| 单词 | bald |
| 例句 | A pair of sunglasses rested on top of his balding head. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Dad faces the parking lot and rubs his bald spot. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He softened his expression and lay a hand on my shoulder, obviously trying to take some of the sting out of his bald refusal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The bald man said Hitler broke his agreement with Stalin, because Germany invaded Russia a week after we were deported. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite gray, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He looked at his ribs and his matted-up fur and the places where he was bald. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Scabbers emerged, thrashing desperately; Ron had to seize his long bald tail to stop him escaping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Have you ever caught a fox, boy?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He’s bald and wears khakis like a regular man teacher, but his red high-tops and suspenders make him super cool, at least to me and Micah. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Someone shut that kid up,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A balding middle-aged doctor gave me the results. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “This last line, where it says to ‘wait on the bald head,’ clearly refers to a rendezvous point You go there, you wait Sooner or later, they’ll pick you up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A bald, stoutish white man went into the store and pulled off his coat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the bald man’s shack with its brown door and was able to direct Mother toward ours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The thing I noticed right away was that Annie was totally bald. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The skinny bald man settled himself comfortably against a stump and started drinking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My instructor, Donald Defier, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Kalmanka, eh? Was it a prison or a camp?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He is pale, severely balding, with a trimmed moustache and round wire-rim eyeglasses. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, hanging my head and scratching at the dry patch on my scalp that I had already rubbed bald and a little bloody. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet shuddered, and the bald man gave a high-pitched giggle and left the room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He was a middle-aged man with a bald top to his head and his hair slicked over it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Men with bald heads, twenty feet tall, are said to appear on the roads outside of Ntchisi, a few at first, then dozens all around. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The tall, bald man peered at the youngsters. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The bald guy with the nose hair knows you should be here. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “The Arvydas boy and his mother sent this,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Why do you say that?” said Sif touching her bald head frantically, as if the fluttering touch of her fingers would make her hair return. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Once there, I walked through a grove of eucalyptus trees and alongside a bald pasture of starving cattle, past the guard napping in his gatehouse, and into the waiting arms of my monkey. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z My eyes shifted to Digger’s dad and tried to burn a hole through the back of his thick, bald head, but he sat there like a rock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z And she smiled, her shiny eyes jumping from face to face, bald head to bald head, friend to friend. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Two men from the truck carried the wailing bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “So what? We’re starving. I’m withered like grass, too,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When Khubchand, his beloved, blind, bald, incontinent seventeen-year-old mongrel decided to stage a miserable, long- drawn-out death, Estha nursed him through his final ordeal as though his own life somehow depended on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z An alien with a big bald spot, just like an old man. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Hey, if I find out you didn’t spend this money on something fun, I’ma cut your hair bald like your daddy!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The white-gold hair that he secretly admired so much got into his mouth and he wished she was bald. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "The steel must be part of your arm," the bald man told her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Evidently, he had thought other people somehow couldn’t tell he was bald or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It makes their bald ankles all red, but I like them. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course they did,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Delilah speeds toward the store, staying far away from the curb, ignoring the catcall from a balding man with a large gym bag, and rushing past two boys with one bike. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Just as I had witnessed that day with Ema, the bald guy got out and opened the garage door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “People snicker behind your back when you’ve got a bald wife, and I can do without that, thank you. You’ll just have to find someone else.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was one of those bald guys that comb all their hair over from the side to cover up the baldness. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z That bald spot she had as a baby, it’s coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He hadn't gotten to his comb-over yet and I was thrown a little bit by his shiny, balding head. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She bounced a little bald baby on her shoulder. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Another female, this one nearly bald on her head, approached me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “For the sake of the children,” the bald man pleaded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A bead of sweat trickled down the curve of his bald head, made its way to his earlobe, and hung there, trembling. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He was practically bald and covered with scabs, his belly wrinkly and stuck out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Few temple meetings were held, for instance, without the minister looking down upon some freshly shaved bald domes of new Muslim brothers in the audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald man got out of the passenger seat. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a very small doctor, with steel-rimmed spectacles and a bald head. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z So many bows on bald heads, so many tiny dresses and tiny hands, so many pages to linger on before I got to mine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Isaac Morris had shaken his little bald head very positively. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The field with the bald acre of trees before it. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Half his head was bald, but coarse stubble covered his cheeks and chin, and hair grew thickly down his arms, sprouting even from his knuckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley opened the door to reveal her husband, a thin, balding, red-haired wizard wearing horn-rimmed spectacles and a long and dusty traveling cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z By the time Daniel catches up, Axel and Ray are out of breath, but they are together in one bald patch of earth where the light beams inside the forest canopy. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His hair is so short, he’s almost bald. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Following the bald knight was a knight with blond curly hair and a lazy eye. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I do up his nearly bald head and shoulders and then start putting the most complicated, unnecessary, wild highways through him from ear to ear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He didn't clap, but he couldn't keep his bald head from nodding along in rhythm with the clap and cheer. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She reached the bald hilltop in a few horns. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The bald guy was swearing so loudly that it carried clear across the water into the mangroves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The bald figure released merely stated that the median income of full-time women workers was 59 percent of that for men. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One was plump and balding, with ink stains on his fingers and a quill clutched in one hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’s the truth. Your love letters could get them killed. And what of the war?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A short, thin, balding man with a shaggy gray beard opened the door. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He stood up and took off the ridiculous hat and smoothed wet plastered hair across a balding skull. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We're getting close to the bouncer, who has a large tattoo on his bald head, so Tiny just mumbles, "Yes you do. Just hit me hard." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z When it faded, the bald old woman who’d been there was gone, as were the others from the circle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Freebie’s fur was short, and he even had a few bald spots. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The bald man entered the shack and complained there was no room. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Sparse strands of ginger hair gripped the irate customer’s balding head like a claw. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They always left wearing kerchiefs to cover their bald patches. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His head had been rubbed so often and so vigorously that it was a wonder he wasn’t bald. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "All alone, are you?" said the biggest of them, a bald man with a raw windbumt face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We put everything in the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z An elderly white man, bald and square of build, dressed in worn blue work clothes, peered intently at me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z First to emerge was a policeman whom Roy recognized as Officer Delinko; then the bald construction foreman with the rotten temper; then a snooty- looking guy with silver hair and dorky sunglasses. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A bald old man looks up from his earthenware plate and laughs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They slept now in clean beds in a warm house while their father, a bald- headed old Negro, sat in the swamps and wept, holding it in so he would not awaken the Negro children. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He had been in Auschwitz and had suffered a great deal, but I recognized him, for he still had his bald head and rosy cheeks,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He had big, nervous eyes like a horse’s, and, for some odd reason, a perfectly smooth bald head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Where are we to get two hundred rubles?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Maybe that was what this was all about— finding Ashley, the bald guy in the dark car, Bat Lady herself. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Lord Walder was ninety, a wizened pink weasel with a bald spotted head, too gouty to stand unassisted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nobody paid a bit of attention to the children, except for the bald man, who stopped and stared Violet in the eye. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z When the nurse walked back out, the mood had vanished, and we were just two bald kids on a sofa. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A short, bald white man steps forth from the audience. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I tried to concentrate on the bald newspaper columns, and later to lose myself in the racy plot of the novel in my hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He’s totally bald, too, with giant brown eyes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z We did as the bald man suggested and crowded near the door. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The cracked bus seats, squealing brakes, ladies with huge plastic bags of fresh bread, the bus driver’s bald head, were shining, shining. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were pale blue and his head was completely bald. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She smoothed her hands over her bald head, from her forehead to the back of her neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She was bald and had a tattoo of a corner store on the side of her head. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z There’s Chapter Eleven, always so pasty, and bald by the age of twenty-three, so that he makes a perfect homunculus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The picture on the box makes it look like he’s got a full head of hair, but in person he’s almost bald. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The bald, squat one was fighting through a tangle of brambles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I told him about the bald guy with the crooked nose coming to Lice’s trailer, and about the bloodstains Shelly found later in her Jeep. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The bald knight stands up out of the bushes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Below, they came on Meera and Jojen being herded from their room by a bald man whose spear was three feet taller than he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Olmsted looked worn and gray, except for his eyes, which gleamed beneath his bald skull like marbles of lapis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When he bent his head to listen to my heart I was treated to an aerial view of the Galapagos of scabs on his bald pate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bald one laughs when he sees the look on Jacqui’s and my faces. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The part ran up into the bald spot, like a drained marsh in December. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a balding man with a nervous twitch in his face and he drank heavily as soon as he walked in the house. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sight of the stouthearted old warrior, and the cap hardly seeming enough to protect his bald head, filled Taran suddenly with sadness. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z By the time Dr. Martin pulled a bald eagle from a crate, inside that very quiet gymnasium, Axel was mesmerized. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A bland, phlegmadc smile hung on his brown face with its heavy- bearded cheeks, and he was buffing the facets of his bald head gendy with the palms of both hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "I think Brother Jack is correct," a short, bald man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It is actually Park Service policy to let the balds vanish. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The thought of the white cottage in flames, his memory of Dallben’s beard, and the heroic Coll’s bald head touched him all at once. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He was thinner than ever, large tuffs of hair had fallen out leaving wide bald patches, and he writhed in Ron’s hands as though desperate to free himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “We hoped you’d only gone one grate too far. He mopped his glistening bald patch. “Molly’s frantic — she’s coming now —” “Where did you come out?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He was white, shorter than Marcus, and had a bald spot on the top of his head. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The earth, where it was worn bald under the gate, was cracked, and hard as rock, a lifeless tan color; and the road was an aisle of brilliant velvet dust. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked across the room at Cammar, with his missing eye and bald, scarred head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was a small man, bald, with a left cheek bulging with tobacco. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "I want to welcome the prettiest, smartest bunch of young ladies our staff has yet had the good luck to meet," the plump, bald master-of-ceremonies wheezed into his lapel microphone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She began tending to Ona and the bald man while we all stood in a circle around them. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Eveillard, balding and with a dirty shirt, had been deflecting the barbs of some of the American-born officers, with limited success. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mormont stood before the altar, the rainbow shining on his broad bald head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A forlorn, jailbird’s face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a crooked nose and battered-looking cheekbones above which the eyes were fierce and watchful. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They passed a magician with a bald head, a street fiddler, and an umbrella seller, his wares opened around his feet like black silken mushrooms. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He ran his hand over his bald head and, despite the tattoos and the protruding hardware, his facade cracked, leaving him looking all pierced and pathetic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The forty-nine-year-old Bobby Fischer was described by a reporter who was covering the match for The New York Times as “an overweight, balding, bearded figure, unmistakably middle-aged, whose expression sometimes seems strikingly vacant.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Though trees ringed the hill on all sides, its peak was bald as a priest’s head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t be a fool, woman,” barked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “That girl in Sicily. That girl in Sicily with the bald head.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Coach said that bald spot would be my new home. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The bald guy opened the door for me and said, “Follow me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And there were bald patches all over him, places where he didn’t have any fur at all. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The master of whisperers had been dressed as a begging brother, in a moth-eaten robe of brown roughspun with a cowl that shadowed his smooth fat cheeks and bald round head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bald one stopped struggling with the brambles. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The bald watchman tossed his cigarette, slid off the hood of the station wagon, and headed for the Coral Queen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I can fix it tomorrow. At least I’m not bald.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Harry saw his bald tail whip through the manacle on Ron’s outstretched arm and heard a scurrying through the grass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The bald man behind the bar gathered up the coins and deftly poured wine into Skarpi’s wide clay cup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was not attractive to look upon, very short and from an early age bald, and he was ponderous at learning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The bald man sat, his elbows on his knees, talking to himself. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I sat down on one of the floral couches and picked up a magazine with a goofy-looking bald baby on the cover. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a very small old man, but he had a huge bald head and a face that was covered all over with bristly black whiskers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z As we’ve noted, a defense against this tendency is to look at bald numbers, to provide some perspective. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The peak of the bald eagle migration comes in late August and early September. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Is there a Joey puppy in there?” she asked, then leaned over to kiss me and tried to be sneaky and check my bald spot again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The cleared area looked just like a bald head. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The old one was Garth, huge and bald and taciturn, who wore the same greasy leather jerkin every day and always seemed to have a glower on his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The top of his head was shaved so close it was almost bald, but his face was covered in a thick curly black beard. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z His father had shut the door, and locked it, and emerged shrunken and bald. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The bald man leaned over and tucked his ration under Mother’s hand. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Lazlo was a boy no longer, no trace remaining—outwardly—of the small bald foundling with cuts on his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When everybody is finally settled, a balding man with a fringe of white hair comes onstage to stand behind a podium. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Bah. They don’t care if we sign,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His shiny bald head and great silvery mustache gleamed as brightly in the sunlight as the golden buttons on his waistcoat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z His bald head and bearded face did not look familiar at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Fie was wearing a long black cloak, and there was a bald patch at the back of his head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “So this is their plan,” said the bald man, looking around. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But after the hunt and the ball, she could no longer deny the bald facts of it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They remind me of photos of soldiers returning from the Great War, hollow-eyed and bald. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z After getting our bags and clearing customs, we all piled into a taxi driven by this doughy bald guy who spoke perfect English—like better English than I do. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “A ruler? You’re going to set my leg with a little ruler? Have you all gone mad?” screeched the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald guy looked extremely nervous and agitated. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stupid girl. The Americans are helping the NKVD,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “His bald spot is completely gone,” he said. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I took the slip up to the teacher, a tall, balding man whose desk had a nameplate identifying him as Mr. Mason. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Sure, and I have a four-course meal in my pocket, too,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 Before them, but some distance off, there stood a green hill-top, treeless, rising like a bald head out of the encircling wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Byron said I was stupid for listening to everything that Momma and Dad said, but if I was so stupid why was he the one who had a great big, bald, shiny, knotted-up head? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On a scarlet- draped platform an orator of the Inner Party, a small lean man with disproportionately long arms and a large, bald skull over which a few lank locks straggled, was haranguing the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Under his cupped hand Bwanga’s little bald head looked like an overripe avocado he was prepared to toss away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right, and don’t you come back!” the bald man hollered, shaking a fist. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The old warrior, with his shining bald head and huge hands, looked as if he would prefer battle to discoursing in council. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Even the front windshield was tinted, but I stared through it toward the passenger seat, trying to imagine I was eye to eye with the bald man. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A doctor, an older man half my dad’s size with a bald head and a short, trimmed beard walked in like he was already late for a tennis class. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The face of Eisenhower beamed up at me, bald and blank as the face of a fetus in a bottle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The doctor, white-bearded and perfectly bald, pulled me out of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though the plant didn’t crash onto his bald spot, I consider my plan a success. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald man looked up at Jonas and then at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Another figure had joined the bald goon at the end of the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “The fat one? The bald one? You know, that fat bald one in Sicily with the turban who kept sweating all over us all night long? Is she crazy too?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z His bald spot, which used to be no bigger than a quarter, is now the size of a baseball. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In Germany, all the survivors lost their hair—they went bald px. partly bald. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We went by the bald eagle, the white-tailed deer, the tahr goats, the lions, and the striped hyena. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He is a squat, balding, flabby man, but still a man. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “What did you expect? A luxury sleeper car?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His robes were darker, a reddish brown, and his bald head was speckled with moles. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With a narrow glare, I threw everything inside me at my weak, fat, balding father. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “They are migrants. We are going to feed them here,” the balding priest tells the police, who, so far, haven’t raided the church. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I always keep my promises,” he says, smoothing the few strands of hair over his bald spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a tall man, bald as a peeled potato, with a high forehead and a long chin. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He knelt, balding and kettle- bellied, murmuring, "An honor, an honor." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We looked for treasures among the discarded stoves and refrigerators, the broken furniture and stacks of bald tires. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He burst into the living room, his bald patch gleaming with sweat, his spectacles askew, Fred right behind him, both pale but uninjured. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He still had his bald spots, but the fur that he did have cleaned up nice. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "Needles sometimes has a tick. Don't want you to put a bald spot in his head. That wouldn't be cool." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Or my mom could just putt there at her usual, stately 31 miles per hour while Jeffrey and I bounced and chattered in the backseat like two bald monkeys on a sugar high. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But the words of the bald man echoed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dorothy’s father, a lanky, nearly bald man, stepped in from the kitchen and listlessly shook my hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar paper or asphalt shingles slowly but surely parting from the underwall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The bald man hobbled in on his broken leg. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “A bald eagle. But it’s not really bald.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Andrius and the gray-haired gentleman carried the bald man from the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Neither one of us spoke until we passed the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “That boy was bald as a newborn babe!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat cling to his bald head. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Only when he chanced to put his hand on his bald scalp did he remember the seamed, ruined face that had looked back at him out of the mirror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Her bare feet bleed on their way across the balding grass. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “So,” Mr. Waters said to me as we hit Interstate 80, “what was with that bald guy in the black car?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z So the bald knight said, “Georges! Robert! Come on!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z My father shook his balding head in disbelief. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And finally, the bald man joined in, singing our national anthem. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My children would want to know who is this large, bald Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So what was she feeding the bald man? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The youths kissed and rubbed their bald heads together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He invented outrageous stories of the perversions of various Popes; informed them of little-known points of Catholic doctrine; raved about Vatican conspiracies, ignoring Henry’s bald refutations and Francis’s muttered asides about social-climbing Protestants. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Good point,” I say, thankful for his quick reply He’s balding, the father, and about forty-five. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z No one knows why the balds are there, or how long they have existed, or why they appear on some mountains but not others. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Sir Ector sat in the solar, while the wintering sunlight threw broad orange beams across his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so much a part of my life I remember every detail of him: the clear-rimmed glasses and spotted tie, the broad smile, the grandfatherly bald head like a warm, bright light bulb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wears only underwear and a tan rubber cap on his head, which makes him look bald. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His slick bald dome glowed pink in the pale light, and his smile was as crooked as his nose. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They said I looked like Morpheus when I came out, all bald and mysterious.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mother and Miss Grybas scrambled to make room for her lying next to the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My dad is very tall, and very thin, and very bald, and he has long thin fingers, which he taps against an arm of a floral-print couch. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Braviary wouldn’t yet look like his bald eagle mom or dad. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The bald man’s questions kept me awake in thought. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The girls are usually just about bald, like the boys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a round, bald head and very horrible eyes. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It was decided that Kucios would be held in the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “He just showed me what I did wrong, and went bald for a few weeks.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z A few sweat beads rolled from his bald scalp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A man with a scratched-up face and a swollen lower lip and bloody bald spots across his skull where his hair had been torn out in clumps met them at the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The gods gasped when they saw Sif's naked head, bald and pink, and then she carefully placed the dwarfs’ golden wig on her head and shook her hair. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z When we got into the lobby, I found my mother and Paul arguing with the bald security guy, who’d returned to his post. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bald reverend wipes his eyes with a handkerchief. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Galanter smiled and started toward them, moving quickly on the balls of his feet, his skullcap perched precariously on the top of his balding head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The seneschal was as bald as Skahaz, though in his case the gods were responsible. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The agent, a stocky, somewhat bald, rather informal man named Bob Johnson, hoped his client wasn’t having last-minute doubts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The new Mag- nar of Therm was a younger, shorter version of his father- lean, balding, clad in bronze greaves and a leather shirt sewn with bronze scales. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their driver, a balding man with gently serrated teeth, shakes Celia’s hand with fingers the texture of cork. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her own mother says she’s in there,” the bald knight snapped. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll wear mine,” John told the salesman, a tiny round bald man with spectacles which quickly dropped to the end of his nose as he laced up the skates. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “You’re not looking at the facts,” a bald man said to Grandfather. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A bald ghost in ragged clothes elbowed Jason in the ribs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’d heard there was some problem with a wedding up in those parts ” The bald one turned back to look at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We don’t have the river Jordan, here, Grandfather,” the bald man said as he retied the wet cloth around his neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “No kidding. Did your ghost doll tell you we’d be here?” demanded the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Hotter than Hades, I’ll say,” the other agreed, his bald head shining in the moonlight. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, get out of here,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was horrible to watch, like an oversized, balding baby, cowering on the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “What did you see out there, girl?” demanded the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Coach Walski, bald as ever, was out with his players on the field, leading them in calisthenics. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a young fellow, younger than the lieutenant and the staff sergeant, but he was bald and his countenance made him look much older. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was plump and balding at his hairline—and a permanent fixture in the Infirmary. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They rub their breasts against the wire of the cage until they are bald and bleeding. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The bald man moaned that we could believe no one. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then, without any warning, he spat—right on the bald knight’s leather boots. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was bald and scrawny; his voice piped and squeaked like cracking eggshells. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Half bald but remaining hair is dark brown and slicked back. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Ninety plant species have disappeared from the balds since the park was opened in the 1930s. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Take that bucket outside. Wash it out in the snow,” the bald man told me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And so are the bald patches where the stucco had crumbled off. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She nodded at the bald expanse in front of them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The bald guy was swearing so loudly that it carried clear across the water into the mangroves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Which way do we pass this time?” asked Duncan, a bald man with a goatee. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Someone just shoot me, please!” yelled the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There was the hint of a smile on the bald man’s face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Nina and the bald man sat, unspeaking, as the minutes ticked by, and when the hour on the clock chimed, he rose and kissed her hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When his arm was as shiny as Mr. Davanzo's bald head, she started over, this time with the left hand, fingers, wrist, forearm, and again...elbow. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The bus was a sad carcass of rusted metal, shattered windows replaced with black garbage bags, balding tires, and upholstery shredded down to the springs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The other had hungry eyes close-set above a pointed nose, a thin brown beard that did not quite conceal the weak chin beneath it, a bald head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Foolish woman. Why do you waste your money on us?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald man told Mother of a secret pact between Russia and Germany. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then I thought about the bonobos back at the sanctuary, the mothers with their wide-eyed, bald babies wrapped around their bellies, and hoped that by some miracle they, too, were okay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We knew a certain person had peeked and got popped, right smack-jab on that bald head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spare us the poetry,” snapped the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I will help, as long as we tend to these children first,” said the bald man, pointing to Jonas and Janina. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On the balding grass field behind the building, cars and SUVs parked in crowded makeshift rows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Frodo went forward and nearly bumped into a short fat man with a bald head and a red face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was something indecent about a bald woman. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you tell defense lawyers that the only reason you thought it was Mr. Milam at the door was because he was big and bald?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z As he was so tall, his bald head all but gleaming, it was easy to follow him as he moved along the main street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Wispy strands of white hair fringed the broad bald dome of his forehead above a kindly face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t make him a hero. Our country is doomed, don’t you see? Our fate is death, no matter whose hands we fall into,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z On the right is another white man, balding in a blue suit, sitting at the prosecutor’s desk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She had expected him to be older than Florence, and bald, or gray. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Soaring over the city, heading in their direction, was a giant bald eagle, unlike the golden Roman birds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I gesture to the back of Frank’s balding head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “What does the sign say?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you bring any for us?” demanded the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Lou Epstein, the oldest, shortest, and baldest of the three Epstein brothers, barely looked up from the cash register when Alfred entered the store. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z White hair surrounded his otherwise bald head in a nimbus and plugged his big ears like cotton. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I ran my finger along the balding spines, as if considering pulling one out to read. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was a middle-aged bald guy more than thirty years older than he, a lifelong easterner. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to tell them apart, because they all wore blue jeans and torn T-shirts and had their heads shaved bald to keep away lice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Students flock around someone short and bald, dressed in a navy blue blazer that seems right out of a catalogue. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z A wizened, frail- looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by candlelight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The bald man stared blankly, and for once, said nothing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “The university?” said the bald man, still wincing with pain. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Boy, you don’t understand. The Germans aren’t going to solve the problem. Hitler’s going to create more,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His bald pink head was covered in sweat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Do Sir Fabian proud!” the bald one barked. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was bald, with tattered ears, a narrow chest, a pot belly, and shriveled, spindly limbs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Mother was talking to Andrius in front of the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I roam around the grounds until a balding man in a brown robe appears. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The bald guy bent down and pulled open a trapdoor in the floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Beside them, a balding man with hunched shoulders clutched the wooden police barricade for balance, swaying with the jostling crowd. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z My dad is tall and pretty much bald. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A small and skinny wizard, completely bald but with a mustache to rival Uncle Vernon’s, wearing robes of pure gold to match the stadium, strode out onto the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He listened to my heart and lungs, his bald head dipping on the long neck like that of a brontosaurus, sampling leaves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Back by the fire, a bald man with a grey beard chuckled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We’ve barely sat down when this balding Latino man goes up to the podium. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “He wanted her to love him, so he traded. He’s becoming taller and straighter. The bald spot at the back of his head has grown over with hair, Matty. His birthmark has disappeared.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Then he rubs his bald tonsure and says, "Well, I am expected tonight at the Abbey Maubuisson. I fear they will lock the doors on me if I don't show soon." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat dotted his bald, wrinkled head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The balding wizard’s colleagues set up an uproar, under cover of which Ron grabbed Mrs. Cattermole, pulled her into the still-open fireplace, and disappeared. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I got my ration and ran through the snow to the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Earl’s large bald head pokes around the edge of the doorframe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The Lannister lord was strong- looking for an old man, with stiff golden whiskers and a bald head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tata Ndu didn’t say much, but he frowned so hard his big bald forehead wrinkled up like the bread dough when you punch it down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald knight was saying, “What is it, Fabian? What’s happened?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The lawn had turned the same brown as the haze of dust hovering over the city, dotted by bald patches of dirt where nothing grew at all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The man, who was as bald as a beach ball, introduced himself as Curly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked him why he hadn’t told us earlier what was wrong, and he said the saddest thing: “I didn’t want you to find out I was bald, too.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A low moan came from a bald man in front of me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Tufts of white hair sprouted from either side of his otherwise bald head like some distraught nebulous fungi. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "It's coming from her scalp. Look where the bald patches are. They're oozing. The comb's been piercing her." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora was small and wiry and balding, and at first glance he looked anything but intimidating. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Two men in ballooning skirts and balding velvet blouses, vaulting over littered moons and mounds of dung, circling around the hulk of a sleeping elephant. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a long look around the room, his inspection finally ending with the bald, aproned man behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jutta’s husband, Albert, is a kind, slow-moving, and balding accountant whose great passion is running model trains in the basement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then he looked puzzled, took off his skull-cap—three mice fell out—and scratched in the middle of his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All he saw was Dr. Taylor M. Martin and the bald eagle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A bald eagle riding up the mountain on a rising thermal saw Blue Bill move and circled to strike. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A guy from Bear Stearns had visited our class, thin and bald with a gold watch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Frank transformed into a bald eagle—which Percy still found totally unfair—and soared above them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Gupta, a balding, plump man smoking a fat cigar, was shouting at a foreman. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “Makes your hair grow,” he said, pointing to his bald head. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Loud hat, square coat, bald head like moon: red, lavender, salmon. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z When I asked Mother how the bald man knew about the pact, she said she didn’t know. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The prosthetist is stocky and bald, and he tells me to call him Hank. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The bald man took hold of his hair with his free hand and twisted it cruelly, till Bran sobbed in pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I turned around and looked back, and the last thing I saw was the porch light shining on Dunlap Dewberry’s bald head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His thick brown fur was bald in places, where the scars had healed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z You met the minimum number of good deeds, so you get to avoid premature balding in your next life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ebben had been bald as an egg, so she dangled the head by an ear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I walk up to the front desk, where a middle-aged man with a bald patch on the crown of his head sits, sorting through a stack of paper. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He was older, balding, with a round, friendly face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A siren screams over Miss Xinh’s voice in the middle of a lesson on smiley and bald President Ford. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald man writhed on the floor while the other reavers sent up gales of laughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had a strange, seamed, bald head, a lined face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z On their own initiative the Congolese seem unable to produce much in the way of hair—half of them are bald as a bug, even the girls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am bald,” Sticky said, running a hand over his scalp. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Try being bald for thirty years, and see how fast you cut your hair when you get it back,” my grandfather says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z He was mostly bald, with scars across his forehead and a rim of stringy white hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Headmaster, while I was at Repton, struck me as being a rather shoddy bandy-legged little fellow with a big bald head and lots of energy but not much charm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z A bald man with bushy side-whiskers frowned down from a window with her father’s frown, and for an instant looked so much like Lord Tywin that she stumbled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His eyes were big behind his black-framed glasses, and his bald head glinted under the fluorescent classroom lights. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s not for long,” said Mr. Weasley, mopping his bald patch with a handkerchief and peering in at the four bunk beds that stood in the bedroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In fact, he was staring at a balding spot on his father’s head, which he suddenly wanted to stroke. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We spring up and dress, throwing our blankets over our bald heads and shoving our feet into the wrong shoes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When he looked up at me, I recognized Matt—stocky, red-cheeked, a lot older and nearly bald with a fringe of gray hair bordering the sides of his head—but still Matt. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He has a shiny brown bald head, glasses, and a white mustache that hides his mouth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The bald man with the long nose hurried by the children, then stopped himself, looked at Violet in her wedding dress, and smirked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z His mouth was relaxed and calm, not pinched like Miss Grybas’ or the bald man’s. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was one of the kata-kata, the short bald man who had pointed a rifle at Otto on the front walk so many days ago. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Bruce was a large man with a bald head that shone in the dull light, his face pale and scruffy with a few days’ worth of beard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He stared hard at the balding man, looking him up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Saw him on his way to the grave then,” said the surly bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z One spectator at the exhibition that evening was Carmine Nigro, a short, bald man in his early forties; Bobby described him as “cheery.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko thought the bald man must have a good sense of humor to go by such a nickname, but he was wrong. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the flood of light against white tile, the face and shoulders of a stranger—a fierce, bald, very dark Negro—glared at me from the glass. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the words Ole Miss and on the fuzzy screen I see white men in dark suits crowding the camera, sweat running off their bald heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Ash stiffened, but Ana had not seen her; all of her attention was focused on her dance partner, a middle-aged man with a balding head of graying hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Petersburg lies on an island; the Devils Thumb is on the main-land, rising from a frozen bald known as the Stikine Ice Cap. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then wait on the bald head until it’s light. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The bald man kissed her hand again, tears in his eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jane and Michael looked up too and to their surprise saw a round, fat, bald man who was hanging in the air without holding on to anything. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z HotCock007 was a hulking bald barbarian with studded black leather armor and lots of demon tattoos covering his arms and face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He took off his helmet and wiped the sweat off his nearly bald head with his sleeve. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad didn’t seem even slightly intimidated by the bald- headed goon, which is one of my father’s problems. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z With the aid of a few bald lightbulbs that hung a ways down, he made out figures running. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The best was the balding guy in a plaid suit jacket, dark jeans, and shiny red sneakers that matched his bow tie. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was a thin man, going bald, but the little hair he had was as red as any of his children’s. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She was sure the Señora would rather find upon her return a parrot, however bald, than Toscanini with yards of straight black hair. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "Let's have a look," said the big bald man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The first voice I didn’t recognize, but the thick accent of the second one was unmistakable: It was Dusty’s bald gorilla, Luno. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z One night, I left the bald man’s shack to get a log for the stove. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Instead of a lush pasture, the farmer soon has a field full of brown bald spots and plants that cows won’t touch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On the stamp sat an ugly, bald bird. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “How am I expected to walk in this with my bad leg?” complained the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Candy stood in the doorway scratching his bald wrist and looking blindly into the lighted room. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A bald man has his foot on the neck of a little boy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Up front, the professor, a bald white man with small spectacles and a florid face, has already started delivering his remarks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He’s balding and squarely built and looks like an aging football coach. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can understand why the bald man is on the list,” I said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Odile had been very shocked when Max introduced me to her on my first day in Cambridge and afterwards had told Francis that a bald American was coming to work in the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Fay was tall, round-shouldered, and bald, and wore a baseball cap with a state corrections emblem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Rimas is with us. Bring your mother to the bald man’s shack.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald man with the long nose took Klaus’s hand and led him to one side. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She remembered a bald gentleman dressed in linen and with his collar closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He is short and bald and hardly ever seen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was afraid of that,” Colonel Korn remarked -with an elaborate sigh, locking his fingers together comfortably on top of his smooth, bald, broad, shiny brown head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But just when I think I’m home free, a frowning, bald guy slips into the elevator with me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “You better not be drawing me,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Our teacher, balding, stumpy Mr. Warren, clears his throat. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She wore a warm knit cap that hid her balding head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His dad is older and balding, but he has the same sharp bone structure and perfectly symmetrical face that make Daniel so attractive. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “No. None. That dude over there looks like a scrotum,” I say, pointing to a bald guy with big jowls slumped on the sofa. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Xaro was a languid, elegant man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose crusted with rubies, opals, and flakes of jade. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In reality, even for the most famous and apparently decisive modern inventions, neglected precursors lurked behind the bald claim “X invented Y.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I simply cannot tell you how awful they were, and somehow the whole sight was made more grotesque because underneath those frightful scabby bald heads, the bodies were dressed in fashionable and rather pretty clothes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z But the bald spot in the back of her hair kind a throw things off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Were this balding man and this intimidating woman really going to be my parents? Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z A bald man steps down from the wagon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “A memory, bah. Enough celebration. Get out. I’m tired,” complained the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “We must not rush it in this bald way. We must be at ease before we begin our conversation, otherwise it will seem so strained.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Portly and balding, he was the University’s Master Arithmetician. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I want to know,” objected the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Proud lords whose houses went back thousands of years made way reluctantly for the balding, frog-faced commoner as he marched past. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mother’s car, which I had driven to Debbie’s, had bald tires. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He was bald with a black mustache and several chins, each one melting into the next and finally into his neck and shoulders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Please tell the bald boy to raise his hands,” insisted the tall man. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Above a massive shelf of brow he was bald. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The hostess stand was unmanned, so Emily peered into the bar area where a heavyset man with a bald, shining head wiped down a table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A bald man in a very long purple coat had actually shaken his hand in the street the other day and then walked away without a word. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “What’s up, Albert?” said the same balding wizard who had followed Harry out of the fireplace earlier. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Four or live strands of hair were arranged across his little bald head. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The bookstore was run by seeming quintuplets, by five short, bald men chewing unlit cigars that were sopping wet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was finished, his father ran a hand across his bald head as if smoothing down the hair that wasn’t there. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie’s bald spots started growing fur, and the fur that he had to begin with started looking shiny and healthy; and he didn’t limp anymore. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “For God’s sake, woman,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His bald head was speckled with liver spots, and his spectacles sat low on his nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Now the car appeared, and grew until it became a blue Dodge sedan with a single passenger, a bald, skinny man. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop your yapping. She said that’s all she knows,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald knight squinted at the peasant woman. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Then, I saw that his head was furrowed and bald, and that the long iron-grey hair grew only on its sides. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed relieved that they would tend to the bald man’s injuries. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He combs his flaxen strands meticulously from the lower left side of his head to his right temple, then swirls them round and round on his bald crown, securing them with a greasy pomade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was prematurely bald on the top of his head, and had bushy black eyebrows that wouldn’t lie down but stood up bristling. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “What are you crying for?” complained the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was also sure that ghouls were generally rather slimy and bald, rather than distinctly hairy and covered in angry purple blisters. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Melon Head was a laundryman in Oakland—he had gotten that name because he had gone Completely bald in his younger days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I will never be short and probably not bald, if my dad and grandfathers are any indication. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Doc Hawthorn was almost completely bald, and in the morning his head often smelled like onions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Stupid boy, don’t you know?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He’s bald, but not shaved-head bald—old bald with thin white hairs in a halo around him. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The bald man suddenly scrambled up, climbed the inside wall of the truck, and jumped out. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Quit blubbering. We don’t know what’s happening yet,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I move into the dining room with Armelio bellowing and cast myself at a seat next to the bald man, Humble, who is still talking about psychologists and yachts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I ran my hands over the fine stubble on my mostly bald head. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Jorge had one blind askew eye and poor vision in the other, he was bald, limping noticeably, haggard and frail and crotchety. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The hostess stand was unmanned, so Emily peered into the bar area where a heavyset man with a bald, shining head wiped down a table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But when I looked closer, I saw bald patches and sores. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There was an awkward moment when she first saw Jeffrey, because it was her first time seeing him all bald and puffy, but she covered her shock well. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything was not always going well, because for most people, our hair fell out and we were bald, and we had less and less skin. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And so we walked, hour upon hour, over rollercoaster hills, along knife-edge ridges and over grassy balds, through depthless ranks of oak, ash, chinkapin, and pine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The gate was padlocked; there was no sign of the grumpy bald foreman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you see that bald guy again, don’t go chasing him. You call me, understand?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Clydas was short, bald, and chinless, with small pink eyes like a mole. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was also growing bald for a dragon: He was so old that the scales at the top of his head had begun to flake off and expose the soft, golden skin beneath. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind her is a bald man with sharp planes in his skull. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But she could not remember the word for bald and so she said, "He had almost nothing on his head." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I heard the bald man yelling in the shack behind us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Or consider the grassy balds—treeless, meadowy expanses of mountaintop, up to 250 acres in extent, which are quite unique to the southern Appalachians. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As the bald man predicted, we were able to continually bribe the grouchy woman into visiting the post office for us when she went to the village. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “He’ll be out of our hair soon. Not that you have much hair, you dry, balding old lizard.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The front pas-senger door opened and the bald guy stepped out. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Tyrion told him to be quiet and kicked feebly as a huge bald sailor tucked him under one arm and carried him squirming to the hold, where an empty wine cask awaited him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When I first arrived at the Amazon a dwarfish, bald man in a bellhop's uniform carried my suitcase up in the elevator and unlocked my room for me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The cushion held to shield his balding pate, he said, “Madame, your servant.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A balding man carrying a file folder under his arm stood on the porch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The man was small and bald with large round arms and spoke very bad English. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I remembered Mr. Waters telling me to call him if I saw the bald guy again, but come on, it was two in the morning. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z There was sweat glistening off his bald head, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But the fidgety bald boy was the only one she felt confident about. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The bald knight looked at the other knights. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Green, gray, black, these cargo trucks sway back and forth on bald tires, spitting out dirt and engine smoke as they roll on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It's The King and I, the original one with the bald guy and all the singing and dancing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered a rotund black man, with a bald head and a crisp blue uniform, watching over him on the train, bringing him sandwiches, and tucking him into his berth at night. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In his new personage he was always cold, sullen, distant, contemplative; always wrinkling his brow and scratching his balding head and wringing his hands and muttering curses and complaints, especially on Fridays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When they turned the corner at the end of a bookshelf labeled “629-632,” they saw a holographic image of a bald man with a paintbrush mustache projected behind a desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z An old balding man detached from the crowd and came toward them, leaning heavily on a broom for support. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z All I needed was a bald, mysterious black man to come into my life and show me the way. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I heard the bald man yelling somewhere behind us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I had heard the bald man ask the same question. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Well, go find some wood for the stove then!” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We heard the bald man yell from within the structure. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Their bald heads shone in the flickering light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about my brother offering me his coat, and wondered if I should share my mittens with the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald man griped about his pain while others tried to organize the space and luggage. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I don’t want any part of it,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He remembered the bald eagles they’d seen on the train ride. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The food was elegant and expensive, and the aisles were overflowing with great streams of flushed and merry proprietors, all stout and balding. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He pointed to a bald, heavily bearded man. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Also, if anyone out there ever wants to experience the ultimate in crippling guilt, I recommend that you try beating a bald, bloated five-year-old cancer patient at a board game. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He went through security without being searched, which surprised him because they stopped a middle-aged bald guy with glasses. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He was a small, bald, dapper fellow, whose voice squeaked when he became angry or emotional. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There now appeared in front of me row upon row of bald female heads, a sea of naked scalps, every one of them red and itchy-looking from being rubbed by the linings of the wigs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “No, he won’t. He probably never noticed you lived there,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He looked up, his face covered in sweat, his bald head gleaming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “When my uncle was twelve he went totally bald after getting too close to an African lighting bird nest during his tour.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma homed and waved at two balding men in tie- dye shirts standing at a comer as she turned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s bald, but he still wears a yellow bandanna on his head where sweat gathers along the edge. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For a man, having red hair or curly hair is a downer, as is “bald with a fringe”—but a shaved head is okay. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She pointed to the photo of me as a bald baby in a sky blue dress. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a long ways up,” Grandpa Bobby said, “but a short trip down. That bald ape never knew what hit him.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “She already talks to her dead doll. Do we really want to hear about her dead mother?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Toys, bald tires, and beer bottles with peeling labels littered unkempt front lawns. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The bald knight, following his leader's cue, drew his and brandished it in the faces of the villagers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was almost as dark-skinned as me, with thick glasses and a balding head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Hurry! Meet me at the bald man’s shack.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His green eyes were so calm, and so wet and bright, and his head was so bald against the whiteness of the pillow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was a balding man, wearing a frock that was slightly different from the dead around him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then came the first bald statement that it had been bought—by a Mr. Owen. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She remembered only the bruised smile and a few strands of dirty blond hair laid carefully over a bald pate. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Cotton was also bald, but that was because he shaved his head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Shadrack looked up at a balding man dressed in a green- cotton jacket and trousers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The Jews are the scapegoat for all of Germany’s problems,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald knight nodded slowly, still eyeing the dung heap. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sparse strands of ginger hair gripped the irate customer’s balding head like a claw. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His velvet blouse had grown bald with use. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Photographs of families and loved ones were plentiful in the bald man’s shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The left side of his face was a web of scars that radiated out, leaving bald strips running through his black hair and beard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Looking up, I noticed that the tree I’d fallen beneath was practically bald. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a thing for evil bald bad guys. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The old man was tall and bald and wearing a gray suit. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Violet thought of what the bald man had said, about wrecking her face, and nodded. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He wore traditional Afghan clothes, and a bright, colorful cap covered his balding head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I told them I would,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Mattie held up a rag doll with a distinct bald spot on her black yarn head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The bald man put the bottle of vodka on the table. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The manager of the dime store was a small, balding man who gestured a lot with his hands. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The older man with the yellowed mustache, General, leaned in to whisper to the small man with the bald head they called Mint. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As he paces, he mops copious quantities of sweat from his balding head with a large white towel. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I thought the dog was supposed to be dead,” said the bald knight. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Afi had no time to answer, for a small boat came up close to the ship, and a balding white man climbed on board. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we reached the tanks, we had to go down the back side of it and then climb up a gully until we reached Pine Knob’s bald top. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His hair is speckled gray and a bald spot is spreading on the back of his head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A small bundle bounced into the bed of the truck near the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald knight approached it, covering his face with a thick, hairy hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Jackson was a tall black man with a mostly bald head and a thick mustache. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He was camped in my cranium, hunched over, bald and squinting, trying to read, trying to please, trying to keep his son alive and the wolves away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The noise woke up the bald guy, who got out of the car and stretched his arms and lit up a cigarette. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He’s a small, bald fellow with a fringe of thin hair and wire-rimmed glasses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Her hair wasn’t too short or patchy and balding. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He said he understood the gals were really going for bald- headed men. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gray wood was bald, shaved by many seasons of wind and snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Reshevsky, a small, bald man who dressed conservatively, had a solemn and resolute personality. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Already my mother would admit to foreseeing herself in her own mother, a woman grown old, bald and bowlegged, after a hard lifetime of working. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Both boys were lying on a blanket in their diapers, but Ivy knew it was Evan because his head was totally bald. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Whatever he was whispering must have been amusing, for his big bald friend gave a sudden snort of laughter, loud enough so that the king himself turned his head toward the Domishmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She watches him from the window, walking down the block, a small, balding, unemployed middle-aged man, who is enabling her to wreck her marriage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I look for old- model vans painted in matte, their tires always bald. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the house to our right a bald man closes his door. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His thin, colorless hair was unkempt and there was a large bald patch on top. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The one before this was bald, so I suppose he’s an improvement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Within twenty years, there may be no balds left in the Smokies. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She blinks, and suddenly the bald knight is sprawling through the dust. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We could drown ourselves,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The bald woman made the declaration with a tone of finality. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The magistrate was skinny under his coat, balding but bearded, and the skin on his face was yellowy and pockmarked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The bald Negro stared back at me from its mottled sheen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Light pours through the window, illuminating his bald spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy is a big, burly man with a shiny bald head and arms the size of toddlers. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 They all cut their hair down to almost bald—a sign of solidarity—and started stealing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z His brown eyes were too big for his long, thin face, and since he had lost every single hair the pale, bald top of his head gave him a naked look. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He nodded and scratched the balding top of his head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The graying hair on the back of his head was swept forward, a comical arrangement to disguise his bald spot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well, then you’ll have to bribe that cranky cow who signed,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Chamberlain looked at die bald head, the ragged dress. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking out, she saw the bright shout of a red hat, a child in a purple jacket pressed against the window, a bald head just rising over a stiff rectangle of newspaper. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “The British act on their promises,” insisted the bald man. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald man, who had been charting our progress from the city markers called from the window slot, guessed we were somewhere in the Altai region, just north of China. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’ll check him for injuries before I try again. After all, a bald eagle hit him.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A short, balding man with graying hair, a pointed nose, and small, watery eyes stood before Frank, a mixture of fear and alarm in his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It’s a sea of green, a kind of baseball Emerald City, with not a bald patch in the grass far as you can see. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She keeps a count of bald eagles, and then loses track because there are so many. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When Lori came out, she was mute and bald as an egg for the first three years of her fife. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His hat was off today, showing a bald spot on the crown of his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The bald woman’s words seemed to hum through the tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was an older man, past forty and balding, but still strong and fit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ralph sketched a twining line from the bald spot on which they stood down a slope, a gully, through flowers, round and down to the rock where the scar started. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z As soon as Roy stopped his bicycle, the door of the trailer flew open and a stocky bald man charged out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One was tall and balding, the other was fat with a red beard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Why are you so helpful, my lord Varys?" he asked, studying the man's soft hands, the bald powdered face, the slimy little smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For a few weeks I must be this aging, bald Negro; I must walk through a land hostile to my color, hostile to my skin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They look like the heads of mannequins, only more skillfully fashioned, three with mustaches, two bald, one wearing the cap of a soldier. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A bald doll poked out of the top, sizing me up with blank and beady eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Whoa! Wait up!” shouted the approaching figure, his unmistakable bald head glinting under the streetlights. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Barbarossa's head was as bald as a glitter ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you eat fish?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His name is Mr. MacLeod, although everyone calls him Chrome Dome behind his back because he’s bald on top; and he’s a Scot by affiliation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You have questions,” the bald man said to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The walls were bright, white lavatory tile with bald bulbs set at intervals in the black ceiling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Flavius performs some beauty miracle on my hair, managing to even out the front while getting some of the longer locks to hide the bald spots in the back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “The Empire Strikes Back? The bald guy with the cool bionic radio-transmitter thing that wraps around the back of his skull?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The bald one opened his mouth and hissed like some immense white lizard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were young and old, fat and thin, dark skinned and pale, surrounded by thick curls or bald scalps....But all of the faces were twisted in terror, and that made them all look alike. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Coll had taken off his close-fitting helmet and, though bruised and slashed, his face beamed and his bald head glowed with pleasure, as he put an arm around Taran’s shoulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He’s bald and rich, with tiny little ears, and I think he’s almost fifty. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z 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 Only difference is Ma got fat fingers, and used to be braiding like she was trying to strip my edges or make me bald. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He had about three hairs on his head, all combed over his bald scalp, as if that made him handsome or something. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z His head was balding, and around the detailed crown of curls, he wore a circlet studded with large jeweled insects. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Clara trims the hair around my head and ears until I’m practically bald. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Jonas and I held the front, Mrs. Rimas and the man who wound his watch held the center, and the bald man carried the back. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was almost like God forgot to plant trees in this one small, circular section—the forest’s bald spot. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of the sky plunged a bald eagle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Big and bald and burly, he wore a heavy cloak of plush brown velvet trimmed with fur and a brown leather belt ornamented with silver moons and stars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A skinny bald man—who sort of resembled a plucked chicken in a bright blue suit—strutted out the lobby door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z By this secret: the smiling bald man with the grandfather face has another face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a few steps below; Ugwu could see the bald patch on the middle of his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He often passed small farms and cabins or found graziers tending herds on sunny balds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The cowlick isn’t there anymore; it got shaved off when Joon decided being bald and wearing black made him look tough. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Mother was angry that the bald man had told me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Coll was stout and round and his great bald head glowed bright pink. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Ugwu had imagined the bald woman: beautiful with a nose that stood up, not the sitting-down flattened noses that he was used to. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Griswald ran a hand over his bald head, but he didn’t argue. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her last foe was a northman with an axe, a big man bald and bearded, clad in a bymie of patched and rusted mail that could only mean he was a chief or champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The country surrounding Davis Gulch is a desiccated expanse of bald rock and brick-red sand. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The commissioner was a big guy with a big gut and a big bald head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The bald heads in the audience all nodded vigorously. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The bald man twisted in pain as he was carried off the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Kyle recognized only one of the projected images—a greenish bald guy wearing bifocals and pants cut off at the knees and tugging on a kite string. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She went up to her sister-in-law, gently removed the wig, and saw that she was nearly bald: aged and helpless. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The princess is almost bald, with only a few tendrils growing limply from her scalp. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When he says Closure everything stops and I blink and look up at him and I squint because the stage lights are so bright and his bald head is reflecting the light like the sun. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama Boanda’s ancient parents looked just alike, both of them tiny, bald, and perfectly toothless. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed a small red sore on the top of his bald head. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is wispy and white, and someone—obviously not Ipphy—has combed it carefully to obscure the bald spots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z This, strangely, doesn’t get applause, perhaps because big bald Mr. Garret Charles looks as if he eats children for lunch and washes them down with the blood of their favorite pet. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His slightly bald head, his domed forehead, the smiling mouth that displayed a very white set of false teeth, all seemed to speak of a benevolent personality. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now we’re clean dead men. So what of that?” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Not fistfuls, but one little hair at a time until I had round bald patches on my head. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at my little brother and now I notice the bald spot on the side of his head where they shaved his hair. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A tall balding man with an ample belly stood behind a woman carrying roses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z After he removed his hat, as one had to do in church in polite society, his bald head got cold. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells Ray that he hasn’t seen a bald eagle the entire week that Ray’s been resting here at home and that, no, he hasn’t seen Braviary. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There was a bald man with a very long nose, dressed in a long black robe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “The bald man said it’s all in our files, where we were sent, perhaps what happened to the rest of our family. It’s all right here.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Would I be the only one left, alone with the bald man? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She was going back to work the next day, bald spot and all. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu scratched at the stubborn white tufts that clung to his bald head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Paul Van Riper is tall and lean with a gleaming bald dome and wire-rimmed glasses. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Weeks passed at Mrs. Sen’s before he found a blue aerogram, grainy to the touch, crammed with stamps showing a bald man at a spinning wheel, and blackened by postmarks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He’s the same guy I remember from my hospital nightmare: stocky, bald, partially preoccupied. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “They was chickens!” the bald guy bellowed after him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where did you come from?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Class awareness, if you could call it that, seemed to fall more along the lines of aesthetics and experience than any bald expression of affluence. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The bald goon hurried down the gangplank and waved at the deputy, who hopped out of the car and followed Dusty’s man onto the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Everyone stand at the front of the door opening,” instructed the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I peeled one and rolled it all over the baby’s head, his eyes, his lips, off his bump of a nose, his cheeks, his dear bald head and fontanel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Drawing nearer they would always stare at Anatole as contempt gave way to bald shock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And in order to do that, one must look beyond Alaska, to the bald- rock canyons of southern Utah. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She faced the voice and found a stocky, balding man standing beneath the mezzanine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Except for a few gray strands of hair, she was as bald as a baby pigeon, which gave her the appearance of being a very old man with enormous, wide eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He tracked Sticky down in an upstairs hallway, where Number Two was rubbing Sticky’s bald head and nodding. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His features had thickened, the skin on nose and cheekbones was coarsely red, even the bald scalp was too deep a pink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The mustached man smothers Sasha’s flaming skirt with his coat while the balding man stamps out the burning tatters that flame around them. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The bald spot atop the maester's head had turned red, Bran could see; if anything, Luwin was more angry than before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As the balding wizard lifted his wand, Harry raised an enormous fist and punched him, sending him flying through the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I got my hair from Mom’s side of the family, thankfully, because both Strong men had identical bald spots peeking through their short afros. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The tall, bald man, white as fish flesh, flicked a glance at her out of his queer, pale eyes, but he said nothing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Thank God,” Mom said, and started fussing with the hair around my bald spot, and I had to pull her hand away. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "What you talking about?" he asked, wiping sweat from his bald head. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “He could barely walk,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z So he wouldn’t have to be bald alone. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It fell to the floor revealing the high bald forehead with, in the very middle, a round stained mark from which something had trickled. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But mine was smooth and bald as an apple. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Rahel could see a row of bald heads at the bus window, above evenly spaced vomit streaks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the front, and on both sides, there was the lawn, sloping downwards to a gravelled drive, and then into the lane, and without any tree or flower-bed to relieve the bald greenness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z And Fornatee kept his hair cut so close to his scalp that he looked nearly bald. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Luwin was hopelessly untidy, but his clutter of books and scrolls and bottles was as familiar and comforting to Bran as his bald spot and the flapping sleeves of his loose grey robes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When we stepped into the foyer, we found Baba sitting by the wood-burning cast-iron stove with a short, balding Indian man dressed in a brown suit and red tie. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama still kissed me on the cheek and rubbed my bald head when I was in high school. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Just strangle him until his eyes pop out of his bald ugly head.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He was short, and bald, but I could tell that his baldy didn't come from all his hair falling out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z After a moment, he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and mopped sweat from his balding head. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a sly, balding man in his early fifties who had a reputation for being kind of a smart-aleck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His face looks gray and pasty and eager, his thin hair combed pathetically over the growing bald spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora was small and wiry and balding, and at first glance he looked anything but intimidating. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, I will help,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The fur was old, and there were small bald patches where the bare skin showed through. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A little man in a top hat was talking to the old bartender, who was quite bald and looked like a toothless walnut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “When I was hiding in the woods from that bald guy, I spotted something behind the garage.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His uncle was portly and balding, with a close-cropped yellow beard that followed the line of his massive jaw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z George was out there with a chisel-toothed bucksaw, his wool hat perched on top of his balding head, working on it in the storm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am a plucked turkey,” I said in Navajo to the equally bald recruit who stood up from the chair next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So I had a hunch what was about to happen on the deep- sea boat when the bald crooked-nosed guy grabbed my sister around her neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Daniel is right about the bald spaces still holding plenty of Pokémon. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mom cut his Hair yesterday And he’s bald As a fist. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Lurz left to make photocopies, with the bald man close behind, he handed me a stack of photos and documents to look at while he was gone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z To my left is a balding man who is bowling with an even older gray-haired woman—his mom, maybe? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When asked a direct question, he could be counted on to say something so bald—and undeniable—that he would leave everyone around him gaping. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Still in the works,” the bald one said and pointedly turned his shoulder to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His long, fluffy white beard hung down his chest, and a prayer cap covered his bald head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The summer after my mother ran off with the bald podiatrist in the convertible, Charlie Kahn’s dad let him build a tree house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z My father’s this little bald barber—remember that too? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then he saw Rosaleen and started to rub the bald space on his head with such agitation I thought he might rub down to the skull bone. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "What, then?" demanded Ser Jared Frey, who was lean, balding, and pockmarked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Let them shoot us,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He is fat and balding, and he looks as if he would pop through his white lab jacket. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Behind his glasses and striking outfit he possesses an imposing bald forehead and the huge, triangular upper body of a comic-book bully. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s bald just like Daddy, but older, taller, bigger. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was bald as an egg and stood in a bathrobe and slippers, spraying the ankle-high grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He had taken off his skullcap, and I could see him sweating beneath the hairs on his balding head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He was a short, bald man, with no sense of humor, and his motto was “Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z An older man, bald and none too clean, sat behind the counter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He wondered whether she could make him out at all; even if she could, it was the balding Muggle whose identity he had stolen that she would see. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Did she mail the letters?” asked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z |
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