| 单词 | polish |
| 例句 | They polished the bright work on the stove and they washed all their clothes and blankets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z As he polished, he listened while Matt read aloud from the Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z From here it looked solid, its surface polished bright as a mirror and illuminated by the guard towers on the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Ghost goes over to a cabinet and takes out a half-empty bottle of a pale greenish liquid and a stack of polished acorn cups. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Carelessly, she let her shaba fall, satisfied to hear it clink loudly against the temple’s polished stone floor with each bounce. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His shoes were polished, his nails were clean, his hat was well brushed, and a white handkerchief adorned his breast pocket. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a doorlike portal resting on top of the polished conference table. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He had probably just come from a basketball court; his forehead was polished with recent sweat and his hair stood up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s some old blue nail polish left on my thumbnail, and I pick at that. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Archimedes first glimpsed the infinite in the polish of his war mirrors. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a stout shoe of cracked black leather and quite old, with tiny air holes in a scalloped pattern over the toe and a dull polish, and it was pointed at me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He saw Maester Luwin on his balcony, studying the sky through a polished bronze tube and frowning as he made notes in a book. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A highly polished collection of chains and manacles hung on the wall behind Filch’s desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He stretched out in his bunk, which resembled a coffin - a polished mahogany frame, brass railings, blood-red velvet pillows and blankets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The polished metal was cool, and her touch left little patches of shrinking condensation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m late for my hair appointment. When you’re finished polishing, go ahead and walk that silver on over to Hilly’s for me. I’ll be back after lunch.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With a shred of Kleenex, he began with loving care to polish away the boys’ fingerprints. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Gnawing off the last bits of nail polish, trying to keep my teeth from chattering. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The only untoward incident he had was that someone once stepped on his newly polished shoes—on purpose, he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And maybe one of these days, I’ll allow you to polish me, instead of just that pole.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then he drew it, and its polished and well-tended blade glittered suddenly, cold and bright. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, Father,” she replied, and looked down at the ground, staring at the toes of his polished black boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A fair-haired woman stood at the door, draped in the polished jet and black lace of a mourner. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I guess she had been about to polish the rosewood but sat down to play instead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He saw several bottles of nail polish, polish remover, a couple of lipstick tubes, and other jars and powders. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The locker room was empty and polished, the black carpet free of the tape and the tobacco spit and the shoes and the shoulder pads. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire engine, polished and poised in another part of town? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning to greet her, I’m startled by her low-cut white blouse and tight striped skirt, her teetering heels and crimson nail polish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The uniform, like all uniforms, eroded identity, and the daily attention required—ironing pleats, pinning hats, straightening seams, shoe polishing, especially the heels—began a process by which other concerns were slowly excluded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her hands rested on a disc of polished green metal about six feet in diameter, sitting on a bronze tripod. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Parked outside, close to the portico, was a polished black Rolls-Royce. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When she wasn’t feeding us, she sewed, if she had fabric, or polished the bedstead and Papi’s dresser, or mended whatever was worn, ripped, or needed patching. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We make the polish out of anything we can find, like old pig grease and palm smear. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the top chamber, a huge curved mirror made of polished bronze reflected sunlight during the day. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At last Sticky nodded, settled his glasses on his nose, tucked away his polishing cloth, and passed through the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And my mother loved to show me off, like one of my many trophies she polished. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Lorena smuggled a bottle of Jack Daniel’s in her purse, and she and Juanga polished it off, drank it as if it were water and they were dying of thirst in the desert. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That either means Mr. Kennedy finished polishing or my phone died. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Every surface was polished and clean, and a mahogany cabinet against the wall contained dainty porcelain figures. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then as I continued to polish the shoes and buff them, Miss Volker walked over to her needlepoint map and stuck a red map pin into Mrs. Hamsby’s roof at A-41. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rachel polished off a complete set of dinner napkins in the time it took me to fill in one pink rose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that so nice to hear,” Mr. Jones said as he took out a handkerchief and polished the three buttons attached to his parka. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Now I stand in front of the polished wood doors, lit by two lamps of trapped sprites who fly in desperate circles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their old model black Mercedes was fussily maintained, the floor mats wavy from vacuuming, the leather seats shiny with polish. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I start pulling open the cabinet drawers, frantically searching through all of Lily’s nail polishes and lip glosses until I find what I’m looking for. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I saw the polished table in the dining-room, and the long candles. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I took the lift to the second floor, went through a set of glass fire doors, and walked along the corridor whose polished boards creaked in a familiar way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hrothgar had fallen asleep on his throne, his white-haired head against his polished shield. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings she sat at her dining table and coated her nails with clear nail polish, and ate salad straight from the salad bowl, and watched television, and waited for Sunday. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I picked up an apple and polished it lightly and quickly on the hair of my arm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too much for you?” he asked, polishing off his tumbler. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He reached down and lifted up an edge of it, looking at the polished boards beneath. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Torchlight glimmered off the polished brass of their masks—a rat and a fox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wiped the louvers until they sparkled in the afternoon sunlight, paid attention to the tiny cracks in the bathtub, polished the saucers that he used to serve kola nut to Master’s friends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She shakes her head, and I see that she’s polishing a flute. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There were so many of them, all marching in time together, their shiny green helmets and polished black jackboots glinting in the sun. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The counters were polished to a high sheen, and inside the display cases, shiny bright mirrors reflected gold and silver and sparkly gems. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Sticky removed his spectacles, polished them, and replaced them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Bronze, they were, brighter than polished shields, glowing with their own heat, burning behind a veil of smoke rising from the dragon’s nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He pulled the silver cuff off and held it at a different angle to let its polished exterior shine. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Gladys was busier than ever, polishing silver, preparing canapes, following her mistress through the house with vases of calla lilies and bougainvillea. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was polishing the metal clasp surrounding the snakestone, as gently and as carefully as an archaeologist on a dig, taking off the black and revealing the glittering silver beneath it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Soldiers, wearing crisp uniforms with shiny buttons and carefully polished shoes, were lined up in neat rows, saluting him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Yet they shone as though they had just been polished. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The stock hath been polished by the enemy’s hands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z However, as if to give a rough answer to this question, the manager now took a few determined steps in the next room, with a squeak of his polished boots. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She took off her glasses and polished them on a paper towel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z With his handkerchief he polishes the spoked hubcaps and the headlamps; he kicks mud off the running board, cleans the windows and windshield. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bogert polished the nails of one pudgy hand with the other and said blandly, “I dare say. I know a little in the line.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “And I wish Robertson Ay would go without a word of warning, for he has again polished one boot and left the other untouched. I shall look very lopsided.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I had bought Mom a pair of earrings, a bottle of purple nail polish with glitter in it, and some striped tights, even though I thought, and I still think, that striped tights look dumb. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I dip the rag in the polish with my rubbery arms, and begin to slather it on the barrel of the great gun, but the master-at-arms laughs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I took my seat in the rear of the spotless, polished place of worship. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were making boudoirs for her, and taking the tapestries out of his bachelor bedroom to go in hers, and polishing the silver, and sending to the nearest neighbours for the loan of gold plate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight comes in through the window too, and falls on the floor, which is made of wood, in narrow strips, highly polished. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam set us to polishing the silver in the hope that we’d soon be serving dinner to the British high command. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She even liked the way it smelled, like metal and shoe polish. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She did not polish my trophies every day. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The car rattled considerably as it raced along the dusty road, causing them all to pop up from their seats every now and then, but Mrs. Das continued to polish her nails. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Daily I had to function as a student, do my homework, and polish my saddle shoes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No staff to speak of, the larder half-empty, the city getting ready to explode, and she wants this turned out and polished. Of all the foolish—” A loud beating on the front door interrupted her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In a room by himself, he polished his delivery. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z His poems are about people and moments and polishing tiny nuggets of truth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She then went on to point out that several pieces of silver had been laid out for the dining room which bore clear remains of polish. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z His face has the color and polish of tropical wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The last time, only two weeks ago, when her swollen eye was still the black-purple color of an overripe avocado, she had rearranged them after she polished them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I still remembered the purple nail polish she’d worn when I first met her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Then her head drooped, her eyelids closed, her hand started slipping, slipping, slipping away from the dark polished wood of the cradle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The customer who just entered hefts himself onto his usual bar stool, leans his forearms on the polished wood. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were freshly whitewashed and the floor polished. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z On Pluto’s ring finger was a massive opal, like a chunk of polished frozen Mist. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was lined with polished wood and Russian leather and its bronze hardware gleamed like gold. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At first look, Zoe thought the colors around her nails was a polish job gone terribly wrong, but she knows the truth now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Dressed in a red designer suit with matching lipstick, she appeared as if she’d walked right out of the TV studio, polished and camera-ready. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Every kid had lined up for lemonade—and then wanted face painting and hair braiding and fingernail polishing and toenail polishing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z So instead of working, we painted our names on the backs of the tiny turtles and let them run up and down our arms as we waited for the polish to dry. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In his other hand he clutched a knotted, polished stick. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Something alarming’s occurring to me, more alarming than the fact that Jude’s joined this purple polish cult. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Close to him was the skull of a mammoth, polished and brown, and a hairy ochre cloak, being worn by a small woman with a deformed left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Hello,” says a polished voice from behind them, and they all turn to see Philip, starched and well groomed, striding across the lawn. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There was a strong smell of furniture polish. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “For that bit of impertinence you may polish the coal stove tomorrow. This room is the perfect place for a noisy, I might say badly spoiled, little tyrant to have his sulks in private.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It lightens the polish to a bright vomit green and bleaches the carpet surrounding it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I go around the bridge club table, polishing each piece again, making sure they all still there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Do you see, Glerk?” she said, showing off her mechanical cricket, made of polished wood and glass eyes and tiny metal legs attached to springs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Most conspicuously, in virtually the central spot of the otherwise empty and highly polished floor, lay the dustpan Miss Kenton had alluded to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn't ask to have every single thing in his life smell like fingernail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It is presumably hollow but with no discernible hinges, no nails, no attachment points; it looks like a solid block of highly polished wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The black girl with the flute is staring at us now, having finished the polishing business and begun nibbling celery. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Within a few days a polished manuscript was ready and jubilantly dispatched to Nature. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They had quick feet in shoes that were kept highly polished. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey had polished dry all the windows before she wondered where he was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, as I am polishing an ornately decorated serving spoon, Mrs. Nielsen points at her clavicle and says, without looking at me, “We could clean that up for you, if you like.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It had fist-sized rubies for eyes, and horns of polished silver. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Jacob, you’re dismissed. Why don’t you go polish the eagle or something?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But over the next few days as they worked to give everything in Daffodil Manor one more cleaning, shining, polishing, Penelope chatted with Ophie like they were old friends. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Something big and stinky, like Kiki Brown and her lemon smell- good polish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z All of the stuff had been cleaned, starched, pressed, shined, and spit polished. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This is my life now, she thought, looking at her reflection in the polished mesarthium of the dressing room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I stood in the hall for a few minutes, the afternoon sun shining golden on the polished oak floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His father’s plate is polished clean, the chicken bones denuded of cartilage and chewed to a pinkish pulp, the bay leaf and cinnamon stick as good as new. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It only took a second for the polished brass doorknob to turn, and surprise, surprise, if it wasn’t the handsome Dr. Cramp opening the shiny black door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Today, I’m trying to explain to her the difference between dipping and polishing the silver, how only the tacky houses do the dip cause it’s faster, but it don’t look good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Arable dressed, ate breakfast, and then went out and polished his truck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Next I could hear the hospital guard's leather shoes tapping across the polished linoleum floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The room has Harold’s minimalist look to it: the twin bed with plain white sheets and white blanket, polished wood floors, a bleached oakwood chair, and nothing on the slanted gray walls. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Candles flickered here and there in front of images of the saints; a faint and distant clatter came from the organ loft, where some repairs were going on; a servant was polishing the brass lectern. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She held it between her teeth and stood in front of the polished brass, looking at herself with sleepy pleasure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was burnished, his face shaved so close that its darkness had a shine like polished wood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I could’ve stood outside the door and listened if I wanted to but that would’ve been rude, besides I didn’t know for sure how long it would take me to polish up my new horn! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Finally, he pulled a stool behind the bar and began to polish the vast array of bottles nestled between the two huge barrels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The other hand—chipped blue nail polish, the color of a vintage car—resting on the wheel. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We followed him into a large room dominated by a massive oval table, its wood polished to a mirror shine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Eugenia, you don’t even know how to polish silver, much less advise on how to keep a house clean.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They are polished and sleek, and instead of boards running perpendicular to their path, there are sheets of textured metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I draw circles on her waist and legs to indicate spots to polish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He took pride in never walking barefoot, even in his own home, and shuffled around in highly polished leather slippers to protect himself from microbios. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the driveway, Nick is polishing the Whirlwind again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Candlelight reflected back and back again in the polished mirrors that hung from the walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z All those shoes sliding and scraping up the floor, leaving black shoe polish across the newly varnished floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I think it was from an old packing crate. I polished it and sanded it. I was going to find more pieces and glue them together.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I still know the one that ancient chalk-white woman taught me with a polished fruitwood stick. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sparkling, empty streets, the polished black cars, the rows of gleaming white houses, he said, were like a dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sunday morning, in a Vermont town, my last day in New England, I shaved, dressed in a suit, polished my shoes, whited my sepulcher, and looked for a church to attend. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His training as a waiter had polished his public persona. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A winding road led from the marina to a huge square of polished marble, and that’s where Ayanna steered the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z To find the snails crawling along the rocks, these tiny wet beings straining calcium from the water and spinning it into polished dreams on their backs—it is enough. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at my shoes, polished up nice the way my grandpa used to insist for formal occasions. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “The floor in here is filthy, and the banister needs to be polished. And I told you to wear your shoes in my house.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z We were careful to keep the latrine door shut and latched at night, so no mongoose or civet cat would find its way in and polish him off. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She spends the next few minutes cleaning my teeth, alternating between pulses of water and dashes of a minty polish. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No mortal man could scale it, nor so much as land there, not with twenty hands and feet, so sheer the cliffs are—as of polished stone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Each jasper bead of red, yellow, or a combination of the two he’d chiseled down, polished, and drilled himself. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She polished the reverse as highly as the top, until both were as flat and smooth as the finest mirror. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But the cherries themselves tasted like little bursts of summer on the tongue, and no one seemed to have any trouble polishing it off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The bedroom was simply furnished, and, like the rest of the home, had huge windows framed in polished cedar, wrapping around two entire walls. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Stepping stones of polished black marble led around either side of a five-story-tall apple tree, every bough glittering with golden apples, and I don’t mean yellow golden apples like in the grocery store. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Her black button eyes seemed as if they had been freshly polished. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z While he polished swords, he remembered Juno, warning them to unleash Death. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He felt they were locked in and polished and did not want them to keep working it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I did not intend to allow the white people of this country to tell me who I was, and limit me that way, and polish me off that way. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Each tape has a dark blue number painted in the upper right-hand corner, possibly with nail polish. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into grif-fin and unicom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That dress polishes you up like a fresh snow blossom.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The crowd boiled, sweated, heaved; women with shopping bags, men with highly polished shoes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A white horse stepped into the courtyard where I was polishing my armor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I go out into the polished hallway, which has a runner down the center, dusty pink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The bartender, a severe-eyed young woman in gelled hair and unstructured black, is polishing glasses behind the long table that serves as the bar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was ink to be mixed, paint powder to grind, and copper plates to polish and wipe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Maggie got five bottles of nail polish, a dress for her voice recital, a sleeping bag for arts camp this summer, and a new phone from her parents. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z How to know your own worth and polish it, never flashing it around like a cheap ring. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the others tried to stop them and she began to move around the floor in graceful circles, as they gave chase, slipping and sliding over the polished floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Across their facades ran enormous plates of polished gold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Nail polish and perfume and bath salts,” Theodora said, as one telling the cities of the Nile. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Port Angeles was a beautiful little tourist trap, much more polished and quaint than Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z You can add filing, polishing, and trimming to that as well. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z That even if his father hadn’t taught him himself, some crotchety old nanny had waxed poetic on the value of tucking your shirt in, polishing your shoes, and combing your hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She opened up the purse and pulled out a full bottle of nail polish so darkly red it was almost black. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Black disclets and bits of polished quartz all bright from the mist off the river. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The moonlight slipped over the table in the corner and washed across the polished wooden floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her long black hair is so shiny and pretty, it’s like she polished it with Windex. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z His keys were jangling, and his janitor boots were making a very authoritative sound as they hit the polished floor of the Golden Glen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I’d put in the hours to polish my form, fully extending my limbs for a long, clean, graceful line. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "This is the eleventh time my boots have been polished," Mike said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z My grandfather engaged a special company to come in with polishing machines and clean the house; they washed the windows, painted, and disinfected the place from top to bottom until it was livable again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But he spoke that same evening to his eldest son, saying, “Have done with all this painting and polishing. It is enough. We are, after all, country folk.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Get you a rag and shine her up. A man should polish his own horn.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Working with a round tin of metal polish, they waxed a dim gloss on the dull zinc pipe rising from the cement on his groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Before Austronesians arrived, most of Indonesia was thinly occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking even polished stone tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Inkberrow takes off his glasses, huffs them, and polishes them with the fat end of his tie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Stretched far across the glass, we begin to mb and polish. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The dishes were trimmed with gold, the silver cutlery was freshly polished, and a crystal goblet sat by each plate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She is polishing her sunglasses and she stands by the door to the office. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Everyone must help me to polish my boots before we arrive.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s not as polished as her later stuff, but somehow that makes me like it more. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But when Annabeth set it on the ground, the reflection on the polished metal changed from sky and buildings to the Statue of Liberty—which wasn’t anywhere close to us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I turn my attention to the platform, where death awaits me in the form of a polished ax held by my best friend. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She could feel the old women watching her, the ancient crones of Vaes Dothrak, with eyes that shone dark as polished flint in their wrinkled faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “The sun has aged it and the sea has weathered it. It's high time the bowsprit was polished.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They’d spend hours in the attic, removing and polishing the brass panels until they shone like new. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps the whisperers could polish his banisters and wax his floors? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z By this time we have a living room floor, hardwood, waxed by my mother down on her knees, polished with a long-handled weighted brush that she pushes back and forth, making a sound like waves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Shimmering purple warriors stood outside the armory, polishing ethereal swords. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It’s only two o’clock but I already done cleaned the house down to the nubs, polished the bathrooms, washed the clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He smelled of good aftershave and his shoes were polished to a high shine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “To the charrette,” shouted Ann, her voice skipping over the polished wooden floor like a stone over the surface of a lake. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I don’t buy the gold eyeshadow, but I do pick up a bottle of Black Death nail polish. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She was talking about putting nail polish on a runner in your hose, but I think the same rule applies here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A leg came out, long and knobby-kneed, with a huge polished hoof. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After retiring to his hotel that evening, Garfield finally had the chance to polish his inaugural speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We’d talk about the shows we’d watched, rehashing the plots, recalling the dialogue until all our memories were polished smooth and false. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want him to see you with your eyes and nose swollen when that young so-called wife wears lipstick and nail polish like a movie star?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I cracked an egg and cupped out the yolk and dropped white and shells into the pot, for I know nothing that polishes coffee and makes it shine like that. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later, a pair of polished cowboy boots appeared, followed by a mountain of a man dressed in a suit and ten-gallon hat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked back at the elevator, which was now completely out of reach—a polished set of metal doors hanging in space, attached to nothing, six hundred stories above Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z By that time she has pushed back his cuticles, cleaned his nails and painted them with clear polish. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a huge chamber, the walls—half naked rock, half polished steel—lined with computer equipment, electronic meters, machines that blinked and flickered with a life of their own. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A polished pedestal made of gold-tipped wood rose from beneath the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As though you have released something more than a smooth polished piece of rock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The new sled was a classic: polished wood, red runners, steering handles. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There were many hummers which can stand still in the air and look like bits of polished stone and have long tongues to sip honey with. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Both young nurses polished the glass jars unceasingly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Joseph continued to polish the candelabra as Albert organized papers on a desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z No one had asked Ophie her opinion on anything in a very long time, and it was nice to think that this very polished, very fancy lady cared what she thought. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Popper had to scrub and polish and straighten the whole place, for she was much too good a housekeeper to leave everything at sixes and sevens while the Poppers were away. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Artemis slid his notepad across the polished table. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I stuck some beautiful pink polish in my pocket and walked calmly out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Except I’d need a whole lot of nail polish remover now, wouldn’t I?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He wondered why the Warden would ever have the need to wear nail polish or makeup. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was all polished wood and beautiful too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And so I spent my time in PE seated on the bleachers, attempting to focus on homework from another class, despite all the basketball dribbles and squeaking sneakers across the polished gym floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She’s not as polished as she was when I saw her at the mall, but she’s still pretty in a way that my mom isn’t. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z According to our instructions, she informs me, every one of them has to be taken down and polished with the owner’s special polish. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, Katherine was probably in the backyard making sure the staff had polished the patio furniture to a shine so that guests could be invited back to the house after the event tonight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She holds up 2 bottles of nail polish. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Signs reading “Smoking Forbidden” were pasted on the highly polished mirrors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When boys came over, Kaprice and her stepsister would be sitting at a table with brush, rod, and cloth, expertly taking the guns apart, spinning the barrels, polishing the grips. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He dropped the glass he had been polishing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The floor gleamed with polish that made Matt feel like he was walking on water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk over wooden floors, polished to a sheen with pine- scented wax, past stairs that curve up to a wraparound balcony that overlooks the gardens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the cannon is a bucket of polish and a rag. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We wash the windows, sweep the floors, and finish polishing the silver. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After I finished scrubbing and polishing the bike, I climbed on, stretched my legs to reach the pedals, and wobbled a few feet before falling over. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They feel hard, unwinking, like the shells of beetles: black, polished, inscrutable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Warden held up a small jar of dark-red nail polish. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Powell returned to the table and polished an apple upon his sleeve before biting into it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Her nails were painted with pale pink polish. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And so Edward Tulane was mended, put together again, cleaned and polished, dressed in an elegant suit and placed on a high shelf for display. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The lights from the stream below touched the ceiling and the polished tables and glanced along the little girl’s curls, and the little girl’s mother said, “She wants her cup of stars.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Above him was a dark brown head, perfectly bald, with deep eyes that looked as if they were polished slabs of black glass. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Nor did he stop to admire the staircase, with its intricate risers of crafted, polished wood that ascended in a circle to the next level. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z On the right was a log polished by restless seats along the top, but not so large as the chiefs and not so comfortable. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The floors are still tile, but they are polished to perfection, and there are windows everywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Run my hand across the cedar chest’s smooth, polished surface. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Their armor was polished and gleaming, and they all wore plumes in their helmets. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z You can tell that Lily is Mom’s daughter, not because they have the same complexion or eyes or hair, but because they are both the same kind of very polished pretty. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z His neck was bent and the red light played over the polished skin of his hairless head. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane was gorgeous—white leather, polished wood, and shiny metal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Hands-on cyclotron operators, a species of which Bethe was not a member, understood that there were so many imponderables about how the machine worked that empirical experience still trumped even the most carefully polished theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, urbane stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Emmett and Jasper, stepped guardedly forward to meet them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She held her crown in her lap and polished it idly on her skirt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But the lovely Freya has just polished off her third cask of mead.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I washed cars, swept driveways and polished the baas's shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She sets to work again, picking the gnat off, reapplying polish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I got a new nail polish for us to try, Holly said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There are all kinds of dyes, polishes, and swatches of leather Mr. Malloy uses to restore the customers’ shoes, handbags, wallets, and belts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A flower arrangement with gladioli sits on a polished table beside it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It looks like it’s been there since forever, but the surrounding buildings have been scrubbed clean and polished. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Marina hadn’t forgotten Militsa’s comments about the young recruits’ lack of military polish, and the first order that she gave at Engels was for them all to get men’s haircuts. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He polished a bottle or two, locked the door, and went to bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And Mr Marshall it was who first caused stupefaction amongst ladies and gentlemen visiting Charleville House with displays of silver polished to previously unimagined standards. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought, looking at an abstract fish of polished brass mounted on a piece of ebony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I polish my good shoes as best I can; although they’re scuffed from my walk to the pasture, most of the dried mud comes off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Touch was the thing, lightness in the finger, the sparing use of water, never spit, the thinness of the rag, and a stingy use of polish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two score Brazen Beasts stood between the pillars, torchlight shining off the polished brass of their masks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a kind of polish on Lefty, which is perhaps why he was picked to give the toast. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was a more polished version of her daughter, but lacked Audrey’s intensity, which she claimed to have inherited from her father. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They were arguing some point heatedly, but I was too agitated to listen and simply followed in their shadows, noticing the dull gleam of their polished shoe-leather in the rays of the street lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Previously a golden fountain had filled the center of the hall, casting shimmering spots of light over the polished wooden floor and walls. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But we have had enough of charm and polish; this commander who doesn’t even walk like a military man is the one who will, I believe, restore the Union... Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dad couldn’t come. My mom’s at the England stall. Maddy and Steph are selling scones and jam, and I think my mother is literally going to polish them off singlehandedly.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He takes off his thick-rimmed glasses, fitted by a Calcutta optometrist, polishes the lenses with the cotton handkerchief he always keeps in his pocket, A for Ashoke embroidered by his mother in light blue thread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When we walked onto the verandah, my uncle’s wife came out, her face glowing as if she had polished it all her life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This is where she’d smile and change the subject to the price of silver polish or white rice. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A master engraver expertly carves his designs onto a polished copper plate using an engraving tool called a burin. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Another rag, sprayed with disinfectant, goes into the middle pocket, and a yellow rag bearing wood polish in the right-hand pocket. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So I watched her hands in her lap: slender and beautiful, with bright pink nail polish, her fingers twisting in a way I’d never seen them do before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Minli followed the rabbit through the round opening into a white courtyard and over a polished stone bridge that seemed to grow from the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kane puts on his glasses, takes them off, polishes them, puts them on, looks at the ceiling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We can polish our floors with a wax guaranteed to kill any insect that walks over it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Phoebe’s mother retrieved a bottle of nail polish remover from the bathroom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z One side of the rag was black in two swipes, but Gilly turned it over and poured out more polish. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She pictured her mother’s friends, flicking their cards back and forth to one another across a polished dining table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z One day he brought a pumice stone out of his suit jacket pocket, and cream; he brandished a nail file, cuticle scissors, a bottle of nail polish. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The prince wore sword and dagger, black boots polished to a high sheen, a black cloak lined with blood-red silk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stanley didn't know if the redness was caused by her nail polish or his blood. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Nancy lived at the palace too, and commanded a legion of servants, several of whom were in charge of polishing stair rails for their sliding monarchs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Every morning the beds were pushed into the center so that the probationers could polish the floor with a heavy bumper that a girl on her own could barely swing from side to side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The polished stone glinted, and Pinmei felt as if she were offering a treat to rabid dogs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m sure they had a dresser with a tray of nail polish and a jewelry box full of bracelets. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At the convent school, I helped the nuns with one last polishing before all the students came back. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a stout, blunt man, not nearly as polished as I would have expected from a cabinet minister. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The leather boots were as black and polished as jet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She sings as she puts away the dishes, stacks the pots and pans beneath the sink, polishes the furniture. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Imagine that late one spring day, you step out of the dark and into a world of bright windows and polished floors, winking copper pots, shining suits of armor, and tapestries sewn in gold. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I expected that we would go into a TV-style courtroom, but we went from a public hallway to a private one and then into a corporate-style conference room with a polished table in the middle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Instead, you get restored or re-created buildings with plaques and interpretation boards, so it doesn’t have much, or indeed any, real life, but it still has a certain beguiling, polished prettiness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was like the room of a museum, for here was no carpet on the polished oak boards, and the display cases stood in two long rows, from one end to the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He polished his pince-nez and fixed them to the end of his hairy snout. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When Ralph had wiped off all the mud and had polished his chrome, he rummaged through the remains of his nest for a bit of carpet fringe. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z His shoes were black leather, and they were polished to such a shine that they looked like dark mirrors: you could see the moon reflected in them, tiny and half full. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It smelled like hot hair, nail polish remover, and a soft perfume, which Bridget had sprayed on at least eight out of twenty pulse points. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The gray linoleum floor gleamed, the refrigerator shone, the windows, looking over a tiny yard, were polished. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Rhetoric serves to add the polish; and we know that none but firm and solid bodies can be polished well. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The clicking of their heels echoed off the polished floors and bounced across the high timber ceiling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z If there were a fire in the fireplace, its light would be twinkling on the polished surfaces, glimmering warmly on flesh. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She took Raymie s hand and led her up a flight of stairs and into a room where the floor was polished and shining so brightly that it didn’t look like a floor at all. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Good work, Nebraska. Sparkle Ponies and Lost Girls, start buffing and polishing those sticks into fish-killing machines.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It reminded me of the old rag Dad used to polish his dress shoes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Joseph was polishing the silver when his eye fell on a leather-bound book on the seat of the chair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was trying desperately to cultivate a mustache on his upper lip and had filled in the empty areas with what looked like brown shoe polish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I dropped my backpack in a room with my dad that smelled like furniture polish and lemon candies and decided to hike down the sidewalk for a side-by-side comparison of the accommodations. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Alfred's eyes dropped down to the man's shoes, planted solidly on the wooden floor, black shoes curling with age but highly polished. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They found Robert drinking beer from a polished horn and roaring his displeasure at two. young squires who were trying to buckle him into his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jay filled his bag with a piece of dried snakeskin he found, a rock polished smooth, and a handful of sunflower seeds. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I told him how much I missed Jackie, who knew all the words to nearly every song on the radio and would french braid my hair and share her nail polish with me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z With some damaged merchandise from Haldar’s shop she polished her toenails and softened her elbows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z If he’s polishing the car when I set out for the shopping, or when I come back, and if his hat is on askew or not on at all, then I go. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop polishing and freeze in my seat, hoping my parents won’t make me leave the room like they usually do when they have an argument. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I laid it out on the ground and studied it—it was caked with dirt, but I could tell it had once been a necklace with a polished turquoise stone set into a dark metal. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The regent gave me my first pair of boots, a sign of manhood, and that night I polished them anew, even though they were already shiny. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dowa was the perfect place to polish my powers before returning home a legend. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with shelves of polished mahogany except on either side of the fireplace, where there were two glass cases filled with marble ana hard stones from the Orient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of my reflection in the mask’s polished surface, I grimace. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My words weren’t polished, and I’d never be as eloquent as my husband, but I spoke from the heart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The raft jerked to the right just as a polished rock tower the size of a skyscraper appeared in our path. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The other had skin as smooth and black as polished jet, wide dark eyes, small pointed breasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His skin was the color of polished copper, his thick mustachios bound with gold and bronze rings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He headed right for me, boots clicking on the polished floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The building has a festive air: its usual smells of Dustbane and furniture polish and mouse droppings and snakes mingle with other smells, of winter clothing, cigarette smoke, and women’s perfume. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind the bar Mr. Thirsty, a skinny man with a large Adam’s apple, polished a glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Will you read it aloud, Reynie? I’m afraid I need to polish these.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Swords were honed, shields polished, helmets daubed with grease so that the monster should not seize them easily to bite off their heads. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not let her touch them, and he insisted on apple-pie neatness, so the poor creature was obliged to vacuum, dust, and polish around them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My sneakers squeaked as I wove through the sea of lotions, mouthwash, and nail polish on the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z By the time I polish off the ice cream, Grim is handing me coffee in a china cup, from the set they never use. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Some do that,” she says, her tone almost affable now, though distanced; it’s as if we’re considering a choice of nail polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor had been fresh-sanded, the hearthstone polished, the pewter scoured. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The floor is a pale wood polished to a high gloss, and there are carpets so that you hardly even notice the bloodstains here and there. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He tiptoed after her into the room, which was cold and smelled of furniture polish, and miserably gray in the light from the rain-washed window. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z From the freshly painted walls to the sparkling glass tables to the polished wood floor, everything looked new. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The junior officers cleared out their cots, clothing, and maps from the second-floor drawing room so we could scrub and polish it from ceiling to floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he should be leaving soon, he should be polishing his shoes, but instead he leaned back in the chair, stretched his great length and yawned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All the servants crowded around the motorcar, looking at their faces in the polished metal, admiring the curtained windows, the velvet seats. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Hair gel, perfume, aftershave, and a hint of shoe polish almost knocked me over. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Still—they had opened for business, had polished the glasses and wound the clocks and stirred the fires, and waited and waited to see who would come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But Laura and Mary ran along the lake shore, picking up pretty pebbles that had been rolled back and forth by the waves until they were polished smooth. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The glaves themselves were perfect polished spheres, hanging by the hundreds and emitting a purer white light than he’d ever seen from the rough, ruddy stones that lit the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mama started at the lowest layer, polishing both the shelf and the figurines. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ralph sat down on the polished trunk and the three others stood before him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She climbed in beside her bags, and with a blinding flash from the chrome Mario polished all day long, the car disappeared down the driveway, past the guard at the gate, to the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He wore army trousers and shirt and polished boots, and his braces hung free at his waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a strange bear, clad in polished armor with the dew on it frozen into frost, and with a plume in his helmet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She handed me a polished mirror the size of a dinner plate and had me hold it up for her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I head to the kitchen smelling of polish, my head aching with the indecipherable echo of Blackcliff s drums, which have been pounding all day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He swung it through the air a few times and it whistled past my head, smelling of heated steel and polished wood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Their armor was silver plate polished to a mirror sheen, but underneath, she knew, every man of them wore a hair shirt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s smaller than I expected but nice, with stained-glass windows and rows of polished wooden pews. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The ceiling was open to the night sky, but the walls were twenty feet high and polished marble, completely smooth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Gillian addressing the crowd was styled and polished like a TV pundit. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Between each beat, a shavepate herald in a shirt of polished copper disks cried for the crowd to part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The workshop was like an artists studio, with thirty-foot ceilings and industrial lighting, polished stone floors, and workbenches along with windows. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Just as Curly was polishing off his first tuna sandwich, a commercial for Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House came on the television. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In three hours Marie-Laure’s numb fingers discover a stranded jellyfish, an encrusted buoy, and a thousand polished stones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Some of us are experts at splitting, flaking, sharpening and polishing, as well as finding, rocks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We drive past dark houses with boarded-up windows, and I try to imagine them clean and polished, as they must have been at some point in the past. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She could hear them as she walked down the back stairs, her hand sliding down the polished wooden banister. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a very ancient truck, with a small round hood, but it had been lovingly polished and was wonderfully shiny. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They were not loose, but stuck down tight in moss and sand, and were black and shiny, as if they had been polished. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Here and there, little breezes crept over the polished waters beneath the haze of heat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He was plain, and his manners were not polished. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It will be locked, he thinks, when he reaches the polished dark-wood door, but the silver handle moves easily as he turns it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I used electrical tape to attach cardboard fins to the casement and then borrowed Mom’s fingernail polish to paint a name on the side. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Without them, you wouldn’t have your bottled vitamin water, your eye shadows, the packaging on your favorite perfume, your colored contact lenses, clothes, hair color, and nail polish.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It came with paying Booker, speaking proper, and polishing his father’s shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t they just polish me off at the same time? They could’ve made it look like Krum and I had a duel or something.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was polished and soft- spoken, and treated Winnie with courtesy and deference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fourth side was clear, revealing a gleaming space of polished floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “What parades?” inquired General Peckem with a feeling that his polish just wasn’t getting across. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was the smell of furniture polish; the dust and dirt of the past season were forever wiped away. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The wandlight sparkled on his shiny pate, his prominent eyes, his enormous, silver, walruslike mustache, and the highly polished buttons on the maroon velvet jacket he was wearing over a pair of lilac silk pajamas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Red dirt wafting up around my mother's newly polished shoes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He leaned over the table at eye level, just like his uncle used to do, and he slowly, carefully polished the table until it shone like new. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The wooden hilt was clean and polished, its silvery metal blade sharpened to a lethal point. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We scrubbed the floor and washed the windows and polished the grate and dusted the ledges and wiped the picture-frames and carefully tidied away all the hockey-sticks and cricket-bats and umbrellas. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The seat was cold stone, polished smooth by countless bottoms; the carved heads of direwolves snarled on the ends of its massive arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One day she took a can of stove blackening and the brush and closed herself in the bedroom where she copiously blackened her left breast with the stove polish. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Everywhere was the smell of petrol and polish. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood was so shiny and polished, curving around like a ride at the fair. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Well, she cried. Not much, but a lot for her—a choke and two sniffles and a wiped nose and polished her glasses and snapped shut like a watch.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Black men worked as butlers in the homes of the rich, shining shoes, polishing silverware, serving guests at parties. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Behind the goddess, on a polished oalc display stand, was her huge silver bow, carved to resemble gazelle horns. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “A little cleanup, a little wood polish—” “I heard they’re going to have to redo the whole gym floor,” Sanderson put in. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z It is surprisingly similar to cleaning and polishing mess pots. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Dany lifted his polished black visor The face within was her own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Francie polished the brass bell plates in the three vestibules and cleaned each banister spoke with an oiled cloth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She has. orange lipstick, and orange nail polish to match. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Ralph watched the boys leave before he carefully polished every millimeter of his beautiful new car. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The snakelike hiss of cold metal being rubbed with a polishing cloth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Behind the bar, a white man, bald and shiny, leans against the polished wood counter, eagle eye on the coarse fellow and the girl. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The more recent stones were polished granite in various colors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I watched her gather her nail polish and toss it into the duffel bag, and I started to feel more pitiful by the minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The girl has silky brown hair and rich skin the color of polished oak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When they finished singing, Jack Rabbit Jones took off his shades, walked over to the long, polished oak coffin where Cool Papa Byrd’s body rested, and placed the shades over Cool Papa Byrd’s closed eyes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The curved wooden arms of the delicate sofas shine with polish. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z For that matter, he did not say um, or ah, or use any form of conversational mitigation: his sentences came marching out, one after another, polished and crisp, like soldiers on a parade ground. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Believe me; Bhai Jaan doesn’t care about polished silver or what we keep in the garage. Besides, garages are meant for junk.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z To my ears, though, lend and lent do sound a bit more polished than loan and loaned. liable/likely. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the counters polished like mirrors, and the new wall tiles gleamed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I polish up my piece real nice, in honor of Tariq. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “There’s mercury in white shoe polish. Fights off the arthritis. Fit as a lad, I am.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The blind man was rubbing the polished wooden side of his instrument with a soft cloth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The two daughters were gently sweeping the bare stone floor with stiff brooms, and the son was polishing the silverware. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something on the ground by his chair: a wooden cane with a polished glass knob on top. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And now I find myself behaving exactly like she used to: polishing off the hall bottle of red left over from dinner last night and snooping around on his computer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu imagined them when they traveled: they would collect unusual things and fill their homes with them, unpolished evidence of their polish. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Above us, the night sky gleams like polished glass, its wealth of stars reflected in the oddly still surface of the water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Next to the sign was a knocker—a lion's head with a brass ring in its mouth, which Victor had polished just that morning. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They all have beautiful lips, carefully outlined in red and polished to a shine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They stood on a wet floor of polished stone, the doorstep, as it were, of a rough-hewn gate of rock opening dark behind them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As he looked at his watch he remembered that before setting out he should polish his shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I just looked at her—in the black clothes, with the black nail polish and silver studs in her eyebrow. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The kids in this group look a lot slicker and more polished than Dad’s group. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Coats hung from polished brass hooks in the foyer, and his father’s books, arranged by size, stood neatly along the glassed-in shelves of two vaultlike oak bookcases. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The walls had that iridescent quality of polished oyster shells. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I got the song done, Doc polished it up, put it on a USB for me, and that was that. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It’s a small, windowless room attached to the stables, fragrant with leather polish and stained wood from floor to ceiling, the walls lined with heavy saddles, riding crops, bridles, and reins. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And now, in addition to those, each guard produced one of those polished clubs the patrollers had been carrying. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Bunny took off his gold-rimmed spectacles, unhooking them carefully from behind each ear, and began to polish them with a napkin. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her father with a shock of hair like a bristle brush stiff with shoe polish, rolling his large sleeves up to his elbows while the scar at his temple gleamed white. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Harrison was standing outside the front door, pretending to polish the glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Bridge loved Tab’s living room: the plants on the windowsills, the black-and-white photographs on the walls, the jars of nail polish scattered across the coffee table like pretty rocks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The bronze chandeliers’ gas jets produced a softly palpitating glow, casting pools of light across the polished oak floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A polished wall enclosed a large oval cavern about fifty feet high. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He would edit and polish his paper, making it ready for publication. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She drums her polished nails on the desk as I sign my name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The temporary lodger, in his turn, stood and bowed to them, then returned to his pack of wooden oddments, sorting, arranging and polishing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she wants to see me sweat coal tar, ink, shoe polish, graphite. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It gleamed in the starlight like polished abalone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She was managing somehow to polish her fingernails, smoke a cigarette, and drink a Diet Coke all at the same time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jessie ended up getting more polish on her toes than on her toenails. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z They climbed the stairs as quickly as they could without splashing the hot water and tiptoed down the highly polished wood floor of the upstairs hallway, searching for Mrs. Derby’s room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z You could let your hair grow, he said, and you didn’t have to polish your boots or snap off salutes or put up with the usual rear-echelon nonsense. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama finds us one old shoe- shine kit, so we can earn money polishing people's shoes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Justin is polishing off a plate of eggs, sausage, and hash browns. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was shaved close to the blue roots of his beard, and his hands were clean and his nails polished. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I polished Beethoven off in forty minutes, long before the rest of the class. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z You couldn’t help notice her two big toes sticking out from the gap, because they were painted with matching dark pink nail polish and were very bright. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Whose shining, polished surface had entranced Pearl with her own reflection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A pair of spearmen attended them, clad in polished helms and shirts of silver mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It took the kid less time to polish it off than it had taken Grayson to get it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack Ketch darted forward, his polished black shoes almost soundless on the leaf-mold. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Rich raiment clothed the body; polished stones glowed in his broad belt. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It is nothing like the schooling Gogol’s parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Henrietta spent hours taking care of those nails, touching up chips and brushing on new coats of polish. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The Captain sighed, polishing his mug with the back of his thumb. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was really the vast polished dining room table I’d come to appraise. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The polished wood floor reflects the pieces of furniture. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z His body is smooth and shiny like polished glass. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was a good color of nail polish, and Margo had nice fingers, thinner and bonier than the rest of her, which was all curves and soft edges. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Blue toes, blue legs, blue self reflected in the blue mirror, which wasn’t glass but only more mesarthium, polished to a high gloss. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Giti, with whom Laila had exchanged secret notes in class, whose fingernails she had polished, whose chin hair she had plucked with tweezers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Kenneth never gave us any trouble,” she just had to add, neatly folding the polishing rag. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her voice echoed amid the sharp surfaces and the polished floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The hammering, soldering, and polishing took hours, while Crick paced impatiently upstairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Beneath them, the floor was polished marble, and the ceiling was a strange twisting river of names that, Aru imagined, belonged to the dead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ms. Byrd and Clayton sat in the very front pew of the church, across from Cool Papa Byrd’s long, polished oak coffin. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Papa sits at the table with a rag, polishing all of our silver, which lies in neat piles around him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The polished skulls of the last dragons staring down sightlessly from the walls of .the throne room while the Kingslayer opened Father's throat with a golden sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wasn’t polished yet, but he never seemed to tire, never showed pain, just kept going, kept driving forward no matter what, like a well-oiled locomotive. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I peel them, slice them, put them in the soup pot, and Ilse starts to sniff the air, polishing her nails on my sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There’s a strong stench of paint and polished hardwood floors. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In the screen’s polished surface, his own reflection surprised him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wemmick’s attention being thus directed to his brooch, he put down the cast, and polished the brooch with his pocket-handkerchief. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He could see the shine of polished furniture and the gleam of gold picture frames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Glass, pieces of Sheetrock, broken furniture, cups, nail polish, pans, hair brushes, mirrors, bottles, plates, rugs, clothes—almost everything imaginable floated in streams of water from apartments that looked like flooded basements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z While I ate and complained about homework, Hassan made my bed, polished my shoes, ironed my outfit for the day, packed my books and pencils. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Taisin’s room was filled with trees; they seemed to grow out of the very floor, with smooth, polished bark the color of rust. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She wore neatly pressed clothes and scuffed but carefully polished high heels, read books like Praying Your Way to Prosperity, and was superior with the drivers and ingratiating with the editors. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There’s a dried flower arrangement on either end of the mantelpiece, and a vase of real daffodils on the polished marquetry end table beside the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They swat it away and step into the Belgian’s meticulously polished office in Elisabethville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their guns were also glistening as though they had been polished, and the creases were sharp in the pant legs of their uniforms. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And thank you for what you’ve taught us,” said the king—and, as he clapped his hands, the little car was brought forward, polished like new. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I took a seat at my desk and surveyed the landscape—a small village of nail polish bottles, colored pencils, a rubber finger-puppet beast, and a hill of assorted notepads. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go polish your spear or something?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He blinked, and all of a sudden he saw her practicing, her movements like a dancer around the polished wooden floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He polishes the same spot on one of the scims over and over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Miss Glory was a little annoyed because I had begun to leave egg yolk on the dishes and wasn’t putting much heart in polishing the silver. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave her some black nail polish that Alice had had her eye on. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z As he held it in his hand, she saw the polished half-rock that matched her own. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They all held polished violins under their chins, the bows poised at identical angles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside there was an apartment of many rooms furnished with chairs carved out of polished tree trunks, with cushions of rose and gold and green silk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A maid brought them a silver finger bowl and filled it out of a beautiful spouting golden jug, then drew a polished table to their side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down, carefully polished his spectacles and chose a pen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lommy had named him the Bull, on account of this homed helm he had that he polished all the time but never wore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Shoe polish, needles, and coffee became luxury items to be gift-wrapped and given as presents for birthdays and other special occasions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then,” he explained, “we shall secure it with fish glue, and the dust which comes from using the rubbing stone to polish the wood will fill in the least crack and make all smooth.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He’s handsome, wearing polished black shoes and a neat orange button-down shirt tucked into his ironed pants. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Where all had looked so shabby and grey before, the wood now gleamed with rich browns, and with the smooth black-greys of bark like polished leather. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The gravestones are few and recent: blockish oblongs of granite polished to a Presbyterian gloss, the letters cut plainly and without any attempt at prettiness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He wore the battered clothes of a field hand and an ancient broadcloth coat highly polished by age and wear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at my chipped orange nail polish. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I try to soak up the nail polish, but I make the stain bigger. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He washed and polished it once a week and dusted it every day with a rag he kept underneath the front seat. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Over our first few days we would learn how to shine our shoes using Kiwi black shoe polish, a cotton rag, and a pretty disgusting amount of saliva. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The young men gazed in joy before they entered into a room of polished tubs to bathe. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You heard me. Or did inhaling that polish kill whatever helpless brain cells you had left?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They consorted with giants and ghouls, stole girl children in the dead of night, and drank blood from polished horns. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hoover demanded that his staff wear dark suits and sober neckties and black shoes polished to a gloss. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was already tired down to my bones from the sleepless night before, and the scent of the soldier’s boot polish sent my head deeper into a fog. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A young man in greasy coveralls was polishing the windshield of a wide and rusty Hudson automobile. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When the list be thin, I slip in that old stinky white fella that live behind the feed store, the one lost his mind from drinking the shoe polish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Before dawn, men rose to exercise the horses, polish weapons, or move out with bows in search of deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama left a shell, polished smooth from the ocean water running over it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a kind of raw energy to the music, not like the polished songs she sang, in which every note was carefully planned and orchestrated. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Cold tea pools in the saucer and drips onto the floor, leaving sticky trails along the polished wood. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z On Sundays he spends an hour occupied with his tins of shoe polishes and his three pairs of shoes, two black and one brown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So after some instruction, Joseph put on the apron and started carefully polishing the clean dishes even though it made no sense to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The table was covered with a red cloth, and the cookstove was polished shining black. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The air smelled of furniture polish and long-ago meals seasoned with garlic and onions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She has five different colors of nail polish and all kinds of surgical-looking instruments. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I’m off to the baker. Finish sweeping in here, and dusting. After that, polish the teapot and bring in the firewood. Don’t stop moving, whatever you do.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Jackie had brought nail polish with her, so we painted our fingernails and told the same jokes we’d told about a million times before. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I look cute, but still a little hood, a little less polished. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Inside, the grooms were brushing down beautiful, glossy horses, or cleaning their polished hooves, or braiding their long tails. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She took in the heavy, green drapes, the pairs of polished shoes lined up neatly along the wall, the closet door, where the gray paint had chipped and showed the wood beneath. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They had autumn peaches picked from the trees and sliced in golden cream, mounds of wild honey, and apples that Nancy’s little boys had polished until they gleamed rosily against the white cloth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I reveled in long ships with oars; I loved polished lances, arrows in the skirmish, the shapes of doom that others shake to see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep putting my finger in my mouth and scraping off nail polish. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Every night he polishes Frederick’s boots for him until they shine a foot deep—one less reason for a bunk master, or Bastian, or an upperclassman to jump on him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I paint polished wood, and metal: a copper-bottomed frying pan, as seen from the bottom, an aluminum double boiler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I picked him up and swung him feet-over-head, over my shoulder, and I body slammed him to the polished stone floor, and even then I didn’t let him out of the head- lock. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The candle stood in front of a sheet of polished brass, which served as a minor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She clicked one bottle of nail polish against another so that it made a tapping sound that filled the long silence. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Methuselah breathed upon his glasses, polishing them on his fur. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then I looked at the polished lenses of the glasses and laughed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They had always been busy with cleaning or needlework or polishing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Butler sank to his knees, sliding and turning, the polished floor bearing him like an ice-skater. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The knob of the handle was made of the skull of a stoat, oiled and polished like ivory, and Kay loved it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands scraped at the polished floor, no blue in sight, so she moved on to the next pile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The car was small and the backseat smelled like nail polish remover. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He staggered against the bar, where Mr. Thirsty was calmly polishing glasses. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The brass radiator and the Prestolite tank on the running board were blinding with brass polish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z On a table, lighted candles stood in a polished golden holder and cast a soft, flickering glow. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He began polishing the bar again with a fierce intensity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I ran upstairs to grab polish remover out my kit. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Robert was polishing the table in the dining-room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In her mind she can hear her father polishing locks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Inside the City walls the merchants had decorated their shops with pine boughs and winterberries, and the bright sunlight reflected off freshly polished shop windows. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybeth scrubbed down the wooden table and Dicey polished it dry. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave Rahel a cooking ladle made of a wooden handle stuck through the polished half of a coconut shell. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bottles of nail polish vanished almost every day. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Women were banned from laughing out loud or wearing nail polish, and they were beaten or jailed for walking without a male family member. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My stocking seams were straight, my black shoes cracked, but polished, and my red wool suit flamboyant as my plans. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Everything is how it's supposed to be—except for that mini-mansion that's like a newly polished pair of Jordans thrown in with a bunch of well-worn knockoffs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z SanJuanna and I sat in the pantry and polished the good silver. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Dimple thought, in a documentary narrators deep, polished voice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The guy pulled a rosy apple from a nearby tree and polished it on his dirty overalls. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Your hair might become straight enough, your skin might become light enough, your accent might become polished enough—and you’d be reclassified as white. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It is cut, polished; for a breath, it passes between the hands of men. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It is smooth and warm, like rock polished by water and then left to heat in the sun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Their nails were long, polished pink or orange, their lips red as tulips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I have to get the dessert,” the Old Lady said, violently polishing a teaspoon and dashing out to the kitchen. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Her eyes were dark. Dark as chocolate, dark as coffee, dark as the polished wood of my father’s lute. They were set in a fair face, oval. Like a teardrop.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had made himself a black armband out of what looked like a rag dipped in boot polish, and his eyes were puffy, red, and swollen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He propped himself on his elbows and studied her as she polished her tools, noticing how carefully she lifted and cleaned each one. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I sit down at the kitchen table and hum while I smear the thick pink polish all over the spoons with a cotton ball and watch it pull off the layer of black. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Mama began to weep, great silent tears, and Papa was now limping back and forth beside the bunk, like a caged animal, brandishing his long, polished North Dakota cane. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the polished fa£ades, bouquets of teased cloth, buffed leather, cunning silver trinkets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet their stone tools were still crude by comparison with modern New Guineans’ polished stone axes and were usually not yet made in standardized diverse shapes, each with a clearly recognizable function. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Magic Marker smell of nail polish on your mom’s toes because she says she still wants to look nice so please just deal with it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead of a polished floor, they stood on packed dirt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The smooth, polished floor feels cool through the holes in my shoes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Hi, Lu,” said Bridget, dipping her brush into the polish, blowing like an oscillating fan over her nails. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps Mamá would permit her to help lift the big mattress and tuck the white sheet under it or polish the mirror in the glittering bathroom. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z That cane Papa brought back with him he had carved and polished himself in North Dakota. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The golden elephant-headed statue in the hall is in need of polishing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was white, but when she looked at it sideways it seemed to glow, and sometimes it shone like polished silver. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But even after I’d polished them clean by rubbing them in the sand, I generally wound up with several stickers in my mouth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I lifted the glass to polish off the final drops of krupnikas. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes, which commanded immediate respect, sparked with a fire that matched the shine on her highly polished wheelchair—her throne. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m getting to her. Amina, take out the good cutlery and polish the silver serving dishes.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He gazed at the crushed rose petals in her hair, at the pearl and sapphire choker at her throat, at the sparkly crimson polish on her toes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z After years of studying art with Rain, I still couldn’t remember a color as intense as the glitter polish Sophie painted on her toenails. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Halfway along the hall was a semicircular table against the wall, and on it was a polished wooden stand, like a toast rack, for holding letters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes, and went off to war,” I reply. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his navy tweed blazer and shiny, polished shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Floors look like someone just finished polishing them. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Her eyes sweep over you, up and down, taking in clothes, shoes, nail polish, the turquoise bracelets that you and Gina bought one Saturday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The main floor was a huge open room with a polished stone floor, wooden furniture, a large fireplace, and windows. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She looks peaceful in the kitchen of this house in her spotless apron, everything clean and polished around her, flowers bobbing in the garden beyond, birds chirping away, music from Radio Eireann on the wireless. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She left a pile of her things by the door: a comb, a square of polished silver that Ajarry had scrounged years ago, the pile of blue stones that Nag called her “Indian rocks.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He got out his best tall hat and polished it up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Sing Sing, it was clear from watching the training officers, did not care much about the polish on your shoes or the crease in your shirt or the length of your hair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is beautiful to look at, it takes a finish well, and it can be polished to a high degree of luster, essential for providing the smooth, friction-free racing bottom a good shell requires. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She imagined polishing the dark earth until it was like a geode: shiny, black, and reflective. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z President Snow takes a seat at the large desk of polished wood where Prim does her homework and my mother her budgets. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This was galling, since some had even questioned whether Bechu, who wrote in such polished English, really was an Indian. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z When the shelf was dusted, he picked up the tissue in his two front legs and polished the cricket cage so its bars shone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight reflected off the polished wood, almost blinding me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She goes on and on about how dangerous it used to be, how the houses are small, how it’s supposed to be the new cool place, but in her opinion, “it’s just a polished ghetto.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There are people in jackets and polished shoes with work bags slung over their shoulders all moving toward one platform to wait for the train. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Our knives and forks and spoons had to be polished, with an old toothbrush for the decorations. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside it there are long hallways with hardwood floors, stained and worn from generations of students in slushy winter boots, but still kept polished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z What were they supposed to tell the record numbers of applicants who had been rejected—the ones with straight As, enthusiastic recommendations, polished essays, and long lists of activities? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cinders, coarse gravel, and granite boulders covered much of the ice, but every now and then the trail would cross a patch of bare glacier—a translucent, frozen medium that glistened like polished onyx. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I try to make eye contact with him now, but he seems to be intentionally avoiding my gaze as he polishes his knife with the edge of his shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They did not have far to go before Vikus stopped at a polished wooden door. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was shiny, like a polished shoe; a deep tan colour with circled red dots drifting all over it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As I edged around the elaborate, china-cabinet-flanked dining room, I wondered where Celia’s parents were and if they knew exactly how many cans of beer were stacked on their polished mahogany dining table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Under some road maps in the glove compartment, Ben retrieved a rusty can of cordovan polish and a thin silken handkerchief spotted with dried circles of polish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, she had polished off her whole glass of wine. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Like the rest of the world, most of the present Austronesian realm—Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and many Pacific islands—was originally occupied by hunter-gatherers lacking pottery, polished stone tools, domestic animals, and crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the polished marble floor in front of us, but facing the platform, talking to the boys behind the balustrade. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Turner drummed his fingers on the polished surface of his desk and studied my calculations, slowly turning the pages. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The potatoes followed; then, holding down the plate with his paw, the cat polished it clean. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The landscaping was almost too polished, like a show that had over-rehearsed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z On his feet were highly polished shoes of a fine leather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But those wings - they were polished gold, right down to the last feather. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Phhh. Well, you tell her it’s a real Fourth of July picnic. It’s what we dream a doing all weekend, get back in they houses to polish they silver,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A younger version of the doctor, less crude, indeed polished. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they do I realize that the saloon is empty excepting for the bartender, polishing glasses. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It missed Jaja completely, but it hit the glass etagere, which Mama polished often. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "He was just...always doing these adorable things. Like polishing those candlesticks. Who does that?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The flowers shone as if they’d been cleaned and polished, and the tall trees that lined the road shimmered in silvery green. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He saw the superb polish, the fresh padding, and the new mantling set behind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a single bunk, a bedside storage locker, a toilet, sink, polished nickel mirror, and metal chair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then he puts a rag in one hand and a tin of wood polish in the other. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We children would help Song Po-po polish the mahogany table and Grandma’s four prized red-and-gold dowry trunks until we could see our reflections in the wood and leather. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Its polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram, so that from different angles lightning bolts seemed to streak across them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At roll call, I was pulled out of the lines and marched to a wooden “horse”—a polished, barkless log with four wooden feet—and laid over it with my bare back facing up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Her finger- and toenails were polished a shade of pale pink. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Because I brought nail polish so we can paint our names on the back of the turtles. That way, you’ll know for sure that it was mine when it wins.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Oakes was busy in the old stone house, cleaning and polishing, while her husband stacked the wood cellar. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, on his landing, there was no moonlight, and he felt his way in the dark, first on the carpeted upper staircase, and then, for the last two flights, on the bare, polished oak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “My shoes are always polished?” he said incredulously. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Giffen's was the polish ordered by all discerning butlers of the time, and if this product was used correctly, one had no fear of one's silver being second best to anybody's. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He polishes his corn dog off in a few bites and then looks at my untouched lunch. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z And so we sat there, she with her nail polish balanced on the dash, and me with a shaky finger on the pulse of myself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She whetted the knife on a stone and polished it with damp leaves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Black hair and black eyes and skin the color of polished amber. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Years of hands on the railing and feet on the steps had left the wood polished smooth and bone gray. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z According to the auction description, the tablet was a flat circle of polished black stone, and it had one very simple power. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Before them and on either side stretched a huge empty hall; its black walls, polished and smooth as glass, flashed and glittered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The highly polished surface gleamed and glistened with a golden sheen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat down on the stairs and opened a bottle of sly blue nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I noticed that Dionysus was treading on air, his polished black shoes hovering an inch off the ground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Here the smell is no longer of furniture polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His polished boots, the thick gold watch chain cinched across his waistcoat, the handsome fob. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His hands were clenched round the polishing leather that he held in his hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Sticky was casting about for his polishing cloth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d been thrashed with the strap for nail polish, even at her age. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You're graduating from college next year; why don't you cook a meal for a change?” she points out, twisting the cap back onto her bottle of nail polish. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s not the most polished thing I’ve drawn, but I sort of love her facial expression. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Everything wooden is polished, the rugs are fluffy and freshly vacuumed, and you couldn’t find a single speck of dust even if you moved around the picture frames. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Over his heart was his wolf's-head brooch of silver and polished jet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The brass was polished to a high sheen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Rita polished the eyes of Son of Steel until they shone like jewels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Megan came running down the stairs carrying bottles of nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I slowly became aware that I was back on the polished stage inside Isihlangu. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And yes, his sentences come marching out one after another, polished and crisp like soldiers on a parade ground. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They cleaned the flesh from Alice’s skull and carefully polished her teeth, then covered her body with canvas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The floor was inlaid with polished wood in the shape of a star, and above them a wrought iron chandelier held a dozen burning candles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Audrey held up a metallic silver polish and a neon green one. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Hot Pie scuttled back inside, abandoning them . . . but Gendry came back, the fire shining so bright on his polished helm that the horns seemed to glow orange. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You really are bad for business,” remarked Mr. Thirsty as he went back to polishing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Between them was a narrow space, and there upon a floor of polished stone, written with strange signs, a man might stand five hundred feet above the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It would take near the whole day to wash, hang the clothes out on the line, and iron them, but I loved the way the house smelled clean with wood polish and soap. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Richard didn’t seem to notice, but Mama did, judging from the way her eyes widened for a moment before she looked down at the silver she was polishing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They were carrying between them a heavy case of polished wood with brass handles. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A little polished cherub grins at each corner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My husband was working late, as he did most nights, and the apartment was silent except for the click of my heels on the polished wood floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Written across the window, in shoe polish, it says, Clover City can only have one Miss Teen Blue Bonnet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I slumped back against the wall and picked at my black nail polish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Sister Gladys had styled her hair and given her clear polish for her fingernails. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He polished it with his sleeve, although I could see no dust on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Gendry went off by himself afterward, polishing his helm with a look on his face like he wasn't even there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Uncle Cotton swallowed whatever curse dangled on his tongue, and suddenly the smooth, polished smile was back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Senora Garra walked back over with a small brown bag and dropped the polish inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Tattered but freshly swept carpets covered the highly polished hardwood floors, and the rooms were filled with antique velvet-covered chairs inherited from my great-grandma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Knowing there were soap bars by the dozen, bacon by the rasher, and reveling in her shiny pots and pans and polished floors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They all wanted different colors and decals, and it was impossible to get them to sit still long enough for the polish to dry. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z All about me was spotless and bright—scoured floor, polished grate, and well-rubbed chairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Last night, he polished and buffed the leather, not that it’s necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z After consulting the horizon on all four sides, she tore what was left of her quilts into several strips and resolved to polish the banister poles at a later time. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It had rained during the night, a gentle and safe sprinkle that Ivy let lull her to sleep after she’d stayed awake for hours drawing, and now the pavement shined like polished silver. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She emptied and sluiced the bedpans, swept and polished floors, made cocoa and Bovril, fetched and carried—and was delivered from introspection. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She shrugged, assumed he had gone to school early, and finished polishing her nails. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had sewed it a new outfit, and oiled and polished its mechanisms. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Etta was sitting in the chair by the window, painting her toenails with the red polish. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her eyes looked out at Dicey from behind polished glass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the dullthudding through the polished coffin wood, through the satin coffin lining. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Along a polished earth, pieces of straw and twigs scampered until they were stopped by some rooted thing; and little stones rolled crookedly before the wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The girls do not speak but their thoughts tumble together like gems in the polishing, reaching their hard conclusions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her tone is polished, befitting a lady of her supposed station. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Some of the last were concave mirrors made from beautifully polished magnetite. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Come on,” Grandpa Nyles said, pulling on Jimmy’s arm and pointing to the polished walls around them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z There’s a great deal of polishing being done. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A large chest of polished latoun had saints and angels enamelled in the panels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were well manicured and feminine, pinky slightly raised—hands you’d see in a commercial for nail polish, not wrapped around the throat of a crying child. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She still planned to polish the banister poles with the strips she had tom from her quilts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Of course, I didn’t tell Lynn about stealing the nail polish. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Ghostly flames shimmered off the polished black marble of the walls and floor and bathed the hall in an emerald radiance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Sure enough, three old ladies were kneeling in polished pews, holding rosaries with somber looks on their faces. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The shoe-shine chair gleams in the low light, the faucets and fixtures all clean and polished. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy reached up and thrust her spear high in a polished rack against a pillar where tough spear on spear of the old soldier, his father, stood in order. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the house the rooms were tall and clear with shining floors and polished windows. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t vacuum—that’d be too loud—but he could dust and scrub and polish. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I will fall on my knees, in my room, gratefully breathe in lungfuls of the stale air, smelling of furniture polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I never realized how meticulously he keeps them polished. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Inside, the great hall was lit only by light from the tall, narrow windows set high in the wall, and there were servants polishing the wide expanse of marble. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her to read the bottom of my foot, but all she told me was that I had a lot of callouses and she liked my blue sparkly nail polish. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The little man leisurely recorded each answer in five different places, pausing often to polish his glasses, clear his throat, straighten his tie, and blow his nose. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Is it that or is it your fear of the stain of my sad life getting on you? So you have to polish me up and make me worthy.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He looked unusually clean, as though he had been polished. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He looked at the neat carpet, the polished floorboards, and took his shoes off too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Like religion and silverware, it needs polishing up regular or it don’t shine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He was bent over it, polishing the leaves with meticulous care, like some crazed gardener from Alice in Wonderland. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Alvarez assumed personal responsibility for making sure the tanks were polished smooth. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If she has no wool for the darning and the stockings are dark we can blacken our ankles with shoe polish for the respectability that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the candlelight, the leather binding shone, polished with hundreds of years of handling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ralph took the conch from where it lay on the polished seat and held it to his lips; but then he hesitated and did not blow. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “My goodness, I’ve forgotten to polish my boots!” the Centipede said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He suddenly whipped off his glasses and polished them hurriedly on his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z How it took red toenail polish for a black woman to be considered a real person, how she wasn’t real just from the fact that she was once a human, a daughter, a mother. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He lifted the basin, carried it over to his desk, placed it upon the polished top, and sat down in the chair behind it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Single bulb lamps hung from long cords, creating yellow puddles of light on the polished brown linoleum tile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z On either side of him, the wood smelled of oldness and polish. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The inside of the car was what Conrad called “cherry”— clean and polished as if he washed it twice a week. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw the luminous woman with polished shoulders and the little boy, a shadow slipped across his face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully peeled the wrapper away, and a key made of polished green stone was revealed inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She polish it off in about five bites. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He had watched her washing clothes, squatting on the flat stones of the river, her dark legs polished by the water, as she rubbed the faded rags with her rough peasant hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She polished the lotus flowers until they gleamed like ivory. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked immaculate, with a shining black cap, polished medals, and neat white gloves like a traffic policeman. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I crossed the street, opened the pharmacy bag, and pulled out the polish. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z After he polished off each beer, he used the can to repair one of the holes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The handle of his cane too well polished beneath his pristine gloves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He took his eyes away from the microscope and looked around the table until he found a wooden stick that had a human eyelash glued to it with a dab of nail polish. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Everett spent months preparing—researching the battle in journalistic detail, which amid the fog of war was no mean task, then polishing and memorizing his speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But it was a good deal larger than mine, with dark, polished wood, deep drawers, and a large, green, leather-bordered blotter that covered almost its entire top. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I’d return to the stall and polish off my tasty finds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z With a handful of moss, I polish the blood from my silver weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z There are cadets who do everything right—perfect posture, expert marksmanship, boots polished so perfectly that they reflect clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The final step was to smooth, sand, and polish the body of the car to within an inch of its home-built life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z My grandmothers were going to live for ever, and Thanksgiving would always be lace tablecloths, thin china and heavy silver that I stood on a stool to polish. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She walks to the supply closet, her shoes squeaking on the polished floor. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He polished his glass again and went back to his subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The newly polished wooden hand was now poised above the desk as it once was, waiting for Hugo to make it a new pen. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I took the flashlight in one hand and the nail polish in the other and stared at it closely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I wake up to Tats scraping and flicking her dried nail polish, sitting beside me on Mom’s bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Right here. I found it. It’s that part about her seeing Henrietta’s red toenail polish.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I cleaned the tires, polished up the front bumper, practically licked the mud flaps clean. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Ivy was pretty sure it was the same polish Gigi painted on the last time they all hung out at Ivy’s house a few weeks ago. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I turned and found myself staring into a polished bronze mirror. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “And this is how they look after they’ve been polished a bit.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I just flat out told him the truth and didn’t even try to polish it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The moonlight glanced off their polished bone handles. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The steel was polished to such a high sheen that she could see her reflection in the breastplate, gazing back at her as if from the bottom of a deep green pond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Certainly she must have noticed their military bearing, the high polish of their shoes, their vivid neckties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I can see Mirren’s hand, her chipped gold nail polish, holding a jug of gas for the motorboats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Whatever mechanism within you is responsible for adrenaline, it has never been so sleek and polished, so keenly poised to pump out a warming squirt of adrenal fluid. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He got up and walked across the balcony and looked down at the drained pool; the floor was made of polished whitish stone, visible through the thin sheet of rainwater. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She pushes her books to the floor and knocks the green nail polish on the sand-colored carpet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He went and sat with Boots, who was polishing off her sandwich. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The head was worn and dented, but John kept it polished, and it gleamed in the warm sunshine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The shoe poet sat by the glowing fireplace, polishing his boots with lampblack he had scraped from the hearth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He put the water glass to his lips, moistened them, then put it down on the polished black tabletop. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z So I was supposed to be spending the day polishing up my CV and my interviewing skills. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If the police came, Hugh would explain the situation in his perfect French while I'd toss in a few of my most polished phrases. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The walls were repainted, the red tile roofs cleaned and polished. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Bestemama, he sat most of the time quietly in a chair, saying very little and totally overwhelmed, I imagine, by the raucous rabble who were destroying his neat and polished home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lally or I put polish on their sneaker, they yeH like we cut their skin. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A line of tall windows directs rectangular beams of light on the polished and shiny pews. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He ran it lightly up the greatsword as he spoke, polishing the metal to a dark glow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z These were much too big for him, but he always kept them well polished—they were black leather, as black as the strange long coat that reached down to his knees. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He observed her fingers, tipped with black nail polish, turn the pages of the book she was reading as she lounged on the fraying orange sofa. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Certainly, sir; and it has the advantage also of being in vogue amongst the less polished societies of the world.—Every savage can dance.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Five horses came down and drank, and then stood about, nibbling at the dirt or rubbing their sides against the polished wood of the fence. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The god of the pit flexed his fingers, examining his own polished black talons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She picked at her teeth with a long crimson-varnished fingernail, then she tapped the finger, gently, tap-tap-tap against the polished black surface of her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She followed Turner into the main house, her feet squeaking on the dark, polished wood of the floor. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I have to be careful when I borrow the milk and the bread and they’re at the front doors polishing knobs, knockers and letter boxes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Chinamen, I would suppose, were polished by someone then replaced incorrectly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The water bumbles over round stones and washes the polished roots of the trees that hold it in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I move the nail polish out of her reach. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Still, she knew it was more polished than she’d hoped it would be at this point, thanks to the talent show money. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the girl fetched all her soiled apparel to bundle in the polished wagon box. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured he stayed up nights polishing it with his undershirts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As black as onyx, polished smooth, so the bone seemed to shimmer in the light of his torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Along the top of a workbench stand tiny benches, tiny lampposts, tiny trapezoids of polished wood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A long, polished wooden table had been set for three. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The parley room was a comfortable place with a big fire, sideboards laden with silver and porcelain, and a heavy table darkly polished by the years, at which twelve chairs were drawn up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain glanced up, his lenses gleaming like polished chrome in the sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The entry hall had a polished bronze floor, which seemed to boil in the reflected torchlight. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Over and over, Maria sank the sharp point of the wood-handled engraving tool, called a burin, into the polished metal, carving up tiny curls of shining copper. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Christiaan Huygens loved to grind and polish lenses for astronomical telescopes and constructed one five meters long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It means my nails are perfectly shaped but not polished. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “All blades are now polished to a perfect shine!” she announced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was cold and the air had a sour stale odor—the mixed smells of kerosene and silver polish and tobacco. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Today was the day to order more shades of red nail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But I was looking at Schmidt’s hands, really wrinkled, chipped cheap nail polish. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I’m used to saying I’m sorry for doing stupid stuff—like for spilling nail polish on the bedspread, or for hiding a bad grade I got on a math quiz. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He looked up from the silver he was polishing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Albert laid two newly polished spoons by the teacups and walked upstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was polished black with a shiny brass radiator cap. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The J-3 was sitting at the beginning of the runway and was polished, painted, and poised to fly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It seemed much too fancy to have in a house, and Ophie thought of the plain polished wood floor in Aunt Rose’s parlor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He blew his breath on the lens and polished them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of place where all the door handles shone with polishing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Dear Imam, are we allowed to wear nail polish? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He reached into one of the carts and pulled out a small object, which he polished vigorously on his robe. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors’ noses in the early morning sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I could see her hands, dark with the bright red polish. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He rubbed and polished this beauty until it gleamed like a piece of ancient armor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If not in the kitchen, I was removing colonies of spiders, polishing tables and chairs, or sweeping up a mountain of dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe polished off his beer, hoisted up the rifle, and said “I’ll see you around” as he kicked open the kitchen door and staggered out, murder humming through his blood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After that he rubbed and polished the gunstock until the wood of it was bright and shining, too. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Janssen polishes her eyeglasses again while she waits for me to answer, rubbing off dust particles they picked up on the floor, murmuring something about the garden stake. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In his immaculate and expensive black suit with gold signet ring and brightly polished black shoes, he looked like a scaled-down model of a multimillionaire businessman. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I get my rag and my oil soap, work my way up the staircase, polishing each spoke on the banister as I go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The man in the gray robe had a string of beads around his neck and at the end of it was an ornament of polished wood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The seats were made of polished wood, most of them still empty as people filed in for the showing, and Penelope wasted no time sitting right in the front row nearest to the piano. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “We dig them and polish them right here,” volunteered the Dodecahedron, pointing to a group of workers busily employed at the buffing wheels; “and then we send them all over the world. Marvelous, aren’t they?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But the floors are not polished wood or even linoleum. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I go back to dusting and arranging the shoe polish on the shelf. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow I want you to go to the store and apologize for stealing that nail polish.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he pointed at the steel wool and it flew across the floor, scrubbing and polishing so fast, the steel began to smoke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A young officer, a trim black- uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A night on the town meant a nice waistcoat and jacket, polished shoes, and bowler hats. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The room itself had a beautifully polished wooden floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of things burning that aren’t meant to burn wafts across the city: shoe polish, rat poison, toothpaste, piano strings, hernia trusses, baby cribs, Indian clubs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She liked that her nail polish was always, always chipped, but her hair never had a split end. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were made out of polished aluminum and seemed very sleek with a little glass window where the cadaver’s face could be viewed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her shoulders in her sleeveless sari blouse shone as though they had been polished with a high-wax shoulder polish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor, long strands of shells hang in an arched doorway, the mollusks separated by odd-shaped bits of polished onyx. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And the boulders peeking out from the lapping waves remind me of polished onyx. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “She would have suffered. My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don’t order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them ‘sister’ the next.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Stored electrical energy is discharged by sparking, a common bug in new accelerators that was customarily eliminated by polishing down any interior imperfections attracting the discharge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Just follow the black stones,” the boy said, pointing at the road paved with polished bricks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Lydia picked at the chipped polish on her toes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And even if nothing is missing, you get that creepy feeling like somebody’s been looking through your private stuff and dusting everything with lemon furniture polish? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z With his giant brush, he polished each tooth on the model, pointing out the proper path of the bristles on the teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z First she was embedded in a crystal pillar, then she melted into a golden statue, finally a staff of polished cedar, and back to a woman. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In our room, Gary demonstrated a technique for polishing his gleaming dress shoes, the same pair he had worn in the Air Force many years before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The polished white tiles on the walls and floor reflected the light of Jason’s sword so well that Leo didn’t need to make a fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She walked through the halls with her books pressed against her breasts, in pleated skirt, argyle sweater, white bobby socks folded down crisply above the polished onyx buckles of her shoes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The dimly lit corridor smelled of flowers and of furniture polish, with just the slightest tang of formaldehyde and rot beneath the surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She sits in the chair next to me and moves the hair away from her face with small fingers with no nail polish on them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Brush, liquid polish, brash, paste wax, shine rag, lacquer sole dressing . . . step by step, Freddie showed me what to do. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The flat smelled of furniture polish and dogs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Kote stopped polishing the bar and turned his back to the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He cleared the dining table, then knelt down and polished it until the table sparkled. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Instead there was a polished table on which a single wooden bowl sat between two ornate silver candlesticks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The floors are polished wood, dark, and the walls, covered in sheets of bronze, gleam where the light touches them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I twist the polished brass knob and step inside. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We stood in a perfect cube of polished stone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Grandma would always make me take time to polish my saddle shoes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The N and the Z. I found the I, L, and A. I polished those with the dish towel. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Years ago, before I understood, I used to wonder why she polished them each time I heard the sounds from their room, like something being banged against the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Not that I could hope to trouble you—” “Fine,” the innkeeper interrupted as he pulled out a white linen cloth and began to polish the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Come on, Moose,” she says after I polish off a stack of cold pancakes from last night’s supper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Candace brushed it off, then went back to business, rubbing her palm on Gregory's forehead, polishing it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She had on bright red nail polish and I couldn’t get my eyes off the way her fingers tapped on my desktop and were leaving tiny half-moon dents in the wood. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One day she looked very sad and told me she wished she had some glittery pink polish. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Albert walked to the fireplace and carefully polished a silver object beneath the antique painting of the man with red hair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Thursday is for polishing floors and sucking rugs, minding the antique ones with a hand broom so they don’t thread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I look down at my chipped nail polish as we pull to a stop at a traffic light. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I’m useless, and there she is with those big Help Me eyes, so alarming in a woman like my mother, all polish and smooth edges, never a hair out of place, not even now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z These grand homes, with their high, cool rooms, their polished mahogany furniture, their servants flitting between the main house and the separate cooking building, were meant to command attention, to show power and wealth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Everything inside was built from dark wood, polished to a gleaming shine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He calls me Princess, which really is maybe too much polish for the jalopy, but he means it in the right way, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, they did a full body polish on you," says Flavius enviously. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z What got her most wasn’t the sight of Henrietta’s lifeless body, it was her toenails: Henrietta would rather have died than let her polish get all chipped like that. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Of course, no matter how high my start value was, it wouldn’t help unless my execution was as clean and polished as possible. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Already he was polishing a few carefully worded accusations designed to reduce his mother to repentance or, at least, confusion. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Face painting, hair braiding, nail polishing—it had sounded like such a good idea. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Under the sink were some old rags—and could you believe it?—a quarter bottle of furniture polish. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Then he polished the lenses on his nightshirt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It always looked freshly washed and waxed, its chrome grille polished. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All Johnny’s hidden excitement went into his polishing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished societies.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He wore a blue and red uniform with elegantly polished black boots, and his epaulets gleamed gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have to finish polishing this armor—” “And the gorgon’s blood?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She was going to discontinue carrying the unlucky peacock-blue nail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The trail was cobbled with rocks and threaded with wandering tree roots against which we constantly stubbed and stumbled, and veneered everywhere with polished ice under a thin layer of powdery snow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Boyle was desperate to show that polished marble plates would cease to cohere in a vacuum because Galileo had said as much. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This only made Sticky polish all the harder. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He hated its immensity, and its flawless, polished surface, and its undeniable value. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The floor was marble polished to a mirror sheen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He brought back chunks of driftwood, and he would pass long hours sitting on the steps carving myrtle limbs into benches, table legs, and lamps, filling our rooms with bits of gnarled, polished furniture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy took off his one round of glass and polished the surface. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Adelaide liked making bead jewelry and putting nail polish on dolls. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Poor woman, how she had struggled and worked for that good, plentiful food, the clean shirts her boys had worn, the scrubbed floors, polished brass! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I adjust the napkin holder in front of me till Tony’s booth is reflected in the polished silver. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Richard has even polished my shoes for me with his special shoe brush. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It just turned back and rested against the designed wood like a lovely, dark, polished shell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Bottles to be polished and put back in place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In the polished box lay a rolled white paper tied with a red ribbon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She touched the thong from which hung the polished stone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’m not sweeping, I am arranging the shelves and restocking them with shoe polish, shoelaces, and shoe cushions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He talked about the roof he had built for someone’s house, the beautiful table he had to complete the next day by polishing it, how well my cousins were doing in school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She received the merchant prince alone, seated on her bench of polished ebony, on the cushions Ser Barristan had brought her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At intervals, diamonds of black stone were inlaid in the road, polished until they sparkled in the sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, with feedback in hand, I revise each chapter twice more before circling back and giving the entire book at least two complete passes of polishing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z On the other side of the curtain was a closed coffin displayed on a polished wood platform. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They were a mom’s hands, soft, with only small wrinkles, and chipping polish on the nails. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Instead I say, “If you want this done right, sir, I’ll need more polish and a bigger rag.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When he told her green, she ran off and came back with the bottle of nail polish. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But gods of Olympus...Curled in the membrane bubble in front of her was a fully formed Titan in golden armor, his skin the color of polished pennies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Malloy’s fingernails are always polished so perfectly, like the shiny pearls she wears around her neck. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He kept his shoes shined and his brass polished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I gather the next two tapes, blue nail polish labeling them nine and ten, eleven and twelve, and hide them in my inside jacket pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It looked almost as if she was flashing her trademark smile as she lay in the brilliantly polished wooden casket. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As far as I was concerned, it was a simple enough matter: one used good polish, and one supervised closely. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z After he polished his glasses, Mr. Loring put them back on and stared unsteadily at Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the mat, he was polished and exacting. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Dumbledore laid Mrs. Norris on the polished surface and began to examine her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They can give me a full body polish, dress me up, and make me beautiful again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He didn't ask to have every single thing in his life smell like fingernail polish. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “For good reasons or not, we all have things we’re shy about,” said Mr. Benedict with a significant look at Sticky, who immediately took to polishing his glasses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Gaslight bounced off the slick, polished walls of both buildings. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Breedlove’s skin glowed like taffeta in the reflection of white porcelain, white woodwork, polished cabinets, and brilliant copperware. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When the crockery was laid out, I carried my mug through the front room, past the polished tables and backgammon boards, past the beautiful new painting of a meadow full of flowers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Annette worked in Paris for the Duke and Duchess de Guiche, and it did not escape the Duke’s notice that someone extraordinary was polishing the pewter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He held her close, by the light of an oil lamp, and he shone as though he had been polished with a high-wax body polish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she wants to see me sweat coal tar, ink, shoe polish, graphite. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the only man Esteban had ever met who polished his fingernails and put blue eyewash in his eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl at Marly’s school had two beautiful calves she had raised herself, and she polished them up and combed them and washed them as if they were children going to Sunday school. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed more formally than I could remember seeing him: a gray business suit, a blue dress shirt open at the collar, polished black loafers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Over chair-backs in hall they dropped their mantles and passed in to the polished tubs, where maids poured out warm baths for them, anointed them, and pulled fresh tunics, fleecy cloaks around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In this light I spread the evening paper out on the polished hardwood floor and rest on my knees and elbows, reading the comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The longer I stay in the kitchen, the more chores Elizabeth comes up with until I leave: the doorknobs need polishing, the top of the refrigerator needs dusting, Mae Mobley’s fingernails could use a trim. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The brown polished wooden panels of their AKs were shiny and new. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Her face shone, polished as a beach pebble. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Everyone is peevish and touchy, we do not take kindly to all this polishing, much less to the full-dress parades. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I polish the windows, in my excitement they are immediately dimmed again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I know for a fact that those fumes from the nail polish are bad for her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There were flowers of unimaginable colors, their closed blossoms like polished shells. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This is not to suggest, of course, that the polishing of silver - particularly those items that would appear at table - was not always regarded a serious duty. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I sure do,” Char says, throwing her nail polish at my head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Their pressed smart-fitting uniforms, their polished black boots, their confident eyes filled her with that hollowness that came with having been robbed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When the song was finished Willie polished his harp on the front of his shirt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Instead, he would go into the backroom hideaway, where he would polish and load his gun as though he were going to shoot the insurance man to protect Mama. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When we run out of polish, I hopefully suggest that I could go borrow some from a neighbor, but Mama triumphantly produces another jar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After a moment’s consideration, he removed them and began polishing again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z After I squeezed my feet into those small, dreadful shoes, it was back to the sweeping, and then the polishing of the banister with soft rags and beeswax scented with lemon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Her kitchen has a shiny polished black iron range with a fire glowing in the grate. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside marble stairs wind their way to classrooms filled with dark wood desks nailed down to dark wood floors polished to a high and beautiful shine. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Neeley got the shoe-shine kit from the closet and proceeded to put a higher shine on his already flawlessly polished shoes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She studies for tests early, and keeps a training log of her running, and her nail polish bottles are arranged in an orderly rainbow in her bathroom drawer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Or had Harry been nothing more than a tool to be polished and honed, but not trusted, never confided in? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She put her hand on the edge of the polished desk liking the way it felt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The first to drop out had been the boys with impeccably creased trousers and freshly polished oxfords. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Before I was somewhere else,” I blurt out, “but now I have to clean the great hall with polish until every inch of it shines.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bob’s stubbly face smelled of cleaning supplies—fresh lemony furniture polish and Murphy Oil wood soap. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After I polish off the rest of the kabob, I tell my friends, “I just had history,” remembering what I was excited to share with them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Joseph loosened his cravat, took out a cloth and polish from the pantry, and got on his knees. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A tall, polished, English-speaking, white Dominican to decorate his staff. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigeon’s eye is like a polished shirt button. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z General Steyn was that unusual thing in the prison service, a polished and sophisticated man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My socks are neatly folded over and my loafers polished a deep shiny brown, like roasted coffee beans. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d sit on her bed, polish in hand, hair high on her head in curlers, wearing the silky slip she loved so much she hand-washed it each night. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Her fingers were nail polish to the first joint and she was angry. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Honey put down her pencil and removed her spectacles and began to polish the lenses with a piece of tissue. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She took off the shield of polished bronze which covered her breast and held it out to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stock boy, fine,” Killer Man went on, polishing his glasses with the fine silk handkerchief he’d pulled out of the breast pocket of his gray flannel blazer. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned her back and walked away, her heels clicking on the hard polished floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Oh, he was checkin' out my nails, and the fact that there was no polish on them. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The knife had a handle of polished black bone, and a blade finer and sharper than any razor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z So after school we went to Walgreens for nail polish and we sat in Lafayette Park while I made a mess of her fingertips and we laughed for hours. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The hooves were waxed with dark polish, shining like metal. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By six A.M. he’s in the hotel lobby in full dress, polish on his shoes, pistol case snapped shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He stood and I could see the travail of his spirit in how he took off his glasses and kept polishing them as if they’d never come clean. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of New York, was holding a power breakfast back near the polished granite counter. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Theresa looked away, noticing that though the girl’s jewelry, like her clothes, had been removed, her nail polish remained. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her fingers were nail polish to the first joint and she was angry. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The steel, more black than silver, lacked a uniform polish, and had a serrated crest, she told Eliot, for grating. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then someone clapped, and in an instant the room rumbled with applause as Lourdes spun and spun and spun across the polished dance floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their well- polished boots were drenched in dirt and they sat away from each other, clinging tightly to their guns, as if those were the only things that comforted them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The sun had all but set, the skies had cleared, and the lake spread out before him like a polished stone, glowing in the last reflected light of day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I was kneeling on the other side of it, polishing the lock with an oily rag and rottenstone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The seats were swept clean and the bicycle polished. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Girl is clean and polished, her dark hair pulled back into a high, glossy ponytail. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Beams of light stretch across the polished tile, slanting through the ceiling windows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His surgical kits stood open and gleaming, his instruments laid out in a sunflower of polished steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sea-lion pool is right there, and that kept John busy while I was combing my hair and polishing my Ben Franklin sunglasses. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Biff polished his nails on the palm of his hand and shook his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The smell of nail polish has made me hungry. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z An army of servants were scurrying around the table like ants, sorting, counting, and polishing what Penelope was certain must be a mine’s worth of silver. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Arya would watch him polish the metal with an oilcloth, shining it so bright you cculd sec the flames of die cookfire reflected in the steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Arya was in her room, packing a polished ironwood chest that was bigger than she was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had just finished shining the tip of my left shoe and was scooping out a helping of polish for the right shoe when our door opened. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He had polished off a bottle by himself, and Matt realized he’d never seen the bodyguard drink alcohol before. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in bright red from the top of her elaborate turban to the tips of her polished fingernails, and an air of regal self-assurance seemed to travel with her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiggled his freshly polished shoes to catch the light. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His father had just lit his pipe, and the sweet tobacco scent of it was curling around the room and mixing with the smell of leather and polished wood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The tendril was polished on the underside; pigs, passing through the loop, brushed it with their bristly hide. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a large room, with an oval table of polished rosewood on which stood various decanters and glasses, and a silver smoking stand with a rack of pipes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Here and there was a cup or basin of polished bronze; and a goblet of plain silver was set by the Captain’s seat in the middle of the inmost table. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was made of roah, a rare, heavy wood, dark as coal and smooth as polished glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He wore a pale yellow shirt, spotless and clean, with gray slacks and suspenders and polished black shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t got around to painting herself yet and her face looked like she had polished it with a gun rag. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I did like having others to play with and enjoyed girly activities, like having my nails polished or my hair done and dressing up like a princess. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was barking and his feet were skidding all over the polished Pick'It'Quick floor, and people were clapping and hollering and pointing. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I lacked polish—the finishing details like pointed toes, knees pressed together, graceful hands, and full extensions through my arms and legs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Within were three long hooded cloaks made from myriad small squares of cloth sewn together, three cudgels, three shortswords, three masks of polished brass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You have to bend down to make out the inscription engraved onto the polished metal. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It delighted him always to find the mirror in the shoe’s face, to rediscover the dark reflection released as the finger thinned the polish on the hard, good-smelling leather. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were nonpolitical prisoners and both of our groups were ordered to halt while the two brothers had a chat; the younger brother ordered one of his men to polish his boots while he talked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My nails shimmer with a clear coat of polish and a small white line drawn at each nail tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I left the chicken over the fire too long because Madam ordered the silver polished and the table linens ironed in honor of her guests. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To think that he would sit on these sofas, polish this slippery-smooth floor, wash these gauzy curtains. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I polish up my piece real nice, in honor of Tariq. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She laughed to show that she was teasing, and then went on, “I think I will put red polish on your toes.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside the house, they sanded and polished the scratches out of the furniture. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z You have to sit up all night polishing dm stuff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Rag in one hand, polish in the other, I straddle the pole, pressing my thighs together to keep myself from falling into the bottomless blue. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Night after night, she sat at her desk, hoping to polish off some quick, noncommittal little speech. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Once a month, on a Sunday afternoon, Mrs. Nielsen and I polish the silver. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Bull walked down the long polished hall with a bouncing gait that was distinctively unmilitary. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with birds’ eggs, wrapped in cotton wool. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And yet, of course, at the same time, I was being spat on and defined and described and limited, and could have been polished off with no effort whatever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z His body was gray-brown and dingy, except for his right foot, which glowed a polished white from decades of hands rubbing it for luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z This wasn’t the first time Uncle Holt had taken my side; I resolved to polish his shoes for him that very night in thanks for it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The leg was straight, bent at the knee, and the foot was clad in a polished kid congress gaiter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Joe brushed some crumbs from his fingers and, polishing off his second beer, decided to go make some hunting knives in his workshop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He tapped a finger on his polished desktop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The moment we walked out of the classroom, his cocksure veneer, the spit and polish, would return. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But she had stayed on, returning to housework as the children grew older, with responsibilities for the special polishing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For they were evergreen trees, and their leaves were dark and polished, and gleamed in the twilight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Graceful phrases fell from his lips in polished French. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Sorrento’s avatar crossed the polished floor and approached the large crystal door set into the north wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In reply, the captain traced a shape with his finger in the condensation on the polished wood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z While Mr. Das adjusted his telephoto lens, Mrs. Das reached into her straw bag and pulled out a bottle of colorless nail polish, which she proceeded to stroke on the tip of her index finger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z From the age of three it has been planed and polished, pared down, harnessed wholly to the task of storytelling. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She goes into her overnight bag and pulls out the red nail polish Kay let us borrow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She polished her violin, placing it tenderly back in its case with the white cloth over its neck. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I knocked again, picking at my chipped nail polish as a thought leaped through my head: Monday hates The Simpsons. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to find my dad already bellied up to a table, slurping coffee and polishing his fancy binoculars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I still ironed their cotton slips and their dresses but they had to hang their clothes and polish their own shoes, and that was always a mess. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He polished his riding boots so that you could see yourself reflected in them, brushed his suit, and went off to dinner. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The grip was polished bronze, studded with dials and buttons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He ran to the cupboard that held everything Mosca had collected for the break-in: a rope, the floor plans, the sausages for the dogs, shoe polish to blacken their faces—all had vanished. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh and I have to show you this new fingernail polish.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One morning, while I was polishing brass out front, the boss and his son drove up in their car. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My sneakers squeak against polished floor, and I move slowly until my ears calm down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She was a pale blonde with a skin like clean and polished bone, “Is something the matter, Miss Kate?” she asked fearfully. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z More were at work on their boats, polishing brass, sitting on deck splicing ropes, hosing down the sails. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Over on the Common Johnny found Earl Percy’s regiment unlimbering, polishing two cannons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, Mrs. van D. does the cooking and Mother does the dishes and polishes the furniture. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The nail polish also points to maybe her still being in the area? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The man he brought with him wore a cloak of green and yellow feathers and had skin as black as polished jet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hickock removed the spectacles she was wearing, polished the smeared lenses and resettled them on her pudgy, agreeable face. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They were down there, wrapped in tissue paper and turning black, because otherwise they would have to be polished. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My forehead hit the shiny, polished oak with a loud thump. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Von Rumpel’s particular gift is for diamonds: he can facet and polish stones as well as any Aryan jeweler in Europe, and he often spots fakes at a glance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I slip out to the bathroom and come back with another box of tissues and a bottle of nail- polish remover. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet came in out of the dark, bowing under a canopy, saw the face like cold marble in yellow candlelight, eyes black and soft like old polished stones. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “When this one is polished, it’ll be a great companion to the others.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In his room, Thomas was meticulously polishing the Singer’s staff again and again. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was my own pet lunatic—the most pronounced of his type that I had ever met with—talking elemental philosophy, and with the manner of a polished gentleman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z On his feet he wore polished black oxfords. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Piggy sat down carefully on the sand and began to polish his glass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Next, a troop of jugglers with polished spheres of gold, which they hurl up high jn flashing flights, and catch, and hurl again, making' fountain-jets of bright jugglery. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Fifi wanders into the kitchen, her polished nails—silver today—clicking against the tiled floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I follow her through the narrow, rocking corridor into a dining room with polished paneled walls. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Miranda sat with him while he drew, but when she attempted to put a coat of clear polish on her nails he protested. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Who comes up with these nail polish color names anyway?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He unrolled the ship’s blueprints across a long, polished table. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He jumped, started to get up, then sat back down heavily and rested one polished boot on his bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z One had already been plowed and the polished edges of the furrows caught the light with a dull glint, conspicuous from the ridge above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be polishing the silver in the trophy room with Mr. Filch,” said Professor McGonagall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She paced back and forth across the linoleum floor, picking the red polish off her nails and talking an incoherent stream about a murder she’d heard about on the news and the traffic in Atlanta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Go. Do not be late for work or I will keep you polishing bottles and grinding ore for another term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Briony imagined that retreating footsteps in the wide polished corridors had a muffled, apologetic sound, where once they had been bright and efficient. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z From his shirt pocket Sticky took out a thin piece of cotton cloth and polished his spectacles with it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Over the summer, Audrey had convinced me to buy five different colors of nail polish. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She was in a good mood; she had pulled Richard into her arms after he arrived and mock-danced with him over the polished floor of the living room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Their polished chain mail and greaves gleamed over purple T-shirts and jeans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “In the meantime, you two might want to polish up your story.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Coming back from a shoulder injury, I’d managed to turn in a polished performance on bars, my nemesis. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It would be more difficult to machine and would require hand polishing, but he was willing to tackle it if I agreed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And yet the whole time Courtney was using me, she probably thought she was polishing up her image in my eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z In the gray haze of half sleep, I processed them in small, terrifying pieces: the gasoline reek of shoe polish, the creak of stiff leather, the twist of disgust on their lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Late sunlight glides through tall French windows, and the air tastes of silver polish. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Ron arrived, nursing his right arm and bringing a strong smell of polish into the darkened room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The steady wiping and polishing with the “clean, dry cloth” fell into a rhythm that began to calm her inner frenzy. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z He wasn’t nearly as crisp and efficient about this chore as he had been with the others, and it soon became obvious the polishing was only an excuse to touch and hold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The all-white furniture, accented with black animal sculptures and black-and-white paintings, was as polished and camera-ready as she was in her cream pantsuit. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She also took to walking around the house in her stocking feet, trying to catch me unawares as I scrubbed or dusted or polished, often with Ruth at my side. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A balding man with strands of dark hair combed carefully across his head sits behind another wooden desk polished to a sheen that reflects the glow of the lamp. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z |
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