| 单词 | rug |
| 例句 | He was lying on Tom Warrups’ frame bed on his stomach, with a deerskin rug over him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Several days before the grand hunt, Ash began to see wagons full of crates and rugs and rolled-up canvases driving down the road from West Riding into the Wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That rug was thick enough to sleep on. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She looks around the room—at the fresh paint on the walls, the shiny tile floor covered with our rug from the Hideout, the furniture, some of it familiar and some not. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We have a maroon chesterfield which has come out of storage, with an oriental-style maroon and purple rug in front of it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The stairs led down into a tall galleried room with a rug spread out over flagstones and a fireplace big enough to park a car in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z They say she . . . kicks back the rug every Saturday night when Lawrence Welk comes on . . . and laugh, I thought I’d die! Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It fluttered, like a stingray beneath water, before settling in a tangle on my pink rug. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But anyway, I just wove another mug rug until she said, “He wanted to marry me, you know.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He looked at the floor, the center of which was covered in a very expensive, very old-looking oval rug. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z "The rug's looking better and better," I say. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Inside, a round moon met me, shining through the square window, its yellow fight spreading like a rug under my feet. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I pick up the rug and start pushing things into place. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Somebody dropped a drink down the stairs, and a cigarette burned a small hole in a throw rug. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked down at a throw rug that used to lie under Mother’s chair. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Oliver had since fallen back asleep, but woke himself up when he toppled over sideways onto the rug. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Thick rugs with intricate patterns covered half the floor, while the other half was raw cement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There’s a rug on the floor, oval, of braided rags. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat Iris down on the rug, my back aching. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Its contents spilled onto the rug with a muffled thank of metal on wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I would move them around, because if you put a little hole in the same spot of every rug, then it’s not a flaw anymore, it’s the design. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Scooter gets a throw rug and some newspapers and makes her sit on them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I looked in her drawers, under her bed, under the area rug, in her cigarette hiding spot in the bathroom cabinet under the sink... It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The bare stone floor had not even a rug, and there was a drain in it, perhaps for the sake of cleaning. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In this window, right here, in the real city, a woman beats her rugs every Sunday. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The decorations, the fireplace, rugs, windows, and curtains were all painted on the metal floors and walls. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z In modern-day Iran, men and women aren’t technically allowed to celebrate in the same room together, but many are willing to break the law to cut a rug. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They entered the great hall on a rug as soft as a snowdrift and they stood shyly waiting. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Where do you think you came from?” said Enos one night under the rug. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Anyway in Iran when you go to someone’s house, they put out a spread with tea and sweets on a rug, and you sit together and the host should offer you the best stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I throw my makeshift jai-namaz, my prayer rug, on the floor and I get on my knees, lower my forehead to the ground, my tears soaking through the sheet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z More than Mr. Kahn drunkenly lambasting Mrs. Kahn for missing a spiderweb in a dark corner or not beating the rugs properly. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He grabbed his instrument and lightly placed it beside me and knelt down on his rug to pull a shoebox out from under the bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My mother had stenciled pink hearts on my walls, and the rug in my room was magenta, though no one would ever know, since it was completely covered in clothes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z By midday her arms ached, and she could hardly push the vacuum over the thick rugs. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z "They say nobody's up there, just the corpse of old man Westing rotting away on an Oriental rug," Sandy reported as he hoisted a full briefcase from the trunk of the car. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she had it, she carried it gingerly to the rug. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Rugs upon rugs, sofas and overstuffed chairs, all of them strewn with blankets. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Upstairs in his office there is a brass Ganesha sitting cross-legged next to the computer, a wooden Christ on the Cross from Brazil on a wall, and a green prayer rug in a comer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a steamer rug made especially for ocean voyages. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He nearly ran into me, Monsieur. It was when I was returning from my compartment to that of the Princess with the rug.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When Jiichan had lowered the door and moved the rug back over it, she took a big breath. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Our rugs and tables and bookshelves and Papa’s desk and most of the stuff in the kitchen except for a few pots and pans and dry food are staying behind. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Newton was embarrassed by the infinitesimals in his equations, and he swept them under the rug. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They ate beneath the awning of a closed rug shop, then Hasina went to find her family. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Glass, pieces of Sheetrock, broken furniture, cups, nail polish, pans, hair brushes, mirrors, bottles, plates, rugs, clothes—almost everything imaginable floated in streams of water from apartments that looked like flooded basements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Our eyes meet and hold, and the world starts to fall away, time does, years rolling up like rugs, until everything that’s happened unhappens, and for a moment, it’s us again, more one than two. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He swept up the cobwebs and laid a rug over the dirt floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not like a carpet or that fancy rug Mom didn’t let anyone step on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Elegant mahogany furniture, a linoleum floor covered with throw rugs, a radio, a fancy lamp, everything first class. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One sunbeam fell directly onto the octagonal center design of a blue Oriental rug and the other lit up the red head of a very old lady. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z You can tell she paces, because the nap of the living room rug runs backward in an oval, picking its way around the convertible sofa. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was frighteningly strong, half pulling, half carrying me toward the piano as I kicked the throw rugs under my feet. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He built bookshelves and unpacked his books, invested in a soft rug and tacked prints on the walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I am now an expert weaver of mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Nan always went along with my projects, but this rally was worlds different than putting up removable wallpaper or braiding our own rag rugs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I sat below her on the rug with my feet out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the windowless rear bedroom he flips back the rug, revealing a small door in the floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They would go out to the veranda and he would push the table aside and spread out the soft rug and lie on his naked back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had bled considerably on a rug, while Dad tried to fashion a tourniquet and roared inquiries about whether there was a doctor in the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A plasterer who had been in his rooms reported them furnished with statues, oil paintings, and white fur rugs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But then our rug isn’t very nice, so maybe they aren’t embarrassed when they get mud all over it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She did nothing but sway back and forth and stare at the rug with a remote, spiridess look. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z As we were leaving with Brady, Mr. Corcoran plumped the baby down on the hearth rug and was rolling around, tickling him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "This is the prettiest blue," Mabel says, admiring the Persian rug between our beds, worn enough to show its age but still soft underfoot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z You put your feet in the middle of the rug. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z "Get down around the rug now," the man commanded, "and don't anyone touch it until I give the signal." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake, on the other hand, was curled up on the rotting hearth rug, like some horrible travesty of a pet dog. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Our furniture was lifeless: the glass tables did not shed twisted skin in the harmattan, the leather sofas’ greeting was a clammy coldness, the Persian rugs were too lush to have any feeling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes like she was smiling, her long black tongue hanging from the side of her mouth onto the rug. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There was perfume, and a white bearskin rug in the bedroom in front of the fireplace, and Mollie smoked a goldtipped cigarette— Violet Milo—with her coffee after dinner. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not easy focusing on throw rugs when all I can see is this grass fire raging in the back of my eyes, white-hot and devouring house after house as it burns. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no magic rugs to fly me to her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We were alone with all the food and the rug in the palace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now as he sat on the rug in the teachers’ room the same warm feeling swept through him at the sound of her voice. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In the front room, Dayah and Bushra fold up the embroidered rugs and beautiful wall hangings, the floor cushions and curtains. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Dust clouds settled slowly, depositing a pale sheet on the Tunisian rug. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z During those days of waiting, he did not make his bed, or sweep, or shake out the little rag-braid rug, and almost forgot to slash with his fish knife the passing day on his calendar. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Shan asked Ifemelu, with a sweep of her hand, taking in the dramatic furnishing: a red rug, a blue sofa, an orange sofa, a green armchair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My fingers dug into the matted edges of the rug. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This morning, Mama stands on our balcony, beating the rug with a broom. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Laila saw three drops of blood on the rug, her blood, and pictured her parents sitting on this couch later, oblivious to the sin that she had committed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In reality I know nothing about them, yet I feel it's important to express some solidarity with others who have had the rug pulled out from beneath them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His eyes focus on a worn spot on the rug. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the great craftsmen of the day made a giant rug 150 feet long, woven with gold and silk and gems. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As I made a trip to the U-Haul van to remove a rug and take it upstairs, I heard a familiar voice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z No thank you, I’d rather be stretched out on my favorite rug in front of a nice, whistling radiator. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Somebody had gone over the entire parlor with it, a big room with fringed throw rugs, an old piano with a lace runner, and cane-bottom rockers draped with afghans. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, this is where your Nali’s been stashing her rug collection,” Uncle Jet said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She was in the dining room when I came in from beating the rug. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z A scrunched-up rug is on the edge of the table between him and me, as if someone tossed it up there when they were cleaning the floor and forgot to put it back. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I took the sword and the lantern, then rolled up the Oriental rug, uncovering the trapdoor I already knew was hidden underneath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She put a small rug on the fire-escape and got the pillow from her bed and propped it against the bars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Oval Office, tarps were being spread out on the floor to protect the rug. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z From there it sweeps across an Oriental rug, marches out to the back porch, leaps nimbly up onto a laundry line, and tightrope-walks across to the house behind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I look down at the coiled rag rug and the shiny wood floor underneath. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sitting on the prayer rug with her legs curled beneath her, as the thread of dawn appears against the horizon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I tiptoe, barefoot, across the boards, and put a finger to the edge of the rug I’ve nailed over the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The dog loved to hide underneath big piles of clothes on our oriental rugs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With cap in hand and shoulders sloped, he followed, walking over a rug so soft and deep that it seemed he was going to fall at each step he took. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I crawl across the floor of my bedroom, the wood boards under my rug creaking ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She gestured for Koffi to follow her across the rugs on hands and knees as the animals and beastkeepers trapped inside the burning tent continued screaming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Scrubbing grape jelly out of rugs didn’t give her a feeling of reward, and in any case she did not have time for it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the cards and Fern and I sat on the rug with our legs folded. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He scrambles to his feet, treading Persian rug. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "Enough of a break. Back to the rugs." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The rug was old and deep and Chinese, an apple-green dragon on saffron. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She stepped into my bedroom on Saturday and plonked the heavy bag of Legos onto my rug. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I hold her and the corner of the rug and roll, tightly, gently, using my knees to keep her in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Imitation “leopard skin” bedspreads, “tiger skin” rugs, such stuff as that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh!” cried Jane, shivering with cold and surprise, and she rushed to cover the Twins with their perambulator rug. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z There were rugs and couches and decorative pillows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I run in the living room and look at the couch and the TV and the bread on the rug. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was sprawled on the rug in the living room, reading The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Just pick one. Don’t look. Then put it on the rug between us,” Kaori said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps, I thought, I will stand on the rug to deliver my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us are doing our own version of flip-flapping, which is a kind of leaping over things—the beanbags, the rug, the other books. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with dark, thick rugs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s filled with multicolored rugs, brown-and-black African masks, and statues of men and women in weird sexual positions. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The snake lifted its ugly triangular head and hissed slightly as the legs of the chair snagged on its rug. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Lighter and darker scales wove geometric designs much like the diamond and mountain designs on the rugs that Nali used to weave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At nights, on the sheepskin Cheetah rug under the turquoise and orange blanket, I think of how to run away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The one she’d drawn with her blue pencil would look especially nice, because it would match the color of the rugs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A marble statuette stood in one comer, and rich rugs had been hung on the walls, lending their colors to the light in the room, softening the edges of everything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A smaller, soft green rug lies atop the carpet. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z She was smoking a cigarette and flicking the ashes on the rug. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She flopped onto an easy chair and melted into it, legs straight out, heels on the rug, toes up, head back, eyes closed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The upholstery and the rugs muffle her but we can hear her clearly despite that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Three domestic Oriental scatter rugs, extremely worn, were on the floor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Jack Tallis was asleep under a rug on the backseat and would probably have to continue by the first morning train. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There were stalls with rugs and stalls with heaps of spices: gold turmeric and precious orange saffron. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Emma guided me onto the rug and cleared her throat, and the steady rhythm of Miss Peregrine’s needles came to a halt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Beneath my feet was a hooked rug in the design of a huge violet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The rug on the floor, with its Cincinnati Reds logo, had also been Mike’s when be was twelve years old. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Sitting there on my rug in my bedroom, I started designing blueprints for a brand-new city, with brand-new buildings and totally new stories. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She flopped onto the green bag and we set up the game, laying all the pieces out on the rug. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Even Helene Wright had mellowed with the cane, waving away apologies for drinks spilled on her rug and paying no attention whatever to the chocolate cake lying on the arm of her red-velvet sofa. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A village above a lake, suspended on giant Persian rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z White curtains divided the cave into different rooms with comfy pillows and woven rugs and platters of fresh fruit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I stand, and she marches me into the tent, kicking me in the legs once we get there so I topple onto the rugs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They’re coasters for mugs, but we made them like little rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The secretary kept to the side of the room, avoiding the Oriental rug that might cushion the thump of her purple-striped crutch, as she made her way to the end of the table. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was talking to someone now, about a shipment of rugs due to arrive next week. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Did I really sit on the floor of Grace’s bedroom, on her braided bedside rug, cutting out pictures of frying pans and washing machines from the Eaton's Catalogue and pasting them into a scrapbook? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Snowbell was another early riser, and this morning he was lying on the rug in the middle of the room, thinking about the days when he was just a kitten. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Sugar was a bridge—like the sneakers and T-shirts and rugs that, today, we know are made by sweatshop labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t be mad,” I said, picking at the rug, “but I’ve been eating lunch in the library.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And I was thinking, “Who cares whether the little rug rat meant to hurt Jeffrey? He did, and now there’s no way to take it back.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The gods created wild beasts to be made into rugs and wall hangings, not pets. I said so, but who listens to an old woman?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Gen’s dark eyes shifted to the neighboring sign on the rug. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The couch, the table, the rug, and the chairs went too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He made a determined effort the moment he woke, threw off the great bearskin rug under which he slept, and plunged his body into the biting air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s going to be a pretty good horse race,” wrote the New York World Telegram, “until Seabiscuit flattens out like a rug at the sixteenth pole.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To remind themselves, and to show their humility, they would purposefully include one missed knot in every rug, one imperfection. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He turned loose my hair and dropped the knife on the rug. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m no decorator, but I know a pink rug doesn’t match a yellow room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I stepped across the rug; he placed me square and straight before him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It would be as if you pushed against the edge of a rug hoping to raise a ruck at the opposite end. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Most often I unrolled my prayer rug in a comer of the yard behind the house. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dad had to buy you that rug, you know.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I'm looking at the threads in the rug. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “The girl,” he added, “is lying facedown on a large and beautiful bearskin rug.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z ‘I is going to be bug as a snug in a rug up here.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All Friday afternoon, Nan and I sewed, rolled up rugs, and packed as much pink as we could into the old shed in the backyard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Hugo just sat on the rug, cross-legged, saying, “I'm fine here, Aunt Helena, thanks” when Mum told me off for not bringing enough chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I rested my elbows on the windowsill and knelt on the rug, watching as the two kids pedaled past the gazebo. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She was alone in the middle of the rug. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled open the door and began arranging the rug and the cushion at the back of the car. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There were rugs and couches and decorative pillows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The women of the tribe were off beyond the tents shaking dust from little rugs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The shaggy green rug by the front door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “This is where we keep the lunch-bunch mats,” she explained, pointing to a stack of rugs next to the checkout desk. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They unrolled small blue prayer rugs from a shelf, then knelt, stood, and knelt again, touching foreheads to the ground, saying their prayers in low voices. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There had never before been in my emotions such an impulse to pray—and I did, prostrating myself on the living-room rug. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “What—?” Koffi scrambled away from the bowl in horror, not caring as more blood dripped down her arm to stain the beautiful rug. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was a small rug in front of the bed, and a long bare dresser across from it, near a door to another room patched with pictures of singers and movie stars. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I thought of the Underdowns’ home in Léopoldville with its Persian rugs and silver tea service and chocolate cookies, surrounded by miles of tin shanties and hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body hits the floor with a thud, her eyes still open and shining with tears as blood pours from her neck and into the rug we knotted together last winter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And it has no beautiful rugs or pictures of fields, so I am no khan of flowers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained: I stood awhile on the rug, where Mr. Brocklehurst had stood, and I enjoyed my conqueror’s solitude. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Grown-ups pulled wobbling carts of furniture and clothes and pictures and rugs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The kind with eyelets, she wanted, and to go with them, a scatter rug. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I brought them down to the rug and pulled each one out of the box. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Izio would come to me at the windowsill, sprawling in a chair or hands behind his head on the rug. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The rugs and chairs and ponchos and piñatas. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It makes the stories patchworks, not beautiful rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sitting side by side beneath the same rug, they talk quietly and look around the settlement with sleep-swollen eyes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Like she says one time, she says, ‘I’ve knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor an’ a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they’re running a parlor house.’ Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “The rug is moldy, mildewed, and full of moths, Will,” she snapped. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Under my feet was wood floor with a long, skinny rug covering a lots of it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She and Bubber played Parcheesi and Old Maid and shot marbles on the living-room rug. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I watched our parents buy a sofa, then a rug, curtains, chairs to replace the orange and apple crates one by one, now to be used for storage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, beneath my cheek, the gray sheepskin rug turns into Cheetah’s fur. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cabins there, paneled in exotic woods, were spacious, with built-in vanities, plush upholstered furniture, Persian rugs, bedside telephones, and private bathrooms with hot and cold freshwater showers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I felt like a rug had been pulled out from under me and I was still falling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There were the Georgian maps I’d had framed, the Persian rugs, and the overstuffed leather armchair I liked to sink into at the end of the day. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the floor were three rugs with dark, swirly patterns of wild beasts in forests. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Clara looked down and gave a frightful cry; she was standing on the black back of Barrabas, who lay there split down the middle, transformed into a rug. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Underdowns’ house has soft red Persian rugs, chairs with matching ottomans, even a radio. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel walks across the new rug that is too puffy, and too bright. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The reception area was the same, with gold-dyed walls and thick Persian rugs and grooved patterns on the exposed ceilings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Adam was studying the rug between his feet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He saw the worn rugs on the floor and the brown path on the linoleum in the hall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Goodness,” he said distractedly, looking around my room, at the unmade four-poster bed and my clothes scattered on the rug beside it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That night, I sat on the rug in my room with my pencils and new black pens scattered on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with a flat rug whose fringes had worn away into frayed edges where they met the wood floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z And what if, like a rug, they are flawed? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I stood on the rug and warmed my hands, which were rather cold with sitting at a distance from the drawing-room fire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The husks could be woven into rugs and twine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The fingertips of his right hand were pressed deeply into the soft fibers of the rug and his whole body vibrated from the wild pounding of his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the women sit cross-legged on the rug; there’s a crowd of them, everyone in this district is supposed to be here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Brightly colored couches—all red, gold, and white—and thick white rugs dot the living room space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Looking down at him on the floor, how he overflows the rug, I think about that story where a giant falls asleep and is tied up by little people. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Because he has tucked his nose into a fold of the old rug and closed his eyes. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z At the end of the summer, my sister presented two hundred mug rugs to Mr. Abbas with a bill she wrote up for one thousand dollars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We moved most of the furniture out onto the enclosed porch and took up the rug in the living room, so there was a great dance floor. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I think about what would happen if I just threw up right here on the rug. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I cared little about the furniture, except for the fairy rug, which Mandy and I hid one afternoon when Father was with Mum Olga. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z On hot days, Fred and I liked to take the spiral staircase downstairs and sit on the rug in the children’s section, looking at books. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The carpet is one of those rag rugs you see in country inns. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The prayer rug, the one with the oblong, woven Mecca, came loose from the wall at one point and landed on my head; the dust from it made me sneeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of them showed people in front of a window; the Geographer’s rug appeared in many of the paintings, and the same yellow jacket turned up in a number of places. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But the sidewalk below my building is deserted, the windows across the street rows of dead eyes, dark with curtains and dresses and rugs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even if she still didn’t completely trust Valley, and part of her felt she would pull the rug out from under her at any moment, Seven was glad to have Valley on her team. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The closer you get to history, it’s like the closer you get to the weave of a rug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I wonder what these people do for a living because this place belongs in a magazine—Chinese lanterns, what appears to be real artwork, and intricately designed rugs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I went back into the dark bedroom, locked the door, pulled a chair up to one of the two windows, and nailed our new rug over it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I put down the fatal book and picked up the sword I’d dropped on the rug. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Fenoglio was picking up some toy soldiers from his rug with trembling fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Alone in her apartment, she cried and cried, crumpled on her living room rug that was so rarely used it still smelled of the store. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A bamboo mat and rug cover the living room’s floor, cushioning a low table with a teapot and teacups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And someone had beaten their dirty rugs right in the hallway, because my red bedroom curtain was gray with dust. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We filed, into the living room, where our dripping clothes made puddles on Grosie’s Persian rug. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She explained to Dill once that it was similar to the way makers of Persian rugs would intentionally leave a flaw in their work, as a reminder that only God is perfect. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z So, I would retire each day with my favorite shoe to the rug and chew. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z When the rug is all the way around her, I wait. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In church when she knelt, in the yard when she beat rugs, beneath the peach tree when she picked fruit, Desdemona’s feminine elaborations escaped the constraints of her drab, confining clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I went and stood over on the rug beside the empty fireplace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They liked to see Indians and Indian dances; they wanted a chance to buy Indian jewelry and Navajo rugs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The suit in which I had travelled was gone, and also my overcoat and rug; I could find no trace of them anywhere. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’ll never know what you could become if you stay here,” she goes on, and I stare at the rug. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A globe-shaped lantern hung from a hook on the central pole, and the floor of the tent was covered with a simple canvas cloth on which a red-and-brown rug had been laid. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We shake the rug and the dots fly up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z It was a rich man’s mansion, with beautiful furniture and fine rugs and carpeting on the floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The cars were surrounded by piles of junk and boxes—furniture, rugs, computers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was no rug on the floor and the plastering on the walls and ceiling hung loose in many places. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They dragged the kitchen table and the thick gray rug. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was every article of furniture looking just as it did on the morning I was first introduced to Mr. Brocklehurst: the very rug he had stood upon still covered the hearth. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It went like this: One day in the summer, we went up to Mr. Abbas after Bible study to show him our mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He diagnosed me with whooping cough and instructed Grandmother and Mother to take all the rugs off the floor and draperies off the windows at our house. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My bed is huge, piled high with furry cushions and blankets, and my rugs match the ones downstairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It is going deliciously. And I am scooting my butt along the rug like a champ.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Too bad my mother never met Mother Smith, I thought as I beat a rug for the third time in the courtyard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The younger boys, who had never been up this late, responded to the generalized slackening of discipline by either tearing up and down the stairs or falling fast asleep on the parlor rug. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I also managed to find shoes and a coat for Helena and a cast-off rug for our feet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The rug had been somewhat of a joke, but the dog question was serious. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured a rug being lifted and a huge Soviet broom sweeping us under it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were mountains of rubble to climb over to reach the braided rug. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Expensive rugs, clocks, china, chairs, they have brought it all. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am, she went down headfirst. Caught her foot in the rug at the top of the stairs, the one my mother hooked herself.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the shower and onto the rug, which rested just beneath the bathroom heater. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z By the time Jus finishes getting it all out, he’s sprawled on his back across the giant ankh at the center of Martel’s Egyptian rug. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Next I hefted the rolled-up parlor rug over my right shoulder and started out to hang it on the line. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Calvin has the idea to take the rug outside and shake it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The rug under my feet felt like a sack full of cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The shelves of books, the hardwood floor, the throw rug, the couch. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wedged in a corner, beginning to doze, and Mary Alice was sound asleep on a throw rug. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m dying to see everyone, hug everyone, put my face down on the prayer-hall rugs and breathe in that musty smell mixed with the perfume of all those who prayed there before me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It’s where Barack sat up late at night, poring over briefings and drafts of speeches in the Treaty Room, and where Sunny, one of our dogs, sometimes pooped on the rug. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So I hang my rug over the banister on the deck and walk a few steps toward the woods. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I feared the rug more than I did the drunk, so I held on, surprising myself for a moment by trying to topple him upon the rug. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a line of drops from the wall to the wardrobe—perhaps what had first turned Theodora’s attention that way—and a great irregular stain on the green rug. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "There it is on the rug," the man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The men’s section of the mosque was a large square room, covered with Afghan rugs and thin mattresses placed in parallel lines. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather told me Clara fainted the day he put the skin of the animal down as a rug, thinking it would please her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He is lying on the rug, his tongue hanging out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I hit the ground so fast, I got rug burn on my chin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sobbed and dropped straight down onto my knees on the rug. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She picks at the frayed edges of the rug. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Nancy pushes across the living room and over the braided rug and sandwiches herself between Frank and George on the couch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with dry marsh grass and gray wool rugs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They all lounged in glamorous lassitude on the sofa, and on the rug, while heavy rock, which Ifemelu thought was unharmonious noise, played on the CD player. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His hounds splay on the rug before the fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The old curtains and rugs were packed away, and new ones in white, pink, and gold took their place. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We are back in my room, sitting on the rug, looking through a stack of Hannah's magazines. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She checked out Dad’s bare toes, but she stayed away from Mom, who was trying to soak the spot out of the rug with paper towels and that spray stuff she uses in the kitchen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I stared at the rug and concentrated about Mong, wishing something bad would happen to him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I put the mics by the remote and sit on the edge of the rug. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The big oval rug in the entryway looked a little threadbare. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds—pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No shoes sat on the rug by the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was strewn with oriental rugs of different sizes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he fell down on the rug and phased out and started watching Top Quark. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Crookshanks was spread out in front of the fire like a large, ginger rug. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The story goes on, and you can’t pretend that dropping one knot in a rug is the only mistake keeping it from perfection. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Not only did we listen to them, we sang with them, imitated them, and rolled back the rugs and danced to them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls would rush at him and Dad would let them topple him over on the rug. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I tilt my head down in shame, look at the worn, shaggy orange rug that was too cheap to pass up at a garage sale. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I just stood there a moment, watching her small rug soak up the milk. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He whoops so hard he spills his coffee on George Bush’s favorite rug. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On the library floor is a dragonfly rug. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And that’s how Mr. Abbas agreed to pay my sister five dollars for every mug rug she gave him at the next Bible study, which was after the summer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We place the rug on the floor, set up the card table, position the bookshelf, and find the best spot for the beanbag chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Momma said, “That child would stumble over the pattern in a rug. Go on, Brother Taylor, did she say any more?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaori turned away from the star chart and walked to the edge of her circle rug. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She reluctantly agreed to spend the night at Aunt Saba’s house, folding a dress to wear the next day and her prayer rug and a towel. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Glossy bentwood furniture, throw rugs over hardwood floors, Southwest accents: an Anasazi-style wedding vase here, a Georgia O’Keeffe print there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The rugs, drapes, bedspreads are all in shades of taupe. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was Ruth, lying on her side across my rug, peering at the spines of the cassettes in the low light, and then the Judy Bridgewater tape was in her hands. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand there and tap my foot on her yellow rug. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A thousand turns around the dance floor in my memory—our living-room rug—are not so helpful right now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So, we decided to have the party in the “games” room, which had no games but a great rug. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But she’s hung our clothes on the hooks in the bedroom, put the ugly rugs that were over our windows on the floor, and stacked the dishes on the shelf beside the sink. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I put my head down on the rug and pretty soon I went to sleep. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon the room was piled with goatskin rugs from Lebanon, richly embroidered blankets from Arabia, Libyan tapestries, and swords from Toledo crossed over a coat of arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m telling you, it’s the same. There’s bathtubs and refrigerators and rugs and TVs and beds . . .” Grayson was wagging his head. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, sweeping a glass piece off the rug to the floor and up the incline to the dustpan. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a rich red rug on the floor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He said no more, but Helen called the maids and sent them to make beds, with purple rugs piled up, and sheets outspread, and fleecy coverlets, in the porch inside the gate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Father, clad in overalls, gets down on his hands and knees and brushes the rug so vigorously that the room is enveloped in a cloud of dust. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Fayge’s curls, tight from the shower, scattered across the floor like patterns in a rug. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But I would hide a Persian flaw in each one, which was hard because mug rugs aren’t very big and have about seven knots per inch. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then the sun came up and shook the night chill out of the air the way you’d shake a rug. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined Kaori’s house, with the circle rug and the incense that smelled like burned flowers. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z By comparison, Abuela’s room was opulent, with its double bed, thick mattress, four bedposts from which to tie the mosquito netting, pillows, and a small crocheted rug. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I let the rug fall back into place and go to the door, pressing an ear to the wood before I turn the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock I was stretched out on a deck chair, my steamer rug over my legs. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He let himself fall over, rolling off the hearth and onto the rug. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It was because so much intricate care was taken to weave fine rugs in countries where rags were so culturally versatile. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of my childhood photos include images of Samira and me, rolling around on intricate Persian rugs without a care in the world. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were two mattresses on opposite sides of the room, a worn Herati rug with frayed edges in between, a three-legged stool, and a wooden table in the corner where Hassan did his drawings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I held the shoe up, before Joan's enlarged, pebbly eyes, tilted it, and watched her take in the stream of blood that cascaded onto the beige rug. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They thudded against chairs, whirling their mustached runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure drags the heavy rag rug from the floor of Madame Manec’s apartment all the way to the sixth floor and drapes it over her quilt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My heart sunk down to my toes and leaked all over the rug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Mona liked the going down part, even though she got rug burns, but Callie preferred the going up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I always imagined the king laid the rug in his audience hall so that anyone who came to petition him would step on the greatest treasure in the kingdom. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I am so happy to see the sun again, and the clouds in the sky like shag wool rugs, and people who aren’t sick. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Arthur spills a little of his soda and rubs the rug dry with his sneaker. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I sit on the rug in front of the couch, staring at the television. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I asked him when we were settled there on the soft green rug, the city lights through the windows, the nostalgia of everything taking me over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A prayer rug showing a slightly oblong Mecca was nailed to one of the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From legal and political standpoints, what happened to Emmett Till was all but swept under the rug for almost fifty years. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His vision returned and Nathan saw the dead pawns, beautiful rugs and dazzling jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Every day the newspapers are filled with reward notices for the return of stolen typewriters, Persian rugs, electric clocks, fabrics, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When supper was over, the three humans and Atal sat on rugs outside Mary’s house, under the warm stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The glitter dots hang on tight to the rug hairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z But a lot goes into the shaggy rug. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Instead, all alone, sitting upright on the rug, and gazing with gravity at the blaze, I beheld a great black and white long-haired dog, just like the Gytrash of the lane. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Now I could see the worn spots in the hall rugs, the broken piece of molding along the ceiling, the burned-out bulb in the light fixture. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z How could I stay put in China when my steamer rug was ready for the high seas? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I roll off my bed onto the worn blue dhurrie rug that feels almost slick under my feet and step to the window to see who could be coming to our house this late. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I want her to know that even though I feel like I might throw up right here on her rug, I also feel just a little better. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He stood, yanked up his prayer rug, and took it into the dining room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Maya had always wanted a dog, but her mom said that they shed and drooled and barfed on the rug. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then I make a fire; and near it I make Madam Mina, now awake and more charming than ever, sit comfortable amid her rugs. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was presumed that we black boys took their nakedness for granted, that it startled us no more than a blue vase or a red rug. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa moved the wooden coffee table, lifted up the rug, and tapped the tiles underneath with the back of the screwdriver. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Emmett stands in the middle of the living room, right at the center of the braided rug’s swirl. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Nobody had ever stepped on these white rugs with manure-covered boots. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Joon immediately gets bored and begins to unravel the edge of the rug. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The second hand, the thinnest of the three, suddenly snapped and fell out of the clockface completely, bouncing once on the rug and disappearing into the ashes of the hearth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z That night on the rug, I laughed as I told the other boys about my close call with Buffo. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z And then Joseph told Albert about making the fire in his toy chest, and burning the Persian rug, and being sent away to boarding school, and how he’d been fascinated by fire ever since. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I lift the edge of the window rug with a finger and draw in a breath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He went to the trunk and eased the top down and dragged it over the rug to the middle of the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We played them in the evenings as the sun set over the steeples of Boston, casting broad, brazen rectangles of light across the fraying rugs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Turtle had seen the corpse in the Westing house, but it was not rotting and it was not sprawled on an Oriental rug. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z So then I am at one end of the rug with Calvin at the other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z On the floor, a rag rug in blues and reds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I’d sit quietly on the rug watching an episode of The FBI that Big Ma had fallen asleep on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They saw piles of rolled rugs, broken benches, a tangle of plumbing pipes, even a claw-foot bathtub. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z There were some thin rugs over the dirt floor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He saw light sparkle from the old glass in the window, and the rug came alive with blues and warm golden tones. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I ran down corridors littered with bones, past rooms foil of sheepskin rugs and life-size cement sheep that I recognized as the work of Medusa. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I see them everywhere—in clouds, in wallpaper patterns, in the weave of a rug. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z First it was a rug, then a washtub, then a lamp with a colored silk shade. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When my sister woke up, she saw a man sitting on the rug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "On the afternoon of Halloween, when we were watching the smoke in the Westing house chimney, you told a story about a corpse on an Oriental rug." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The rug being out and the draperies down, the piano sounded tinny and alive. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In unison, we stepped from our slippers to stand on the prayer rug. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The garden's green was as soothing to the eye as the deep blue of that rug. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor is covered with mats, rugs and scraps of carpet, in the middle of which sits a woman surrounded with papers and documents. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s focused on the burst of adrenaline carrying his feet over the antique rug, Henry’s tie wrapped around his fist, the flash in Henry’s eyes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I spend a lot of time noticing how my purple paisley bedspread clashes with the oriental rug. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We lounged on the rug, on our backs, our hands behind our heads, taking it easy, enjoying the mild air, watching the stars fade. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I fold up the opklapbed to look at the floor underneath, peeling back the thin rug. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Violet and Queenie donated a flowered rug that had been laying around in their extra room going to waste, and Mabelee sewed blue-and-white polka dot curtains for the windows with fringe balls along the hem. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The drama girls take over the beat-up couch and the rug in front of it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She almost fell over the book that lay open on the rug. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It had three rooms and no rugs, and I’d look at the single photograph she had, of a white girl she told me she looked after for twenty years over in Port Gibson. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Dishes and cups, plastic basins and sacks of clothes, packets of food, and water containers are stacked everywhere, with our blankets and cushions and rugs. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your father said not to make a mess,” I told the two kids sitting on my rug. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z His eyes never left the Rainbow Holy Being rug. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He digs around until he comes up with two sodas and two muffins, and then we move over to the kids’ area, which has beanbags and a worn blue rug. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Malcolm stood awkwardly on the hearth rug while she set newspaper and kindling and struck a match. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She paced so furiously I thought she might put a hole in the fur rug beneath her feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Persian rugs on the stretches of gleaming marble floor would shrink. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Even if you’re a kid who speaks Italian and looks like the other kids in town and could carry groceries or dig a trench or something, make mug rugs, I dunno—they won’t let you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I look down at the little pink rug that covers the bloodstain by the bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A green and yellow rag rug covered most of the old linoleum tile. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It was too beautiful to sleep, too temperate for the rug. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He wraps Madame in quilts, but eventually she shivers so deeply, so profoundly, that he takes the big heavy rag rug off the floor and lays it on top of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The concentric circles of a braided wool rug concealed most of the floorboards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Not surprising—when it comes to the Ida B. Wells, politicians keep sweeping the dirt under the rug and it just keeps piling up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s also a rug and wicker coffee table. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Daisy Mae joined me on the rug, curling up behind me in the bend of my knees. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The window’s closed, the light’s on, the stove’s burning, and there I am brushing away at the rug. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Shirley and Jimmie are spread across the rug on the living room floor, lying on their bellies, coloring, their crayons scattered around them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to pawn my jewelry and my mom’s rugs. I think it’s time I sell my rugs,” she said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Would she collapse then in a heap on the rug? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Liyana lit one short candle in a blue glass cup and set it on the rug in front of her in her bedroom. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Much too large for me to wear, I’d thought to use the shirts for a quilt and pants for a rag rug but was now very glad I hadn’t. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In the far back corner, at the edge of the rug, there is some space. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “They weren’t worthless. The gray rug cost four hundred. The blue-and-white rug, four hundred. Her necklace was seventy-five. Her bracelet was two hundred. My cell phone was three hundred fifty.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Here’s another fact about rugs, and then I’ll get back to the story. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Other than her bed and rug, there was a table for incense, an enormous, complicated poster of constellations tacked to one of the walls, and books shoved in corners. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When I looked about for even the small comforts of my own home, a worn rug or a lumpy cushion, there were none to be seen. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He said, “It’s hard to imagine I’d thank a man for insults and for shaking me out like a rug. But I’m grateful. It’s a hurty thanks, but it’s thanks.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter scolded them for using “good medicinals” to throw at the rug. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It was very much like Celia moving the furniture out to vacuum the rugs and then moving it back again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when I visited Buddy I found Mrs. Willard braiding a rug out of strips of wool from Mr. Willard's old suits. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I sit down on the rug, leaning my back against the dresser. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A video-game console and controllers sit on a gray rug in front of the couch. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She had Turner cleaning and painting, dragging rugs outside and beating them, opening windows for new air, and bringing light to rooms that hadn’t seen any since the century began. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s a black stain on the corner of her rug that looks like a paw print. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Nate put the dog down on the rug then, and she literally turned over onto her back so that we would all scratch her tummy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I am trying to do two things: One is shake the rug good and hard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z They weren’t too deep, and they felt more like rug burn than anything serious. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I slipped out of bed and onto the rug, and quietly, on my hands and knees, crawled over to see who it was. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The outline she’d seen once or twice when the side door opened and a woman shook crumbs from a tablecloth or dust from a small rug onto the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A four-poster bed, a dresser, silver-framed photographs, a pile of books on the bedside table, a catalog lying open on the rug, its pages full of pictures of old books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She's staring at the rug now, not yet back to herself. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I’m on the deck, shaking out my throw rug, when I see movement in the trees. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Mother long ago had shoved all the trunks and boxes as far as they could go under the eaves, leaving prime space for Luke’s brass bed and circular rag rug and books and toys. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched her pass through the living room and the dining room—the rugs unraveling and the table splintering and the paintings on the walls turning to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I had gone up to help and saw her kneeling on the plush rug, holding his red pajamas pressed to her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I watch for Cordelia in the battle scene, and there she is, running across backstage in her kilt with a wooden sword, her car rug thrown over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lucifer moved inside, taking possession of the rug at the bottom of the basement steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "Somebody is up there, Chris, but nobody is there, just rich Mr. Westing, and he's dead. Dead as a squashed June bug and rotting away on a moth-eaten Oriental rug." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It landed on the edge of my rug by the door. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes fixed on a spot on the rug. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Some chatted with neighbors, some looked up at the gilt ceiling, some studied the pattern of the Oriental rug. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We take down Bess’s landscape watercolors and roll up her rugs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Finally I arrived at a big lounge with shabby furniture and a threadbare rug. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This was what I had heard under the braided rug, that when you die an angel carries you off to a place called Heaven. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z But there was too much of everything—too many golden candlesticks, too many lamps, rugs, pictures, vases, china ornaments, silk flowers, gilded bells. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It sort of buckles away from the concrete cellar walls, a regular ripple effect, but do I complain about the crummy paneling, or the rug that smells like low tide? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “I saw your brothers near the goat pen, Wild Child. Tell them I’ll make a rug out of them if they get any ideas.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Moonie goes and gives the old rag rug a scratch with one paw. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The rug on each stair was burning the side of my face, it was like underwater. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered the marble statuette from her visit, and one of the rugs hanging on the wall remained mysteriously untouched. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z How many people have seen or heard or felt something which so outraged their sense of what should be that the whole thing was brushed quickly away like dirt under a rug? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the vacuum cleaner’s broken, I have to take an old brush to the rug every night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After the screaming and spanking subsided, Joseph’s parents forced him to say he was sorry, especially about the expensive Persian rug he’d destroyed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I felt myself shrinking to a small black dot against all those red and white rugs and that pine paneling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As told, we got around the square rug on our knees. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched while they took the last of the furniture, down to Mr. Diamants chair and the rugs off the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I did not want to settle in, and I also did not want the rug rats messing with my few possessions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He wanted to collapse right then and there, to rub his face in the living-room rug, but he dared not stop. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I spot a small pink shag rug she’s put on top of the carpet next to the bathroom door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I slipped out of my bedroom, sticking to the rugs where I could. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I tangle my feet up in plush floor rugs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Upstairs you can hear the thud of the vacuum cleaner on Mrs. van D.’s beautiful and only rug. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sweeping it under the rug and pretending it had never happened. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I can help you,” Hyacinth offered from her spot on the rug. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I look around my bedroom for ideas: from the checkered rug on my floor to the calendar of Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings Dad bought me at the art museum he took me to last summer. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He walks over the new rug that’s still too fluffy and pulls his book from the shelf under the bench that his dad made. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Kaori sat cross-legged on the rug with a small drawstring bag in her lap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Each of the marquees had been turned into a well- appointed waiting room furnished with rugs and chairs and pillows for those who had come to dine and to dance that night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she ran the vacuum over the pale blue rug, careful to clean under tables and chairs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Dukes and earls had rich rugs spread on the grass before their tents, with their shields hung up on display. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Here in Oklahoma, where Ray is the star of nightmares and the international Bible study, there is a Persian man who owns a rug store in the rich part of Tulsa. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Every single piece of furniture was covered in pink fabric—the kitchen cabinets were painted pink, the wood floors were covered in pink patterned rugs, and the couch was worn pink velvet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z There were soft pillows on large couches and walls filled with books and a rug cut in a thick rose pattern, and iced tea in the hand, sweating, and cool on the thirsty tongue. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing in the room, just a frayed rug, a few dishes, a pair of mattresses, and a lantern. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We looked right at each other for a sec, and then he looked down at the rug while Lester introduced him to Jaden. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It was about twice the size of a living room rug and—to Kate, at least—about half as interesting. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a greenish rug, and on the rug an armchair and a table. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On the floor beside the bed was a round white shag rug. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The bedroom Reynie shared with Sticky was small but comfortable, with a worn rug on the wooden floor, bunk beds against the wall, and, of course, more bookshelves. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The second is her sitting on a wooden stool weaving a Persian rug in the dark on a giant loom hidden deep in the cellar of their house. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She sets it on the rug in front of the chanting women. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll talk later. That dog is about to stain the rug.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He would flip them on the bare floor, on the rug and on the bed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I look around at the couches, the rugs, and the beanbag chairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The next day I bought another rug, very ugly, for next to nothing, then nailed it over the other window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The floor has a colorful rug on it, and there are Christmas lights strung around the space. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I put my sketch pad on the rug and crawled to the window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After a flicker of a pause, the puppy reluctantly sank to the floor and touched the rug with his small nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Helen ordered her house-maidens to arrange beds for them in the entry porch, soft and warm with thick purple blankets covered by smoothly woven rugs and on top of all woolen cloaks. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Annemarie’s rug was spongy and soft, almost like another bed, and I lay down on it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The rug is covered with thorny dead roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The rug is far from the blackboard and that means he does not have to pay attention. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z If that was true, Bush was part of an administration that, far from protecting the oil industry, had pulled the rug out from under it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lina’s apartment, layers of worn rugs and carpets covered the floor, making it soft but uneven underfoot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I twisted my hair with my fingers, walked around the throw rug in circles, the way a dog will do before it settles onto the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped over the parlor rug, which was in the hall, rolled up like a long log. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s got even more space for our bookshelf, rug, and beanbag chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He went to the closet and moved a little rug, uncovering a trapdoor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The Hand's private audience chamber was not so large as the kinjg's, nor a patch on the vastness of the throne room, but Tyrion liked its Myrish rugs, wall hangings, and sense of intimacy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with a linoleum rug that was worn through in several spots. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m feeling just fine. I’m not cutting the rug,” she said, “but I’m not lying on it, either.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She crosses the too puffy rug in her bare feet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I creep back into our room, finger to my lips again, and get an eye around the edge of the rug nailed over the window, careful not to move it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, that silly thing. You shouldn’t pay attention to that old rug.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He throws his bag down at the door of his room and kicks his shoes into the hallway, watching them bounce crookedly across the ugly antique rug. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I knelt on the rug by June, while Rosaleen, as usual, helped herself to the rocker. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After replying to the text, Kaori lit a stick of incense, walked across her zodiac circle rug, and stepped into the hallway. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Just a dream, she was reminded, but the words had little meaning when the knots of the hand-tied rug under her imaginary feet were more vivid than the smooth silk pillow beneath her actual cheek. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I think it’s pretty funny that people would mistake themselves for perfect if they didn’t include a hole in a rug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I can’t get the blood on the... rug or Johnny will see it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I pick Natalie up, screaming and fighting, her skull bashing against my chin, and set her as gently as I can on her back on one corner of the rug. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the house, Jude sat on the living room rug and ate fish sticks, soggy from the microwave and dragged through a sludge of ketchup. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ophie hustled across the threadbare rug that did nothing to keep the chill out of the wood and climbed in next to Aunt Rose. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This time she has to bring a plaid car rug from home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I curl up on the sheepskin rug and drape two knit afghans over my body. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z This was not getting swept under the rug of “oh well.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dr. K sits cross-legged on the rug in the middle of the roof. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Fat, sequined pillows adorn the once-hard benches, and colorful throw rugs warm the white tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were white rugs and white leather seats. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Richard, you will sweep this whole thingamajig under the rug for me. I am sapped.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A summer spent on my red rug, sunshine on our faces. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She laid Campbell Junior down on the rug by the fireplace, a clean diaper under his fat face, and he was asleep by time she came back downstairs, carrying a thick book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Watch the bear,” he said, just as I tripped on the open sneering mouth of a black bearskin rug, its fangs a trap in the gloom for the unwary. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z That’s when I saw them, a handful of kids scattered around the library on rugs, lying in pairs or off in a corner by themselves on a mat, piles of books beside them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Heavy curtains hang over her windows instead of rugs, blocking the dangerous light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She set the baby down on a plaited cotton rug by the fireplace and spoke sternly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When I saw the garden for the first time, so green among the dark brick buildings, I thought back to my parents' Persian rug. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” said my sister, “I’d give you all my time slots if you helped make mug rugs.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I took in the pearly sink, the rosy tint of the carpet, the peach-colored rug. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Miss Love had hardly sat down on the daybed in the hall before she hopped up and said maybe we ought to bring the parlor rug in out of the sun. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some groups have fashioned shelters with rugs and sheets of plastic draped over sticks poked in the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s an oriental rug on the floor, and a fireplace without a fire in it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She set the mango down on the rug, on the sign for Aquarius. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Helen noticed a red rug, piles of books on the floor, white eyelet cafe curtains on the windows. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I burrowed the toe of my sneaker into the teal-blue rug as if I could drill a hole right through the ground. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It no more belonged on the living-room rug than a Mazerati belonged in a stable. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I heard Robert put the suit-cases in the hall with the rug, and presently there was the sound of the car being brought to the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A man chewing on a rug in the corner of his living room.Two kids throwing rocks at each other as hard as they could, bloodied and bruised from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The bear was skin and bones, like a lumpy white rug, lying on green grass with one paw lifted up in a kind of salute. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That’s because Persians are one of the oldest cultures in the world and we make really nice rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z My eyes close of their own accord, and I can feel the living-room rug beneath my knees, Philbert’s breath upon my neck. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Each room we passed was larger than the one before it, and all were filled with brilliant rugs covering marble floors. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She picked him up, gave him a light kiss, and set him back down on the soft, white rug. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The entry hall stretched from one side of the building to the other, an expanse of glittering crystal, plush Turkish rugs, and carved wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To learn early American history, for example, students dressed in costumes of the era and were taught how to spin yarn, hook rugs, and use quill pens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He settled his rotund frame onto a prayer rug in front of the crowd and cleared his throat into the microphone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z But really the rugs are from Iran, and they just ship them from Turkey, because Mr. Abbas is a man who takes pride in his work. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The main door is open, and a set of stairs leads down to the tarmac, where a plush red rug lies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then there’s the back room with his bed, a rug, a chair in the corner, and a small chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Safa laughed and skipped, tripping on the edge of our rug and skidding headfirst into the table. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Dad is still staring at the spot on the rug. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked my way through the dwindling crowd, the lame beggars dressed in layers of tattered rags, the vendors with rugs on their shoulders, the cloth merchants and butchers closing shop for the day. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, good, good,” he said, sliding back into the chair until his short legs no longer touched the worn rug. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It rippled like a hanging rug thumped with a stick. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had a framed pastel portrait her mother had sketched of her when she was two and fell asleep on the blue rug in the living room. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We skidded into the living room and tumbled onto the rug in front of the radio. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were done, they rolled up the rugs and returned to sit in the circle. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” Bull retorted, his face pressed against the rug. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But no matter which grade or pattern—no matter even if the greatest grandmother in the whole world wove it—every rug has a Persian flaw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It’s the not-remembering that makes it one giant hole in the middle of a rug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Once she was inside, Aretha stood perfectly still on the bath rug, except for her tail. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I sit up, on the rug, wipe my wet face with my sleeve. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a room dominated by heavy beams and rafters, and the floorboards have no carpet or rug to cover them, and yet the atmosphere is surprisingly cosy. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I inventoried my missing duffel, mentally taking the clothes out and placing them on the broad soft rug of my dad’s living room. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He went into his parents' bedroom and hid it under the rug. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z We hear Serena coming, down the stairs, along the hall, the muffled tap of her cane on the rug, thud of the good foot. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the rug covered with coins of all dimensions and a few crumpled bills. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later, I go back in the bedroom to suck the rugs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The floor was covered with a large Oriental rug. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I glanced around my home, taking in one last long look at the worn sofa and handmade rug. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The bread was in the oven and Luke was picking up lint by hand from the living room rug when he heard tires on the gravel driveway. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “I would like to be baptized and I would like a prayer rug.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, as Balekin’s sword falls to the ancient rug, I see where he was shot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Sourmelina, dreaming of chorus girls, had sleepwalked across the throw rug. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rooms so filled with antique furniture, Oriental rugs, and heavy chandeliers that you complain that they are also filled with antique air. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It would get swept under the rug like so many of the other weird and strained parts of our friendship. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then I pick up the broom and start beating the dust out of the rug. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Also, we probably should’ve done this outside. I guess we better start cleaning,” Twig said as she surveyed the destroyed shag rug in the basement. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Soon afterward he was running everywhere, devouring drape fringes, Oriental rugs, and all the table legs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She points to a circle rug and tells me to sit down. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The rug where Ghost slept was empty, he saw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sighing, she closed her catalog, dropped it on the rug, and swung her legs out of bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She said, “Oh come on. I remember the rug. What about it?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The sun lightens the world behind the window rug. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The Mellower puffed with exhaustion as he picked himself up from the rug. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "He was dead. On an Oriental rug, Jake. It was awful." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z If she closed her eyes she could imagine the arched doorway, the Persian rug on the living-room floor, the yellow chairs and the huge window that looked over the bay. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight slanted in and cast a triangular wedge of light onto the Afghan rug on the floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The remains of a rug were blown against a wall. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns away and busies himself tugging the rug back in place. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes on the dizzying oval spiral of the rug. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z We did not have a blanket, but we did have a round braided rug. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I settled myself once more under the rug. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They ate lunch in a famous underground Arabic restaurant, full of Oriental rugs, called The Philadelphia. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It had something to do with a throw rug. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “She loves this rug,” Mrs. McCullough said, patting the sheepskin on the floor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She turned over dishes to read the manufacturer’s name and lifted the corner of the Persian rug to count the knots. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Axel steps in Byrd’s puddle, then on the soggy rug that was once dry. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If I light up a cigarette, all my mother’s really worried about is that I’m going to bum a hole in the rug. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z At Hasina’s suggestion, the two of them had emptied the bottle of aspirin in the gutter, hidden the kitchen knives and the sharp kebab skewers beneath the rug under the couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I cleaned the bathrooms already, got the sheets changed, the rugs vacuumed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then the pawnbroker looked at the four rugs, carefully inspecting the designs and weaving. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "Otis Amber says that old man Westing's stinking corpse is rotting on an Oriental rug." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Some rugs from Isfahan even have silk and gold thread in the paisley designs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There is a large rug on the hardwood floor and a window that looks out on the campus walk. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did the rug say to the floor?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Thick rugs cover every floor, and paintings from several local artists she patronizes line our walls. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There were a bunch of dolls and other things on the mantel, and the floors were filled with little rugs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My sugar bread goes flying on the rug, butter side down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I hope he’s curled up in front of a fireplace right now, with a full belly and a cozy rug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A little girl’s scream comes out of the Mexican’s mouth as he covers his face and crumples to the rug on Jimmy’s limp body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The prayer rug lies in its own clear space. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We hang blankets and woven rugs from the top pole to divide the remaining space, so each family has some privacy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z On the linoleum rug before the stove the flames from the burners made luminous reflections—five little golden lanterns. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I had kneeled on the prayer rug, remembering only fragments of verses I had learned in school. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Two huge beanbags rested atop the hot-pink shag rug that Twig’s mom hates but we love. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I glanced nervously at our own house, with no rugs or tea service, but how much did that matter? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The upstairs balcony, where Mrs. Kahn would go every Saturday morning to beat the small sheepskin rugs they had in their bedroom? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a thick red rug on the floor, and he had bought a beautiful cloth of Chinese blue to hang on the side of the wall where the cracks were worst. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Malia is sitting on the rug surrounded by a million Lego pieces. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Only Oklahoma oil families can afford the rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Wanna walk around and ask if they want to buy mug rugs?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Wed, Wart,” said Kay in an exasperated voice, “do you want all the rug? And why do you heave and mutter so? You were snoring, too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Crimson doors are spaced out every few steps, matching the rug that runs down the center of the hardwood floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z There was a table and a rocking chair and a bench and a big brick fireplace and maplewood floors and rugs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Looking up front, I saw attendants in white jackets rolling the portable ring away and placing a small square rug in the vacant space surrounded by chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamps had been lit now and there was a deceptive normality about the big stone rooms with their colorful murals, animal skin rugs, embroidered drapes, and comfortable gilded furniture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Why are they all sending Howlers?” asked Ginny, who was mending her copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi with Spellotape on the rug in front of the living room fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I slipped off my slippers and sank my feet into the rug and decided to keep them sunk in so that my toes would feel cushioned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Why, she even had me pull the big Persian rug out of her divining room and beat the dust out of it with a broom. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z John Chuchurelli, who always has to sit on the Time-Out rug, raises his hand and asks, “How did he die?” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Then she knelt on the rug and motioned for her children to do the same. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls of the family took turns sitting between yards of velvet draperies and Oriental rugs hanging at the windows. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, she twisted the candles into the small brass holders, filled the font with stale holy water, put a small oriental rug in front of the altar, and positioned Michael strategically to the far left. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he set the mango on the rug in front of him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I've finished only two candlesticks when Mama lugs the rug back inside and sees what I'm doing. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Alex had gotten a rug burn so serious his mom had to take him to the doctor the next day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Hate thinking about her there, laughing with those girls like she never sat on a rug with me in the corner of the library crying about our favorite sad part in a book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But some rugs have 400 knots in one centimeter, and if you owned one as small as a pillowcase, you’d still be rich. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The governor’s small eyes appeared to see nothing, to be gazing stupidly at the rug. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The room contained a twin bed under a sloping ceiling, a brown oval rug, a basin with an exposed pipe, and a chest of drawers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I unlock the front door and walk straight up to my room, across the rug, and into my closet without even taking off my backpack. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I swung my feet from the sill to the fringes of the rug. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Everything wooden is polished, the rugs are fluffy and freshly vacuumed, and you couldn’t find a single speck of dust even if you moved around the picture frames. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t your mother ever teach you to shake a rug outside? You’re covering everything in dirt!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “It just ain’t right. And you know me. You know I’m not gonna sit here and let them sweep this under the rug, like this is okay.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Here’s a rolled rug, its hollow filled with what smell like wood shavings: mice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The very fancy oriental rug covering the wooden floor and the slate flagstones of the hearth only served to make the room seem even more imposing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There are Kurdish weavings and patterned rugs, and everyone speaks my language. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z This one has gone all across the small wooly rug. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z There are woven curtains, and a colorful striped rug on the floor. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was enshrined in the black carpet, and the black-and- white cabinets, and the black rug in the shape of a panther. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He sniffed again but could not make it out; there was a cat odor in the rug, he realized, past which it was impossible to discern anything. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The books, the rugs, the big round table were gone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she saw a glint of metal in the heap of rug fragments. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An old embroidered blue rug covered in geometrical white shapes wound down its length, and the razor-thin windows lining both its sides offered only strips of Lkossa’s pale morning light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I put her mug rugs down and walked to the bathroom with my eyes pointed directly up at the ceiling. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There were no soft rugs, no furry cover for the toilet seat and lid like we had back home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A sheen of oil lay on the water just below where scraps of rug had been nailed down to act as dockside bumpers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A few old jute chairs are scattered here and there and a faded jute rug covers the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Aurelia, staring down into the arena, her eyes half blind with tears, saw the men who had been leading the camels stop the procession and strip the rugs and bridles from their backs and heads. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I walked up to my sister’s table, where she was selling mug rugs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The rugs were white and green with gold accents, and they didn’t have little tassels on them like Mamou’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So if it only has sixty knots in one centimeter of carpet, then you’d see that rug on the floor of a tea house in the bazaar, and you’d be welcome to step on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Abby paced while I lay on the soft green rug in her bedroom. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A miraculous change had taken place: instead of the gloomy paneling, the walls were painted a bright, cheerful cream, and there were some warm rugs on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Ghost curled up on his rug and went to sleep, but Jon could not rest yet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We’d sit on the rug in the parlor, and Big Mama—that’s what we called her—would tell us the story. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z About twenty women in black burkas swept back and forth, placing trays of food, enough to cover the rug and feed a thousand people. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The policeman and Mrs. Wojcik both turn their heads to my window, and I drop my finger, letting the rug fall back into place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He shouldered his coat off and let it fall in a heap on the rug. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Get that dog out of here, Turtle! He’ll mess up the rug!” she said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I can hear her, a faint tapping, a faint shuffling on the muffling rug of the corridor, before her light knock comes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There are only shag carpets for rich Oklahomans, and million-dollar rugs for princes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I grab my favorite scarf while Mustafa spreads out colorful prayer rugs over the carpet. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z One day after Zella had swept the floor to make it look neat and clean, she picked up a stick and drew a rug of flowers, deer, and butterflies in the earth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra could see into another room where a huge, embroidered throw rug covered most of the wooden floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Frailness and oversensitivity from my mother. A fat liver from Stew. And all those old rugs.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It actually made me feel pretty bad about life for a quick minute, and I stared at the rug by his feet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was dripping water all over a clean white rug. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Great white bearskins lay about underfoot, and the only furniture was a lot of low beds covered with Indian rugs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He has to call them Turkish rugs, because it’s illegal in America to do business with Iran. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Don’t think, don’t think, I told myself, looking fixedly at a bright, cold pool of sunlight soaking into the rug near my feet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bunny lay on his stomach on the hearth rug, doing his homework; occasionally he would steal one of Francis’s sandwiches or ask a pained question. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were real paintings on the wall and a rug on the floor. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There was the checkered rug where Mikayla and I did our experiments, the purple stain where we’d mixed baking soda and vinegar—and a whole bottle of bubble bath. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I couldn’t roll over, so it was just an irritated me, the shag rug, and the smell of spilled sour soy milk in my face until I got rescued. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Maybe the baby version of Baba crawled across that rug. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was lying on the rug with my head on my paws just staring absently at the front door. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z She followed the worn tread in the throw rugs, and Turner went after her into a house as hot as it could possibly be without the whole place flaring up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a wrinkled Oriental rug bunched up on the corner of the table in front of him, and his left hand rested on what appeared to be a book. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z In revenge, she yanked a rug out from under the Baboon Mask, who tumbled to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then came curtains, a rag rug, Mrs. Soldano’s white slips, sheets, and a small, worn stuffed bear that I knew was my best pal’s. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt terrified to be alone and I ran for the door, as though I’d seen a millipede skitter across the rug. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I would like to be baptized and I would like a prayer rug.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You beat them over the head with a throw rug—that was it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Flowers with red petals edge the rug, and in the center are dozens of white squares connected with red lines. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “You are more valuable to me,” the king says, “than any rug.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I brace my feet on the rug, sliding the shelf over. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Luke knelt on a Persian rug in front of the golden sarcophagus of Kronos. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Off-white rugs on the gleaming parquet floor—faintly tinted walls—a long mirror surrounded by lights. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “John,” Mrs. Sheldon shouts, “what a thing to ask! Do you want to sit on the rug?” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Thursday is for polishing floors and sucking rugs, minding the antique ones with a hand broom so they don’t thread. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There was even a rug on the floor, with enormous dark-red flowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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