is no help, and with a crash I lie on the floor. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only the evening twilight that made the ochre yellow of the plaster look so dirty. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She is rouged, painted, and plastered with makeup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The new adobe floor was still curing and the hairline cracks were not yet filled with plaster. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Candice plastered a big, fake smile on her face, like her mother did when someone was being nosy about her marriage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked up at her, and she plastered a smile on her face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Because Dana was under eighteen, the authorities weren’t allowed to release his name to the media—a fact that rankled Roy’s mother, who believed Dana’s mug shot should have been plastered on the front page. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They can think bad things about you and plaster over it with a big false smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of the Virgin’s feet there was a place where the plaster had chipped and exposed the pure-white plaster. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to soak in a tub full of a thick, unpleasant-smelling solution, while my face and hair are plastered with creams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His dark hair was plastered across his forehead, his T-shirt ripped to shreds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The passage of time could be read by the marks the beam had cut into the plaster: a path of suffering, a trail of pain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, amid this inert matter, she appears, holding on to the ship’s line, a girl in a pink dress the water darkens to red, hair plastered to her small skull. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Early archaeologists had poured plaster into the holes and made these casts - creepy replicas of Ancient Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The sweat was pouring off his face now, and his black hair, now lightly streaked with gray, was plastered across his forehead. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Posters were plastered on walls and taped on store windows announcing the upcoming Woodstock Music and Art Fair on August 15, 16, and 17. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z His ears and coat were plastered with autumn’s burrs and Spanish needles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Photos of him plastered the wall, the biggest being of his high school graduation, right under the framed takbir, and alongside the Iraqi flag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He held up a large square bandage coated with sticky brown gunk and plastered it over Nico’s nose. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Like my grandfather’s picture of the boy lifting what was certainly a boulder made from plaster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A small piece of gauze was plastered to his forehead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And the walls of our living room were plastered with white papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The lower half of his face was bandaged tightly, a mask of hardened plaster with holes for breathing and feeding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My eyes jump to the tiny windows in the stairwell's plaster walls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Esperanza trailed behind him at first, but she caught up quickly, a sloppy grin plastered on her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her hand hit my chest hard as she slammed me against the wall, knocking me breathless, my head smacking the plaster. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Which means my husband couldn’t possibly have been the arsonist,” Mom said, “unless you’d care to demonstrate how a person with all ten fingers sealed in hard plaster would go about striking a match.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The plaster that covered him was turning red. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I plastered the chula, the small stove on which we cooked, with fresh mud. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His hair was heavily thinning, pulled back and plastered to his scalp. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was a cracked and chipped plaster reproduction of the famous bust of Nefertiti. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He removed the green cap and revealed thick black hair plastered to his skull with Vaseline in the style of the 1920s. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was plastered down over his forehead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Panting, I scooted against the wall, seeking comfort in the unyielding plaster. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Besides the food, he packed a torch, and his penknife, some sticking plaster, a pair of socks and a ball of string. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I kept the side of our smokehouse plastered with hides. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In a fireplace that filled half one side of the room a bright fire crackled, throwing glancing patterns of light on creamy plaster walls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She took another section of quilt and stripped the batting off, then ripped the yellow calico into strips and dunked them into the plaster. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Most of the buildings were sheathed in white plaster, making the city sparkle in the mountain sun. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The floor is layered with dry splotches of paint, the walls plastered with sketches of tormented teenagers and fat puppies, the shelves crowded with clay pots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Above the stove the recess was made of coral-colored bricks and creamy white plaster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A portrait of an older man in uniform hung crooked on the plaster. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He likes the solidity of its plaster walls, its dark wooden floorboards, however battered and stained. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They raised it with sun-dried bricks and plastered it with mud and handfuls of straw. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Breaking the surface, my hair is plastered to my face. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The plaster was coming off the walls and the blinds hung crookedly in front of dark windows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to start plastering, so don’t move or talk. We don’t want it to crack.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The lines Masaccio drew to plot out the composition on geometrical principles are still visible in the plaster. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The massive walls had been plastered with red clay mud, but the weather had exposed the straw in the plaster; under a broken tin rain gutter, plaster was peeling away, exposing brown adobe bricks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to rescue you because life stuck inside a plaster mask wouldn’t be fun. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His dark hair was plastered to his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The interior of Madoc’s house is whitewashed plaster and massive, rough-cut wooden beams. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He sat back in the chair and rested his head against the cool plaster wall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Since when is plastering a bumper sticker on something that serious of a crime?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She looks insane, her hair sopping, plastered to her face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t such a bad gash, and though he was sent to Crow Face to have it seen to, he was back almost straight away with a square of dressing plastered to his elbow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The moist July heat had plastered his hair limply to his head, and he ran his hand through it as he went. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The reason that Phoebe’s story reminds me of that plaster wall and the hidden fireplace is that beneath Phoebe’s story was another one. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They emerged through another wall, but this one was lath and plaster on the far side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ever since Elizabeth told me Mr. Montgomery’s nickname, I can’t help but picture him as a truck with a narrow, expressionless grill plastered on its front. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her white hair was plastered to her head, and her housecoat was drenched. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Half of each face is plain and sad, the other half is plastered with thick clown makeup that is fake-happy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。